SSX:deadly descent

super_furry

My god it looks so good in motion, I can't bloody wait for it. Currently bidding on SSX3 on the Xbox (which is backwards compatable with the 360). For all the talk about Tricky, I still reckon 3 is the best.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i dont like how simple the rails looked
dude said they wanted to make "burnout on snow" and didn't know how to balance staying on rails properly? ugh.

Sabre0001

Rails are very easy, but you travel quickly so balancing would be tough. Also points and tricks are more focused on jumps, ramps and over-the-top action so I think rails were the least of their concerns.

Jamie OD

Is it absoultely guaranteed that the Mount Fuji DLC is exclusive to the PS3 version? The pre-order poster in GameStop makes it look like you get it for either version.

Shiroki

Adored on tour for the PS2 so I'm bouncin off the walls waiting for this !

Penn

It's actually quite ridiculous how excited I am for this game now. It looks utterly, utterly fantastic

Sabre0001

VinLieger

Demo drops this tuesday for Xbox and wednesday for ps3.
Will include 2 characters 1 of them you need to refer a friend to unlock.
There will be 4 events - 2 tutorials, 1 trick and 1 race.

Cant wait to get a go with this and try the new control system and be ready for the full game

Mikeyt086

Excitement level for SSX when I woke up this morning: 40% - Knew I wanted to play it, maybe pick it up release weekend if I have the time.

Excitement level for SSX after reading this thread and watching the videos: 100% - I am getting this as soon as I wake up on March 2nd and will most likely do nothing else that entire weekend.

calex71

demo is out

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

for gold only or for silver?

might actually find the power cable for my xbox and give it a... oh nevermind, i dont have a working controller

poop

calex71

hmmmmmm reserving judgement on this, just didn't have the impact on me I thought it would.

Controls are nice, after coming from skate in recent years that system is what I would instinctively use, and it works well in this and actually far more simple than skate. You can use buttons either though so might give that a try in a bit.

Gripes with it are that it seems to land form the air for you, there is massive ai assistance ..... or so it seems and also grinds are almost too easy to do and hold.

It just doesn't feel as arcadey as I would have liked either but thats not a major issue.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

aw, one of the fears I had watching some of the pre release videos was how easy the rails and jumps looked
it's just not fun if you dont have to actually work for it

VinLieger

Finding the new controls a bit difficult to get used to, still havent been able to hit the silver medal on the trick event and dont even talk to me about the race cus i always forget im meant to be racing and not tricking.
Once i get to grips properly with the controls i reckon i could have a lot of fun

RiseToTheTop

Great ****ing update needed for Xbox Live :mad:

Mikeyt086

Played the demo and had a blast. My decision to buy this game on release is well and truly upheld.

Shiminay

Last night I got stuck into the demo whilst waiting to do a Skype interview with Todd Batty who's the Creative Director of the game (and a nice guy). I loved it, did the interview slightly late cause I wasn't paying attention to my incoming Skype contact requests and played "one more run" and as soon as we were done (I'm currently editing it and will upload it later I hope), I went back to it. Tonight I'm looking for Gold Medals - was about a million points off it on the Trick It run and quite a bit too slow on the race cause I kept doing tricks too

RiseToTheTop

I found the game nice. It didn't sway off the arcade style of SSX Tricky, which is good.

I agree that griding pipes is easy.

Sabre0001

Really enjoying the demo. Golds in both events now! Really is a game that demands one more go down the mountain though.....and of course, one go turns into far more.

Socialist_Pig

is the demo only available to psn+ users?had a quick looksee this morning before heading into work and didnt see it

Star Lord

I think it's exclusive to xbox for now, AFAIK...

passingthrough

have to say wasnt hugely looking forward to this or anything but i decided to play the demo and really enjoyed it, its a really fun game and has definitely got on my list of might buys

viclemronny

I played the race section of the demo just there.
First impression was of amazement, they had everything just perfect...or so I thought.

I don't quite know what it was but it seemed like things were slightly off. Game was bright, colourful and fun. Just something was slightly off. As in something small but fundamental.

It seems as if it's nearly as good as tricky and that's the problem. Tricky was perfect. It wasn't great, amazing or anything else, just perfect. This is just not quite there. Great game but not Tricky...

Having said that, I'll still probably pick it up at some point. Maybe I just need to give the new controls some time...

Potential-Monke

I was going to download it, but 1.34g is too much, so i'll just wait for release and buy it day 1!

martineatworld

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

I think it's exclusive to xbox for now, AFAIK...

I seen it on the PSN today? It gets updated every Wednesday....

RiseToTheTop

I found it really hard to mess up tricks and fall upon landing.

It's like you could be in the middle of an amazing tracks a second before you hit the ground but you'd still land fine.

VinLieger

viclemronny wrote: »

I played the race section of the demo just there.
First impression was of amazement, they had everything just perfect...or so I thought.

I don't quite know what it was but it seemed like things were slightly off. Game was bright, colourful and fun. Just something was slightly off. As in something small but fundamental.

It seems as if it's nearly as good as tricky and that's the problem. Tricky was perfect. It wasn't great, amazing or anything else, just perfect. This is just not quite there. Great game but not Tricky...

Having said that, I'll still probably pick it up at some point. Maybe I just need to give the new controls some time...

This is a problem ive been hearing alot that "theres just 1 small thing worng" they cant figure out or its not quite tricky. People need to get their heads round the fact this sint Tricky 2 or trying to be its a new game and is meant to be played like a new game.

Star Lord

It is possibly that it doesn't launch into the "It's Tricky!" remixed sample all the time?

Mikeyt086

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

It is possibly that it doesn't launch into the "It's Tricky!" remixed sample all the time?

I start signing it every time.

RiseToTheTop

I reckon the game will get over 90% on metacritic. Reckon it could get as high as 94%-95% if it really lives up to expectations.