Saddle up once again

by Phil Larsen { Jun 4th 2008 at 4:00PM }

If you were to come up with a name for the sequel to My Horse and Me, what would you call it? My Horse and Me: The Stable Adventures? Trouble at the Old Mill? My Horse Has Fleas? We won't lie to you -- those are all superior names. However, Atari kept it short and simple, announcing My Horse and Me 2 for the DS

Unfortunately, the original game wasn't the greatest. We have nothing against horse games at all - why, we went nuts for those yappy dogs, and they aren't half as useful. You can't ride a dog, or force it to lug around big bags of cement for construction purposes. Still, something isn't quite right down at the ranch, and the developers can't seem to nail what would make a horse game great fun. We don't know for sure if MHAM2 will be good or bad, but there is one thing we do know -- it'll be bad.

Tags: atari, equestrian, horse-riding, my-horse-and-me, my-horse-and-me-2, simulaton

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

triften @ Jun 4th 2008 5:33PM

I got a nice chuckle out of this. Nice to see you around here, Phil.

Ironraptor Albion @ Jun 4th 2008 11:20PM

It really is a shame because horse games do have a potential to actually be GOOD. For example, having multi-play capabilities, even "breed" horses through Wi-Fi and produce the next generation of competition horses.

The problem is that they're focusing on a key demographic, pre-teen girls. Therefore it has to be sanitized and sterilized, because we all know special interest groups are so very willing to condemn a game that is meant for children that has any connotation of violence and / or sex.

Phil Larsen @ Jun 5th 2008 3:07PM

Thanks triften, glad you enjoyed it. It's great to be here!

J.K. @ Jun 5th 2008 3:41PM

Nice to see you kind of have no idea what you're talking about. My wife got the game for her birthday and I gave it a little time and found it controlled and did what it set out to do quite well so I'm not sure why that other than you not being into the style qualifies as bad. Elitist media comments get so tiring at times. I'm not saying it's a super game, but it is good and far from bad.