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Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered

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43%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:music
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
63% User Score Based on 19 reviews

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About Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered

Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered is a single player open world racing game. It was developed by Aesir Interactive and was released on June 19, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Rediscover the breathtaking world of Windstorm. Delve into the fascinating story of Mika, a girl known as a horse whisperer, as she befriends the majestic black stallion called Windstorm – with fully updated graphics and a new photo mode!

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63%Audience ScoreBased on 19 reviews
music2 positive mentions
optimization3 negative mentions
  • Beautiful and detailed environment that is enjoyable to explore, with well-done music and a peaceful atmosphere for horse riding.
  • Faithful adaptation of the source movie with recognizable characters, dialogue, and locations, appealing to fans of the franchise.
  • Engaging care mechanics like grooming and maintaining the horse's health, as well as enjoyable photo missions that encourage exploration.
  • Poor optimization leading to frequent stuttering, long loading times, crashes, and suboptimal performance even on capable hardware.
  • Repetitive and thin gameplay structure focused on mini-games and fetch-type quests with limited story depth or meaningful progression.
  • Frustrating controls and camera issues, especially during important gameplay moments like jumping and sprinting/chasing animals, leading to a clunky experience.

  • story

    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    10% positive mentions, 80% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The game's story is widely seen as weak and lacking depth, with missions feeling repetitive and more like busy work than engaging narrative. While the open world and photo missions are praised, the plot—mostly delivered through brief visual novel-style dialogues—fails to motivate players or provide meaningful progression. Overall, the story is considered a missed opportunity, especially given its movie basis, leaving many players disinterested in the quest-driven elements.

    • “There is an active story line with voice actors and narration, which is amazing to see!”
    • “I never thought I'd compare a horse game to Assassin's Creed, but if you remember the original game from Ubisoft, you'd know it was a fleshed-out world full of possibilities and places to explore.”
    • “I would've liked to see the mean girl in the movie appear at some point in this game to add some tension to the story.”
    • “What there is of the story (and I understand it's based on a movie, but there doesn't seem to be much plot at all here) is presented in a series of quick dialogues like a visual novel, and they're almost always a prelude to get you to do some work.”
    • “The quests seem like a burden rather than something to get me intrigued by the game. It all seems like busy work, like a hassle, and I played for a couple of hours looking for a motivator, a real reason to play; the game seems to just lack a captivating story.”
    • “This is more like a run-around and complete tasks game rather than a game with a story to follow.”

  • graphics

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for their beauty and improved visuals compared to the original, with lovely scenery and cleaner details. However, users note issues such as frequent pop-in, occasional stuttering even on mid-range settings, and less-than-optimal performance on decent hardware.

    • “Graphics are beautiful and the scenery is lovely.”
    • “The graphics are much cleaner than the original, and it's more enjoyable with more to see and do.”
    • “Honestly, this game has great visuals, but I feel like that's about it.”
    • “A lot of pop-in, like the buildings just suddenly appear, and the graphics are worse than the pictures.”
    • “Even on low-medium graphic settings, the game stutters at times.”
    • “I had about 30-40 fps while playing on a 2060ti on high graphics, which is not optimal but playable.”

  • gameplay

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a nostalgic throwback with satisfying care mechanics like grooming and hoof picking, though some features like stamina refilling are missing. It includes classic racing elements and various modes, making it enjoyable but overall rated as average. Fans of quest-driven gameplay may find it particularly worthwhile.

    • “Honestly, just a fun throwback to older horse games with some of those riding mechanics.”
    • “The hoof picking mechanic is very satisfying.”
    • “The care mechanics, such as grooming and cleaning the stables, are well done.”
    • “Gameplay is mid.”
    • “So are the rest of the 'care' mechanics, honestly, such as grooming and cleaning the stables.”
    • “Since demoing, I do think it is worth it if you're aiming for more quests and gameplay.”

  • optimization

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The game is widely criticized for poor optimization, leading to choppy performance and a less smooth experience. While controls are generally acceptable, they can feel inconsistent likely due to performance issues.

    • “Game is very poorly optimized.”
    • “I agree with poor optimization of the game as other people have mentioned.”
    • “The controls were fine, but I needed some time to get accustomed to them and they sometimes felt a little choppy, which may have been caused by the overall performance of the game.”

  • music

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music is well-crafted with lovely motifs that enhance the beautiful riding environment, though the overall game experience feels somewhat fragmented.

    • “Beautiful environment for riding with nice music.”
    • “Music is well done with some lovely motifs.”

  • stability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's stability is generally solid, with only occasional bugs and glitches reported, none of which are severely game-breaking.

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9h Median play time
9h Average play time
9-9h Spent by most gamers
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Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered is a open world racing game. Common tags for Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered include 3D, realistic, female protagonist, exploration, life sim and others.

Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.

On average players spend around 9 hours playing Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered.

Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered was released on June 19, 2024.

Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered was developed by Aesir Interactive.

Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered for its music but disliked it for its story.

Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered is a single player game.

Similar games include Ostwind, Spirit of the North 2, Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch, Lucius III, The Bard's Tale IV and others.