Read an article about a game called "Rune Factory" today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_Factory
It includes a farming simulation.
Why didn't someone make this for offline play ? I'd like to play this. No more god-slaying-or-becoming epic, high fantasy hero adventure where one eithar has to (more or less) literally safe the world OR become it (kind of) … - but instead a glimpse at the hardiwork of a normal farmer. Something what the hero of Dungeon Siege was BEFORE he or he had become hero …
I'd like to show people how hard it really is to actually GROW and MINE what passing-by heroes feed upon and onsume in every way - be it armor, weapons or simple food.
As a farmer, there is nothing more heroic than slaying an orc with nothing but the most simple tools. This is the kind of heroism people just don't see.
It reminds me of Akira Kurosawa's movie with the seven Samurai.