![]() There is a conventional core to A Short Hike that involves doing light fetch quests for other park-goers and collecting golden feathers to climb higher and double-jump more. Your only real objective in the two-hour game is to get her there. Something is weighing on her, and she needs to make a phone call, but the only place with cellular reception is the top of the mountain at the park’s center. You play as Claire, a young bird in a world of anthropomorphic animals, who is staying in a small yet bustling provincial park. It can be difficult, but even in failure, Tetris Effect induces a mind-freeing state like few games can.īuy for: Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox, PC, Meta Quest DorfromantikĪ Short Hike is a lovely little adventure game that is completely in tune with itself. And since Tetris itself comes as second-nature to an unusually large amount of people, we’ll make an exception for it here. “Chill Marathon,” for one, simply resets your score upon failure instead of giving you a game over. Others, however, are explicitly designed to tap into the game’s zen aspects. The way it makes you scramble to fix your past decisions is part of its magic, and several modes in Tetris Effect specifically thrive on stress. To be clear, Tetris is not the most relaxing game in the abstract. ![]() (This helps explain where the title comes from.) Its spacey pop soundtrack and themed boards have an ethereal, almost spiritual quality, one that fits neatly with the trance-like condition Tetris can induce. They’re cool toys, but nothing you don’t already have in your farm’s garage already.Tetris Effect is, in essence, a prettier version of the falling-block puzzle game that has compelled the globe since the mid-’80s. If you already are an FS19 owner, then your decision as to whether or not it’s worth it going “Platinum” is solely reliant on just how much you like CLAAS. Farming Simulator 19 Platinum costs $15 more than FS17 Platinum, so you might as well just jump for this if you’re a newcomer. The only saving grace is that the pricing is still fair. ![]() And with this Platinum DLC being a downgrade over the last, I can’t say I’m completely pleased by GIANTS’ efforts here. However, this experience still feels all too familiar. Some bugs have been fixed, and the amount of content is certainly larger. Thus, one year later, Farming Simulator 19 remains not much different than it was last year - a prettier version of its predecessor. If GIANTS continues to follow the same release pattern it’s had for the last few years, that means the next true FS should land by the end of 2020, which is clearly still a ways away from right now. That leaves me to conclude that any major new advancements for the franchise are probably being left for the next true iteration of the franchise. That just seems to be a simplified version of FS19, despite the number bump. After all, the team has been working on the upcoming Farming Simulator 20, which will be coming to Switch and mobile in just a few weeks. Since this is being touted as the “Platinum Expansion/Edition” of Farming Simulator 19, I’m assuming that it isn’t likely that GIANTS has much more major new content planned for the game after this. I just wish it added more depth to the gameplay rather than its being an addition to what we’ve already been experiencing for the past year. ![]() While the wide array of new farming equipment is very well-made, that’s all that there is to this DLC pack.įor $15, the amount of content that you’re getting is relatively decent. And really, that’s what nagged me the most about this pack. However, considering Platinum Expansion is all about new equipment, it’s going to take new players quite some time to fully enjoy all that there is to offer. Spending a ton of money on new machinery and tools is nothing new in the Farming Simulator series. Once you add in the cost of a header for the combine, and even basic tools for the tractor (seeder, sprayer, plow, etc.), you’ll be looking at well over 1 million dollars. Thus, just these two machines on their own will cost $912,300. The Lexion 8900 isn’t too far off at $489,500. For instance, a fully-loaded Xerion 5000 will run you $422,800. Even just the initial costs of the high-tier machines are sizeable. Trying to do so the “normal” way is going to require you having a very profitable farm or a save file that you’ve been running with for several hours and thus money is no longer a big deal. I created a fresh save file so that I could only use the CLAAS-made products (where possible), but that required using a money mod. With there being a veritable army of CLAAS products in this pack, outfitting your entire farm with each and every one of them will easily run you into the millions (unless you plan on leasing). ![]()
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