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The population of horses in Ostfriesland alone exceeded 30,000, about 40% of which were 3 years old or younger. The new breeding direction, calling for a strong, attractive, heavy horse "for use as both an elegant, high-stepping carriage horse and a work horse" was fruitful.
The Xbox version of the game holds a rating of 47% on Metacritic based on 5 critic reviews. [7] IGN rated the game a 4.3 of 10 stating "Unless you’re an absolutely massive horse racing fan or an obsessive collector of video games, there’s really no reason to pick this title up". [2]
The plow horses of the Frisian marshes had to be powerful to work through the heavy soil, and so were significantly heavier than farm horses in other parts of Europe. Organized horse breeding began in Oldenburg under Count Anton Günther (1603–1667), who brought popular stallions from Spain, Italy, Turkey, and Poland.
The in-game purchases are a subject of criticism in different media outlets. Since the horse-based topic appeals to younger players, critics say that young people might be tempted to spend money. The consumer advice centre in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) advised in 2009 against free-to-play games and cited Howrse, among other games, as an ...
Horse racing games typically have an image that they might be difficult to play, as some prerequisites were required, but with Derby Owners Club, the goal was to create a game that was easy to understand and play to appeal to a wide range of people at the arcades. A pet simulator aspect was added so that the player can easily get attached to ...
A pet-raising simulation (sometimes called virtual pets or digital pets [1]) is a video game that focuses on the care, raising, breeding or exhibition of simulated animals. These games are software implementations of digital pets. Such games are described as a sub-class of life simulation game.
One of the first to take a vested interest in organized horse breeding was Count Johann XVI (1540–1603). Johann XVI purchased high-class Frederiksborgers from Denmark, refined Turkish horses and powerful Neapolitan and Andalusian horses for use with his own breeding stock. His successor, Count Anton Gunther (1583–1667) not only brought back ...
Alexandra Ledermann (in France), Pippa Funnell (in the UK) or Abenteuer auf dem Reiterhof (in Germany) is a horse themed video gaming series mainly developed by Lexis Numérique. In other territories the games where also published as part of the Petz and Imagine series, among others.