Farmville is a popular online game developed by Zynga and has many Facebook users addicted to farm life.Farmville 2: Country Escape brings the Farmville concept to our Windows Phones and Windows 8 devices with a slight twist from the original game.
While the original Farmville was more free-play in nature, Country Escape is more task or quest oriented. You still have a farm to build and manage with crops to grow and livestock to raise, but the game seemed to have more structure.The Farmville gaming genre is a fun way to pass the time and Farmville 2: Country Escape came across as a nice installment.
When you first launch Farmville 2: Country Escape you will meet Marie, an old family friend. Marie will walk you through several aspects of game play and will always be around to show you new features as they become available.
Game play with Farmville 2 will have you first tasked with fixing up your farmhouse and barn. From there you will be shown how to grow crops, feed the cows and go to market to sell your goods. You will also have the option to connect with your Facebook account. Connecting with Facebook is not required. However, if you do connect with Facebook you will be able to synchronize game play between the Windows Phone and Windows 8 versions of the game.
The main gaming screen for Farmville 2: Country Escape centers around your farm with a few gaming controls/menus scattered about the edges of the screen. They include:
- Cash, Keys and Seed counts in the upper left corner
- Your Experience Level is displayed in the top center screen
- Facebook tools and game settings are in the upper right
- The game's current task/mission and country store is in the bottom left
- Your messaging center is in the bottom right corner
Cash, keys and seeds are earned through game play. These items will open up opportunities to buy more land, more crops, more livestock and speed up timed events (that would be the keys). Farmville 2: Country Escape does have the option to join a farm Co-Op with your Facebook friends. If that does not sound appealing and all you want to do is build a farm, grow crops and raise pigs you can play on your own in Anonymous Mode.
Farmville 2: Country Escape does pull down a 4 star rating in both the Windows Phone Store and the Windows Store, which is about right for this gaming title. Are you a Farmville fan? If you've given Farmville 2: Country Escape a try, let us know what you think about the game in the comments below.
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