Rider's World: I Want To Ride! Reviews

Pffft. I bought this because I remember playing it years ago around elementary/middle school. I will admit, it's still pretty cheesy. Not worth the six bucks, but maybe worth three. I remember how obsessed I was with getting all the horses XD Some things that should be noted: The screen was completely off-center when I first downloaded it (meaning the logo/video was askew, leaving a bunch of weird white space and cut-off animations). I uninstalled and reinstalled it pretty quickly, and it worked on the second try. I see this being a good little diversion for your ten-year-old if you don't want her getting into anything violent. It's pretty chill and task-oriented (a bit more realistic than I remember) and there is a sense of accomplishment when you complete some of the race courses. Honestly, it took me around two hours to complete the main quests and after that I sort of just screwed around in the "free-roam" mode until I got bored. There's also some kind of weird backstory going on. The main character appears to be the only little girl allowed on the horse sanctuary, and the woman who runs the place is known as the "riding instructor" or whatever-- but there's a fairly large portrait of both the girl and the instructor in the grooming tool room. This leads me to believe that the "riding instructor" is actually the girl's mother and is using her child for free labor by basically saying, "If you can clean up the horse and feed it and saddle it then MAYBE I'll let you ride it...oh, and pick-up my paperwork in the forest. I went on a bender last night." There is clearly some detachment on the girl's end, because the woman is never referred to as "mom" or "mommy" or even "mother". The possibility of the child not knowing this woman gave birth to her is reasonable as well. It would make sense then why the main character is the only child allowed inside, because the instructor gave her up for adoption but kept in close enough contact to permit the use of the sanctuary for summer diversions (meaning the woman still feels guilty about the whole adoption business). Furthermore, a third party can be seen in two of the three portraits. They are wearing a bright blue shirt, and because of the poor image quality, I can't rightly say who it is. However, using my great and wonderful smarts, I can discern that these are probably pictures of the main character's biological father-- and the woman (instructor) most likely no longer speaks to him since he wanted an abortion, but she remembers their good times together and still keeps his portraits up just for the hell of it (and because she's a masochist, because why else would you allow your only child to be near you strictly under the pretense of "riding instructor"? Because it's funny? Does the instructor get a good laugh shouting semi-forced praise while watching the main character run miles around the property and pick up hand-sized green skittles before dumping them in a wheelbarrow? Is this her best attempt at 'parent-child bonding'?!). Either way, I digress. All you need to know is that I am the horse racing champion. Me, and only me. Beat me if you can, suckazzzzzz P.S. Controls are a lot jankier than I remember. Derp.