Farming Simulator 25 has sold 2 million copies already - that's more than Alan Wake 2

https://www.vg247.com/farm-sim-25-has-sold-2-million-copies-already-more-than-alan-wake-2

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proper@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 1y (4 replies)
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Brumefey@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

The franchise is not available on GOG unfortunately.

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

FS will probably never be as you stream the satellite data.
At best low res map packs.

Brumefey@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Which satellite data are you referring ? I played the game a few years ago and it was offline (I think). Maybe you misread the title as Flight Simulator ? Or there is something I do not get ?

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y

Oh whoops. Yeah I thought FS was referring to Flight Sim :')
But point still stands for that.
As for Farming Sim idk. The only time I played it was on my 3DS playing the FS13 demo.
Was okay to play with.

Vesker@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 1y

As a fan of the original, I still haven't played Alan Wake 2 because I refuse to buy anything from the Epic Game store.

That being said, I also haven't played any of the farming sim games, though that's because they look incredibly boring--no offense to those who enjoy them, they're just not for me.

Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 1y

It's not a games job to protect the children, but the parents job. It's pretty weird we've got to this point here.

bizzle@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Can you grow hemp in farm simulator

perviouslyiner@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Definitely. Can't remember if it's in the base game (update: no, it's a mod) but it works like cotton and tobacco.

Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 6 pts · 1y

You can if you get it on PC and install mods to be able to.

Zahille7@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

It's not farm sim, but Project Zomboid has some decent farming mechanics (and a shitload of mods). A lot of the very popular mods just add drugs into the game. A couple of those highest rated ones add a ton of weed stuff to the game (papers; grinders; bongs; pipes; farmable seeds and hemp with different strains, stages of growth, and even disease the plants can catch). Modders are wild.

affiliate@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

i wonder how much of that has to do with the e sports scene.

overload@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Who is the market for these simulator games? I don't know anyone who plays them. They don't look bad to me, but there must be a type of gamer I'm blind to.

Edit: great answers thanks all.

lime@feddit.nu · 7 pts · 1y

i have over 300 hours in farming sim 2015. i bought the deluxe edition. got a little model tractor and a keychain.

i... don't know.

aluminium@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Germans, the game is a #1 Bestseller there every time it releases.

stardust@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y

It seems so niche but somehow more mainstream than horror games like Alan Wake. It always blows me away how popular simulators are despite not knowing anyone who plays them.

thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

They get you in different ways. Maybe Dave the Diver hooks you with some fun farm and restaurant mechanics. Then you make a little garden in Valheim and that feels pretty good. You think maybe you'll experiment with a bit of Stardew. Then next thing you know, BAM you're mainlining Farming Simulator-- Ironically at first, and then not.

Manzas@lemdro.id · 3 pts · 1y

Super relaxing multiplayer