Today The Huffington Post has a first look at The Hunger Games Adventures, the official Facebook game coming later this month.

Check out these two stills which have us really excited to play!

HuffPo notes that you’ll be going on various World of Warcraft-like quests and play as yourself:

According to Funtactix CEO Sam Glassenberg, “The Hunger Games Adventures” will be free to play, and takes place in an isometric version of Panem. Players, who play as characters bearing their own names rather than as characters from the books, will be able to spend real-world money in order to purchase upgrades and tools that will make their progress through the game smoother, but its makers insist that players will also be able fully to enjoy the gameplay without having to pay out any money.

At the game’s heart will be “World of Warcraft”-like quests, initially given by “The Hunger Games” characters Katniss and Peeta, and which involve completing simple in-game tasks. Players will also have their own “safe area” in the forest, where their energy will recharge, and which can be both decorated and fitted with in-game equipment.

The game will be played solo, however in order to complete certain tasks, players might need to share an item with or receive an item from a friend who is also playing the game.

As a ‘casual’ Facebook game, the world is less edgy than that of either the books or the movie. Players cannot be killed – an unsuccessful skirmish merely results in their energy being depleted, forcing a withdrawal to ‘recharge’, while defeated enemies either walk away or vanish. The game design is very child-friendly, similar to that of the hugely popular Farmville (albeit more graphically sophisticated), and players use the mouse pointer to search, attack, chop down trees and collect gems.

To us this seems like Farmville with a Hunger Games skin. Though we don’t play Farmville, we’ll fall for this marketing tactic and give it a go when it’s open to the public on March 23rd.

Don’t expect us to be spending real money on virtual goods, though.

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