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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Day 1 of Barbie Horse Adventure: Blue Ribbon Race

My first game that I will be reviewing is Barbie Horse Adventure: Blue Ribbon Race. Let's not prance around (harhar) and just get right to business.

Sound: You know how sometimes a game will have a really interesting soundtrack that will pull you in? This game has that except that after it has looped for the 20th time you want to rip your ears off. Also the menu noises seem to have been made by someone completely different. Oddly enough the music being played feels like it belongs in an RPG.

Gameplay: Enough ignoring the game play. The controls feel weird at first, until you realize that the horse's head is up on the D-pad and its butt is down on the pad. After you realize that, you just have to get jumping down. So far I have had to go on missions where I walk around collecting things in order to meet a goal. I kinda got sidetracked and couldn't find some flowers then stammered around for a bit.

Graphics: I understand this is a Gameboy Advanced game, but why does the horse's head look like it's censored? Also, am I the only one creeped out by the fact that the horse's bum has more detail in it the Barbie's face. I also love the designers' choice to have 4 people standing and clapping but only use two different sprites and not even alter the color scheme. Oh ,and the black Barbie doll looked frightening.

Maybe the game will get better as I keep playing it....

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