Its the same game as the last few. They have made no actual gameplay additions, its becoming a lazy scam every year. Adding a reskinned crop isnt new gameplay.
Verifiably false. First of all, they don't even release a game every year. Last one was Farm Sim 22. Before that it was 19.
There have been lots of gameplay additions from adding whole industries like logging and ranching to the game. Not to mention the graphics and physics improvements.
It's not just reskinned crops and a number bump. But hey, this game clearly isn't for you.
I criticised your favourite game, so it must not be for me.
I have played 4 of the Farming Sim games, and the last 3 have had hardly any improvements to the sim, other than some graphics and gameplay taken from mods. There's so much they could add to the simulation, but they don't and 3 years is quite a long time to iterate.
I don't even understand why a game like this needs a yearly release. Farming doesn't evolve that quickly. I mean, the devs of the Trucking Sim games don't need to release a new game every year, because trucking doesn't evolve they quickly, either. So what's their excuse, other than pure greed?
A yearly release would be fine if they actually upgraded the simulation, proper interactable interiors, more realistic crop simulation, better weather, realistic animal simulation (its literally just a menu), etc, etc, etc.
The collectors edition even includes modding tutorials, because they want modders to do their work for them.
All they do every year is upgrade some graphics to bring it in line with games from 2009. It is, as you say, a cash grab.
I'm sure the people who play pro/competitive Farming Simulator will try to argue the differences between the yearly versions. And how the minor gameplay tweaks change the meta.
Farming sim is a great game to play when you want to relax but still want to at least partially engage your brain. You can play it zooted out of your mind and have a good time