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| PLATFORM: | PlayStation2 |
| AGE GROUP: | 5 years and up |
| CATEGORY: | Video Games |
| MANUFACTURER: | Electronic Arts |
| ESRB RATING: | Everyone |
| FEATURES: | Attack the mountain in this snowboarding adventure, Beware of avalanches and lightening storms as you seek your adrenaline rush, Enjoy out of bounds exploration and racecourses, The mountain's 3 peaks are wide-open and full of collectables, secrets, and shortcuts, For 1-2 player(s) |
| TYPE: | Video Games, PS2 (PSX2), Sony Playstation (Play station) 2, Playstation2 (Play station2), Sports, Outdoors |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| ACCESSORIES: | |
| UPC: | 014633147100 |
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Customer Reviews of SSX 3
Shred Some Snow! The sound of the snow crunching under your board, the feel of cutting the first track through fresh powder...in this game you won't be disappointed!
I really liked SSX Tricky, but the Trick Book quickly became tedious along with the repetitive tracks. Though SSX3 steals the ''open'' concept from Tony Hawk 4, it works even better with its ''open mountain'' concept.
And So It Starts...
You begin on Peak 1, the lowest of the 3 unlockable peaks. You have a choice between Racing, Freestyle, and Freeride goals. To progress to the next mountain, you must either complete one set of goals or you have to earn a certain amount of money (typically by performing tricks and winning races).
Characters
The characters in this game are great, though be warned that some of your favorites don't appear (e.g. Eddie, JP). The ''snazzy'' voice-acting from SSX Tricky is gone -- no more Lucy Liu! However, the acting replacements are great, and their vocals are much less hammy, IMHO.
Story
It's a sports game; there isn't too much story. The rivalries are still present, and new characters (like covergirl Allegra) bring newfound sayings and moves!
The only negative is that, unlike THPS4, you have to complete the SAME GOALS over and over with each individual boarder. If you thought this was tedious with THPS, try dozens of goals and challenges with the 8+ characters in this game! It becomes really boring!
You Look Maahhh-velous!
Wow, wow, wow. The graphics are fantastic. Yes, sometimes you see the ''inside'' of a mountain or the underside of a level, but that's a small price to pay for the camera keeping pace with you the rest of the way.
In terms of scope, even the smallest of them all, Peak 1, takes 12 minutes to rush down. You can spend well over an hour just travelling from Peak 3 to 1, slowly completing goals and collecting ''collectibles'' (aka snowflakes).
The skins that you can download for your characters (e.g. hats, heads, clothes, boards) allow you to customize your look every time you go down the mountain. I try to dress Elise differently every time I play -- it feels like a whole new character!
Will This Gather Dust?
No, I can honestly say that I'm still playing SSX Tricky, let alone SSX3. I haven't explored the online racing, but the game is strong enough without it!
Overall Recommendation:
If you like Tony Hawk, you'll like this.
If you like SSX, you'll like this.
If you like snow, you'll like this.
The best of all SSX games
While I despise all sports games, the SSX series has always had a special place in my heart. This is definately no different with the newest installment: SSX3. The gameplay from SSX Tricky which I found immaculate has managed to improve (I happen to think pressing two buttons for uber tricks is more fun seeing as though it IS supposed to be a higher-scoring move), the graphics are MUCH better, the music is more to my personal liking, and Kaori Nishidake DOESN'T sound like a 4 year old (hurray!). The clothing is a lot more "trendy" (as opposed to the seizure-inducing brightness of SSX Tricky). This game opens up a LOT more in the customization area. You can change your various uber trick and rather than having preset stats, you buy attributes. The races are a lot quicker and slopestyle and superpipe has been added to the list of freestyle events. You can scale the entire mountain to get from place to place or use a transport if you'd like. There are text messages between you and the other riders as well! I do, however, lament the loss of the cutscenes between characters that was in Tricky...but all in all, this game is better than Tricky. It's faster, more immersive, and exuberant. Contrary to what a previous reviewer said about the Trick Book being taken out of SSX 3, there ARE Trick Books...only in this game they're called Monster Tricks. Basically, these are high scoring tricks that net you high points...should you execute them PRECISELY as indicated and land the trick successfully. That said, SSX 3 is the best snowboarding game out there, period. The pros far outway the cons. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
GrEaT GaMe!?!?!
this game has amazing graphics and is an amazing video game experience. the tricky tricks are amazing and the frontflips and backflips make this game awesome. 5 stars for this one