Here’s What You See When You Load FarmVille 2 For the First Time

FarmVille 2 is out now! We've played the first 30-40 minutes, so you don't have to. Check it out:

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You’re just a city guy (or gal), fixing up the old family farm.

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A short tutorial teaches you how to harvest, sow and water plants & feed animals.

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Bam! You’re asked to post a status to your wall after just a few seconds playing. You can ignore it, though.

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More nefariously, you’re bribed to allow the game to post on its own. You can ignore this too.

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About one minute later you’re asked to invite your friends to join.

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After the tutorial you get to expand your farm for the first time. It grows in small square chunks.

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A herd of goats rush in and eat away all the tall grass – it’s actually pretty adorable.

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After the tutorial you’re free to play how you want, but some basic quests still help guide you.

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…Some of these quests are more hand-holdy than others.

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After about 10 more minutes of basic farming you’ll be level three with a small (but bustling!) farm.

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But it’s around now that players will run out of water. Everything you do uses it up, and it recharges slowly.

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Without water you can’t farm – you’re stuck. You can pay money to get more, or wait an hour or two and come back to a full water pale.

…and there you have it! The entire tutorial and initial farming fun lasts about 30-40 minutes and ends unceremoniously once players use up all their water supplies. During that period players will be encouraged to share the game with their friends around 6-7 times, but none of these posts are mandatory.

When you level-up all watered crops automatically spring to life, even if they had hours or days of growing time left. So strategic players will make sure everything is watered before they earn that final bit of XP required to gain a level.

Will you be giving FarmVille 2 a shot? Leave a note in the comments below and let us know.

Justin is Editor of IGN Wireless. He has been reviewing mobile games since the dark days of Java flip phones. You can follow him on Twitter and IGN.

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