Petz Horseshoe Ranch

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• Adopt your favorite horse from some of the most well-known breeds and watch your horse grow in three stages - baby, child and adult.
• Watch your horse interact with other horses: Have up to three horses on the screen at the same and watch them interact and play together.
• Get rewarded as you play through the game and unlock over 75 new items: (clothes and accessories, new toys and environments.)
• Watch your horses interact in realistic-looking environments ? whether it is the stable, the challenge park or the rodeo barrel racing course.
• Exchange pets with friends using the playdate mode: Send your horses on a play date to your friend?s DS and vice versa using Wireless Communications.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001IASGS4
• Item Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: February 3, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,230 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Raise and care for a family of horses! Adopt a horse from a variety of the most popular breeds, then customize your horse's look with tons of outfits and accessories. Raise a whole family of pets and create unique breeds. Watch them grow and develop their own unique personalities as you become the proud parent of generations of horses.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unrealistic, but still amusing, March 5, 2009

A Kid's Review

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Petz Horseshoe Ranch (Video Game)

If you are like me, and love a good horse game where you can custom make your own horses, ride them, enter them in competions, and manage a fully-operating stable, this is probably not the perfect game for you.

But if you are not a huge fan of realistic games, and not a MAJOR horse-lover, you might like it.

I bought this game a couple of months ago, mistaking it for a game a horse-freak would love, and bought it. I quickly recognized my fault about 2 seconds into the game. I am a full-blooded horse fanatic, owning my own paint mare, and knowing all about horse management. The first thing I will say about this game is that it is the most unrealistic horse game I have ever played. This is my review:

WARNING- before you read this, let me remind you that this is my opinion, and you are free to think other wise about this game.

PROs:

- You can breed horses, and combine the mother and father's characteristics to make unique foals, like an Arabian-Paint, or a Mustang-Clydesdale.

- Every horse has its own personality, such as easy-going, or fraidy-cat.

- You can 'take' your horse to the pasture to meet other random horses and foals, and if you befriend the
other horses, you can win special prizes.

- You can keep pedigrees that contain info about your horses

- There is an option where you can take pictures of your horses playing.

- Keep up to 10 horses



okay, now onto the cons:

- THERE IS NO MONEY IN THIS GAME: to me, it is boring to be able to buy a horse whenever you want, without really earning them.

- THE STABLE IS MORE LIKE A HOUSE: When your horses get hungry, they magically lead themselves to the 'Kichten", ( Yes, in the game you feed the horses in a kitchen. Wierd... in a real stable you feed the horses on a timed basis, and in their stalls!) Then the animated horses amazingly open the door, and sit, yes sit, there waiting for you to feed them.

- BREEDING. (this usually takes forever!) You have to get 2 adult horses, male and female and put them anywhere they can run around. Then you sit there, and wait for however long it takes for them to become friends, ( There is no way to speed up this proccess!) and finally, when the top screen shows your 2 horse's faces, and a big smile in between them, ( not like this- :], like this- :D ) That means they are ready to have a foal. The 2 horses face each other, and then hearts start magicaly floating up from theirs heads. a big poster is then presented to you that says: CONGRATULATIONS! (mother's name) AND ( father's name) HAD A PONY!
( A PONY??!!!! It's called a foal, people!!) You tap the pedregrees of the mare and stallion to 'sign' it, then a foal pops out of nowhere in the middle of the screen.

- MARE AND FAOL INTERACTION. After a real foal is born it stays by its mother and its only meal is milk for the first 6 weeks. in the game, after the mother has her foal, she just walks away and so does the newborn. you also feed the foal solid food, just like the adults.

- WEIRDEST PART EVER: dressing up your horses. yep, you 'take' your horses to the "Outfitting Cabin" and pile bows, dresses, shirts, pants, and Hats on the poor animal.

- COMPITITIONS. There are competitions, but you don't ride your horse. you just keep tapping the obstacles from an above veiw and the game decides if you knock a rail down or not.

- THE STALLS. One of the gates outside says "STALLS" but all it is is just a corral where you keep your horses, ( you can only keep 3 with you at a time)

- THE TOILET. there is a toilet in the barn, which is just a pile of hay the horses sit on and do there business. (I won't even comment on this one)

- THE ADOPTION CENTER. when you walk in, you should see 3 horses in each paddock. you tap one, stroke it a few times, then you can take it home. (agian, I won't comment)

- HORSE BEHAVIOR. The horse's behavior is also strange. they do normal things, like grazing, or chasing each other, but 65% of the time they're either sitting or laying down. I am stunned that a game suggests that a horse laying down A LOT in the pasture is 'normal'. Usually It's okay, but in real life, if a horse stays down for a REALLY long time, their weight puts too much pressure on their enternal organs, and so, suffocate. And what about colic!?

Again, this is my opinion, and you may think differently about "Petz Horseshoe Ranch."
I think this game would best suit someone who doesn't mind unrealistic games, and is under the age of 10.
The game is still entertaining though. It's fun to be able to combine breeds to create your own, but I think this game could use some help. ( AKA more Horse Sense)

I'm not saying you shouldn't buy this game, but I think you should seriously think about what interests you before you buy it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun fun fun!, July 28, 2009

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Petz Horseshoe Ranch (Video Game)

I got this game for my birthday .
You can breed diferent horses but only with a grown up boy and girl.
You can breed them how much times you like
0/8 . My friend named Helena loves it she has dogs and monkeys. You can donate and buy horses. You can dress them up too. Alice

5.0 out of 5 stars Recent Purchase of Petz Horseshoe Ranch, January 2, 2012

By 

Sylvia Sedillo (FLAGSTAFF, AZ, US) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Petz Horseshoe Ranch (Video Game)

This was a gift to my niece. She loves animals, especially horses. She is totally hooked on this game! I received it quick and in time for Christmas.