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Let's Ride The Rosemond Hill Collection

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: August 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I do not own the game, but, from what I have heard and from what it's description says, it sounds absolutely fabulous. I have it's earlier version- Let's Ride Horse and Pony- and it ia great. I highly recomend this product.

Dunno

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: August 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have the other version of this game. I hope this one is better and more fun-not saying the other isnt. Let's Ride!-Horse and Pony is very cool. I hope this will be cool and different. I cant wait till it comes out!!

Gets Steadily Worse...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: January 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm not sure exactly were to begin with what's wrong with this game so instead I'll tell you what's good. The graphics have a few small flaws but overall they're not bad. The horses are supposed to have distinct personalities (different ai) but they don't, in fact, they all have the exact same gentle temperament. The only difference between them is their speed, which is either slow or really slow. Having run the practice courses for HOURS trying to get the fastest time, Iýve only had the horse refuse when I misjudged the distance or angle. If only it were that easy in real lifeý

In a way that's a good thing because if they don't go slow you can't make the impossibly tight turns the show jumping requires. That of course raises another problem, you have to slow down to jump but you need the overall fastest time (without penalties) to win the event. Your in game rival has a catch-22 in show jumping (it's easy to beat the steeplechase and cross country). If you get 5 penalty points her time is 40 seconds. If you get 22 seconds (no penalties) she's got 19 secs. The actual competition is set up so you can take second or third in one event and still win first. For instance: I resigned myself to take second in show jumping then got first in steeplechase and cross country. Moral: I won the competition. Unfortunately, though I beat the in-game (in storyline) comp. I had to go back and take first in the PRACTICE area to get invited to the next events! Ten minutes into the endeavor you will be reduced to mumbling, or shouting, a string of violent profanities at the screen every time your computer hiccups causing a delay in the graphics that makes you knock down a rail or run into a jump.
WARNING: not recommended for those with anger management issues.

Next, the stable chores are completely dull and VERY repetitive, the third time you've mucked out a stall you'll understand. In-game you only have one set of courses to practice on, this is fine at first because they duplicate the first competition, but for all the rest you have to practice by going back to the main menu and waiting five minutes to load ONE event ONE time! Also, there are only 15 courses. Total. After youýve run all of them a dozen times and tried to see what the game would let you do, like jumping out of bounds or running down the cardboard cutout people in the crowd (your horse just stops when you hit them, by the way, and you can only go out of bounds in the show jumping areas) youýll find thereýs nothing left and youýve wasted twenty bucks on a game you never want to touch again.

The above refers to the "Legacy" portion of "Let's Ride RH", the "Competitions" portion is just plain lousy. The jumps are boring, the graphics are slow and bad, and the jumping distance varies and doesn't make a wit of sense to begin with. The "Mystery" part of the game is decent but nothing special, the clues in this one are either too easy or so abstract you don't have the slightest idea what you're supposed to do. The official site has a walkthrough and with a few hints from it I beat the mystery in about four hours (which includes a few game crashes). By the way, Alt + Tab causes an error in the game and it crashes so save before alternating windows. The dialog is usually amusing and occasionally downright funny but the plot is wafer thin. If you're looking for a good mystery try "The Longest Journey", possibly the best adventure/RPG ever made; nice general graphics, beautiful video sequences, phenomenal storyline, and lackluster ending (oh well, you canýt have everything, but the body of the game makes up for it).

In conclusion: The "Legacy" part is challenging (sometimes), tedious, and frustrating, the "Competitions" portion isn't worth installing, and the "Mystery" is not mysterious.
I should only have given this game one star but because it has a more realistic stable area than any other game Iýve played I threw it a bonus star. If I could rate all three...

"Legacy" ... * *
"Competitions" ... * (I feel generous)
"Mystery" ... * * *
Average: * *

Without the hassle of beating the Practice area I might have given "Legacy" 4 stars, but the sheer frustration or trying to beat your rival's time detracted too much from the story and enjoyment of the game. A word of advice, save immediately before a competition because if you lose you go back to the stables and your horses (accept the one you were riding) are gone. The events themselves take a number of tries to get first place, especially show jumping, which is usually the high point of these games. By the second competition I had stopped trying for first in that event and focused on taking second because the other two events were easy to win.

My advice: if you're a horse game collector (like me), get it but don't expect too much. For the avid collector this is a mediocre addition, for a non-horse-fanatic it should probably be avoided. If youýre looking for a game with jumping prowess try ýEquestriad 2001ý, for racing ýGallop Racerý (original or 2001, theyýre pretty much identical), or for stable management ýWillowbrook Stablesý (original or preferably ýSaddle Clubý its sequel). If none of these sound good, you might try ýRiding Starý which is an easy, low stress, low frustration eventing game with dressage, cross country, and show jumping; the downside is relatively poor graphics and repetitive stable area, but overall itýs fun. I hope my advice is of some use and that you enjoy whichever game you select.

I love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After having played many Nancy Drew mystery games, I found this really refreshing. I'm only talking about the mystery game. I haven't even gotten to the horse games - which is what I bought this for. The mystery was really neat! Sure at times it seemed a bit primative but it was so European in feel. The street scenes were just really not too all-American. The scenes were really pretty - the sky, trees and buildings. Sure the voices were in American English but you could see it was done by people in another part of the world with a different idea of a city and streets. Even the punks on the park bench were unlike stuff from the U.S.A.

The main character has real short red hair. No blond Barbie! and isn't a goodie two shoes. She steals keys, lies and does stuff we all do that no one is afraid of putting in software for fear of being sued as a bad role model for girls!

that's enough! Hey in the time where all software is sooooooooooo much the same- more worried about liability than entertainment - this is not perfect but refreshing!

Rosemond Hill: Home to the stars....not!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: April 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

THE LEGACY

OK, I'll start with the bad points:
-Has obviously been made by someone who knows little or nothing about horses; 15.7 hands? I don't think so buddy. There are only FOUR inches in a hand for goodness sakes!
-The horses are supposed to be different, with different temperaments, speeds, riding difficulty and so on. but you know what? Apart from colour, they're all exactly the same, maybe some slightly slower than others, but that's it.
-You are given different details on what to feed the horse. But it's always the same flat, grainy stuff you tip into the manger from 3 feet away.
-You can only practise one of the five courses in-game, the others you have to exit to the menu.
-You get the horses geneological table. One horse has an ancestor called 'Happy Cloud'. Whah?
-The stable chores get VERY repetitive.
-You get tasks set, you can either agree to do them or decline. Even if you agree, you don't actually have to do them to advance.
-Contins quotes such as 'I hope you haven't forgotten to feed your horse?' DUH!
-Refusals only come about if you misjudge distance or angle hugely. No problem with speed, or jumping it about a foot from the jump, or whatever. Sigh.... Sometimes you can get over doubles in one jump.
Good points:

-For a while it is quite fun and great if you don't own a horse, because you have to do all the chores and responsibilities.
-Er.......

COMPETITIONS

Frankly , it is dull and boring. The graphics are bad, horses jump ten feet high and twice as long, though differing just when you don't want it to. All you do is gallop around blotchy countryside, or build a repetitive course in blotchy countryside.

DIAMOND MYSTERY

This is quite good, but I found I neede the website walkthrough to get some of the abstract and random clues. Nothing to do with horses, which somewhat annoyed me. Annie, your sister and the character played in the 2 other games, and formerly training to be an eventer and swedish american, now has a different voice, works in a diner and constantly says 'Tell me!'
The mystery is neatly worked out though and the people are more convincing than in the LEGACY. The network of streets and buildings is quite complex and fun to look around and not all-american, which is pleasing.

CONCLUSION: If you are gonna play this every day, don't waste your money, because you are just going to get bored. If you are only going to check in once in a few days or so you could consider it, but all in all I'd stay away and save your money for a better game.

Fun butt bad graphics

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: April 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i got this game a while ago and when itry to play it the character,annie,just keeps walking in circles.when you try to ride the horse,alpha,he just runs and knocks down fences.you cant beat this game.the only good game is the diamond mystery.you get to be emma a newspaper reporter.you have to search for clues to find out who stole the diamonds.

I love this game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is cool because it's almost like having a real horse and the graphics are cool too.You can train your horse by practicing on the jumping course, Steeplechase, and Cross country course. After you go to competion you can choose another horse.You can talk to the other people that give you helpful tips. You can brush,feed, tack and groom your horse.

The Legacy of Rosemond Hill

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: July 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun the first or second time you play it,but then it gets boring.There is many dumb or wierd things about it.These are a few:There is no such thing as 15.9 hands.The horses don't have different personalities like it says. The horses have you repeat chores over and over again. You cant't choose a horse unless you get 1-3rd place in competitions. You can't name your horse.The horses have names like Alpha,Lady,Bonnie,Cocktail,and Sue. You can dump food in the bin from across the stall. You don't give your horses water. You can only get 1 carrot in the whole game. Annie walks slow. The horses want their stalls clean when they are outside. You can't actually use the ointment. The ointment is supposed to"give you less a chance to knock down fences."Who owns Speed the horse? Where is Michael and Linda's horses? Why can't you name the foal? The other people in competitions never get eliminated. Melissa never knocks down poles.The horses don't escape from the stalls when you leave the door open. It's impossible to win the Kingswood Championships. The game counts getting stuck in front of a fence that is not a jump a refusal. John and Melissa never take care of their horses. You can only have 3 horses at a time.This game has lots of things that are dumb. Like I said, this game is fun when you first get it. At first I thought it was like owning a horse. After 5 times of beating it, I figured out several wierd things. If you don't mind these things, though,and you still want it,buy it.

OK, but not wonderful

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: October 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

OK. I am a horsewoman. I take riding lessons and am trying to read every horse book available to man. I bought this game because I do not own a horse myself, and I wanted a reasonable game that I could do showjumping on.
This game is not great. For one thing, it's languistically incorrect. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A 15.9 HAND HIGH HORSE! This was obviously made by someone who doesn't know horses. There really is no difference in personalities between these horses. You don't even have to get strides right to clear a jump. You don't give your horse any water.The stable jobs are VERY repetitive. GEEZE. I hope there are better ones on the market. I think I'll look for a racing game next, though.
The computer always gives little "hiccups" at crucial times. The game has frozen my computer numerous times.
But, on the bright side, the courses are (somewhat, interesting. The showjumping courses are nice, somewhat that is. BUT YOU ONLY GET THE SAME PRACTICE COURSE TO RIDE EVERY TIME. GEEZE. BORING. You go into every competetion but the first completely blind... Never knowing what to expect. But, it's okay. Not great. I'm sure there are much better games though.

Worth ZERO stars! A complete money waster!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: October 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I decided to get this game because it looked like it would be entertaining for at least a short amount of time. I was wrong! I don't think I have ever found a worse way to spend 10 dollars. This game takes FOREVER to load, for one thing. At first I thought my computer had frozen, and I restarted it several times but finally just let it sit and it finally loaded. I was at first hopeful because of the nice introductory video clip, which has great animation, but was bitterly disappointed. The character is IMPOSSIBLE to control and she kept spinning in circles when I wanted her to go straight. The horses are very difficult to direct, as well, and on the jump courses they run around out of control and it is near impossible to get them straight enough long enough to take a fence. Navigation is near impossible. I kept getting lost in the stable and the pitiful wanna-be graphics are PREPOSTEROUS! Half of the time all of the colours would go white, making it VERY difficult to see ANYTHING, and I kept having to go back to the title page to get the graphics coloured again, so that I could see them. The game is RIDICULOUS. DO NOT buy it, I garuantee you will be disappointed.

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