Lately Playfish has come out with two new games! Yet I didn't know that. It is Country Story and Crazy Planets. I think the Crazy Planets came out first, because I have 43 friends playing that on that most popular friend list that always appear at the bottom of every Playfish games. I prefer playing Country Story, even though it is somehow like other farming games. To me it is like an exact replica for Harvest Moon, if some of you have played that before.

For Country Story, you will get an loading screen of a chick, sheep, cow prancing in the fields chasing over a butterfly. It is just so cute! After that it will teach you how to play the game. Mainly quite simple same as Harvest Moon. You plow the fields, plant your seeds. Then you have to collect water from the well, before you have to water your plants. You are allowed to water them 10 times, after that you have to fill them up again. Each plowed square are able to water them twice, it should appear a dark shade of brown. Once the farm units have been plowed, the farm units will stay there permanently. You are unable to delete it. Each time you plow them, it also will accumulate the tool level. Thus making you to water more units, or plow farm units with lesser stamina. The tree branches and stone in Country Story is for buying of animals in the later part of the game. Whereas in Harvest Moon is for upgrading of the farm.

Same like other Playfish games, you have to visit your friends' farm to get items. Each farm are entitled to 3 wishes given by the fairy everyday. For beginners the food actually isn't much of a use, since you don't have yet a big farm. For those 'exp-spammers', you can't plow the whole farm to get the experience. You are given to plow a certain amount of square for each level. There will be a deduction of stamina for each square you plowed. This applies for other actions you have done for your farm. It takes roughly 5 seconds for each replenishment of 5 stamina points. I guess the top level cap currently will be at level 54. Since the max level you can buy for your seed is the Ginseng Seed.

What is best is the stealing system in this game, mostly like other games in Barn Buddy, you can steal other friends' plants. However in this game, you can ask your friend to keep a lookout for you. Helping them allows an increase in your Friendship Points for both of you. The default friendship point for each friend is 75. You can also gift items to your friends, which will increase 1 FP. You are allowed to increase 10 FP per friend per day. Another feature will be there is a limit to the number you can steal per farm. Once it say "You should leave some for the owner", means the maximum is reached. Not like other farming game, where the time goes by the real time. In Country Story, it goes by the in-game time. So if the plant requires 3 hours to harvest, it will go through a cycle of day and night 3 times as indicated on the top left.

What is best of all, is it isn't a 'Who Gets the Most EXP Wins". Rather there is a quest system to follow, you have to complete the quest given. Tip: Always keep your FP high, in the later quest you are required to have them in 100 FP to get a guard dog to guard the plants. So have fun playing! Currently the game isn't lagging, in fact quite smooth. :) Posted by Purity And Simplicity at 12:54