Riding Star - Horse Championship!

yas

Warning: Do NOT buy this in the hopes of getting a game similar to the original Riding Star game. Because it isn't and I doubt you can play it on a PC with as controller attached to fix the control issues. This was apparently a console game, so do not expect good controls. You can work around most things, but they are not good, and using the mouse is the absolute worst. You horse reacts like a brick, not matter the speed, the reaction will be slow and delay as hell. That's just game breaking... The controls are horrible for dressage. I'm not gonna bother with that bs. The only discipline I CAN recommend is Military, as you just need to steer with the left and right arrow keys and use the mouse to jump (but whatever you do, do NOT move it or your horse will keep randomly steering to left or right, depending on how you moved it). If you use this method, just keep mashing the mouse button far ahead of the obstacle and you should be good. As for Showjumping, well...it seems random? Sometimes my above method worked, other times I smacked down all bars for whatever reason. I tested if it had to do with my angle or the obstacle distance, but none of those seemed to be related. So I'm not sure what the hell to make of that. RNG I guess. See if you can manage any better, good luck anyway. The graphics are somehow worse than the older games. Not sure how they managed to do that but that's apparently the norm among horse games in this decade. Which I have absolutely no words for since that triggers me in all sorts of ways... Anyway, the textures are low effort, map designs are basic af and the animations are passable at best. (Considering that the original is much older but still had better animations I'm really disappointed.) It also has VERY limited colours for the horses too. And some are as unnatural as you can imagine (the all too popular: brown base with random white splotches added). Which is always frustrating for me since I love real horse colours. But that's just a personal thing. I'm not saying this is a bad game. Maybe if you wrap your head around the controls and master them it can be fun and amazing? But I highly doubt that. It's fun to play if you having nothing else to do and just want to jump a few obstacles or ride over an empty boring 'ride out' map, but this is not really a game to get invested in and play for ages. The controls are far too frustrating for that. If anyone manages to find out if and how this may work with a controller, maybe it can be more enjoyable. That's probably the only chance this game has to be actually fun to play. Still, this is likely one of the better horse games out there, both in terms of correct anatomy and animation for the horses and in actual gameplay. So it is worth a shot. But even if there are worse games, this is a time waster at best and gets boring rather quick due to the surroundings being boring and lifeless and the controls being a headache depending on the discipline. But again, it may be easier on a console with a controller. I'm not sure. Try it for yourself during sale, maybe you have a better time than me. But I wouldn't pay 10 bucks for this as it also seems short on top of all other things.

Amazing graphics, activities and shows to go to! Every equestrian's dream game.

I don't care what anyone says, this game is super good for a free game! Show Jumping is so incredibly fun but also challenging, still haven't beaten that one. Would play again.

honse

Love this Game

I'm only recommending this for nostalgic reasons, if you haven't played this before it looks and plays really bad. I have vivid memories of me playing this on the ps2 and you can definitely tell it was made for that platform. The mouse steering is way too sensitive and the keyboard controls aren't always clear. You can use wasd and the arrow keys instead of the mouse, but it's kinda confusing. The graphics haven't changed since 2008 and the gameplay is linear. You basically grind out the training and ride the competitions for 10 hours. It still captivates me however after 12 years, so I'm a happy camper.