Farming Simulator 25 Review (PlayStation 5)
Farming Simulator 25 Review, Build a farm along winding rivers and historic grain elevators in North America, surrounded by ponds in Central Europe, or in a lush East Asian landscape filled with rice paddies near a neon-lit port city. Grow crops, tend to animals, practice forestry, and manage an empire of business ventures with farm shops, productions, and constructions!
Farming Simulator 25 Review Pros:
- Highly detailed graphics.
- 27.41GB download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Own in-game trophy list.
- Display settings – field of view slider, first-person field of view slider, brightness, realistic beacon lights, ingame Hud scale, and third-person field of view slider.
- Invert Y Y-axis look option.
- The downloadable content manager lets you manage what is and isn’t installed and shows install and free space sizes.
- Ten save slots.
- Three locations – Zielonka, Hutan Pantai, and River Bend Springs.
- Game setup – location, preset, start money, start loan, economic difficulty, start a farm, and guided intro tour.
- Three presets – new farmer, start from scratch, and farm manager.
- Fast loading times.
- Three economic difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
- Full character creator – 13 avatar choices, hairstyle, beards, outfits including branded clothing, tops, bottoms, footwear, headgear, gloves, and classes. You can be male or female.
- Tutorial pop-ups as you play, you can turn them off.
- Farm management and simulation gameplay.
- You can play in first or third-person view, it’s a simple button press to change.
- A full 3D game world with 360-degree camera control.
- Save when you want.
- In-game character interactions and you can fast-forward through them.
- Voiced characters.
- Multiple choice encounters.
- Clear easy-to-read Hud that can also have bars to help gauge the progress of tasks.
- Pressing buttons on the Hud will help with controls, it’s a lot to take in but honestly, it’s smooth and very easy to manage.
- Buy and sell vehicles from the store or the menu.
- Even the locations are more detailed and have more life to them than ever before.
- Walking over owned land shows the status of the field like crop type, growth, how much is fertilized, and if it needs plowing.
- When driving you can zoom in and out whilst in third person view.
- Every vehicle looks incredible with its high detail. Each handle is different.
- Farming jobs are wood cutting, Herding animals, Growing and selling crops, and taking on missions.
- All vehicles are licensed brands.
- Play how you want.
- A very satisfying game.
- When near a detachable point you get a pop-up to not only tell you what to press but also what you will be attaching.
- Cruise control can be turned on whenever and you can set the max speed of it.
- Looking at and seeing the progress of field tasks is easier and clearer.
- The map is color-coded to help see what state fields are in or what is currently in the fields.
- Both a mini-map and a big map.
- To be successful you need to learn the seasons and plant certain seeds at certain times of the year. Luckily the calendar helps with this.
- Hire Ai workers and set – the working width, and number of headlands, work the headlands, start with, and skip lines. A simple hold button activation.
- Day and night cycle with different weather.
- In-game radio.
- The d-pad lets you instantly swap between vehicles.
- With the in-game mini-map, you can change the size of it and even turn it on and off.
- Ground deformation is now a thing and it is not just you that can change it, the weather can destroy not only crops but the actual earth you plant in!
- Quests feel a lot more fleshed out and add a lot more depth and variety to them.
Farming Simulator 25 Review Cons:
- No actual markings for mods, and the downloadable content section isn’t clear.
- The performance is not great, it runs a tad sluggish and has slight screen tearing.
- During the guided tour tutorials it won’t always be clear what needs to be done as it just stops using markers after a while.
- It’s a lot to take in and more so if this is your first Farming Simulator experience.
- If you have played the games before then you have to suck eggs with the guided tour until you get to the new content.
- The camera is still a beast to use, a handy recentre the camera or look behind instantly would be awesome.
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Farming Simulator 25:
Developer: GIANTS Software
Publisher: GIANTS Software
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Summary
Farming Simulator 25 impresses with its highly detailed graphics and extensive gameplay options, making it a standout in the simulation genre. The game, with a hefty download size of 27.41GB, offers a Platinum trophy and its own in-game trophy list, adding to the replayability for dedicated players. The display settings are comprehensive, including field-of-view sliders for both first and third-person views, brightness adjustments, realistic beacon lights, and HUD scaling options. Players can also invert the Y-axis look option, and the downloadable content manager helps manage installed content and available space efficiently.
The game features three distinct locations: Zielonka, Hutan Pantai, and River Bend Springs, each offering unique environments to explore. The setup options are robust, allowing players to choose their location, preset, starting money, loan, economic difficulty, and whether to start a farm or take a guided intro tour. With three presets—new farmer, start from scratch, and farm manager—players can tailor their experience to their skill level. Fast loading times and three economic difficulties (Easy, Normal, and Hard) ensure a smooth and customizable gameplay experience.
Character creation is detailed, with 13 avatar choices, various hairstyles, beards, outfits, and accessories, allowing players to create a personalized farmer. The game includes tutorial pop-ups that can be turned off, and players can switch between first and third-person views with a simple button press. The full 3D game world offers 360-degree camera control, and players can save their progress at any time. In-game character interactions are voiced, and multiple-choice encounters add depth to the gameplay. The HUD is clear and easy to read, with bars to gauge task progress, and pressing buttons on the HUD provides control assistance.
Farming Simulator 25 offers a variety of farming jobs, including wood cutting, herding animals, growing and selling crops, and taking on missions. All vehicles are licensed brands and look incredibly detailed, with each handle being different. Players can buy and sell vehicles from the store or menu, and walking over owned land shows the status of the field, including crop type, growth, fertilization, and plowing needs. The game also features cruise control, which can be turned on at any time, and players can set the maximum speed. The map is color-coded to show the state of fields and what is currently in them, and both a mini-map and a big map are available.
However, the game has its drawbacks. The performance can be sluggish, with slight screen tearing, and the guided tour tutorials are not always clear, sometimes stopping without providing further instructions. The game can be overwhelming for new players, and those familiar with the series may find the guided tour repetitive until they reach new content. The camera control is still challenging, and a recentre or look-behind feature would be beneficial. Additionally, the downloadable content section lacks clear markings for mods, making it difficult to navigate.
In summary, Farming Simulator 25 is a highly detailed and satisfying game with extensive customization options and a variety of gameplay elements. While it has some performance issues and can be overwhelming for new players, it remains an enjoyable and immersive experience for fans of the series and simulation games in general. The detailed graphics, comprehensive settings, and variety of farming tasks make it a game worth playing and is a true advancement within the genre and the definitive version to play.