Hay Day 4+

This game is the best game ever I love farming on this game it’s obviously you have to try it It is better than any game I’ve ever found someone to my friend came over and she was on my iPad and she wanted to play this so I made her download it and now she’s playing it every day when we come over it is the best you know that’s one thing that you should add actually I was kidding there’s nothing need to add you can decorate your farm you can plant trees and you can level up and you get animals chickens goats and pigs and much more so that means I’m never deleting this game you can just sell stuff on the roadside shop and you could name your farm and when you get this house you can ask your stuff and people give it to you and you can level up did I already say that but anyway you have to try this out you don’t love it better than anything do you have to download this game is my brother plays and we love buying stuff from each other do you have a lower level than me but I’m sure he’s getting a high-level you’re my big brother loves it he’s a higher level he’s got all sheep he’s got cows and also chickens you can also make food for your animals and you can get to food processors but you need ingredients and you can also plant crops like a real farm it is exactly like a real fun people can come visit your farm and buy the stuff that you sold on the roadside shop and also tell all your friends about this.

I have enjoyed this game for years. The obvious greed of the developers in the last several months is the reason I am reducing my rating. They are withholding previous deals to purchase the diamonds necessary to play at a high level, where hiring Tom and being able to speed up tasks require diamonds. They added a $4.99 per month feature that gives good benefit, but adds $60 to my annual expense. I used to be able to spend $70 to purchase 4000 diamonds twice a year, bringing my annual cost to $200. Now, I am not seeing the $70 offer.

In the Valley, they are making it impossible to complete all the tasks by not having needed resources available without paying diamonds to allow more movement. I settle for not finishing all tasks everyday. This session, my team may not make the requirements to gain benefits at the end due to lack of “chickens” to capture. An Easter production feature that is short-lived would require 20 plus diamonds to be more useful. There are increasingly frequent offers that would take more money now. All very off-putting and making me think of leaving the game.

Benefits of the game for me are the social interaction with teammates, interesting challenges to manage production and resources to maximize outcomes, and the beautiful graphics. I am 82 years old and able to play off and on during the day which makes achieving goals doable. I believe the mental effort I must expend keeps my mind sharp. I am a CoLeader on my team.

I have had this game for over 2 years on and off. Overall I enjoy the game, there are plenty of individual tasks as well as “derby” or group tasks to accomplish with other online players. The game is updated regularly and during the holidays special tasks/in-game activities occur, which is a fun touch! My rating is 4/5 stars for the sole fact there are a couple of “improvements” I would love to see within the game: 1. An option to lock/close the farm store front to sell items to fellow farmers in our neighborhood. Sometimes we are not online at the same time and would like to sell specific items to another to help them out and although I don’t advertise these items in the newsletter, other farmers still intercept and purchase the items before my fellow farmers can. 2. The gift catalogue where we can purchase a package with tickets we have earned from helping other farmers outright makes me mad!! Although it shows potential items and then the possibility of a random item, it is ALWAYS a random item! If it is going to be random, just advertise it as such, not as a potential to get an item you would like, but never receive! 3. If a farm needs help/the advertisement is shown in the newspaper, it should only be shown if it isn’t an option for the neighborhood to fill. It is so frustrating having the “help” derby task and wasting time visiting a farm to only find out you cannot help/fill orders since it is only for neighbors to fill.