A friend of mine repeatedly asked me to join this, and out of courtesy I did. I found it to be the same old Facebook game application as pretty much all the others, with a lot of mindless clicking and nothing to hold my attention. I played it for about 15 minutes and have never looked at it again. I could say the same about Metropolis, Mob Wars, Mafia Wars, etc., etc., etc.,

Leave it to Zynga to make a game where you're essentially watching plants grow into a compelling social experience. By combining creating a virtual farm with two kinds of currency, experience points and levels, unlocking achievements, and interacting with friends, Zynga has built a casual social game that is both non-violent, pastoral, and strangely compelling. It's quite a distance from the vampire, pirate, dungeon hack, and mob war games that enjoy perennial popularity.

I decided to add this application to my Facebook so I could have the first-hand experience on one of the most spanned Facebook games and see if it really deserves its reputation. Lena this one is for you.

It sucks.

I have to state that before I added this application, I have also played other farm sim games on facebook. This one isn't any better by comparison. In fact, I was surprised how poorly designed the graphic is. When I added the application, I sent out the invitations to all of my facebook friends who also have added this application. There were like 30 of those at least on the list. I then received about 10 within the next hour who accepted my invitation to be my farm neighbors, and before the end of the day I had 20. Amazed, I went to my friends' farms and I saw clutters and clutters of crops, farm animals, and buildings. They were layed out in the most distasteful fashions. Just like any other farm sim game, I plowed, planted, saved, and waited. A day later, I went in and harvested then plowed and planted.. 2nd day I went in, repeat the same procedure. At some point of time, I suppose I can spend some big money on sophisticated farming vehicles and buildings that are smaller than my cows (what's with the graphics of this game?) and call that a proud achievement. In the mean time I have trouble feeling proud of anything after being involved in this.