Race and Rade AWAY! (Barbie Race & Ride (PS))

Member Name: briangilmour

Product:	Barbie Race & Ride (PS)
Date:	04/01/09 (12 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Easy

Disadvantages: Looks awful

Always a dangerous thing to target one audience with a game, obviously boys aren't going to be queing up to play this one, although in the interest of being objective it was a worth a look. Barbie Race and Ride boasted that it was the first proper horseriding game , without too much research in it's field i'll take the box's word for it.

Graphics - Yuk, even though it's based on a doll and cartoonish look, the graphics are pretty poor, the colours seem to bleed all the time and it's presented poorly. 3 out of 10

Gameplay - Not that bad, even though it says it's a racing game it's not very fast, but it is easy to pick up and especially for kids. 4 out of 10

Sound - I don't know much about Barbie but if this is the type of tunes that are in associated with it, then i'm surprised any kids are attracted to it, nasty tones, turn them off. 2 out of 10

Longevity - Well the fact that you can raise and groom a horse in the traditional rich kid way, plus you can race the horse does give it a bit more lasting power but you'd really need to be a fan to stay with this one. 5 out of 10

Overall - Being as objective as possible I think this game would only be of use to little girls who really liek the franchise. 4 out of 10

Summary: A poor game aimed for kids