I have to admit, I was pretty sceptical when I first started seeing FarmVille guides being advertised. I had never played the game, but from the name I assumed there couldn't be all that much to it. After all, how much strategy could possibly go into building a virtual farm? But once I started reading some of these guides, I figured it would be worth taking a shot at the game to see what all the excitement was about.
Boy was I in for a surprise! Building my own virtual farm was much more enjoyable than I'd imagined it would be and in part that was because there really were a lot more options and decisions to be made than I thought. The more I played the game, the more I realized that there probably could be a lot of helpful information in a guide because there were just too many ways you can play the game.
I was doing alright on my own, but I was getting more and more curious about what I might be missing out on. After I reached level 13 and was having a hard time getting farther, I decided to give one of the guides a shot. The guide was pretty up to date on the latest additions to the game. I really wasn't expecting too much, but this guide just blew me away.
In no time, I was the Cream of the Crop, a level 24 farmer with a Big Family Farm and tons of neighbors to visit. Using the tips in the guide helped me way more than I thought they would. There's a lot more to this farming stuff than meets the eye.
If you're having trouble getting a hang of the way of things in FarmVille, you're not alone. I know quite a few people who got into the game expecting it to be easy as pie and were quickly frustrated.
I actually tried quite a few of these guides, but not many of them had much helpful information to give. They were either designed for people who'd gotten all the way to the upper levels already, or they were severely outdated because of additions made to the game since they the guides were released. FarmVille is a relatively new game and is still in the Beta stage, so a lot of improvements have been made to it in a short time and many of the guides on the market have not been updated to account for these changes.