Horses deserves to be played, even if it’s not very good
TL;DR
Horses, a narrative horror game banned from major platforms, has sparked debate over video game censorship and art. Despite its popularity on GOG.com and support from gamers, the game itself is not as good as the attention suggests.
Horses has become the current face of the fight against video game censorship and what gets to be art. After getting banned from Steam and the Epic Game Store, the narrative horror game has become a bestseller on GOG.com, and has brought gamers of all stripes together in support of it. But as a game, Horses doesn't deserve all this - neither its bans nor, after playing it myself, all the glowing praise.
Horses is a collaboration between indie studio Santa Ragione and Italian filmmaker Andrea Lucco Bolera. Bolera wrote the game and acted in and directed the FMV cutscenes that are interspersed throughout, while the developers at Santa Ragione …