My Riding Stables: Your Horse world

The game of childhood! I finally found it. Horse games for girls are the most relaxing form of rest combined with interesting gameplay and this game, despite its rather poor graphics and, let's be honest, poor mechanics, is still played by me with pleasure. I myself will gladly show this game to my child or a friend who has dreamed of her own stud farm since childhood :)

I definitely do NOT recommend this game for the price it is offered normally (15 euro?!), because for this price you can get so much more polished games nowadays. But if you see it on a 80-90% discount or as a part of such a discounted bundle, then sure. But seriously, if you haven't yet, go instead for the other title - My Riding Stables: Life with Horses - because there they got rid off most of the issues I see in this game. The graphics are nostalgic 2000's, you control your character from above by clicking (except for when out on a ride. There are three different modes of game, each concentrating in a little bit different career direction - you can be an instructor, general stable manager or focus more on your own riding. You earn money by having guests, teaching at a riding school etc. The premise is pretty neat. However, the main issue is time. There's a clock slowly running every day, guests coming, shows happening, it all happens at certain times of the day. But quite often you find yourself having nothing to do, just waiting until the time comes. You can't speed up the clock. Another problem is how enormous your estate is. It would be lovely in reality, but in game it means facilities are all super far from each other. Therefore you spend a lot of your time just running between them. For example, it's a really long way to go from stables to the place where you can free ride, which makes me not really want to go there very often. In other words, it gets boring. The overall pacing is a little too slow, even for a chill game. Also, some of the controls are a bit clunky, and that affects the overall experience too.