Equinox: Homecoming

After paying for the game, I started playing was starting to enjoy it unlit I saw the in-game purchase store for real money I returned it right away.

I bought this game during beta, and I was pretty disappointed. The story ended really abruptly, there were no cutscenes, and overall it felt like I was playing a game that was still very early in development. [b] I know it was in beta [/b], but I still expected a more complete experience. The graphics were also underwhelming, especially for an Unreal Engine 5 game. I think they could definitely do better. The riding feels a little awkward too, it almost seems like more time was spent animating the horses than the characters. The town also feels a bit uncanny. A lot of the buildings look like they were just placed there without much detail, a lot like a bought decal. But, I don't think the game deserves a bad rating. The reason I waited so long to write this review was because I wanted to see where it was headed, and so far it seems like the developers are making progress. They've been adding more story content and improving the game overall, which is nice to see. Overall, I think the game has a lot of potential, but I would only recommend it if you're okay with an unfinished game and want to support its development. If you're looking for a well developed game with a longer story, I'd wait until more content has been added. :3 6/10

It's so awful that we are forced to be connected to a server to play. I feel like we think technology is advancing but companies make it so it's like we're going backwards instead. We can't play on airplane mode. If I put down my steam deck for 30 sec the server disconnects and I have to restart the whole game. Sometimes it doesn't save my progress. Why are we forced to connect if we do not want to play multiplayer? They should also tell you upfront on the description for the game that there are in game micro transactions.

I have played this game from very early on (ever since it was first released on steam as a demo) and this is now the third time I've tried playing it, but nothing really hooks me. I like the idea of combining a horse game with horror, being a old star stable player, of course this had me hooked before the demo released. However, a lot of aspects are just.. tiring. It's not even the graphics or the wonky animations, I don't mind that. But for example the sprinting and jumping system. While I get that the jumping aspect is limited so players don't do stupid ♥♥♥♥, it feels really useless to even be a thing then. Because, when do you even use the jump, then? In races? That's about it. Similar with the sprinting, though I can get behind that a bit more. Though it feels exhausting, especially since you have to ride so much, even with all the checkpoints unlocked. I'm sure some people do like that aspect, I personally find it quickly tiring. On a positive note, I do like the models though. Not the customization options early game or whatever happens with the light sometimes. Also, why exactly are there achivements for every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ plant you pick up? This game does not need +300 achivements

Spooky horse game is gonna get me through fall!!!

Zuerst denkt man: Oh ein Pferde MMO... klingt wie ein Spiel für "Mädels"... dann ist man da nur 1-2 Stunden drin und wird zuerst vom Soundtrack umgehauen und später von der Story. Dass ist ja wie ein Krimi und fesselt wirklich sehr. Dass das Spiel ab 16 ist, sollte ich auch mal erwähnen xD

I love this game, you can take some nice pictures for your wallpaper and meet good friends

Straight up one of the best games. The team is amazing and extremely responsive, they help however they can and I love a company that cares for their players! Shoutout to John at Blue Scarab for being so legendary in helping me with a bug! The gameplay is really well done, I've already finished the main quest and anxiously await updates to know what happens next. There's also a lovely sense of community, you ride around other players and everyone is so kind to assist new players when they ask questions. And seeing everyone's customisation is so adorable! I highly recommend this game, especially for those with a love of scenery, mystery and horses (obviously)

It's rare for me to post a review, even more so a negative review. I tend to take it as lesson learned and move on. But this time, I felt a need to review it. When I first learned about Equinox I was ecstatic. They talked about wanting to prove a "girl game" could be just as good as other games if taken seriously. It was supposed to be single player, now it's an MMO, which was fine, I get changing. What wasn't fine was how hollow everything felt. I can't tell if they mocapped the horses like they said they intended...but it feels like none of the living models were mocapped. It just feels like the dev fed a line to get money. Which they are indie so that may in fact not be the case, but it is how I felt when I finally got it working. It took me 3 hours due to connectivity issues to figure out what was my internet and what was the game. turns out the game launches successfully for me about every 3rd attempt. Between the lag and the struggle getting it to run properly I had trouble with it suddenly locking up and then crashing out. finally after I got thought all that and was getting into it hoping that maybe if I fixed my connection it would be better...I realized the game is hollow, bare bones. It has scenic views but the logic of the invisible walls genuinely gave me a head ache. It's like they were built to encourage you to waste time attempting to find short cuts only to have to go the long way around in a lot of places. I know part of it is realism, but there were jumps my horse couldn't perform in game that a real live horse would easily step down from without effort, or could just step over and keep going. I wanted to love this game immensely, but It feels nothing like what was intended and like a grittier version of star stable Online, and that's not a good thing.