In Farming Simulator 18, there is no need to buy your multi use items from the store and go and pick them up. I like the overwhelming, complicated console version, but I really enjoy this as well. If you are a veteran, you will quickly realize that there are less crops to plant, less vehicles to buy, less in game options (no cockpit driving in this release), and more. There is enough content to keep you going for many hours, but not too much as to overwhelm or complicate what is going on. If the game actually taught you how to use each and every tool – the few text boxes are not enough as I still cannot figure out how to bale grass – I would argue that this is the perfect initiation for those who THINK they might enjoy the Farming Simulator franchise. Without a ton of variety, the amount of gameplay available here for 29.99 USD might be too little for some, but just the right amount for others. – might be a complete turn off for some individuals, and I would totally understand that. The lack of vehicles – a good number of tractors and harvesters, but only a few baling machines, cultivators, planters, etc. Understand this, if nothing else from this review: the number of vehicles is minimal in Farming Simulator 18, and there aren’t a lot of things to do off the farm like in Farming Simulator 17. If you’ve plowed through hundreds of hours in Farming Simulator 17 on console, you’ll know there is tons to explore – lots of farming odd jobs to complete to lower the cost of a field, for example – tons of vehicles and placeables to purchase for your farm, and 100 gold nuggets to find scattered around the map. If that version looked slightly better, I wouldn’t be surprised, but hopefully both run extremely well – we can vouch that the 3DS version does at the least! A Dumbed Down Experience We reviewed Farming Simulator 18 on the Nintendo 3DS, and so we don’t have a graphical comparison with the Vita version. I’m not playing Farming Simulator 18 to look at gorgeous vistas: I want to simulate a farming experience on the go, and this game does that wonderfully. Would I like things to look better? Of course, but not as the expense of frame rate. Graphically, Farming Simulator is easily the best looking game in the franchise on handhelds, and while it still lacks greatly, I think it’s acceptable here for one reason: unlike in the console version where you might snap photos of picturesque landscapes, the 3DS and Vita version’s primary goal is, well, simulation. Had Focus Home Entertainment and Giants found a way to push off those handheld demons and product a quality release on handhelds? Thankfully, I can say yes! Graphically Enhanced, Albeit Still Lacking When loading up Farming Simulator 18, I was hoping for something similar. If your read our review of Farming Simulator 17, you’ll know that we absolutely loved that game, stating that it combined all the elements of past Farming Simulator games that were well received, and left behind the problematic issues. Farming Simulator games have never been that strong on handhelds, and when I heard that Farming Simulator 18 was coming to the 3DS and PS Vita, I wasn’t the least big excited.
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