I thought the motion controls for snowboarding sounded cool at the time. They were not.
Really weird game hindered by its controls. I'm not one to hate motion controls in concept, in fact I often defend them, so long as they're implemented thoughtfully and feel fluid. They just felt awkward to me in this game though. A personal matter for sure, I'm sure if the controls don't bother you the game is fine, they didn't work for me though.
Still, ignoring the control issue, this still just feels weaker than SSX Tricky in pretty much every way.
Still, ignoring the control issue, this still just feels weaker than SSX Tricky in pretty much every way.
If you can draw with the wiimote every ubertrick with no fails, steer, do the spins however you want, basically perfect domination of the controls... you are just playing a dumbed down PS2 SSX game.
If im playing a simracing game with an steering wheel Im taking advantage of the precision the hardware gives me to drive faster, if Im playing a good rhythm game that has an special controller, the charting (level design) makes you move your hands or feet in interesting and unique ways giving personality to each individual chart thanks to the positions of the buttons and knobs and how you decide to reach them. There is nothing going on with this game, this is like a Dark Souls with an steering wheel playthrough, entertaining at best if you have milked every other SSX game.
The stages are taken from SSX 3 and On Tour but visually dull like all the art style, THERE ARE NO COMBOS, the boost/trick/scoring system is simplified and dumber. the new slalom mode is the worst gamemode ever created in the series history, fucking awful, the sound is the only thing that's kinda nice, DJ Atomika is always cool and the all Junkie XL soundtrack is small and kinda repetitive but i dig it.
If im playing a simracing game with an steering wheel Im taking advantage of the precision the hardware gives me to drive faster, if Im playing a good rhythm game that has an special controller, the charting (level design) makes you move your hands or feet in interesting and unique ways giving personality to each individual chart thanks to the positions of the buttons and knobs and how you decide to reach them. There is nothing going on with this game, this is like a Dark Souls with an steering wheel playthrough, entertaining at best if you have milked every other SSX game.
The stages are taken from SSX 3 and On Tour but visually dull like all the art style, THERE ARE NO COMBOS, the boost/trick/scoring system is simplified and dumber. the new slalom mode is the worst gamemode ever created in the series history, fucking awful, the sound is the only thing that's kinda nice, DJ Atomika is always cool and the all Junkie XL soundtrack is small and kinda repetitive but i dig it.
This is the only SSX game I ever owned and by all accounts it is the worst one!
easily the worst entry in the series, controls like shit and a really disappointing followup in general
Nobody gave this game a chance. It's like they tried it for 5 minutes, got annoyed by the controls, and then never played it again. Once you learn the controls they're actually brilliant. The Radio Big announcer was great and kept the mood light and goofy like an SSX game should be. Half-pipe challenges were a ton of fun too. This is my 3rd favorite SSX after 3 and Tricky. Don't listen to the reviews!