Video Games : Riding Star (PC)

Rating: - THIS IS THE PAR EXCELLENCE GAME FOR RIDING ENTHUSIASTS

This game is absolutely ACE! Every possible aspect has been thought about long and hard. The tutorials are excellent as are the free rides that you can take! It is not easy to play at first but with patience, everything will pay off. I hope they bring out a follow up version soon!

I love the showjumping in particular as it is not as easy as you first imagine, you have to time your jump exactly otherwise you knock a pole down or worse still, get a refusal. You have to train for each competition, the more you train your horse, the better it gets, the more skill he will have at the time you need it! It is very realistic!

The dressage is not particularly easy either, pace and control of your mount is essential. Training for this is very important otherwise you never master the special figures required for the professional competitions!
Being a perfectionist pays off in this particular phase!

As for cross country, well I am still working on this, again, lots and lots of practice required before you enter a competition. Once it has been mastered, again accuracy and control is vital, just like in real live eventing!

This game has been really well thought out, and I look forward to many more follow ups of this in the future!