Developer(s) Giants Software Distributor(s) Steam, Disc | Publisher(s) Focus Home Interactive | |
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Platform(s) iOS, Android, Kindle, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Release date(s) Farming Simulator2013WW: October 25, 201214WW: November 18, 201315 PC, MACWW: October 30, 201415 X360, PS3, XONE, PS4WW: May 19, 201516WW: May 8, 201517, ALL PLATFORMSWW: October 25, 2016 | ||
Farming Simulator is a farming simulation video game series developed by Giants Software. The locations are based on American and European environments. Players are able to farm, breed livestock, grow crops and sell all assets created from farming. The game has sold over four million copies.
Contents
Career
In career mode, the player takes on the role of a farmer. Their task is to expand on their "dated" farm and machinery. The main goal of the player is to harvest their crops and sell them in order to expand their farming enterprise (e.g. machines, fields, animals and buildings). The player is free to explore, grow from their choice of several crop types, and invest their money in additional fields and equipment. Livestock may be purchased, and then it is up to the player to care for the animals.
Missions
There are dynamically generated missions which consist of the player performing various tasks within a time frame such as mowing grass or delivering cargo. If the player successfully completes the task, they are rewarded with a sum of money, plus a bonus amount of money based on how quickly the task was completed.
Multiplayer
Farming Simulator 2014 is the first mobile Farming Simulator to have multiplayer. Farming Simulator 16 has Bluetooth functionality. Current generation consoles have multiplayer ("Farming Simulator" on the last generation consoles was the first console port of the game, with all features of 2013 Titanium.) Farming Simulator 15 on PS4 and Xbox One have a multiplayer function.
Farming Simulator 2013
The initial release for Farming Simulator 2013 was on October 25, 2012. Almost a year later it received a large update and re-release under the title Farming Simulator 2013 Titanium Edition, on October 10, 2013. It contains all of the previous assets from the first iteration, with new content of a US-based environment in the form of a map called "Westbridge Hills" and new vehicles. New content was also released as DLC add-ons for those with the original version of the game.
Farming Simulator 15
Farming Simulator 15 was released to Windows and Mac OS on October 30, 2014. This version introduced forestry, washable vehicles. 41 brands, amounting to around 140 pieces of equipment are in the new game, 160 in the 'gold edition' DLC pack. Farming Simulator 15 was released to consoles on May 19, 2015.
Farming Simulator 17
Farming Simulator 17 was released on October 25, 2016. It features the return of Fendt since its last debut in Farming Simulator 2009 and also Massey Ferguson, Challenger, and Valtra. For the first time in the base game, soybeans, sunflowers, and oil seed radishes, are introduced as grow-able crops. In previous games, the user would have had to download a modification to add these crops. The crop growing mechanics have been altered, to allow different ways to increase crop yield. These include fertilizing the fields multiple times throughout the growth stages, ploughing the field after a set amount of harvests, de-weeding crops, or using oil seed radish as a cover crop. The missions system was also updated, allowing the player to do work for other in-game farmers. Other additions include driveable trains and an in-game radio.
Farming Simulator 18
The game has been confirmed for the Nintendo Switch.
Farming Simulator 14
Farming Simulator 14 was released for iOS, Android, windows phone and PS Vita on November 18, 2013, and gives a more polished and more casual gaming experience on mobile platforms than the predecessors. There are 10 - 20 brands in the game.
Farming Simulator 16
Farming Simulator 16 was released for iOS, Android and PS Vita on May 8, 2015.