If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to work on a farm, â€Farming Simulator 15†will answer that question all too quickly. Sure, it may not be a lot of fun, but if you’re able to break your back and stick with it, it can have its moments. Thanks to a slew of authenticity, from real farm equipment to plenty of things to do, this year’s edition of the “Farming Simulator,†thanks to the addition of logging, has more to tend to than ever before,†but it’s still not the series that’ll catch the eye of casual gamers.
If you’re a real-life farmer, you’ll appreciate the attention to detail here, but that doesn’t mean you’ll want to play it either. Although it’s sold over two million units since its inception in 2009, the majority of those units were sold in Europe, making the game more of a cult-fad here in the states. With all of the bells and whistles and focus on realism, “Farming Simulator 15†feels like a slab of driving mini-games and endless fetch quests all thrown into one.
Although simulation games are a unique niche and the farming simulation genre has been well-represented for decades, from “Harvest Moon†and “Farmville,†to “Animal Crossing,†this game is just not fun. Sadly, you’ll have more fun picking up bags of cash from your money tree in “Animal Crossing†than you will have doing the real thing in this game.
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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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