The Prairie Ranch and Saloon
by Burbie52, HSM team writer
When Lockwood first came out with their public Prairie space, it was an answer to many people’s wishes. A lot of us have wanted a western style space in Home for a long time to go along with all of the western clothing we have accumulated over the years. With Red Dead Redemption being such a huge success, and even giving us free in Home rewards, we truly had no place to show it off until The Prairie showed up several months ago.
I don’t know about you, but the size of the space and the layout if this public area immediately made me want it as a club for my members, and the house, well, I wanted to go inside the minute I saw it, and was sorely disappointed I couldn’t. Now all of that has changed – enter the Prairie Saloon Clubhouse and Prairie Ranch personal space.
Lockwood has once again come through for Home users and given us what we wanted.
Prairie Saloon
Let’s start with the Prairie Ranch. When I first saw The Prairie public space, I thought I had walked into the McFarland ranch and expected Bonnie or her father to emerge momentarily. The house isn’t as nice as theirs was in the game, but it has a lot of charm and looks very realistic. The floors are worn wood and the walls have seen better days. An occasional cloud of dust blows through the house’s cracks and open doors. The roof probably leaks if it ever rains, as it has a long hole running its length.
The surrounding area is identical to The Prairie space with a couple of exceptions. There is a fire and hay bales to sit on, where the outside holding area of The Prairie is, and a larger set of horse stalls just inside the gate. This is where you will find the “horse game”. The game is easy and reaps rewards if you play it right. You simply have to groom the horses and feed or ride them around the ranch.
The train still sits where it always has, and there are no animals visible here like you will find at the Prairie space. The tree swing and other shade trees are still present as well. The area is very detailed with leaves falling from the trees and gusts of dust blowing by as you walk or ride across it.
All of this is duplicated when you go into the Saloon clubhouse. The exterior has basically the same layout, with the exception of the train. The Saloon itself is a bright garish red inside, typical of the times, and has two burned in pictures in frames. This is a nice addition, as most clubs have no pictures or the ability to add them. There is a wrap-around porch upstairs and two small rooms. The first floor has a built-in stage with a back area and a bar, all of which are very well rendered and keeping in style with the era it is mimicking.
There is a bundle pack that will blow your mind for these two commodities. When horses were brought to us as a locomotion, the one thing missing was saddles. It was bareback all the way, but that has changed with this new addition. With the bundle pack, you receive seven different saddled horse and two bareback ones. You heard me right: nine horses plus both the club and personal space for only $12.99. Individually, the spaces are $6.99 and the horses run from $3.99 down to $2.49 apiece. What a bargain that is!
So hitch your wagon or ride your horse down to the local Saloon or home to your new ranch and enjoy a little taste of western heaven with the new Prairie Saloon and Ranch.
August 13th, 2013 by Burbie52 | 1 comment
Burbie52 is a 62 year-old published author and founder of the Grey Gamers group within Home. Born and raised in Michigan, she has lived there her entire life, with the exception of a twelve-year residency on the Big Island of Hawaii. She enjoys reading and writing, as well as video games, especially RPG's. She has one son in his twenties.
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Nice review Burbie,
The really amazing thing about this space is perhaps more than others, it really nails the sense of a wide open area. It seems like it goes on forever.