Mattel Spirit Untamed STABLE SWEETIES Playset

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In May, it’s time for Spirit to leave Jorvik! During the Wednesday Update on May 29, Spirit along with the fangirls Tori and Sally in Fort Pinta will leave Jorvik for good. If you’d like to befriend Spirit and invite him to stay in your home stable, make sure to do so before then! It’s even worse when the waypoints lead across the wilderness rather than along a road, because then it often happens that you ride past a waypoint, suddenly don’t see the next one, and realize too late that you should have actually taken a turn somewhere, but since the waypoints only ever disappear behind you it’s impossible to plan ahead for that. I said at the beginning that I would not harp on this game for not being what I would want a Spirit game to be. But as I’ve just tried to demonstrate, the game is thoroughly underwhelming even in its nature of being a tie-in game to Spirit Untamed. And man what I would not give for a Spirit game that was closer to the 2002 movie in terms of style, themes and narrative. The story beats – including the dynamics between the girls and the villain – are very kid-friendly and goofy, but they work in that context. Although some of the story is told through voice overs and dialogue boxes, the game also features plenty of animated cutscenes that give it a significantly more cinematic feeling than competitors like Windstorm: Ari’s Arrival or Horse Club Adventures. That is a rant for another day though. The franchise’s overall direction is no doubt decided by DreamWorks itself and is not something we can really call the game’s developer or publisher out for. For now, let me examine this new Spirit game for what it is rather than what we might have liked it to be, let’s judge it on its own merits. Because believe me there is plenty to say on that alone. The Horses

In my preview, I mentioned this game might be worth purchasing for the photo mode alone: in true Pokémon Snap fashion, you can spend your time sneaking up on wild animals and taking their pictures, as long as you make sure the animals are centered in the photo, facing you, standing still, and close enough to your position.Playing through the story took me a total of about six hours. As I’ve mentioned on other occasions, I don’t like to judge games by the “price-per-playtime” metric because I consider the quality of an experience to be more important than the quantity. Unfortunately, Spirit ends up offering neither. In Conclusion

Polish and consideration for the player’s experience is missing at every corner in this game, and none of its redeeming qualities are remotely good enough to get me to look past its flaws. I already described the first hour of the game in quite some detail in my preview article, so I will just refer you to that one for a step by step of first impressions. You can join in on the Red String Trail Ride until May 22nd, so make sure you don’t miss out on this fun event! The trail starts in Firgrove, and the starting point is marked on your map. Last week to befriend foals! And hey, if you’re just about to create your actual Star Stable account right now, some new, cool character name options were just added there as well! Last week of the Red String Trail Ride!

Renovations at the Silverglade Vineyard!

The foaling event with Violet the Jorvik Ranger is available until May 22nd, so if you haven’t already, then make sure to look for the mares who need help with their foals! Spirit is leaving soon! Another massive source of annoyance for me was the waypoint guidance system: Spirit has an open world, but instead of giving you a goal to reach, you only ever see the next waypoint to guide you there. This has its merits in terms of nudging the player along routes that make sense, but it also completely removes any sense of “exploration” from the main missions – a rather damning fault for an open world game. Here I’ll start with what I didn’t have the time to look at in detail during the preview: the horses and their animations.Now, I know making games is hard and so is animating horses, but oh boy the look of Spirit and his herd is rough.