{"id":21325,"date":"2021-06-28T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T00:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21325"},"modified":"2021-06-02T00:41:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T00:41:26","slug":"dreamworks-spirit-luckys-big-adventure-switch-ps4-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/28\/dreamworks-spirit-luckys-big-adventure-switch-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreamworks\u2019 Spirit: Lucky\u2019s Big Adventure (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have a younger cousin who lives in Alabama who just loved horses as a kid.\u00a0 One time when I came to visit she had a N64 and a copy of Ocarina of Time and wanted me to help her get to the part of the game where she could ride the horse.\u00a0 So I played to that point and gave the controller to her and that\u2019s all she did!\u00a0 A few years later when I came back to visit, there was an animated movie in theaters that we took her to see called Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and she loved it!\u00a0 Bottom line is, kids love horses.\u00a0 And why wouldn\u2019t they?\u00a0 Horses are pretty cool animals.\u00a0 And now there is a computer animated spin-off series of Spirit on Netflix, plus a new movie based on the Netflix show out now in theaters.\u00a0 And now you can play a game based on the new movie and Netflix series with Dreamworks\u2019 Spirit: Lucky\u2019s Big Adventure.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on nearly all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

In the game you play as a girl nicknamed Lucky.\u00a0 She lives in a frontier style town with her dad and befriends a wild horse named Spirit.\u00a0 With her two horse-riding friends, Lucky goes on all sorts of adventures.\u00a0 One day her father shows her a box that her mom left her before she passed away.\u00a0 Inside is a treasure map so Lucky decides to look for the treasure to find out more about her mom that she never knew.\u00a0 Along the way she\u2019ll help out her friends, save wild horses, and have lots of new adventures!<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll control Lucky in 3-D space.\u00a0 She can run around, crouch and sneak, jump, and take photos.\u00a0 But most of what you\u2019ll do is ride Spirit.\u00a0 While mounted, you can jump and make Spirit run fast.\u00a0 A horseshoe meter will deplete when you do that, so make sure it refills so Spirit doesn\u2019t get tired.\u00a0 After a while Spirit will get dirty and won\u2019t be able to use the horseshoe meter to run.\u00a0 So you must take Spirit back to the stable and play a mini-game to groom him clean again.<\/p>\n

In the game you\u2019ll mostly do fetch quests to move the story along.\u00a0 You may have to find an item for someone, or take a picture for somebody.\u00a0 Sometimes you might have to follow someone without them noticing or do some light platforming and climbing as Lucky.\u00a0 But it\u2019s mostly just fetch quests.\u00a0 Luckily the game makes it very clear where you need to go next, with a compass telling you the direction and constant markers where you need to go.\u00a0 You can also view a diary with your current quests and even fast travel to places you\u2019ve already been.\u00a0 So players shouldn\u2019t have any problems getting stuck.<\/p>\n

I do have some problems with the game, like I think the graphics could\u2019ve been better, the framerate is choppy, and all the fetch quests get boring and repetitive.\u00a0 But honestly, I don\u2019t think the target audience of this game will mind those problems.\u00a0 Young fans of the movies and TV series will be delighted to play a game where they can ride horses and interact with their favorite characters.\u00a0 So if you know a young horse fan who loves the Spirit cartoons, you may want to get this one for them.<\/p>\n

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Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, though.\u00a0 Dreamworks\u2019 Spirit: Lucky\u2019s Big Adventure is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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