Muito legal o jogo, recomendo!!

I got this game because I had the original Riding Star (actually Mary King's Riding Star) back in the day. Really enjoyed that, so I thought I'd get this for nostalgia reasons. It was a mistake. I don't remember the original having such frustrating controls. For this you have to use your mouse for just about everything, including steering and it just doesn’t seem to work. For the show jumping you have to approach the jump square, meaning if you over steer by just a little your horse will refuse. Dressage is even more complicated. The horse care factor seems to be the same as any other game of this type, nothing ground-breaking about it. The Riding Out option seems a bit pointless. The training you can do is probably the best part as you don't constantly have to stop every time you mess up!
If the controls were different this could potentially be a fun game, as it is it is just disappointing. I suggest sourcing an older PC and just playing the original.

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The Dressage portion has you use WASD, the arrow keys, and the mouse all at the same time. This would be awesome if I had 3 hands

Alright I will write this review in German and English

I just wanted to object to those very bad reviews of this wonderful game.
I know and have played all three RS Games. Especially RS3 has brought me years of wonderful gameplay. I don't even know how often I have restarted all three slots and how often I have finished the game compltely just to start anew.
The control, of which many here complain only suggest the usage of you mouse for the very best experience. It is not necessarily needed! It works perfectl using the arrowkeys and the W and S key for stirring the horse and commanding its gaits.
Also the rather long process of training your horse is very realistic. yes it gets harder and longer the closer you get to taking part in the grand show at Aachen. But it is also directly taken from reallife horseriding. It is indeed possible for a beginner to train for a week and then enter and maybe even win a beginners competition, but to achieve great results at a 4*/pro level or even attempt riding such a course it often takes years if not decades to achieve such horsemanship. Therefore far more realitic than many other horse simulation games.
And therefore also the free ride option is really an option if you get to stressed training your horses for the next competition Level. also it is a great help to memorize and just plan out the current crosscountry course (even though there are no jups in free ride mode). And that of course in the very calming athmosphere aof a magnificent sunset.
All in all this game is a game with hours of fun for everybody. Be they adults who ambitiously train their horses for the worldcup at Aachen or be they children just looking for some fun gameplay.


Ich möchte hier einmal allen wiedersprechen die dieses Spiel schlecht reden.
Ich kenne und habe alle drei RS Spiele gespielt. RS3 hat mir Jahre voller wunderbarer Spiele geschenkt, ich weiß nicht wie oft ich die drei Slots neu belget habe und das Spiel von hinten bis vorne durchgespielt wurde.
die Steuerung, die hier viele bemängeln, schließt nur idealerweise die Steuerung der Richtung durch die Maus ein, es funkitoniert ebensogut mit den Pfeiltasten und W und S zum Gangarten abrufen.
Auch das immer langwierigere und kompliziertere Training, je höher man kommt, ist sehr realistisch. Jeder kann sich nach einer Woche Intensivkurs auf ein Pferd setzen und ein E Springen bzw eine E Dressur reiten. Aber um in einem Springen under einer Dressur der Klasse S zu bestehen muss man oft mehrer Jahre bzw Jahrzehnte an seinem Können arbeiten.
Da kommt einemder ruhige selbstbestimmte Ausritt im Abendlicht doch gerade recht. Auch um nocheinmal den Cross Parcours abzureiten, wenn auch ohne Hindernisse, bietet sich ein abendlicher Ausritt an.
Ich kann dieses Spiel nur jedem, sei er erwachsen oder ein junger Mensch, sei er JUnge oder Mädchen, wärmstens ans Herz legen!

If you're looking for a decent equestrian game to waste some time with, look elsewhere. The controls make it practically unplayable, it looks far uglier in-game than it does in the screengrabs on the store page, and horse and rider customization is extremely limited. The actual riding isn't enjoyable at all and the mechanics feel like a mediocre version of every other horse game like this ever made (e.g. Silver Buckle Stables).
Don't waste your money. You'll likely struggle through each of the three disciplines hoping one will be decent, be disappointed, quit, and never play again.

If you're looking for Mary King's Riding Star nostalgia, keep moving. They took a great game and absolutely broke it with hideous controls that cannot be adjusted. It does not look or feel like the original, so skip this train wreck and keep hunting for an old disc.

I would not recommend this game due to the terrible controls. Trying to use the mouse to steer and adjust speed is just so difficult and it makes the game unenjoyable to play.

The main reason I will recommend this game is because it's dirt cheap and it's quite fun to play for a bit, and even challenging on the dressage.

The game doesn't have any story line at all, just as a head's up. The game involves grooming horses, training for show jumping, cross country and dressage, hacking and competing.

This game was originally made for console (I had the game on PS2) and it doesn't seem they bothered to make any changes to put it on PC. As opposed to other equestrian games (most of which are not available on Steam) which use the arrow keys for direction, this game uses the mouse in a way that takes some getting used to. With a controller, one would use the right joystick/thumbstick to turn, pushing it to the right or left and releasing ; and so one must slide their mouse to the right or left to turn, but you must bring the mouse back to the center to stop turning. As we all have mouse accelaration, this can cause some frustration in the game play when you're not used to it.
I suggest turning the mouse accelaration off to make it easier, at least in the beggining, or just plugging your controller in if you have one. I have played both ways, neither is particularly easier.

I have always loved this game when I was younger. I hope more of the Lets Ride horse games come to Steam so I can play them again. Brings back good memories of the horse games.