My Horse and Me 2
Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Atari
My main reason for wanting to play this game is that I have never grasped the whole horse-loving thing…The game did not reveal the mystery to me, but at least it taught me that it must have a lot to do with clearing horse droppings thoroughly from the stall. Unless you're ten years old (or younger), or fanatical about horses, avoid this game. It might also be good if you are so allergic that you can't go near horses, but desperately want to. And by the way, how fucked up is a world where humans slaughter one animal at the same time as they play fantasy games about cleaning the crap of the other?
Like Fable II, this game is a mixture of role-playing and simulated life, but this time you only get to be one sex, a snappy girl who moves in at her uncle's ranch. You are making the final attempt to save the enterprise from financial disaster by winning horse races. Once you've completed the training, by trying different courses over and over again, you get to try and win real races, over and over again, until the uncle is saved. You will be rewarded with more clothes, the better you get.Apart from that there's not much else to either do or wear, and the only nice guy your age is not really into talking. Even at full speed, the horse moves terribly slowly and the way the picture moves is nauseating. Trying to complete a cross-country mission, I get lost thinking about the only time I ever actually rode a real horse. It was in Argentina, and I spent six hours on horseback, watching the beautiful scenery snail past. The road seemed endless; I hoped it would go on for ever. But that was in Argentina, not in my living room, and I was actually sitting on a horse. The only comfort here is the uncle, cheering me on with, "Don't worry, we all have bad days," or "That's OK little girl, you're still the best."
But here's what really got me out about these two games: the
girl in Fable II and My Horse and Me 2 is the same person, because I played them both. They even ended up "looking like me" to
some extent (at least the hair was about right). Thus, the experiment concludes that these games really do allow you to exist in
a parallel universe somehow. These digital worlds, that allow human personality, however unexpected, to go beyond the programming are truly a work of art for our civilization. I still miss both my pets too.MARIA EDLA CANDIA
Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Atari
My main reason for wanting to play this game is that I have never grasped the whole horse-loving thing…The game did not reveal the mystery to me, but at least it taught me that it must have a lot to do with clearing horse droppings thoroughly from the stall. Unless you're ten years old (or younger), or fanatical about horses, avoid this game. It might also be good if you are so allergic that you can't go near horses, but desperately want to. And by the way, how fucked up is a world where humans slaughter one animal at the same time as they play fantasy games about cleaning the crap of the other?
Like Fable II, this game is a mixture of role-playing and simulated life, but this time you only get to be one sex, a snappy girl who moves in at her uncle's ranch. You are making the final attempt to save the enterprise from financial disaster by winning horse races. Once you've completed the training, by trying different courses over and over again, you get to try and win real races, over and over again, until the uncle is saved. You will be rewarded with more clothes, the better you get.Apart from that there's not much else to either do or wear, and the only nice guy your age is not really into talking. Even at full speed, the horse moves terribly slowly and the way the picture moves is nauseating. Trying to complete a cross-country mission, I get lost thinking about the only time I ever actually rode a real horse. It was in Argentina, and I spent six hours on horseback, watching the beautiful scenery snail past. The road seemed endless; I hoped it would go on for ever. But that was in Argentina, not in my living room, and I was actually sitting on a horse. The only comfort here is the uncle, cheering me on with, "Don't worry, we all have bad days," or "That's OK little girl, you're still the best."
But here's what really got me out about these two games: the
girl in Fable II and My Horse and Me 2 is the same person, because I played them both. They even ended up "looking like me" to
some extent (at least the hair was about right). Thus, the experiment concludes that these games really do allow you to exist in
a parallel universe somehow. These digital worlds, that allow human personality, however unexpected, to go beyond the programming are truly a work of art for our civilization. I still miss both my pets too.MARIA EDLA CANDIA
