Well I saw that and had a knee jerk reaction. Im not knocking the sim so much as the multiplayer part. Just seems wierd. You and your buddy cutting down trees in MP? Ah, er, hmmm ok........... I nearly bought one of the farming ones out there, I think it actually could be fun, but MP?
Basically MP it is "fashionable feature" that is beneficial for managers consider of games PR .
That even in our example - well, who would have known about these games in this forum, if you are not surprised by the presence in them multiplayer?

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