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A good game for girls

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 30 / 31
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is a great game for young girls. I got it for my daughter on PS2. She's ten and loved it. The story is basic, you have to rescue missing baby horses, but there are hidden coins and presents that let you unlock new outfits for Barbie and customize her horse. A couple of the puzzles were a little challenging, but nothing she couldn't figure out. It was fun for her to jump things and race her friends. Probably my biggest complaint is that controlling the horse takes a little to get the hang of, but after some practice, it became no problem. I recommend this game for any little girl who loves horses like my daughter. She and her brother had fun challenging each other with the multiplayer, too. It's not violent or dark and scary, just a fun and engaging adventure.

This game is TONS OF FAMILY fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Every little girl dreams of owning a horse and this is a great game to play that you do. It is a great game it is a lot of fun. You track down wild mustangs (not the car) and try and help them to get to a save area. This is a very simple game, but kept me wanting to play for a long while! You can change clothing, and the look of your horse! This game is a lot of fun!
GREAT FOR THE FAMILY!!

Oh my gosh!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: November 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game. Oh my. I loved this game to death, playing it every single day, i got snagged on the second-to-last level, ripped the snag, and got to the end. Then, the problems showed up. I found the secret level, but the door was closed and i had to go through every stinking level again to get every coin. Im still working on it. It was fun at first, but now, it's just plain HARD, for me, a 10-year-old.

Barbie's so blonde...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: August 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

...she does silly things like race her horse on a frozen river. Running on ice is fun, I guess, if you're a blonde. And she wears her show attire everywhere. (Can you really climb obstacle courses in field boots and tailored tweed show coats? Hmm...) If you're looking for a game showing safe, sane equitation, Barbie ain't gonna do it for you.

That being said, if you're just looking for a horse-themed Barbie game, this game isn't bad. There's happy New Age-y Barbie music, there's Barbie's perky voice and a "friendship meter" that shows if your horse needs attention, like pats and treats. Okay, it drives *me* over the edge, but my 6-year-old daughter seems to enjoy it--she'd recommend it. ;)

At last an Excellent Game for Girls

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Like many girls my daughter loves horses. She is also fortunate enough to enjoy riding them too. And yes, in her spare time on those wet days, she has a lot of fun playing this game. Some aspects of the game are quite challenging at first - but learning it is part of the fun. We've had it for a month now and she's still discovering new things.

Finally, fun on Xbox for girls

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After months of watching her brothers play Xbox games, my 7 year old daughter has a game she loves and can play well. It isn't intimidating, it isn't even particularly challenging; it's just fun. Of course, her brothers think it's stupid, but hey, she thought Lord of the Rings was stupid. As a fun game for girls, this is a hit.

Great for girls who love Barbie and horses!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My almost-6-year-old received this for Christmas and loves it. It's her first video game and it serves it's purposes well- it's challenging enough for a young girl, yet not so hard as to be frustrating. There are a variety of activities to interest girls and opportunities to have 2 person games if you have 2 controllers. Overall, I'm quite pleaed. If you're an experienced gamer and like flight simulators and Halo, this will not be your game, but you probably knew that already

My 6-year old loves it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My 6-year old received this CD as a gift for Christmas. She loves horses, she loves Barbies, and she loves computers. What better combination! She was hooked from the first minute we tried the game. She wanted to play it for HOURS and I had to limit her PC time. It was easy for her to master. It took a while to play it all the way through the first time, and now that she has mastered it, she just enjoys changing the outfits and horse colors and playing certain pieces of it. I would not recommend this game for under 5 years old.

My 5 yr old daughter LOVES this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

She can't get enough of it! If you have a daughter that loves horses and Barbie, this is a must have!

If you want a cute game for girls, get Mario Kart, not this.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: December 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Obviously, this game was made for little girls, but there's better games out there that might appeal to girls without insulting their intelligence.

I'm actually exaggerating a bit, this game is not nearly as bad as it could have been. Most of the gameplay is built on riding your horse, which borrows a lot from the Zelda 64 riding engine. Once you get off your horse though to look for runaway horses, watch out. Barbie is slow on her feet and can't run, which can get very annoying. There are also side activities, like unlocking outfits and washing your horse, which is as rudimentary as using the cursor brush to move over a horse.

But overall this game sucks. If you want to buy a game for your sister/daughter/niece, get her a real game with quality gameplay, like Mario Kart Double Dash or Super Monkey Ball.

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