So what is Giants actually allowed to bring to new versions of the franchise if they're not allowed to add features similar to those modders have previously added? A new version of Farm Sim is only valid if it only features improved graphics and basic mechanics? Some people criticise Giants for not having already added features that modders have then made, while others are complaining that Giants IS doing that?Iconia Star wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:49 pm Actually, it kind of is. All Giants added was stones which can only be sold, the ability to change your outfit (as if you feel the cold,) and the ability to use the train to sell out of town (because a train driver will totally get out of his cockpit to let some random person drive his train for a few hours.) Everything else was created by the modders from FS19. I pre-ordered a game I already had, except that now we can't turn off the mods we don't like. That's the scam.
As for the topic. If I wanted a hyper-realistic farming simulator game, I'd turn off the gaming platform, head out into the real world and get a job as a farmer. I don't want to spend four hours doing diddly squat while I wait for a game to let me plant crops. That's what I've just ended up doing. Sleep, ride my horses, sleep, ride my horses, sleep... on and on.
I like a bit of realism in my games but at some point you have to come to terms that it's a game and we don't want to dedicate our entire lives to it. It's NOT realistic. If it were, there'd be baby animals. My new-born lamb is a full grown sheep. My cows reproduce without the aid of a bull.
I understand the argument against EXCESSIVE realism, but there is a long distance between a healthy level of verisimilitude, and an obsessions with MAH REELIZM!!!
I found playing vanilla FS19 got too boring and repetitive without seasons. Plant what you want, when you want, nothing matters. Plant now, harvest tomorrow. I would have stopped playing after a few months if I didn't find the Seasons mod, even though it was more detailed that I really wanted. I could have done without the crop rotation feature, and bales rotting away in the rain, but I could live with that, because Seasons gave me a sense of actual time passing, letting me get more into my farms. I don't need an industrial level, technically accurate agriculture simulator, but what Giants have delivered is a nice game that I enjoy.
So what level of realism is valid? Who should have to wait for modders to craft things to fit their tastes? FS19 required me to find mods to make FS the game I wanted, now it seems you have to rely on someone to make mods to get it set up for you. I understand how that is frustrating, but I don't see how that makes it a scam!