SimFarm

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Summary: It was good but not the best
Review: Overall it was good but it is kind of complicated to understand if you have never played it before. I would still recomend it to you but I would also say that you should read the manual very well

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Summary: I reckon this here game's only for hillbillies
Review: phh, what an insult to PC gaming.... the only people who would enjoy something like THIS are hicks out in the sticks of Montana or South Dakota

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE graphics(I know the game was made in the early 90s,, but there were games out then that had better graphics than THIS!), and well, the animals claim that they "cant reach the food" when it's right next to them! and then eventually they break out of their pen and eat your crops, or just wander off till they die...

also, the spray plane is 6 thousand bucks,,, and you can't even land it.... and it keeps saying that your crops need to be sprayed cause of bugs and then when you spray them they get toxicated... yep.... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ....

like I said, only buy this game if you live in the following states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Alabamba, or West Virginia

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Summary: Ehhh...Okay
Review: Right after SimFarm came out, my brother and I loved it. It's probably better for younger kids. It takes a few days to figure out, but then it's okay, except for the crop duster. Don't get one of those. Sure it can be exciting at times, (i.e. when your sheep all break out of the pen and are sitting in the middle of whatever they can find, or when all your crops go bad at once) but I would recommend starting a new farm whenever it gets boring, or putting in new plants, speeding it up a little, or using a disaster scenario.

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Summary: A Classic Sim game
Review: Sim Farm is a great simulation for people who love to buy, sell, manage, and predict outcomes. In this game, you are in charge of a agricultural plantation, growing crops, raising livestock, playing the market, and developing the land. You have to watch the weather carefully. And, like all the famous sim games, it has the exciting disasters. For this game's day, the graphics are good. Right now, though, they aren't top of the line.
I definetly recommend SimFarm for everyone who enjoys a good, classic game.

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Summary: Same old same old
Review: The game in the beginning is extremely fun and addicting. After a few days, however, you realize that you spend all of your time spraying the fields. Buying livestock is pretty fun, but the animals are stupid (the food is right in front of them and they "can't reach" it) and break out of their fences and destroy your crops. Everytime I buy livestock I regret it (except sheep are good; they don't eat a lot and they reproduce very often). You can plant a lot of different crops, which is neat, but they all go through basically the same thing: plant, spray, spray, spray, spray, spray, harvest. The cycle repeats continuously until you get sick of it.

In other words, it's fun, but it's a once every few months type game.

Hints: Don't ever bet on your cousin to win the rodeo, he ALWAYS loses. Your cow wins at the state fair more often than not. Crop dusters are a major waste of money (they would appear to make the constant cycle of spraying the fields easier, but there's no way to land, so it's a wasted $6,000). Always buy barns for your animals and sheds for your machinery; it extends the life and saves you money in the long run. Invest in futures when the markets are high; don't settle for a lower price for your crops than you can get. Buy seed... it's cheaper to buy your own seed and store it in the shed than to let the program "auto-buy" it.

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Summary: Bad Game
Review: This game is boring! And your cropduster ALWAYS crashes. No controls. It just flys around 'till it runs out of gas. Don't be fooled, it's not worth the money!

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Summary: Good for an old game.
Review: This game is good for when it was made, but it lacks the on-going game qualities of other Maxis Sim games. A good buy for a short term amusement.

In the game, you are able to build plot-like fields of farms with varying types of crops, like strawberries or grains. What you want to plant will depend on where you are located in the U.S. (which you choose at the beginning). Little icons appear to show you if you have pests or other problems with your crops. You can apply chemicals by tractor or plane. I never could get the crop duster to work very well, though. Then you harvest and can sell immediately or wait till the price goes up. But the price might go down, or you might wait too long and your crop will spoil.

Personally, I'd probably buy another Sim-type game over this one. It is quite outdated for today's graphics and sounds, and is not very complex. For the time, it wasn't too bad.

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Summary: good game
Review: this game is vey good, even though i do not have it i have played it at my friends house. i like game when you must build,sell/buy,and manage... : )))

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Summary: Good for two weeks
Review: This is a good game, but it gets boring after a while. In the beginning, it's kind of exciting, because you have to make sure you have enough money for fields, machinery, irrigation, etc. But after a while, you're just doing the same thing over and over again, and it can really get boring. It's neat when the house on the screen gets bigger, but it happens rarely, so by the time it happens for the fourth time or so, you get really bored, and it's time for a new computer game. The good part about the game (or, for some people, the bad part) is that it's really addictive, and you won't want to do anything else. It's the kind of game that you play for a week or so, get bored, and then maybe play it again in a couple of months. It gets boring too fast, so it's probably best to play it until you get bored, and then give it (or sell it) to someone else.

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Summary: Lots of fun but a bit boring at times.
Review: When you are harvesting, fighting insects or disease, or going to the fair, this game is fun. The graphics are good and I'm glad its all in aeral view. You aren't trapped on the farm either, you can vote in the nearby city, attend the fair and earn or lose prizes, and buy more land. The only real complaint is that the animals can be amazingly stupid -- refusing to eat when the food is right in front of them for example (growing up a block from a farm I know that animals are not this foolish).