Jason1
11-07-2003, 08:13 PM
As a huge fan of 1080 for the 64, im really looking foward to this game, and was very happy when everyone was saying how much it improved awhile back from earlier builds. A recent press confrence interview has been posted with NST, here's the link. http://cube.ign.com/articles/458/458295p1.html
They mention a lot of good points, like how it differs from SSX, and they sorta say without saying that Avalance will be much more realistic than SSX, and that's very apparent to me from looking at some of the screens. I think thats the main reason I always liked 1080 so much. Ive been Downhill skiing since I was 3, I know what its all about and feels like, and 1080 felt much more realistic than any of the SSX's. Everything from the way the courses looked, to the way powder and patches of ice reacted on your controls and board...it all felt right. Id like to show a screen from Avalanche and point out a few things.
http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/1080_110503_3.jpg
Okay this image has realistic written all over it. I notice the slope of the mountain...contrary to popular belief, there just arent vertical drop off's at your average ski resort. The way the Ski lift poles get right in your way in the middle of the course...you see that kind of thing all the time a ski area's. It just looks so much more like your actually skiing down a real run at a real mountain than SSX, and im sure that will be very apparent for me when I play it. There is a place for SSX, but it was always way too over the top for me...characters seemed to rocket off ramps and defy gravity, and it dosent take 20 minutes to get down even the longest of runs at the largest of ski areas....
They mention a lot of good points, like how it differs from SSX, and they sorta say without saying that Avalance will be much more realistic than SSX, and that's very apparent to me from looking at some of the screens. I think thats the main reason I always liked 1080 so much. Ive been Downhill skiing since I was 3, I know what its all about and feels like, and 1080 felt much more realistic than any of the SSX's. Everything from the way the courses looked, to the way powder and patches of ice reacted on your controls and board...it all felt right. Id like to show a screen from Avalanche and point out a few things.
http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/1080_110503_3.jpg
Okay this image has realistic written all over it. I notice the slope of the mountain...contrary to popular belief, there just arent vertical drop off's at your average ski resort. The way the Ski lift poles get right in your way in the middle of the course...you see that kind of thing all the time a ski area's. It just looks so much more like your actually skiing down a real run at a real mountain than SSX, and im sure that will be very apparent for me when I play it. There is a place for SSX, but it was always way too over the top for me...characters seemed to rocket off ramps and defy gravity, and it dosent take 20 minutes to get down even the longest of runs at the largest of ski areas....