Horsez

by Ubisoft

Product Features

• Pick your perfect pony from lots of adorable breeds
• Learn how to raise, groom, and feed your pony
• Train your foal at the academy, turning him or her into a champion horse
• Compete in style with lots of cool outfits and riding gear
• Travel all over the world for different contests - The cross, jumping, dressage

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GJ0J1U
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 14, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,710 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2

In Horsez, you join a new academy where you need to train your horse to make him into a champion. You also get to take care of an adorable foal! Train your pony and exchange him with your friends via Wi-Fi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't be fooled - False advertising at its worst, December 29, 2006

By 

Kathy (MS United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Horsez (Video Game)

I am extremely disappointed in this game and very upset with the way this company is misleading customers with its advertising and labeling. The back of the package said, "Because There's No Such Thing As Too Much Cute!" There is nothing cute about this game, nothing. Most of the game runs like a bad soap opera made for teens. You spend a lot of time watching movies of people (not horses).

The back of the package and advertising implies that you pick a pony, raise it to adulthood and compete with it. That does not happen. The pick a pony part of the game is a small extra activity that has nothing to do with the main part of the game. In the pony part, you watch a pony from a distance and any interaction you choose takes place in a movie. The main part of the game is some silly story line about 4 young people learning and competing with one another at horse training academies with adult horses. You won't see pictures or screen shots of this story line on the packaging and advertising but believe me you will see lots of it during the game. There is very little real life-like interaction with the horse. You can't pet your horse or hand feed him or even lead him, you'll only see these things happen in movies. The horse's "care and training" include a very few boring and extremely tedious activities that are done the same way, in the almost the same setting.

The packaging and advertising for this game are an outright lie. Why make a game and then try to sell it as something it is not? I thought this was a cute, raise-a-horse, change-your-outfits kind of game that would appeal to girls...that is what the box said. Instead I got a really bad movie about dancing, partying, sneaky, bickering teenagers (one even says she has bulimia) with very little horse raising or horse interaction of any kind. I don't understand the "E for everyone" rating either. There are scenes and dialogue that make it a "T for teen" in my opinion. There are also a lot of software glitches and mistakes. Bottom line, parents, don't be fooled like I was by the cover and waste your money or time on this one.

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Refund, please, December 8, 2006

By 

Aendigo - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Horsez (Video Game)

Simply dreadful, even by the low standards of so many games designed for children. To be honest, my expectations of this game weren't exactly high, but Horsez still manages to suck the life out of the gaming experience. Where to begin? 1. Tank-style controls of your character--does everyone remember Resident Evil 2? You'll get a vivid and painful reminder of it if you play Horsez...and without the consolation of killing zombies. Note to Ubisoft--the 90's called, and they want their graphics and controls back. 2. Another trip down memory lane for Resident Evil fans--a fixed camera, guaranteed to make you want to throw your controller through a window within half an hour. 3. Obnoxious, repetitive, and ever-present music. The music's a cruel tease, too--the game offers to let you turn the music off, but if you do, it also turns off the game's sound effects and most of the dialogue. Hmmm...come to think of it, with dialogue like Horsez's, maybe that IS a good idea... 4. For a game called "Horsez", you don't get to spend all that much time WITH your horse. You're required to hang out with your fellow zomb--er, equestrian students, and perform a variety of profoundly boring missions to advance what passes for the game's plot. Parents, the only reason to buy this game for your children is if they're being punished, and a lump of coal in their stockings for Christmas would be a lot cheaper. Plus, the coal would be more fun to play with. Where must I go to get my money (and the last three hours of my life) back?

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Total Letdown, January 21, 2007

By 

Matthew Hixson - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Horsez (Video Game)

As a parent of an 11 year old horse-lover, I would advise you skip this one and save your money.

My daughter loves horses. I mean, LOVES them. I figured she would love a PS2 game called "Horsez" too, but we were both sorely disappointed.

There are parts of this game that are fun for her, but most of it is poorly designed AND poorly executed. Some of my daughter's quotes:

"Man, I wish I could see better."

"I wish I could look around"

"Where is the key, dad?"

"Why isn't there a map?"

"How do I find ____?"

"How do I do ____?"

You get the idea. There are NO maps, no waypoints, no camera controls, and very little help in completing missions. I'm 34 years old, and I am apparently not smart enough to figure this game out, either.

The controls are poor, the in-game acting is poor, and graphics are on the poor side of okay. In short, save your money and wait until game developers figure out that little girls play PS2, too, and they deserve the best -- just like their brothers.

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