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Customer Reviews of Amped 2

The game play is fairly simple to get the hang of, if you have ever played snowboarding or skateboarding games before. The goal of the single player mode is to move your way up the snowboarding ranks to #1. You accomplish this by getting high scores, media scores (tricking near media icons), sponsors, and by beating pro.s (a little like follow the leader). As you beat levels, your rider increases in skill level. (i.e. turns faster, jumps higher, etc. etc.). After you reach #1, you unlock "legend" challenges on each mountain. These are incredibly difficult challenges similar to the ones above (high score, media, or pro).

The graphics and sound are really good. The trees and the snow look real, and the lighting looks pretty real as well. The sound is dead on, whether you're snowboarding on ice, packed snow, or even rocks. And, one of my favorite features, this game allows you to play your own music on the soundtrack (although I have to admit some of the songs that came on the game were pretty good).

The online version is good, but nothing special. The game types are: king of the hill, trick race, high score, or just ride. Typically, you'll ride with about 7 or 8 other players. The game is pretty good about not lagging online. The downside is that playing with other players doesn't really add much to the gaming experience - you're still riding and tricking down the mountain.

My only beef with this game is it's a total consumerism sell-out. After accomplishing a goal (such as beating a pro or getting a sponsor), you're "rewarded" with a video of a snowboarding company or a rider you've never heard of. I want my commercials on TV, not on my x-box.

As Someone who Knows NOTHING about Snowboarding, I Loved it
There are two big snowboarding games on the Xbox - Amped 2 and SSX 3. According to most gamers, SSX 3 is more of an arcade style snowboarding game and Amped 2 is the realistic snowboard simulator. This also explains why SSX 3 usually gets better reviews and has a larger following. Maybe I'm an exception then because I started playing Amped 2 with no previous experience on SSX 3 nor knowledge about pro snowboarding and I quickly became hooked. I have played and replayed so many levels in this game, I now have "Xbox Thumb." If you're not familiar with the series, while you can just play a regular run, the best way is to start a career and slowly but surely you increase your snowboarder's national rank as well as his skills. Besides the numerous fun tracks and mountain runs, there are cool additional games such as photo shoot (you have to follow the hoops for a photo shoot and afterwards, your awesome moves are saved in a film), beat the pro (you follow a pro snowboarder's computer character downhill and have to one up him), and sponsor races (you have to impress your sponsor by doing certain tricks which that specific sponsor enjoys). I've played this game for days and I'm still learning new tricks and ways to interact with the environment. Another cool feature in Amped 2 is the Xbox Live option. You can either compete with other online gamers in a designated time on the same map or just join a server for casual play. I was surprised to find a good amount of people playing the game online. It's nowhere close to the numbers that play popular Xbox shooters but it's not a trival amount either. Overall, Amped 2 really surprised me especially because I've never been into extreme sports titles. Amped 2 is an addictive title that will keep you coming back to perfect your snowboarding skills.

Great Snowboarding Game!
I played this on my friends Xbox and at first I was like man he bought a snowboarding game, but in fact this game is awesome. It pretty much has it all and can be very hard and you have to stick certain things or go all out. It can really get irritating on pro and photoshot challenges towards the end of the career but it just makes you that much better or very lucky. Oh yeah in his game, maybe all, there is quite a few glitches, like starting a pro challenge and just falling backwards and falling into a cliff and be stuck.