Farming Giant

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Farming Giant is a single player simulation game. It was developed by Actalogic and was released on November 6, 2013. It received negative reviews from players.

In the best tradition of the giants-series the player will get a first-class business simulation crafted with a lot of details. The player will build farms, maintain and upgrade his properties. Whether farming or ranching, the experience covers all parts of agriculture.With the right strategy and the courage for expansion, international success is guaranteed. A huge game world, a variety of produc…

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Simulation

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 119 reviews

grinding22 negative mentions

The game offers a good farming management experience with a variety of crops and animals to manage.
Many players find the graphics and aesthetic appealing, with nice attention to detail.
Some users report that with patience and workarounds, the game can be enjoyable despite its issues.

The game is plagued by frequent crashes and bugs, making it unplayable for many users.
There is a lack of proper tutorials and documentation, leading to confusion and frustration.
Many players feel the game was released unfinished, with numerous gameplay mechanics not functioning as intended.

grinding
23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
4%
96%
The reviews for "Farming Giant" highlight a mixed experience with grinding, noting that while the game offers a decent farming management simulation, it can become repetitive and tedious over extended play sessions. Players appreciate the attention to detail and management aspects but criticize the interface and limited early-game options, which can detract from the overall enjoyment. Despite some technical issues, including crashes, many still find value in short bursts of gameplay.
- “It would be nice if Farming Giant could be reworked; in that case, I'd probably bring it back from my graveyard and give it another go.”
- “Farming Giant overall, however, is an okay game to play, yet sometimes repetitive and it does get boring if played for a long time.”
- “I find the field management tedious.”
- “Sadly, Farming Giant's method of play has left little excitement once you discover how poor the interface is and how limited your actual farming operation can be in the early game.”
stability
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is widely criticized for its severe stability issues, with numerous users reporting frequent bugs and crashes, particularly when managing larger farms. Many players recommend monitoring playtime for potential refunds due to the persistent and frustrating nature of these technical problems. While some mention minor glitches, the overall consensus highlights a significant lack of stability.
- “If you decide to take a chance on this game, pay close attention to your play time so you can get a refund if it is too buggy for you.”
- “The game is very buggy after you have established a large farm (multiple medium industries).”
- “This game is buggy to the point of crashing every half hour or so.”
gameplay
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
24%
38%
The gameplay is marred by frequent crashes and numerous bugs, leading to a frustrating experience for players. While the skill and leveling system offers some interesting mechanics, it significantly limits gameplay progression and requires excessive grinding. Overall, the gameplay is considered mediocre, with a flimsy tutorial and a need for more development and updates from the developers.
- “The gameplay was okay as were the visuals; yeah, there could be more development done to it, but I purchased it on sale, so I didn't have hugely high expectations.”
- “Gameplay, from what I have been able to experience without the crashes, is not okay but not great.”
- “There are enough moving mechanics in this game that it would need that.”
- “No fun gameplay, huge amount of bugs, and the devs haven't attempted to update the game since release.”
- “But as it stands it has a very flimsy tutorial that doesn't tell you much, the game is prone to crashing (the dev will tell you it's your fault despite it being a constant complaint online by many people), the mechanics stop working within the game often (things stop working, machines stop working for no reason, etc), and the game takes micro-managing to the extreme.”
- “Skill/leveling system unlocks equipment/animals/plants (this skill system itself isn't bad but it limits your gameplay significantly due to implementation. You have to basically grind through the levels before you can play a sandbox game).”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
14%
43%
The game's graphics are generally described as pleasant with a simplistic aesthetic and notable attention to detail, though some players find them dated and lacking in engagement. While the visuals are appreciated, there are concerns about performance and reliability, suggesting that the focus may have been more on aesthetics than optimization. Overall, the graphics are considered acceptable for a simulation/management game, but improvements could enhance the experience.
- “The game offers some really nice graphics and a nice yet simplistic aesthetic which is pleasant all the same and has some amazing attention to detail even though it is a little rough around the edges.”
- “The graphics are pleasant, but the sound effects for clicking buildings are obnoxious and the music is wildly out of place for this bucolic setting.”
- “This game's development seems to have concentrated more on making it pretty than making it reliable or efficient on a graphics card.”
- “The gameplay was okay as were the visuals; yeah, there could be more development done to it, but I purchased it on sale, so I didn't have hugely high expectations.”
- “I haven't found any bugs of sorts about the game; it doesn't have the best graphics, but it's also a sim/management game, so it doesn't bother me much.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users report significant issues with optimization, including crashes, poor performance, and in some cases, the game failing to launch on Windows 10.
- “The game crashes frequently, has poor performance, and sometimes won't even launch on Windows 10.”
- “I experienced constant crashes and significant lag, making it nearly unplayable.”
- “The optimization is so bad that I can't even get the game to start on my system.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The music in the game has received mixed feedback, with some finding the soundtrack interesting yet strange, while others feel it is out of place for the game's bucolic setting. Additionally, the sound effects for clicking buildings have been described as obnoxious, detracting from the overall experience.
- “The soundtrack is a bit strange, but still interesting.”
- “The graphics are pleasant, but the sound effects for clicking buildings are obnoxious, and the music is wildly out of place for this bucolic setting.”