Just because the farming skin that this loop is embedded in didn’t engage me on a deep level personally does not mean that Farming Simulator doesn’t have a lot to offer its primary audience. The loop is the same, regardless of the genre. We play the game, the numbers go up, we buy new stuff, we continue playing the game.
Anyone that has spent time grinding for a new weapon or power in an RPG will instantly recognize the rat-push-button, rat-get-sugar work/reward system at play here. I’m not going to call it “boring”, or make light of its primary gaming loop of “buy-plant-harvest-sell-buy”. To be clear, I’m not going to bash on Farming Simulator 19 for its content. Farming Simulator 19 PS4 Nails The Feel Of Rural United States Rural U.S.