

“You can have a short session that actually has meaning,” Knight says. Instead, in recognition of the fact that people often use mobile devices when they’re doing stuff like waiting in line at the grocery store, it’s designed to provide more instant gratification. Though the game looks and feels like FarmVille, it’s not aiming to be a FarmVille-like timesink. “As you can imagine, that’s a big deal for FarmVille.” “Friends are not required to play this game, ever,” says Zynga VP of Games Jonathan King. But in a FarmVille first, you can also opt to play in standalone mode, without having to go online at all. You can connect FarmVille 2 to Facebook, iOS’s Game Center (iOS) or Google Play Games, play with friends and speed your progress by forming co-ops with other players.
