Farm Empire

it's alright, kind of boring but it's okay i guess

super relaxing farm idle game!

no progress without using your VISA spell

if u have played adventure capitalist and thought, there is only earth, moon, and mars, why not instead be countrys? this is the game 4 u

I like the game Farm Empire (although there are two caveats to that stance, which are explained below). It is basically a type of clicker/idling game - you click on farming (etc.) products to make them grow or develop, earning money each time they complete a growth; then you pay a bundle of money to hire a manager so you don't have to click on the products to make them increase. You can also hire workers; if you earn enough money, then you will get extra workers, who will be on your farm when you reset your farm; then rinse and repeat to get more workers (similar to various other clicker games). [b]Caveat no. 1[/b] is that, like most clicker games, Farm Empire is a PTA (Pay To Advance) game. This is not unusual for a free clicker game, and should be expected - after all, devs need to make money like the rest of us. You can play for free, but it will take you much longer to advance (as long as players understand that as the business model, that's fine). You can do extra things, or speed things up, if you use gold eggs (a type of currency in the game); if you want more gold eggs than you are getting via the limited free drops, then you can buy some gold eggs with IRL money. You can get free gold eggs via the completion of achievements and from the daily drops (currently set at 15 gold eggs per day). You can go to different countries, and develop products in each one. Access to each new country costs you 360 gold eggs. That's all nice and good, except for one thing (hence the second caveat). [b]Caveat no. 2[/b] is that you are forced to wait for 2 minutes every time you want to go from one country to another, and if you want to go back to an earlier country - although you can, of course, pay currency (gold eggs). So, if you buy access to 12 countries with gold eggs, then you would have to wait 24 minutes just to go to each one - but if, Heaven forbid, you want to keep going back and forth between countries, then it could take you hours just waiting for the travel screen to finish. But, don't worry, you can cut the travel time down to 10 seconds if you spend 500 gold eggs - which you can grind for in-game, or you can buy with hard cold cash in real-life. Guess which choice the devs want you to make? Basically, this enforced waiting is a piece of unmitigated f***kery on the part of the devs - what an absolutely scummy move. Maybe, after they have finished with this game, they can then go into the money-lending business? That's where you can really leech money off people, at a pro level. Farm Empire is nicely made, with a cartoon look, and cute graphics. I was sorely tempted to give the game a thumbs down with this review over their shonky "travel" shenanigans, but decided that (overall) the game is a nice clicker game (the dodgy "travel" function notwithstanding). So, by all means, try the game out - so long as you are aware of the caveats mentioned above.

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