Farming

Farming is the act of growing plants and raising animals for food.

Farming is a concept explored by video games for different purposes. It is not to be confused with gold farming which is a concept commonly associated with MMORPG's. The franchise Harvest Moon is the most commonly known for

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creating games that put the player primarily into the role of a farmer. Games developed for the series have gained a cult like status and most commonly are very similar to each other, since the concept of farming is not widely expandable. The main practices presented in the game is the planting, growing and farming of <span>crops</span> or staple crops as well as raising animals for their products, such as milk, eggs and often also fur (although it is important to note that animals can never be slaughtered). Games in the Harvest Moon series therefore play as a life simulator for the farmi

The farmer meeting his cow for the first time

ng life, which is not the only way the concept of farming can be employed. Other games use it so that characters can grow and then later on eat their crops to survive, while this is only a secondary objective.

Name	Platforms	Developer
Priston Tale	PC
Monster Hunter Freedom 2G	PSP	Capcom
Priston Tale 2	PC
League of Legends released on Oct. 27, 2009	PC	Riot Games
Rune Factory 3 released on Oct. 22, 2009	DS	Neverland Co., Ltd.
Demon's Souls released on Oct. 6, 2009	PS3	FromSoftware, Inc.
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite released on June 23, 2009	PSN, PSP	Capcom
Help Wanted released on May 12, 2009	WII
Farming Simulator 2009 released on March 30, 2009	PC	GIANTS Software GmbH
Rune Factory: Frontier released on March 17, 2009	WII	G-Style, Neverland Co., Ltd.

Concept Name:	Farming
Appears in:	73 games
First appearance:
Aliases

	The Rice Lord
	Pock
	Horatio
	Raguna
	Jinbe
	Aradesh
	Onar
	Kalum Ryme
	Remlia Norphe
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