Professional Farmer 2014

This game is slow. It lags out on pretty imprressive hardware. The graphics are bad.

Expect everything to happen on a bethesda walk or slower. This game engine uses very small steps to make the world seem bigger than what it should.

The game is monotonous. Every field is square

This game suck and is a HUGE WASTE OF MONEY

Pretty graphics though the game requires a decent PC and the physics can be quite glitchy. I'll be switching to Farming Simulator 2015 (Though it isn't perfect either).

A great farming sim, which this is not, would have you do more than drive a tractor from point A to point B in the slowest speeds that are below any real tractor speeds, to do something that sort of resembles farming.

Sure, there's great scenery along the way, but none of the buildings are usable or offer any use. It's not like you can buy them, but what would be the point anyways, they're just part of the landscape. The livestock is nothing but a non-existant part of the game. Cattle, chickens, rabbits? Haven't seen one in the game. Sure, I've driven to the their respective barns/buildings but that's all you do.
Anyways, in the end this game is nothing but a big disappointment. I wouldn't bother trying the DLC since it would only add more 'nothing' to the game. Well, you'd get to drive around different equipment I guess but that's all this game turned out to be for me.
A farming equipment driving simulator with LONG, LONG road trips, with very little actual farming happening.

Feel free to go through my screenshots of the game which will offer you some visual assistance with what I've said.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/warondar/screenshots/?appid=258880&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall

This is a bad copy of farming simulator. You can't exit a vehicle to continue the tutorial if you remap your keys, so do not remap the keys. You will be stuck. You can hire workers to do most of the work for you, and the work completes instantly so you don't really have to do much which takes away from the game, you don't even need the equipment to hire workers to do the work.

Clunky clone of Farming Simulator with some interesting additions that could have been much better enacted. I have played over 200 hours on FS2011 and 2013 and was looking forward to perhaps experiencing something fresh and different gameplay ideas. Sadly it was not to be. What I got was a poor imitation of FS2013 that despite looking pretty, laced any significant difference to the more mature game. Sure, the idea of seasons, having to change gears and diminishing yeilds seems like a good idea but that's about it. Whilst I have some gripes about the realism of farming in FS2013, this game is worse. My biggest complaint is having to drive everywhere in order to achieve anything meaningful such as order seed, fertiliser, visit the bank or trade equipment. Really? Not heard of telephone or internet? These types of gameplay functions should be handled by drop down menus. If you are going to force players to travel to do these things, at least give them the same busted up old car/pickup that all dirt poor farmers use!!! In addition, (and this is a criticism that holds for FS2013 as well), if you are going to have an expansion that deals with "large area" farming such as USA or Australia then at least provide a disc plough not some tiny 2.5 metre Euro plough that is just NOT used in reality.

Graphics are very choppy and glitchy, game is kinda slow, some features have been added that are not in the farming simulator games but some of it just makes the game drag on and boring.

The game itself seems solid. I have seen very little of the issues others have commented about. My number one reason for down voting this is it says it has xbox controller support even has an option for it in the start window. And it simply does not work with an xbox remote.

most useless farming game ever, even agricultural sim 2013 is better playable then this and that game has so manny bugg's
this is just a tractor driving game nothing more!
if you want a real farming simulation game then Farming Simulator 2013 is the game for you!!!
dont waste your money on this.....

For now i cant recommend this game... Its just stupid that the maker of this game had released this game very to quick..
The game wasnt finished when it was released.. Really a shame!!.
The game have to much bugs in it, vehicles / equipment selling / buying goes on a very poor quality menu..
It could be like more on Farming simulator 2011 / 2013.. I have all the three games so i can give my opinion on this game..
FS 2013 looks in quality more better, but its getting to boring soon.. Dont like the system of buying seed in FS2013, cant upgrade the silos in FS2013, graphics in FS2013 looks to kiddy to me( i like to see more realism in graphics)
So PF2014 have quality items in it: Buying seed, Buying manure, you have a shed to store bales in it. I like that the vehicles are washable, and that you need to buy a big stock of petrol on the gas station to refill the gastank on your farm... Those things make a farm sim more enjoyable.. FS2013 is just boring on the longer playtime, dont like the mods on FS2013.. They make the game less quality (because there is no standard that people need to guide to.) Then you getting bad quality mods in the game... So overall its an ok game if you look to the basics... But its needs more improvement and bug fixes..
So i cant recommend it for now.. UIG isnt very help full on their forums.. Trying to get my account enabled.. PMed Heini two times, looks like they blind or so.. So they arent customer minded..

game 6/10 ,, the game is generaly good but it`s need some improvement whit the steering weel the gaz pedal is not analogic with some tractor and the worker are not well made as farming simulator , this make the game less realism , the best farming game still ( Farming simulator 2013 titanium edition )

Hours and hours of going up and down in fields! What more could you want....maybe if the game would actually work!

First of all this is the first time i have ever bought a farming simulator so I haven’t got much to compare it with.

The first hour you play is jaw dropping. You got spawned into your lovely farm. complete with a chicken coop stone sheds and a house. I think the whole place looks great! really well designed and created. Then you turn a corner and then say "oh my god! It’s a TRACTOR" you hit the shift key to put your heavy booted farmer into a over excited sprint, get up alongside, hit the enter key and fire her up! You hook up a plough and then out the road to one of your fields for a fantastic day of ploughing!

Unfortunately this excitement is very short lived......
After about an hour of playing you start to realise that there is one or two things a miss. After the 5th hour most people will surmise that there has been a HUGE amount left out of the game. To name but a few;

No Workers. Just mythical pixies that magically transform your fields from different states with only a mouse click...There is uproar about this...
You can spend 4 hours preparing fields for harvest only to skip to the next round to find that all your fields have been completely wiped clean. "No Christmas this year kids...we have been hit by some plague?"
Loading a trailer with bales of hay is nearly impossible. The physics is just all wrong
The map is huge. I mean its whopper big! But it takes about 7 days to get anywhere!

It is obvious that this game was rushed and incomplete. I think that it is appalling that this game wasn’t properly tested before launch. It’s a rip off.

I could go on and on. But it’s all been said before.

I urge you to check out the forums before you pay for this!!!

Lost the motivation after two hours. There is no need to do anything else in this game then pushing a few buttons to earn money. There is no reason to buy new machines, everything happens instantly. If you are using the machines it takes ages. All in all there is no objective, no goal you want to achieve.

This is NOT an FS2013 clone so if you want a farm tycoon, farm management sim DO NOT BUY. If you want auto everything DO NOT BUY.

This game is about BEING a farmer. It's hard graft and can get quite tedious. You do have AI of sorts but it's click-done AI, not a pixel farmer you can follow around.

My review gets a + only if you understand that it's about BEING a farmer. If that's what you like, get it. You'll enjoy it.

Now to flesh this out.

- The graphics are pretty good and on on i7/670gtx, it hums along maxed out at 60 (with vsync). Some of the detail is very well done, albeit with a very Euro flavour.
- The tute is on rails and must be followed but once you learn the locations and the techniques it's better to go freeplay.
- Tractor driving is very manual and takes some getting used to. NOTE: *Look* at the lower left for how to change the gearbox ratios. (And reversing is REAL reversing, not just pressing a down key).
- Some machines are missing cruise control at time of writing. Missing as in, devs probably assumed it wasn't needed. They were wrong and as far as I know, will change it.

CROPS
- Limited but enough to keep interest. (and in reality, not all farms can grow all crops anyway)
- Seasonal variations (a big feature) in yield work fairly accurately and devs are working on making it better.
- Seed prices. Enough to make BEING a farmer worthwhile.

ANIMALS
- As good as non existent. Worth having for the extra income (3k or so per qtr) but there is no management or husbandry. (and it's incorrect for many to believe all farms have animals anyway - a common complaint. Most "real" farms are fairly dedicated enterprises. Such diversity is usually reserved for smaller hobby farms, certainly in Australia anyway)

EQUIPMENT
- A bit short in this department (again devs are on it) but there is certainly enough to crop and harvest every field with ease.
- The equipment shop is badly designed and laid out (imho) but equipment purchases are close to a one-off in RL anyway.

FIELDS
- Some nice looking layering is used for the various states and the PDA provides field status etc. as you work.
- Crop yields etc. are RT as you harvest (F2 PDA)

MAP
- Big. Generous number of paddocks. No real monsters but you'll be working really hard if you own even a quarter of them.
- Shop to shop transactions. Poorly done. You gotta drive to the bank, the seed shop, the tractor shop manually - everytime. Will devs change this? Unknown but can be very, very tedious. (see gearbox ratios above - take stock of it).

OVERALL
- A good game for players who like the down and dirty of farming. I reiterate though, if you want an "auto" farm managment game, DO NOT BUY.
- Scenery is nice, gameplay is consistent. Some glaring anomalies but very easy to forgive.
- Sound is pretty ordinary and equipment sounds are pretty lame. No engine load being the biggest let down. It won't take long to despise the music but a few well placed Oggs can fix that.

There are some issues, some by poor design, some by poor release. Devs seem to be willing to listen and ready to take on constructive critique.

I'd say a price of $20 is reasonable but it's relative. If you're tight for cash but love to farm, wait for the specials.

7/10

I am a big fan of Farming Sims, but I was hoping for more than is offered in PF14. Graphics are great, seasons are plus, and the list of equipment without DLC is great, but... there is really nothing new here. I was excited about the campaign mode, but it didn't really add to the experience. I gave up after 5 hours of play.

The game has potential, but it currently doesn't match the gameplay and features of its competition.

This is a good start for a wonderful farming game however it needs much more to be worth your money. Sadly to say farming sim 2013 is better and has more thing to do then this game which is really saying something. To the maker please take some things from farming sim 2013 like saleing equpmient, modding, AND MORE! LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE AND ADD MORE STUFF!!!

I PERSONALLY prefer Farming Simulator 2013.

In PF 2014 animals just exist and there is no feeding or keeping. Whatever you want to do (buy seeds, equipment, bank) you have to drive. Driving from one place to the other takes a long time. I feel driving from one place to the other most of the time.
Working a field requires plow, cultivate, seeding, fertilizing (optional). In FS2013 normally the fields are already plowed and from one harvest to other you just need to cultivate and seeding (can be done at the same time with proper equipment).
I prefer the economic system of FS2013 with the prices tendencies, great demands and different places to sell the goods.

I think there are more things to do in FS2013 and more ways to make money. Silage processing, wool selling, mixed rations for cows.
In PF2014 with the seasons system I feel in turn based game. Probably seasons are more realistic but I prefer FS way.

First farm sim I purchased was Agricultural Simulator. No comment.
After that I was thinking between PF2014 and FS2013. I decided to buy PF2014 (full price). Finally I had to buy FS2013 which I prefer.

I haven't spent too much time with PF2014 because after purchasing FS2013 I don't want to play PF2014 again. Probably after some further development the situation may change but so far, this is my personal opinion.

Regards.

Should be titled "Tractor Driver 2014"...Career mode is just rinse, repeat....no animal dynamics/feeding etc....they just 'exist' in the background ala Agriculture simulator 2011. To Sum up...Farming Simulator 2013 is the most feature rich, realistic farming Simulator currently released....and that my friends is a sad statement in its self....if you are looking for a simulator...'other than driving a tractor' then this is not for you.

Have spent close to 20 Hrs trying to give it a 'chance';

I consider this to be just a 3rd rate clone of an actual farm sim...you have to imagine everything...no ACTUAL substance...only the promise of what could be....limited machines, seasons are just for show, yields are the same pretty much no matter what you do...if you already own farm simulator you get nothing new here and less features..just a different view of barns and fields...gonna uninstall and then come back and check it out during the summer sale and see if they added any substance via DLC and able to get it at what it would actually be worth...usually 70-80% off...see you over in Farming Simulator land!

This is by far the best looking Farming Simulator i have ever used,gameplay wise it's pretty good still a few rough edges to smooth but it runs quite nicely.

This game has a long way to go before it can compete with Farming Simulator. Although the idea it does not seem to have put together nicely. Having played farming simulator for some time Professional Farmer 2014 is a disapointment and I dont think its worth the $19.99 its priced at. Maybe if they could release some updates my opinion would change.

I am both pleased and rather amazed to say that this is a really. . . really good farming sim.I have wasted more money on buggy unplayable games from UIG and this is NOT one of those.
If you like farm sims you need to get this game!