Petz Horsez 2 [Old Version]

by Encore

Product Features

• Raise horses from birth and learn to feed, clean, and take care of them.
• Earn money to buy new horses and accessories by entering challenging competitions.
• Experience life on a horse ranch, with different story endings depending on the choices you make.
• ESRB Rated E for Everyone

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• 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: B000SL2H2K
• Item model number: 18080
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 9, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,693 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Raise Horses, Train Champions, and Find Adventure in Petz Horsez 2! Experience life on a horse ranch while solving a mystery! you'll get to raise horses and learn to feed, clean, and take care of them. You can also earn money to buy new horses and accessories by entering challenging horse jumping and dressage competitions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST OF THE BEST, January 1, 2008

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Petz Horsez 2 [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

I have played all the horse games...ever!!! Time to Ride, Champion Dreams, Horsez, Horsez 2, Dreamer, Lets's Ride Champion Collectin, Let's Ride Rosemond Hill, Lets Ride Silver Buckle Stables, I'v played them all. But this has to be the best one since. I love that because of the dif choices you make the dif the game will end. I have to say that they do put you in some pretty difficult situations at some points. But the way that they based it seems so real-a-listic. I ride horses in real life, so I love all these horse games, but I have to say that this one so far as been the best. I really enjoyed the story line that they based it on. The owner of the stud farm dissapeared, now it's up to you to make the choices and see were the twist and turns lead you. !!!Each time you play you will most likely have a dif ending!!! !#!ONE MORE THING!#! DO NOT GET THIS GAME UNLESS YOU HAVE A DVD DRIVER !#! IT WILL NOT WORK !#! I loves it reall the best.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greastest game ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, December 10, 2007

By 

Charlene Fitzgerald "Kaylan F" (Santa Barbara,CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Petz Horsez 2 [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

this game was so good and the graphics were amamazing. You can make different choices and the adventure will take different twists. I've played it once and now I'm playing it again making new choices. Once you finish the adventure you can choose if you want to do free mode or not. basically the mayor wants the stud farm and will do anything to get and i mean anything. you must stop him while taking care of your horses to save the stud farm! you can enter competitions to earn tokens and you can go shopping in the village to buy cool new stuff. i totally recommend this game to anyone who loves horses!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Clunky interface, time moves fast, December 20, 2010

By 

W. Wexell (St. Louis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Petz Horsez 2 [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

I bought this for my 6 yr old. She has no interest in the story line and just wants to work with the horses, but the game pushes you to keep doing the story line for quite a while before it finally allows you to just work with the horses. At this point, my daughter is working with the horses and ignoring the constant reminder that she's supposed to go find an apartment. From the front menu you can just ride on the trail coarse. It would be nice if they had added the ability to also groom, feed, train, etc.. At this point, it feels like a heavily cutscened and linear RPG with the ability to work with horses tacked on. I personally feel it should be a game about working with horses with an RPG tacked on.

The interface is clunky and often non-obvious. Riding, jumping, and movement are all handled via keyboard, with no option to use any other device (mouse/gamepad). The only time you can use a mouse is when you are doing chores. I think a gamepad would make the competitions significantly more enjoyable, and would recommend getting this game for a console instead of PC for this reason. I'm planning to try using a software emulator to make the game think my Logitech gamepad is giving keyboard commands. I think that will make the interface easier to deal with.

The days are VERY short. 1 real second ~= 1 game minute. When you have 6 horses, and half of them are sick (they are every day), and you have to exit/re-enter the stables for each horse, its difficult to get all the chores done, let alone train the horses. And if you want to go to market day that basically takes the entire day and no chores get done at all.

Overall, the game has some design flaws that could easily have been overcome, but its still enjoyable.