I've pissed 356 hours of my life away on FS 17, so naturally I bought this game 4 hours before release and....

Its a more polished version of FS 17 with a few new features.

And honestly, thats great. I simply don't understand the people leaving negative reviews because the core gameplay is the same. What the hell did you expect? zombies? a battle royale mode? Theres only so much you can realisticly do in a game primarly about farming. Anyway...

The bad:

• Bugs. Ive encountered a few more since I first wrote a more positive version of this review about 4 hours in. The most glaring right now are a weird floaty physics issue after putting logs in a pickup and removing them, a sound hiccup when using the chainsaw, and a visual glitch with rain coming through the cab of certain vehicles. Ive also heard about multiplayer connectivity issues but as a single player only person I can't comment. These issues exist as of 11/20/18
  
  
• Reported issues with connectivity and control bindings not sticking with wheels, pedals, ect. as of 11/20/18
  
  
• Seasons and the Follow Me mod still haven't been implimented into the base game. Seasons I can kind of understand since people have strong feelings on the mod both for and against , so its absence is probably a calculated decision.
  Sim-ers are a fickle bunch
  
  
  
• Vehicle list is a bit small. That's been the case for every farm sim game on launch and has to do with licensing difficulties. Still, if you're coming from a heavily modded version of fs17 you'll probably be a bit disapointed.
  
  The good:
  
  
• While not mind blowing, the graphics look a bit crisper and cleaner. In particular, vehicle interiours look a lot less 'plastic-y' Hard to descibe but compare fs17 and 19 and its noticable.
  
  
• The new start from scratch game mode is a lot of fun, and so far works just as advertised.
  It's probably the only way I'll play the game from now on.
  
  
• The maps, while small, have alot more detail and are generally more fun to explore than those in base fs17. the devs clearly took insperation from the modding community.
  
  
• Sound improvements. the vehicle engine loops sound better and the rain sound effects are much better.
  
  
• Tweaked vehicle handling. Vehicles in FS17 all felt stiff and toylike. more like driving an RC car than a big piece of machinery. While still not perfect, theres a sense of weight behind them now. There is however the physics issue mentioned above with pickups as of 11/20/18

I haven't played long enough to mess around with horses, the biggest new feature,yet but
overall: Same game, still good

I've pissed 356 hours of my life away on FS 17, so naturally I bought this game 4 hours before release and.... Its a more polished version of FS 17 with a few new features. And honestly, thats great. I simply don't understand the people leaving negative reviews because the core gameplay is the same. What the hell did you expect? zombies? a battle royale mode? Theres only so much you can realisticly do in a game primarly about farming. Anyway... The bad: [list] [*] Bugs. Ive encountered a few more since I first wrote a more positive version of this review about 4 hours in. The most glaring right now are a weird floaty physics issue after putting logs in a pickup and removing them, a sound hiccup when using the chainsaw, and a visual glitch with rain coming through the cab of certain vehicles. Ive also heard about multiplayer connectivity issues but as a single player only person I can't comment. These issues exist as of 11/20/18 [*] Reported issues with connectivity and control bindings not sticking with wheels, pedals, ect. as of 11/20/18 [*]Seasons and the Follow Me mod still haven't been implimented into the base game. Seasons I can kind of understand since people have strong feelings on the mod both for and against , so its absence is probably a calculated decision. Sim-ers are a fickle bunch [*]Vehicle list is a bit small. That's been the case for every farm sim game on launch and has to do with licensing difficulties. Still, if you're coming from a heavily modded version of fs17 you'll probably be a bit disapointed. The good: [*] While not mind blowing, the graphics look a bit crisper and cleaner. In particular, vehicle interiours look a lot less 'plastic-y' Hard to descibe but compare fs17 and 19 and its noticable. [*] The new start from scratch game mode is a lot of fun, and so far works just as advertised. It's probably the only way I'll play the game from now on. [*]The maps, while small, have alot more detail and are generally more fun to explore than those in base fs17. the devs clearly took insperation from the modding community. [*] Sound improvements. the vehicle engine loops sound better and the rain sound effects are much better. [*] Tweaked vehicle handling. Vehicles in FS17 all felt stiff and toylike. more like driving an RC car than a big piece of machinery. While still not perfect, theres a sense of weight behind them now. There is however the physics issue mentioned above with pickups as of 11/20/18 [/list] I haven't played long enough to mess around with horses, the biggest new feature,yet but overall: Same game, still good