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Farming-Simulator 2008

In "Farming Simulator" you are a farmer and will experience the versatile everyday life of a Farmer. Take a seat behind the steering wheel of the different detailed agricultural engines and carry out your work…

30 31 December 2007

Farming-Simulator 2008 is a simulator developed by Giants Software, released 31 December 2007 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Farming-Simulator 2008 is

Farming-Simulator 2008 is a simulator game developed by Giants Software and released in 2007. It was published by astragon Software GmbH. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In "Farming Simulator" you are a farmer and will experience the versatile everyday life of a Farmer. Take a seat behind the steering wheel of the different detailed agricultural engines and carry out your work in the fields. You’ve got to plow your fields, sow the seeds, reap or station the harvest to store it in the silo or deliver it to the next harbour. The life of a farmer is hard, and so the player has to steer his heavy vehicles around the clock to earn his keep of life. As in the real world of farming the weather isn’t always on your side, and rain and hail give you a hard time. Additionally different missions have to be mastered, you also have the possibility to move absolutely free…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Farming-Simulator 2008 holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 34 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Farming-Simulator 2008 launched on 31 December 2007, within three weeks of Unreal Tournament 3 Black, Patapon, Final Fantasy IV and Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Unreal Tournament 3 Black, Patapon, Final Fantasy IV, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin.

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When did Farming-Simulator 2008 come out?
Farming-Simulator 2008 was released on 31 December 2007 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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