The Equestrian | 
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Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 6618
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Windows 2000, Windows 98
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Me
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.2
MPN: 90102
Model: 90102
UPC: 646662901028
EAN: 0646662901028
ASIN: B001CLDDTQ
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Complete carreer mode with training and competitions in three events. | | • | 30 jumping courses,18 cross cross country runs, and 13 dressage programs. | | • | licensed in conjunction with the USEF and approved by horse riding professionals | | • | More than 25 training programs and 3 levels of competition: Regional, national and international | | • | Custom training programs with a wide selection of horses available to choose. |
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Product Description
Do you dreams of making it in the equestrian world? Train and compete in the 3 most popular equestrian events: jumping, cross country and dressage. From the amateur championships to international events you must train non-stop. The relationship between the rider and the horse is at the heart of the gameplay. Both their skills need to progress in harmony in order to win the major international trophies. You need to take into account both the temperament and the natural skills of the horse: each horse has its own unique and realistic temperament that you need to control and optimize. Will you get the gold medal in the world event final?
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| Customer Reviews:
Realistic, Challenging and Fun! December 26, 2008
This game certainly does win the trophy for being the most realistic, detailed, challenging horseback riding game out there! You must learn how to properly control and adjust your horse for the best performance, and teaches kids and adults alike how to properly ride and jump a horse. Every detail can seriously affect your ride, so be prepared to be up for a good challenge everytime you ride! The good news is, your "trainer" goes through everything you need to know at the beginning, and by the time you get through the training, its no longer complex, but always requires great concentration to details. Anther challenging thing is, its not easy to win a championship, one day you may win it all, the next you're disqualified. Once again, its all based on details, and is much like riding a real horse.
I highly reccomend for adults and teens, but kids may be somewhat confused.
Wow! December 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This game amazed me from the start, this is probably one of the best horse riding sims I have played and I have played most if not all of them!
A warning this game is VERY technical with the controls of the horse, younger children may have a tough time using them. The controls are very in depth, when approaching a jump you have to adjust your horses stride so they take-off at the best point or they may refuse or knock a rail. You also have to keep the rider's balance over the fence, lean forward at the take-off and lean back when landing or you may fall off or impair your horses speed after landing. The steering took a bit of getting used to, it's not just steer right or left, the horse follows a curved path depending on how hard you steer left or right.
There are three different events you can play; Dressage, Cross Country and Show Jumping. In careeer mode you can focus on one event or all three. The dressage controls are also very technical you use the four arrow keys and have to hit certain keys for a certain length of time as a pattern shows you. This is pretty difficult but keeps you busy!
You can choose between different horses to become your "partner" and each one has different charicteristics. Some horses get excited approaching fences and will rush the jump while other will get nervous and back-off when approaching a fence.
The graphics are beautiful! Some of the best I've seen and gameplay is very smooth. I have only played through a few events but from what I have seen this game is one of the best!
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