Real Farm
- June 24, 2021
- SOEDESCO
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Get on Epic Games Store"Real Farm" is a farming simulation game that allows players to start as a farmhand and work their way up to an agricultural tycoon in career mode, or manage an established farm in free mode. The game features two maps based on American and West European countryside, where players can acquire land, manage staff, crops, and animals, and drive powerful farm vehicles. The economy is affected by player and competitor actions in real time, making for a dynamic and challenging gameplay experience. The game boasts a huge, open world presented in sumptuous native 4k.
PC
Playstation 4
Playstation 5
Windows
Xbox One
PlayStation
Xbox
Reviews
- The game has good graphics and runs smoothly on various systems.
- It offers a basic introduction to farming mechanics, making it suitable for newcomers to the genre.
- The developers are actively working on updates and improvements, showing potential for future enhancements.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs and control issues, making it frustrating to play.
- There is no steering wheel support, which is a significant drawback for a driving simulation game.
- Gameplay is repetitive and lacks depth, leading to a tedious experience with little sense of progression.
- grinding24 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Reviews indicate that the grinding aspect of the game is characterized by repetitive and tedious tasks, such as plowing and sowing, which can detract from the overall enjoyment. While some players appreciate the game's realistic approach to farming, many feel it lacks engaging gameplay and interesting decisions, making the early development phase particularly challenging. Overall, the grinding experience is seen as a significant hurdle, especially when compared to more established titles in the farming simulator genre.
“Dry career mode: work your ass off to pay debt, therefore dozens of repetitive tedious jobs of plowing, cultivating, and sowing.”
“Gameplay felt really tedious.”
“Aside from that, I thought I'd learn something about farming, but this doesn't give any form of 'farming fantasy' and has such generic activities that it doesn't feel real - sure the large scale monoculture repetitiveness is realistic, but where are the interesting decisions?”
- graphics8 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
Overall, the graphics of the game are generally well-received, with many users noting that they are good, particularly in terms of field textures and rendering. However, some players feel that the graphics do not meet their expectations and are hindered by bugs and minor issues, which detracts from the overall experience. While the default settings offer high-quality visuals, some users opted to lower the settings for better performance.
“Music is nice, graphics are nice.”
“Good graphics.”
“In my opinion, this could have been a good game if the developers had ironed out more bugs in the game. Some parts work really well, like the field textures and general graphics, but it's the little things that ruin it for me.”
“Ok graphics, but not close to what I was expecting.”
“I would not have minded a larger file size or graphics rendering...”
- story6 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The story is praised for its amazing idea and potential, but players express frustration with bugs that hinder mission completion, such as un-obtainable items and time constraints that lead to premature mission cancellations. Overall, while the narrative concept is strong, technical issues significantly detract from the experience.
“Amazing idea and amazing story and amazing potential.”
“Sometimes after a long mission, you have to cancel it because of the story.”
“Well, items needed to complete missions are unobtainable.”
“You don't get to complete the full mission before you are finished.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
Gameplay is criticized for its tediousness and lack of automation, making early development challenging and requiring significant investment in farming tools. Additionally, players feel that the game mechanics and physics need improvement, along with better tutorials and user interface guidance to enhance the overall experience.
“The game mechanics and physics could be improved, or at least better explained, perhaps with more UI elements in tutorials, like voice prompts or guided instructions.”
“The early development is quite challenging due to the lack of automatic farming operations; it requires significant investment to perfect the mechanical processes, making it difficult to manage large cultivated areas with limited farming tools.”
“Biggest problems you can see within a few minutes of gameplay.”
“Gameplay felt really tedious.”
“The game mechanics and physics should be better (or at least better explained), and maybe more UI in tutorials, such as a voice prompt or directed guidance.”
- music2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -100 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
The music in the game receives mixed reviews; while some players appreciate its quality, others find it inconsistent and jarring, leading to moments that can be startling rather than enjoyable.
“The music is nice, the graphics are nice.”
“The music is so terrible; well, it's not, but it's off half of the time, and then it comes on and gives you a heart attack.”
“The soundtrack feels repetitive and lacks variety, making it hard to stay engaged.”
“The audio mixing is poor, with some tracks drowning out others, leading to a frustrating experience.”
- monetization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Users express frustration with the monetization strategy, particularly highlighting that the ads are intrusive and annoying.
“The ads are incredibly intrusive and ruin the gameplay experience.”
“It feels like the game is designed solely to push microtransactions on players.”
“The monetization model is frustrating and makes it hard to enjoy the game without spending money.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game is widely criticized for its lack of stability, with users describing it as a "buggy broken mess."
“The game is a buggy, broken mess.”
“Frequent crashes make it nearly unplayable.”
“I experienced constant lag and glitches throughout my gameplay.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game is criticized for having zero replayability, indicating that players find little incentive to revisit it after completing the initial experience.
“There is zero replayability.”
“The game offers no incentive to play again after finishing it.”
“Once you've completed the game, there's nothing left to draw you back in.”
