This gets redundant very quickly, so you have to stick
in there and play until you get pretty good before you
can really conclude on whether or not you find it enjoyable.
Although it lacks the irresistibly addictive qualities
of the best VCS games, it deserves more than the single
chance you'll be inclined to give it at first.
Once you figure out how to bop the gopher on the head
as he emerges and threatens to grab one of your veggies,
it gets a lot more fun; and after you've garnered the
dexterity necessary for catching and planting seeds, it
gains depth and becomes one of those games that you find
yourself wanting to play once in a while.
But what a waste of sky! They could've added airplanes
spraying carrot-killer or something. The farmer could've
knocked them out of commission by throwing his spade like
a boomerang. Chasing the gopher gets annoying after a
while; you eventually just want to let the scoundrel have
the carrots. They probably taste yucky anyway. Even looking
at it from the standpoint of the farmer's family, I find
it hard to care about saving all the carrots; look at
the size of those things! Just one could feed them all
for a year!
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