Farming Simulator 19 Reviews

Farming Simulator 19 is ranked in the 44th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Dec 27, 2019

Farming Simulator 19: Platinum Edition is the latest to come out of the Farming Simulator series; that is until 20 inevitably comes out for PC next year. I’ll be reviewing this game as a whole as we don’t have a standalone review for the base game. The Farming Simulator franchise has been around for over ten years now. That formula hasn’t changed all that much. Which depending on the type of player you are, it is either a good or bad point.

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8 / 10.0
Nov 1, 2019

Farming Simulator 19 Platinum Edition is immense, tricky and certainly not a walk in the farm! There is a handy tutorial to set you on your way but be warned, you will lose many days if not months of your life to this game in order to perfect your farm. As a father of 4 boys I would personally struggle to sit down every day for a few hours to carry on what I was doing from the day before. That said this is the perfect form of escapism if you just need to go chill and take time out from your life, which let’s face it, we should all do from time to time. The attention to detail within the game as well as the amazing CLAAS vehicles that have been included in this edition really bring something to the table if you love your farming and engineering. I award Farming Simulator 19 Platinum Edition the Thumb Culture Gold Award!

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8.5 / 10.0
Feb 12, 2019

Overall, Farming Simulator 19 plays well and effectively puts you in the shoes of a farmer. Many use games as sort of escapism, to become something fantastical, powerful, to overcome evil, etc. Farming Simulator serves the same general purpose, only in a more realistic and tangible way by sating our curiosity about a profession that many of us will never know.

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B
Jan 25, 2019

Farming Simulator 19 is another solid entry in the series. With the addition of John Deere and more animals brings some more fun to existing players and new. Though I feel it's missing a few things to bring it over the top, Farming Simulator 19 still deserves respect for where it's at today.

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80%
Jan 3, 2019

Giants Software brought their fans another installment of the Farming Simulator series, this time with number 19, John Deere and slightly better physics. If you're a fan of virtual farming, Farming Simulator 19 should fully satisfy you.

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4.3 / 5.0
Dec 26, 2018

Bigger and better and full of life(stock).

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Spaziogames
Mastelli Speed
Top Critic
7.4 / 10.0
Dec 16, 2018

Good old vibes and same problems of the past. The gameplay it's very slow and needs great patience.

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9.5 / 10.0
Dec 8, 2018
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75 / 100
Dec 6, 2018

Farming Simulator 19 has a remarkable improvement since its last edition, with better graphics, more scenarios, colors and animals to take care of, but still sins in the movement of objects in the scenario. It seems to be a game aimed only at the loyal audience, not at the beginners, because the learning curve is very delicate. The new features add more dynamism, but I feel it should've had more customizable options.

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Critical Hit
JamesLenoir
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Dec 3, 2018

This year's version is a competent upgrade for the series. On its own, it stands tall as an excellent farm simulator, packed with features and with a level of complexity carefully hidden under its seemingly simple menus. Giants Software has managed to build on their game series and create an incredibly immersive game.

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Wait for Sale
Dec 2, 2018

Farming Simulator might not be the most exciting game, but it's not without virtue. Vehicles can be impeccably modelled, the gameplay frees up space in your mind, and harvesting large swathes of grain can be satisfying. Those moments of joy are few and far between, though, and only the most dedicated farmer could take FS19 as a standalone experience without being consumed by Kantian levels of apathy. Perhaps I'm too cynical to appreciate the simple act of creating food in a virtual sense, calloused by the constant stimulation that the internet and games provide me. On the other hand, it could just be that farming is super dull.

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 30, 2018

New farming season offers a lot of activities, vehicles, animals and crops. But still can improve.

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TheSixthAxis
Top Critic
7 / 10
Nov 30, 2018

For newcomers, the initial grind might be off putting to some, but the wealth of things you can do in the game will keep you entertained for hours.

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6 / 10
Nov 27, 2018

Farming Simulator 2018 (just like its previous edition for that matter) has a base that allows it to be serene for future developments. Unfortunately, these developments are likely to be the result of a very active community, rather than the developer itself to overcome the lack of user-friendliness of its interface and the accompaniment of the player. Very complete on certain things (machines and activities proposed), it is failing on many aspects in its form. However, there is a real pleasure to act as a farmer, who would have been even greater with explanations and a real "story" to follow. Management games have been around for a long time when it comes to developing and managing a city, why not take inspiration from it here too?

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MSPoweruser
Kurt Perry
6 / 10.0
Nov 26, 2018

Farming Simulator 2019 fails to improve on its predecessors in any meaningful way. It adds horses, customizable farms and slightly improved visuals, but many of its fundamental flaws are still lingering underneath. If you like Farming Simulator, you’ll like this – it’s pretty much exactly the same.

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SA Gamer
Ashwar Jacobs
4 / 10.0
Nov 26, 2018

As someone who never saw themselves living out life in the country managing crops and livestock counting every grain as to determine whether all my efforts were fruitful, Farm Simulator 19 reaffirms that it will never be part of my train of thought. For those who are interested though, they may find a lot to look forward to and will be bombarded with many pieces of information based on the time put into nurturing their piece of horticultural heaven. Beginners won't feel that at ease during the early stages, but I guess a decent amount of time spent in the game might start making sense after a while. It's no technical marvel, but like any trusty old tractor, it does what it does for those who like it.

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74 / 100
Nov 26, 2018

Farming Simulator 19 has beautiful and realistic gameplay mechanics. however, we can't see different gameplay mechanics in the new game compared to the previous game.

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Nov 26, 2018

The realism of Farming Simulator 19 - both mechanically as described and graphically - adds to everything the game embodies from the realistic operations to the aesthetic farm scenery. Because of the amount of detail in the graphics and the game mechanics, this can be described as an incredibly hardcore simulator, which comes with a high level of freedom of choice.

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Nov 25, 2018

For me, the visuals, gameplay tweaks and huge array of sandbox elements to have fun with put Farming Simulator 19 right up there in the farming entertainment world

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Nov 23, 2018

Farming Simulator 19 still manages to be the best farming game on the market mainly due to Giants Software obsession over details and how incorporates the feeling of “owning your farm”, but its foundations are already showing its age.

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