

You can speed up the process by using diamonds, of which you have limited quantity, but can acquire more throughout the game. It may take a few minutes for wheat to grow, or a half hour for cows to produce milk. Simply click on your house to view all of the achievements you’ve unlocked so far: Collect several hundred eggs for Egghead, for example, or get lots of milk from your cows for Got Milk? As far as item collection goes, you’ll have to wait in real-time before your farm’s products are ready to be collected and sold. Replay value comes in the form of achievements. You’re also able to visit your friends’ farms via Facebook. You’ll use the same gestural controls to gather sellable products your animals will yield, like wool or milk. For example, just tap on a plot of land, then run your finger across the field to collect the grown crops. The controls are also smooth, nonintrusive, and use the iPhone’s touch screen well. Rich, beautiful detailed, with landscapes and zoom and pan, Hay Day‘s presentation is fairly cinematic for a mobile game. The biggest strength I notice is the graphics. Occasionally visitors from town or other farms will swing by, offering you tasks or money for your ware, like eggs or bread. Your critters must be fed and your silo must be painted, for example. You’ll also have to juggle to myriad of tasks that goes into sustaining a grade-A ranch. You’ll raise animals like chickens, cows, and sheep, and you’ll grow and harvest crops like wheat and corn. The backstory is simple: You’ve been left a huge farm to tend to. And in Hay Day, you’ll be treated to one of the prettiest farming sims to date. You know, I’ve always wondered: Would many of the people who love playing farming sims enjoy actual farmwork? Maybe not everyone has the diligence to wake up at the crack of dawn to milk the cows and till the fields, but that’s what videogames like Hay Day are for. Raise cuddly cartoon livestock and grow crops in this beautiful farming sim
