Farmville 2 is better than Farmville 1, some UI tweaks made the experience more seamless and the graphic update is charming.

But you still need to gather energy (now masked has the water resource)  and bug your friends for help. The ammount of pop-ups asking me to share my casual progress or request help was extra annoying.

If Farmville was made with the purpose of just being a game, I can see it maybe being fun but right now is just too annoying to play. My experienced eyes can see all the little traps being laid to make me spend money on my virtual farm and playing it barebones is just not good.

I will stick with games which focus on gameplay, thanks.