Excerpt: SSX is worth playing, but there are warts to avoid. I hope that we get another entry in the series and that EA realizes it is the core mechanics and addition of...
Pros: Great sense of speed, RiderNet is fun here just like it was in
Cons: Deadly descents distract from the real fun of the title, equipment-based events are not fun
Excerpt: SSX is a franchise that first hit the powder when extreme sports were just coming into their own. The X-Games were all the rage and Tony Hawk had his name on one of the...
Excerpt: Going back about a decade ago I used to head to a ski resort in northern California with a group of friends and several days of skiing and snowboard.
Excerpt: xI'm staring out the helicopter's door, the wind is whistling and the snow blisters my face. The pilot gives me the heads up and I push off, free-falling in whirlwind.
Summary: A reinvention of the classic action snowboarding franchise, SSX packs adrenaline into every run with compelling characters and heart-pumping adventures as riders battle
Excerpt: Without question the standout title among the Playstation 2’s tepid release games back in 2000 was an unknown extreme snowboarding game dubbed SSX (an abbreviation for
Pros: That’s pretty much the name of the game here. A few misguided design decisions aside,
Cons: Deadly Descents, rewind and equipment are frustrating an unnecessary. No true dedicated multiplayer competition between friends.
Excerpt: For most of us, it’s been a long and drawn out winter, perfect weather for hitting up your favorite local ski resort and getting in some last minute runs.
Excerpt: For most of us, it’s been a long and drawn out winter, perfect weather for hitting up your favorite local ski resort and getting in some last minute runs.
Summary: SSX is another one of those reminders to publishers that it is OK to take a break from a franchise every now and then.
Pros: There is one, Sprawling environments with great draw distance, Smooth frame-rate, Fun and fitting soundtrack, Fluid and intuitive, Tricking It mode is the game’s main ...
Cons: We don’t need it, Both character and environmental models lack detail, Sparse sound effects, Deadly Descents offer too much trial-and-error gameplay, Not all tracks ar...