

The game involves many pieces of machinery costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each.įarming Simulator 19 boasts more than 300 vehicles from more than 100 manufacturers and, new to the franchise, John Deere farming machinery is now available. But such small-time operations are merely the beginning with Farming Simulator 19. We had a 1950s Allis-Chalmers tractor with a hydraulic system and three-point hitch, to which we would attach a plow, disc cultivator, grass mower, planter and the like. I grew up on a small Midwestern farm, so I had some understanding of farm machinery. While it's probably not a game I'll devote hundreds of hours to, I did enjoy playing it because it was quite educational.

There's no rush, just tooling around on your tractor in a monotonous yet calming cycle of tilling, planting and harvesting.įor others, it's going to be boredom incarnate.

My primary takeaway from Focus Home Interactive's Farming Simulator 19 is that it really drives home just how precarious the farmer profession can be, especially with how much capital is tied up in land and equipment.įor some people, a game like this is going to be a sort of zenlike obsession. Platform: Windows, Mac OS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
