 Excellent! |
| Review Date: February 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: D. Lysons, Illinois |
| I really love this horse game! I've played several horse games, (I'm an addict), and it's now my current favorite. The horses are realistic and the training and competitions are fun and challenging, especially the dressage! The controls for dressage are by far the most creative and I really like that you have to use the mouse for direction and the arrow keys for extension, collection and rhythm (this is most challenging). Only a few things I hope they improve on and that is I do wish there was more after finishing the 4 levels of competition; it would be nice if the breed/color selection was more customizable and to have an adventure option with a nice plot. I still find myself going back to the beginning and playing the game over again. Very fun and I recommend it to any horse fans out there. |
It's awesome!
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| Review Date: March 21, 2010 |
| Reviewer: , |
| This is seriously the BEST horse game i have ever had. The graphics r amazing and the shows r really challenging! I would definitely recommend it to any horse-lover!!! |
Fairly Nice Game
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| Review Date: December 6, 2008 |
| Reviewer: M. Holifield, |
Since this is the first computer video game I've ever owned, I gave it 4 stars, with nothing to compare it to. Where do I start? Good video, but occassionally gets slow right at a jump and you end up having a refusal. The horses are fairly realistic. You have to groom and feed the horse every time after you train or show or just ride out. You can ride up and down hills, gallop along a beach, actually ride into the streams, and cross bridges on the ride outside. For competition you get to select a name and color for your horse for each different phase. You choose a horse for Dressage, one for Show Jumping and one for Cross Country. As you progress thru the levels you get a reward of upgraded tack and show clothes. The mouse controls speed and jumping. The Right and Left arrows control direction and for Dressage the Up and Down arrows control extension and collection. Fairly decent tutorials for each phase to show you how to compete.
The upper level Dressage movements and upper level Show Jumping can be frustrating at times because of how you have to manipulate the arrow keys and mouse at the same time. Practice makes perfect though.
This could be a super game if they did some up grades, but it is fun and worth the money. I hated the fact that if you were doing poorly in the 2nd round of 3 in jumping, you couldn't start over at that level, but had to go all the way back to the 1st round, to start over. I would win the first jumping course, have a bad round on the second course and couldn't restart the second round, but get taken all the way back to the first round.
Personally, I would like to see water jumps, banks and slides on Cross Country. I would like to be able to see cows grazing in pastures, maybe birds flying, foxes running in the fields, instead of just sounds. The video lacks when you gallop fast and control is touchy for straightening a line in approaching a fence in Cross Country and Show Jumping. Once again though, you get use to it and practicing with the controls is a plus.
Overall, it's a decent game for the money. Get it and have fun! |
Good With Some Flaws
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| Review Date: August 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: TheRearingPony, |
| As many people know the Let's Ride series produces good horse games in general and Let's Ride Riding Star does not disappoint. This game does not have a story just competing and training, I find this nice due to the fact that I usualy finish the games with a story line in no more than 3 days. When you start the game you can choose individual competitions or a career. When you enter career mode than you have three horses, one for each discipline (show jumping, cross country, and dressage). The coat and mane options are more limited than I would like (three of each). The grafics are very nice, not as nice as horsez, but good enough. I have a slower computer and the game runs without breaking up. The only problems I have with the game is the mouse sensitivity and the dressage. The mouse is used to steer your horse and is extremely sensitive, I find it hard to straiten the horse up after a corner in time for a fence. Due to the mouse sensitivity I sometimes play with my hand in the air so the mouse can not sense any movement. the dressage can be challenging to master. I find that I have problems with the special figures and transitions especialy when the transistion is something like extended trot - collected canter. Despite these two small problems I would deffenatly reccomend this game for any age (I am a young adult). If you have any questions regarding teh game post a comment and I will answer the question to my best ability. |
Great fun for the young equestrian
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| Review Date: March 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Cynthia Brohas Gulacsy, Ohio, USA |
| My daughter owns almost the complete series of Let's Ride, the ones for hand-held and playstation game systems are still a little better than those for PC, but the graphics were better than anticipated on this one. |
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