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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 15
Date: December 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

when i first got this game, i played it for hours and i thought it was awesome. But now, i think that this game is extremely boring. I also think that the graphics suck.They aren't very realistic and unlike other horse games, the graphics are cartoon.
So I would reccomend this game for a younger kid,but for older kids, you'd be wasting your money on this game.

Other Games Far Better

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: May 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Save your money and buy "Saddle up with Pippa Funnel" or "Let's Ride Champions Collection." My Horse Farm is just substandard software, with a 1990's feel. It has amature graphics, awkard navigation, and repetitive play. There is virtually no help and my 8-yr old daughter was always calling for me. It was tiresome waiting for rewards (e.g. money, a trailer, renovations, recovery from illness) and play was repetitive. I could go on and on... Blaahhhh!!!!

I think it might be good for someone who is younger than 8.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 39
Date: January 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I like the concept of the game but I REALLY don't like the graphics. If the graphics were better I would TOTALLY buy it but I'm not going to spend my horses feed on something I think is really geared toward someone under 8.
This is just my opinion and as I do not actually own the game I can only base my opinion on the pictures available.

This game stinks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: March 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this due to all the rave reviews, but the people who love this must never have played a realistic PC game like the Nancy Drew series or the SIMs. The graphics stink and the manual is almost useless. If anyone created a realistic horse game that was fun they would be a millionare from all the horse addicted girls and women out there. The best i've seen so far is the barbie game for the playstation.

Defective product and no after service

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: February 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought My Horse Farm for my daughter and was sent a defective product that would not work. Although I contacted Viva Media several times for service, they have simply decided not to respond either by phone or e-mail. I do not suggest anyone should buy their product.

disappointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: January 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this for Christmas and love horses, but this game is too frustrating. I ended the game with horses and money and when I signed back on I was bankrupt. Nothing in the guide or on the website helped me figure out what happened. It does not have very good directions or support.

A Game in Need of Improvement

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: April 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is OK.It needs WAY better graphics.Breeding your horses is cool-but black horses look like they are purple!It crashes all the time and I don't believe it was worth my 30 dollars.It was fun for about a week.You can't even see equipment on your horse and the cross county compitition(The only thing you can enter)is extremely lame!I LOVE horses, but I advise not wasting your money on this game-get a better horse game-they mostly don't cost more than 20 dollars.

Should have been fun

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: October 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It's a great concept and could have been a wonderful game. The graphics are just awful--not even good cartoons. There should be a playable tutorial to help newbies get started, but instead you just kind of stumble through it, learning as you go. Even with that, I hoped it might be fun once I got into it, but it crashes frequently. I wasn't expecting perfection but I certainly didn't expect to be this disappointed.

Needs Work ...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: January 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This software has the feel of kids software, but the overall skills required are for someone older. You have to run the horse through different training levels, which have to be done through the arrow keys. The programming of the arrow keys are cumbersome, if you hold down too long the horse will go too fast, if you try to slow it down it often walks or stops altogether. Then the jumps, the timing & speed has to be right, so you are working the arrow keys then using the space bar for the jumps. As the mom & adult I have trouble working the keys with the right speed & jumps to accomplish the levels within a proper time frame to not lose the farm (you can only take the horse out once in a day or round, & each day costs funds). Now the other problem I have with the software. You have to run this from the CD-ROM, you have no choice to do a full hard drive install. Since this is for a kid, I generally burn a copy of the original, so the cd going in & out isn't the original that would be scratched & no good within a few months. Well the makers of this software put a block on their cd. You can make a copy of the cd, but you can't use that copy to play the game in the cd-rom. They even talk about it in their license agreement - which they say you can make 1 copy for backup only - but what good is that backup copy if you can't play the game with it? So you will overall find this software frustrating, personally as the parent I don't think it is worth the money - live & learn.

could be Wayyyyyyy better.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: March 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are clear, but they are bad! Horses look nothing like that and it is really gross! I would say get it for the younger kids, because they won't care.

There is nothing to do with the game except earn money, build your hotel, and keep your horse from getting sick. You don't get to ride that often because it said "you have ridden enough for this round" and it is very enoying. you can't pay enough monay to keep more than one horse, but you need to jump them to earn money so you can build your hotel / parking lot / jumping corse / breeding paddock / ect. But you can't do that unless you can jump the horse alot, and you can't. It is easy to go 'bankrupt' so I would say this game is not for little kids because of the money dealing.

not for older kids because of the dumbness of the horses look, not for younger kids because of the money problems.
So don't get this game!

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