FS17 vs GTA5

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Re: FS17 vs GTA5

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muzickmage wrote:First, let me point out that i'm not trying to attack the game, or the developers, (especially when FS is one of my favorite simulator games)....... but....
I debated whether or not to reply to this. I don't want to start a fight, but I don't think you do either.
muzickmage wrote:I'd like to point out that...... it doesn't take 900 employees, or billions in cash to make good/logical decisions. For example:
I think they made the choices they made for logical reasons. Consider that they have to make choices that appeal to a larger audience, not just you or me. We might not agree with their choices, but there is a logical reason for them.
muzickmage wrote:.... Coding into the game multiple fertilizer options that do exactly the same thing. NOT very logical.

.... Having your tractor (maxed at 32mph) pass cars on a double lane public road. NOT very logical.
I think both of these come down to simplification. Many players already have some difficulty playing this game (just take a glance at some of the questions which are posted by new players). I thinks Giants tries to make decisions which make the game approachable for most players.
muzickmage wrote:.... Providing tools that allow for create/delete fields, but designing maps with no even surfaces to clear and make new fields.... NOT very logical.
Fortunately, there are many mod maps from which to choose. As for the default maps, I believe the idea is to be able to join existing fields into larger fields. The other thing to consider is that if the map has too much clear, even surface, some players find the map boring.
muzickmage wrote:.... Providing place-able buildings that are prefect if we were wanting to build or expand a lumber yard... but absolutely nothing for anywhere else in the community. Not a single house, store/shop, hospital, school, or anything to do with building up a community, (houses to place beside some of those fields would have been great to setup up sub-farms) and....... where are we to place the ones we did get? NOT very logical.
I think a lot of this goes way beyond farming. Having grown up on a farm myself, I don't remember my father or any of the local farmers building a hospital or school. Maybe I was too busy around the farm to notice.
muzickmage wrote:.... Being able to buy fields is great. I love being able to expand. But .... what happened to the "sell" feature? Why can't we sell a no longer wanted field? NOT very logical.
Was that ever a feature? It might be a handy feature. I think there's a mod on PC which allows you to sell fields. I usually manage to find a use for all my fields, but I have occasionally felt the need to give up a field.
muzickmage wrote:(and one of my favorites) The map is so small that we can game-walk around the perimeter of the game world in maybe about 3 minutes.... drive it with the slowest tractor in about 40 or so seconds, but yet Giants decided to toss in 2 trains for transporting stuff. NOT very logical.
You can't get around the default maps that fast. I'll admit, I wouldn't mind larger maps, but this is all about creating a game that can be played by more people (including those with less powerful hardware). Fortunately, you can get yourself a good gaming PC and a 4X map.
muzickmage wrote:Basically, my argument is... if you're being accused of "not being good game developers", it may have very little-to-nothing to do with how many employees Giants has, or the annual budget, and more to do with some of the decisions made that may not be the best ideas.
The folks at Giants are excellent developers and they've made smart decisions which appeal to a broad base of users. Are they perfect: no. Have they made the best decisions: maybe not always. FS seems to me to be an evolving thing. With each release they try to improve. The saying that you can't please everyone is very true in this case, so they aim to please as many as they can.

BTW, I'm not saying that I think every decision they make is great, or that I wouldn't like to see some changes.
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Re: FS17 vs GTA5

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Earnest Pea wrote:
muzickmage wrote:First, let me point out that i'm not trying to attack the game, or the developers, (especially when FS is one of my favorite simulator games)....... but....
I debated whether or not to reply to this. I don't want to start a fight, but I don't think you do either.
muzickmage wrote:I'd like to point out that...... it doesn't take 900 employees, or billions in cash to make good/logical decisions. For example:
I think they made the choices they made for logical reasons. Consider that they have to make choices that appeal to a larger audience, not just you or me. We might not agree with their choices, but there is a logical reason for them.
muzickmage wrote:.... Coding into the game multiple fertilizer options that do exactly the same thing. NOT very logical.

.... Having your tractor (maxed at 32mph) pass cars on a double lane public road. NOT very logical.
I think both of these come down to simplification. Many players already have some difficulty playing this game (just take a glance at some of the questions which are posted by new players). I thinks Giants tries to make decisions which make the game approachable for most players.
muzickmage wrote:.... Providing tools that allow for create/delete fields, but designing maps with no even surfaces to clear and make new fields.... NOT very logical.
Fortunately, there are many mod maps from which to choose. As for the default maps, I believe the idea is to be able to join existing fields into larger fields. The other thing to consider is that if the map has too much clear, even surface, some players find the map boring.
muzickmage wrote:.... Providing place-able buildings that are prefect if we were wanting to build or expand a lumber yard... but absolutely nothing for anywhere else in the community. Not a single house, store/shop, hospital, school, or anything to do with building up a community, (houses to place beside some of those fields would have been great to setup up sub-farms) and....... where are we to place the ones we did get? NOT very logical.
I think a lot of this goes way beyond farming. Having grown up on a farm myself, I don't remember my father or any of the local farmers building a hospital or school. Maybe I was too busy around the farm to notice.
muzickmage wrote:.... Being able to buy fields is great. I love being able to expand. But .... what happened to the "sell" feature? Why can't we sell a no longer wanted field? NOT very logical.
Was that ever a feature? It might be a handy feature. I think there's a mod on PC which allows you to sell fields. I usually manage to find a use for all my fields, but I have occasionally felt the need to give up a field.
muzickmage wrote:(and one of my favorites) The map is so small that we can game-walk around the perimeter of the game world in maybe about 3 minutes.... drive it with the slowest tractor in about 40 or so seconds, but yet Giants decided to toss in 2 trains for transporting stuff. NOT very logical.
You can't get around the default maps that fast. I'll admit, I wouldn't mind larger maps, but this is all about creating a game that can be played by more people (including those with less powerful hardware). Fortunately, you can get yourself a good gaming PC and a 4X map.
muzickmage wrote:Basically, my argument is... if you're being accused of "not being good game developers", it may have very little-to-nothing to do with how many employees Giants has, or the annual budget, and more to do with some of the decisions made that may not be the best ideas.
The folks at Giants are excellent developers and they've made smart decisions which appeal to a broad base of users. Are they perfect: no. Have they made the best decisions: maybe not always. FS seems to me to be an evolving thing. With each release they try to improve. The saying that you can't please everyone is very true in this case, so they aim to please as many as they can.

BTW, I'm not saying that I think every decision they make is great, or that I wouldn't like to see some changes.
When it comes to placeables... i'd like to have a couple houses added to the default game. I like setting up sub-farms (ie; house with couple fields, and maybe add a greenhouse for the farm. This would come in handy being that Giants likes to toss the animals all across the map.

For the map size... I'm thinking of maybe 1.5 what we have... with some back roads added. I agree ... farming is more so.... off road type of gameplay where farmers are not always traveling up and down community streets as much as maybe spending more time on back roads, or dirt roads through the woods behind their property. I'd like to see more of that type of map environment.
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Re: FS17 vs GTA5

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If you're on PC, you should look for a 4x map. I'm almost sure you could find one that would give you what you want. There's a lot of great maps.

There are also some decent placeables available. Someone recently added a farmhouse placeable to modhub. Can't remember exactly, but I think its console and PC.
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Re: FS17 vs GTA5

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Endlessly picking holes because they're 'not logical' in FS is itself not logical. At the end of the day its a game, decisions are made based on what makes for a good gameplay experience. People here are comparing it to a game like GTA but very little in GTA makes any logical sense other than it all adds up to being a fun game. Quite a lot of it doesn't actually make sense if you really want to start looking deeply into it.

Sure the default maps aren't nearly big enough to warrant having their own train system but that doesn't stop the train just being a fun little addition to the game.

There's lots FS can improve upon and ideas that can be built upon, as I'm sure Giants themselves know, but there's still so many possibilities available to us players of the current game too.
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Re: FS17 vs GTA5

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Can't believe I forgot that. I'm always telling people that it doesn't matter what you choose to do as long as you enjoy it. I got to caught up in the points and forgot about the fun.
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Re: FS17 vs GTA5

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Giants is a teeny-tiny corporation compared to Rockstar. A simulator game caters to a certain audience and can never earn the same level of income as a blockbuster like GTA. As a result, the team working on the game is significantly smaller. Sure, it could be a lot better. If you want to play an agricultural video game, though, nothing beats Farming Simulator. That's the way things are. It will get better as long as the popularity grows - whether with Giants or another firm, it is up to them. Even Giants were surprised by FS's exponential development, I believe. I never imagined it would be a successful console game, at least not in the same way that it was on PC. But I'm afraid I won't be able to.
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