Pure farming vs Cattle and Crops vs FS

[Goda]

Which one of these has improved the most or has a better roadmap?

[Lord Odin]

I played some of the earlier FS so can't comment on the newer ones but PF 2018 is really good especially when you look at the prices of even some of the earlier FS's. I know which one i prefer.

[Goda]

Originally posted by Lord Odin:

I played some of the earlier FS so can't comment on the newer ones but PF 2018 is really good especially when you look at the prices of even some of the earlier FS's. I know which one i prefer.

Have you played Cattle and Crops?

[Moltoy]

I've played all three of them. CC is more of a sim game, its really fun tho. PF had a tough start, I don't think they can come back from it. It is also a really ggod game. Fs...lets say I had hoped for more in fs19. If you want me to make some videos on CC just ask

[WildDogsGaming]

CC, I am still unimpressed with the overall experience. They worked really hard on the details, that the basics, such as controls, are still too far below. Farmers Dynasty, although I was an early supporter, since launch I pulled my support. Again, the devil is in the details. They treat Straw as food for cows. Take your straw bales to the barn and feed your animals with it! It seems so minor, but it was just the tip of the iceberg for me on that game.

FS19 for me is still the best overall experience. I hate that they are so lazy and will not improve the gameplay itself. Let's add riding horses, but keep everything else the same since FS13. I think overall, FS13 was the last time the game was completely changed and overhauled. They have just gotten so lazy with their formula, I keep hoping for a great game to come out that will overtake it, or force them to think twice about what they are doing.

Pure Farm for me is the next step down from FS19. There are some details that are aggravating, but as a whole experience, it is pretty good. Get out of the campaign and actually play the game seems to be a great idea. Plowing seems to be my least favorite job in all farming simulators, and it really is annoying I can't hire employees in campaign mode, even after it tells you you can hire employees. I am still working through the campaign because I wanted to learn about the different orchards and countries, etc. However, I have now plowed about 40 fields in this playthrough manually, and I am really tired of it. I want to hire someone to do it, and I can't.

So for me, in their current states, here is how I would rate the 4 that are new(ish):

1) Farm Sim 19
2) Pure Farming 2018
3) Cattle and Crops
4) Farmers Dynasty

[David Ford]

At this point I would just like to hear from the Devs that they are still working on this game.They's been no sign of them since last update in April. Even their facebook page is silent.

[Gabriel]

Originally posted by WildDogsGaming:

1) Farm Sim 19
2) Pure Farming 2018
3) Cattle and Crops
4) Farmers Dynasty

This is true

[MoonCrystal]

For me Pure Farming 2018 on number 1 for his gameplay. Because Giant are lazy and just improve graphics over the gameplay....FS 19 = FS 17.5 (minor changes on gameplay and better graphics and that's all...), and I am fed up to be on a battle with mods that are compatible or not with other ones because Giant are not be able to improve the gameplay of their game and let the modders "work" for them.

On PF 2018 there are less licences but overall they are some kind of new ideas that are really good. About the IA on FS 19 I have some problem with them. They are stuck sometimes without any reason. On PF 2018, IA is not perfect, but since the last patch each time the IA make a mistake it corrects it by itself.

Sorry for my english.

[Sound Zero]

Any of the games you mentioned are fine farming games. They each have their own draw, and none of them are the best at everything.

Pure Farming could be the best competitor for Farming Simulator with only a few additions, and some things tweaked.

While yes, being able to travel to another country seems cool, in reality...I just stay in Montana. Just let us grow grapes and rice and such on any map, the travel is just tedious for me.

I'd rather have seen that time spent making new machinery. I do love the way they handle greenhouses, that you need to supply them, and transport the crops. It's simple, but necessary to maintain them.

Farming Simulator should really be called Farming Arcade Simulator. To me, it's like Need for Speed is to racing games. It's fun and addicting and easy enough to pick up for anyone to play it, but it could be much deeper than it is.

It's designed to be simple...arcade like on purpose. You get the most players that way. There is nothing really wrong with it, but there is nothing really amazing about it either. It's a good game, sometimes great, but never really above or below that mark.

Cattle and Crops just seems like it wants to be so deep and tedious that at the end of the day, you will will fell like you actually worked on a farm except for the sore muscles. I've been a backer for that one going on four years now. It's not that much further along now than it was two years ago, and while realistic mud dynamics and dust physics sound awesome...in practice, I haven't seen any reason to be dancing about the game yet.

All those little details could have been lesser and the game would have been completed by now.

I can't even remember the last time I spent more than an hour in the game. It just still feels far too alpha, for a game that should have been nearly finished by now. For me, it's the Star Citizen of Farming games.

For the people mentioning Farmers Dynasty...I don't even see how that game is related. Yes, both have farming, but so does Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon...neither of which I compare to these games. In fact, Farmer's Dynasty is just the more "realistic" version of those two games in my opinion.

I guess to answer the overall question you asked:

Cattle and Crops is the only one with an actual roadmap. FS19 and Pure Farming are completed games. FS19 shouldn't anything more coming out for it, because they typically don't release more DLC once the Platinum version is announced.

Pure Farming is a done game, they should be working on the sequel by now, and they should. Take what they have learned here and make the next one better.

Pure Farming has improved a lot since release, Farming Sim does improve every year, but it's like Madden...often the improvements don't seem justified for a new release.

Cattle and Crops has improved, but it still has a ways to go.

[SunnyBoy]

how about Farmers Dinasty? Its in Early Access but its funny to play.

[David Ford]

Farmers Dynasty is a ok game, but is more of a Sims type game then farming.

[jeremyj621]

I still prefer FS, even though it is more a of a farming machine driving simulator than a farming simulator. The farming sim aspects of the game are kept very simple and basic. With the recent addition of the Seasons mod, FS has improved a lot since that mod not only adds seasons, but changes the animal husbandry aspects of the default game (animals start out young and need to mature before starting to reproduce, and there are various breeds of each animal, each with various strong and weak points).

[Gabriel]

take a look at Farm Together, it is not like a real farming game but it is super fun if you set your own goals.