Review Fix Exclusive: Inside ‘Professional Farmer – American Dream’

December 1, 2017 Patrick Hickey Jr. Video Games 0

Review Fix chats with Professional Farmer – Tamara Berger, head of PR & Marketing for American Dream, who discusses the inspiration for the game, it’s development process and more.

Review Fix: How was this game born?

Tamara Berger: As you might know we are publishing Farming Simulator Games since many years very successfully. Of course, we are always looking for new features, settings and ideas. Well, someone of our team came up with the idea of the pumpkin business and this idea was followed by the American setting as those two topics perfectly fit to each other.

Review Fix: What did you learn most from the original game?

Berger: Professional Farmer – American Dream is a sequel to Professional Farmer 2017, so we had the chance to get the feedback of the community, delete some bugs and implement some new machines and ideas into the game. Also we added the USA as a playable Country.

Review Fix: What was development like?

Berger: As we are based in Europe it was very interesting for us to deal with the American landscapes, mountains and to collect all information about farming in the USA.

Review Fix: What makes this game special?

Berger: The amazing setting combined with the possibility of pumpkin farming.

Review Fix: How does this game disrupt the video game landscape?

Berger: Well you know that simulation games are definitely based in a niche of the video games market. But this niche of gamers is happy to play and our games are used to be sold very successful. Our goal for new products is to provide the community with new features, settings and gameplay updates.

Review Fix: Who will enjoy this game the most?

Berger: Definitely all fans of driving and farming simulations. Our game is very family friendly! Also young children are able to control the tractor.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the game?

Berger: A satisfied community who loves to farm in the midwest of America enjoying the new features and the new setting.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Berger: We are proud to be able to take over the retail distribution for an amazing, unique simulation game from the young Austrian Publisher Toplitz productions. Farmer’s dynasty combines life simulation with farming simulation. A totally new mix in this genre which will inspire a lot of people! Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/toplitz/

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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