Farm Frenzy 2
Frenetic Time Management sequel
Secret gags!
Bring produce to market
Just Plain Awesome Game!
System Requirements
OS:Windows XP/Vista
Memory256mb
DX:8.0
HD:41mb
Give Old MacDonald a run for his money in this frenetic Farm Frenzy sequel. Feed hens, collect eggs, and stock your warehouse to ship your goods to market. Kick up your heels while earning enough money to upgrade your buildings. You`ll find a crop full of fun with 17 secret gags to locate, and 19 awards to win. Buy five products in the city and deliver goods for happy customers in Farm Frenzy 2, a Time Management adventure.
Vroya’s Review
Farm Frenzy 2 will have you grinning as you try to keep up the pace in this hilarious time management game. Keep your chickens fed and your clicking finger warm as you try to keep your farm profitable and safe from bears. The original Farm Frenzy was an awesome break from your normal “dash” games, and it’s sequel is no different. Now with more upgrades, crazy gags, and new animations and goals, Farm Frenzy 2 leaves it’s predecessor in the dust so to speak.
Graphics: Perfect for the time management genre. The animations are bold and colorful. The animators had to have had fun with this - even the buildings dance happily as they churn out your orders.
Audio: Absolutely fantastic. While not a “country” fan myself, I couldn’t help but tap my toes while clicking on tasks. Upbeat, happy, fun music. A couple of the sound effects get a little repetitive, but I found them absolutely necessary in notifying me of things that were happening around the screen. No complaints from me whatsoever.
Gameplay: People of all ages will enjoy playing this game. The interface is very simple, and intuitive. Anyone who has played any time of time management game will instantly understand and be able to jump in and play. The only real requirement I see as far as age, is the ability to read, or have someone help them read. Any kid, whether 5 or 50 should be able to play Farm Frenzy and have a blast. It does get tougher as you progress, but so far I haven’t found a way to really lose. You are awarded points (which you use to unlock upgrades) depending on how fast you complete levels, the faster the better, but you can always replay any level and pick up more points at any time. There is an award system that gives you trophies and medals for completing certain tasks, or breaking records, so there’s always a goal for you to make and get awarded for. Add all that to plain old fun gaming, and I believe you’ve got a real winner on your hands.
Final Verdict: Do I really need to say it? Farm Frenzy 2 is by far my personal favorite time management or dash game. I highly recommend it to everyone - even if they’re not a dash fan. The game is unique, fun, and highly addictive. If you loved Farm Frenzy - I wouldn’t even bother with the trial - just buy it - you’re gonna want it anyway. If you’ve never tried this type of game, download and play the full version for a little bit. I’m betting you’re gonna want to keep it.
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Game Reviewer written on29. August 2008 at 2:25 am
As a city slicker who grew up thinking milk comes from a store, I wasn’t sure if I’d “get” playing Alawar’s Farm Frenzy 2, a game all about farm management and profit. Much to my surprise, however, the game’s challenging levels and cute graphics were eggs-actly what I needed on lengthy plane rides this past weekend.
Even if you haven’t played the original, which isn’t too different than this sequel, Farm Frenzy 2 is fairly easy to pick up, but a word of warning – it gets pretty darn tough a few levels in. You’re in control of a farm and your goal is to meet each day’s goals, which might be to make a specific amount of money or raise a certain number of animals.
An example of a typical scenario is as follows: you’ll drop grass down on the ground for your two or three chickens to feed (do chickens eat grass?). If you run out of water you have to pay to use the well and if you don’t replenish the food your chickens will die. Chickens lay eggs, which you click on and goes in your storage area. Depending on your goal, you might spend some money on building, say, a powdered egg shed, which turns your eggs into something you can sell at the market or used to make other items.
In order to keep the cash coming in you’ll send a truck or plane (which both curiously travel at the same speed) to the city to see your goods and you’ll have to wait for them to return before spending the money. As with most economic simulations you can select which items you want to sell at the supermarket and how many items to sell.
Annoying predators like bears that arrive on the farm and whack your chickens away need to be trapped (and if you like, sold for cash); you can trap them by quickly clicking on them before they can do any serious harm.
Oh, did we mention there’s also a clock for each level? Yes, in order to earn bonus points you’ll have to complete all of your tasks by a certain time, such as 2:00 minutes or less. Also adding to the difficulty is your limited storage space, therefore you’ll need to sell items to make room (problem is, vehicles can only carry a few things at once).
Eventually you’ll unlock access to more items to sell (such as meat and deserts), better buildings (each of which have three upgrades to make them faster or process more food at the same time) and friends on the farm, such as dogs, who keep the bears away.
The game offers more items than its predecessor, now totalling five products to buy in the city, four animals, four types of bears, 12 buildings and 16 products to produce. If it’s not incentive enough to access all of this material, players can also earn nearly 20 awards, for completing levels in a certain amount of time or playing 10 consecutive levels without losing an animal or other accomplishments (all of which are accessible from the main screen).
Finish half of the main game to unlock a second Unlimited mode, which challenges you to see how well you can work the farm without the daily objectives.
While the one song is enough to drive you batty after a short while, the graphics are a delight. From the 3-D animals to the animation of the buildings churning out produce to the vehicles that drive to the big city. Farm Frenzy 2 does a bang up job in the visual department.
However, gamers might not like the relatively high difficulty level of this game, when things get quite chaotic on your farm and you’re expected to madly click to pick up eggs, protect chickens and send vehicles to the city – all at the same time. What compounds this problem is the lack of a Hint button, which could’ve in handy when you don’t know what to do next (there is a general Help screen, though).
But when it comes to game-play and presentation, Farm Frenzy 2 is a blast and will certainly give you a newfound appreciation for Old MacDonald.
(Review copied from Marc Saltman - Gamezebo)