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Riding Academy: Jump & Ride | List Price: $19.99
Discount Price: $5.07
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Platform: Windows XP
Brand: Viva Media
Binding: Video Game
Release Date: 2005-10-01
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Features: - Experience realistic horseback racing; choose from 6 different horses
- 12 beautiful action-packed steeplechase courses to ride and race
- Varied terrain with seasonal weather conditions
- Suits all players with beginner, intermediate, and expert levels
- Split-screen gaming for 3 ways to play: single player, championship, and LAN
Jump and ride a little behind the times. [Posted on 2006-02-22]
Let's face it. Jump and Ride will never be on the same level as other equestrian games such as Equestriad or Let's Ride Rosemond Hill. I don't mean to say it's a bad choice. Five years ago there were no equestrian games save barbie (and this game has an eerie resemblence to the races in barbie). In the 21st century this game is slightly overmatched. The game's addictive but lacks some of the factors found in games in the Let's ride collection. For starters,there are only six horses which differ slightly in characteristics. Play is easy until you move to the normal level. here you have to hit "/" rhythmically (whatever that means) until your arms fall off. in hard you hit "/" and ".", and in pro you hit four keys which is impossible if you've ever tried it. In case you are mistaken, "/" does not make the horse go, it only controls speed. since the computer is perfect then you will most likely lose. Racing against friends is better since you are evenly matched. This is fun for people who value having competition instead of just competing. This gets two stars because I thought I was buying an actual steeplechase, like the Grand National, with a twenty horse field. I also don't like how the horses look and how you can't give them names or change their colors. The graphics are nothing to shake a stick at either. By the way, why are there no unlockable features?
Okay if you're not into storylines or taking care of horses [Posted on 2006-08-02]
This game takes a long time to load each terrain. The gameplay is from a 3rd person perspective with horses running from the left to the right side of the screen. You have several horses with different strengths to choose from, choose wisely based on the terrain. It's not a bad game. There is no horse care or story line, just jumping. For me, it's boring and slow and unrealistic and I wish I hadn't bought it.
A Total Disappointment [Posted on 2006-08-04]
Do not buy this game. For ages 7 and younger it is simple and easy to use and would be fine to start off a youngster with horsey computer games, but overall it is repetitive and boring. If you really want a good horse game buy Saddle Up Time to Ride, Saddle Up with Pippa Funnell, All the Let's Ride! games are great, though I thought that the Let's Ride! Corral Club was more childish than the others. A good deal is the Let's Ride! Champions Collection which has 3 horse games. 2 of them being really good: Mary King's Riding Star, and Equestriad 2001.
One word, yuck! [Posted on 2007-03-12]
Seeing a horse on the box, I bought this game right away. I got it home and it took FOREVER to load. Then I started to play, and I was VERY unhappy! The game takes FOREVER to get from one screen to another! And you don't even steer your horse! All you do Is pick a place to go (the graphics are not good) and then after it loads, which takes forever, all you get to do is run in a straght line and press spacebar when needed.
NO NOT BUY THIS CRUDDY GAME!!
The only thing I can se good about this game is that if you got it for a little kid it would be easy to jump. But then you would have to put up with "Mommy! Is it done loading!?"
It was ok [Posted on 2007-03-28]
i am a horse freak and i most likely have all the games and i have to say that this game was very disappointing. The graphics were ok but there is really no point to the game and all you end up doing really is just racing and some more raceing theres not really a challege at all. If i really new how this game was going to be i would have never bought it. I played it like what ummm.....6 times and then i was done with it. So no i do not recommanded this game to someone who is looking for more than just, racing. This game has NO POINT!!!!!!
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