Training with the horse

I found that I enjoyed the dressage section the most out of the three training options that one has in this game.

It was similar to DDR as that you have to match the timing of the strikes on the buttons with the arrows entering the little circle. However, there is a pleasant pause, or resting moment, when you can just watch your mount do the various cadences that you have achieved. I loved how the camera showed more than one angle, and how the character/horse moved together.

I wasn't as thrilled with the show jumping course. That bar of green on the ground with the red stripes just seemed too fickle.. maybe it was me, and my lack of skill, but I found myself becoming annoyed. After many tries I still had troubles figuring out how to get a perfect jump. OH sure.. when I hit that perfect jump, I was happy.. but it happened less frequently than I had hoped even with much practice.

The Cross country race was a nice combination of the Show jumping, and Dressage challenges. The only issue that I had at first was realizing the lay of the course, and how those little tiny signposts were guides. When I was concentrating on galloping, and how far the jumps were, at first, I would tend to ignore the little white signs showing me which way to go.