3rd World Famer vs Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
3rd World Famer
3rd World Famer is an educational and thought-provoking farm simulation game that aims to let players experience the hardships of farming in a poor country. You'll face plenty of obstacles, many of which are caused by uncontrollable factors like diseases, droughts or neverending wars, and you'll need to use your wits to figure out the best way to overcome them. The game tries to be as realistic as possible in depicting the real-world mechanisms that cause and sustain poverty in third world countries, especially for countries that are dependant on its farming communities, by simulating a wide variety of real-world topics and problems.However, despite being simply a game, 3rd World Farmer hopes that it can let the player realize that the gameplay they are experiencing are sometimes the actual day-to-day that many farmers in third world countries are going through. With that in mind, the developers hopes the game may inspire many youngsters to pitch in and help these people in need to solve their issues.
3rd World Farmer may not be a strictly an entertaining game; it is definitely one that will make you think about what you can do to help solve some of the world's problems. Even if this is not a game that you'd normally play, it is still a game you should at least try.
Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands is a farm simulation/adventure game where you’ll not only need to maintain a farm and make sure that your surviving crew’s needs are being met; you’ll also need to set off on mini-expeditions to explore the many mysterious islands within the archipelago and to discover the secrets they hide. Maybe, if you’re lucky, you might end up finding a way off the island after all!The game is really easy to get into, mainly because the game is driven by its story-based quests so by completing these quests, you be able to unlock new areas and even new tools that will allow you access to different parts of the archipelago. However, you’re given complete freedom to explore any of the islands as you wish, though there are certain parts of the island that would be “roped off” until you’ve progressed far enough into the story and have unlocked the necessary tools.
Everything you do in this game requires energy - and yes, this includes walking – and it’s the main “currency” you’ll need to keep an eye on whenever you head out for a bout of exploring or just a resource-gathering run. Due to this energy system, the gameplay here can be quite strategic, forcing you to decide when you’d want to focus on exploring and when you’d want to spend some of the energy you have to gather some resources like fishing and chopping some trees.
Being a farm simulation game, Stranded Sails also has an allocated area within your base camp for you to grow some crops and feed your crew. You can even try your luck by fishing at the ocean, and then use those raw ingredients to whip up some delicious food to fuel your adventures.
So, overall, Stranded Sails is an oddly strategic farm sim/adventure game mainly because of its energy system, and as a result, the game isn’t as casual as some players would have liked. That said, the game has an interesting storyline going for it, and the gameplay, aside from the energy aspect, isn’t too shabby either. It’s definitely a game that fans of Harvest Moon or other similar games would love to play.