RANCH RUSH
From Fresh games and Aliasworlds, RANCH RUSH is one the farming themed games. The game is about Sara and his boss Jim, whose farm is threatened by a buy-out by developers. To survive, they must raise enough money to save the farm. Sara has an idea to create a ranch from the undeveloped acres. Time is limited and they have 8 weeks to come up with the money, or else!
There are 2 modes: CASUAL for the beginners, which include tutorials and EXPERT for those who want to bring it on.
You play Sara and you have 8 weeks to RESCUE THE RANCH! There are 56 levels and as you go on, your ranching skills upgrade from junior harvester to MVP rancher.
In a day, you have items to produce to finish a week. The faster you finish, the higher your time bonus. But finishing early does not always produce the most money. It’s thinking forward and stocking up that produces the big bucks. I usually bring to the barn all items in the goal save for one item. If I still have time, I stock up by producing milk or cheese or jam but leave it in the ranch and not bring it to the barn. When the timer warns 30 seconds left, I bring the last item to the barn, ending the day. Stocking up with the animals or machines means that I can finish the next level earlier and thus earn the larger time bonus then, I’ll have the spare time to stock-up again for the next level. At the end of each week is the FARMER’S MARKET where you can sell you goods.
So if you stock up in the previous day, you get to sell and raise money. I sell the most expensive items – bread, cheese, jam, wool, ketchup, honey, grapes, pumpkin. The rest of the time, I spend replenishing the items sold for the next level.
I’ve played this game for more than 10 times. I like it because it gives me freedom to design and arrange my farm to make it as productive as possible. This is a sample of my farm.
I have 2 barns to save time in moving the screen from one part of the ranch to another. Raw materials and animals are near to the corresponding machines. I keep my clovers near the cows, the cows near the cheese and bread maker. The tomatoes are near the ketchup machine and the grapes and hives are near the jam machine, while the sheep is near the wheat patch. I found this to be the optimal set-up to achieve maximum points.
RANCH RUSH is one of the best games I’ve played. The graphics are large and colorful. The music is great including the animal sound effects. The levels are challenging but not too difficult. Each new ranch you start is a whole different game. I’m really looking forward to a sequel.
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