SSX3 vs Amped 2 vs 1080° Avalance

[Canyarion]

So lately I've been seeing adverts for SSX3 and Amped 2. In 1,5 week, 1080 will be launched.
Which do you think is the best?
Amped 2 has good graphics, but I heard that the original wasn't anything special.
SSX3 has insane stunting AND I think it has interactive environment. Decent graphics.
1080 A has realistic boarding and very interactive environments. From what I've seen, the graphics are poor.

What reviews are out yet? What are you gonna get?

[Happydude]

i have Amped...it's garbage...and i've play SSX Tricky...it was great! so i thing SSX3 will be the best outta those 3

[Canyarion]

Hm, to answer my own question:

The impressions of Gamespot and IGN of 1080 are very good!! It looks better than I thought, it's FAST, the environment is going to be sooo cool.
Besides: 4-player!
Seems Amped 2 concentrates on tricks and online.
I'm really looking forward to 1080 now!

[Morpheus1]

I didn't like how spinning was controlled on 1080 for N64. If this game is the same way SSX3 will remain my favorite by far.

[Null]

ssx 3 has the best graphics, controls, tricks. +online.

leaves the other 2 burried in the snow.

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by Null

ssx 3 has the best graphics, controls, tricks. +online.

leaves the other 2 burried in the snow.

Thats where your wrong. Graphics, possibly...1080 looks much more like your actually boarding down an acutal mountain, if that means anything to you. But if your talking textures, and all that garbage, then yea SSX has 1080 beat im sure. As for controls and tricks...
1080 p0wns SSX here. The way you had to balance your board after a jump was intuitive and worked quite well...and tricks are way to easy to pull of in SSX. So freaking easy...I was getting tricky no problem on SSX tricky, and pulling off the hardest stunts there were without problems...1080 on the other hand(and im referring to the N64 version when I say this), the tricks were a lot harder to pull off, which made it that much more enjoyable when you did pull off the hard ones.

[Stonecutter]

SSX all the way.

I hate amped. Ok, so I only played it for about 5 minutes, but I've actually been skiing before (never snowboarded) you know what realistic snow sports do, they hurt. I don' want a really realistic game, I want a fun game and that's what SSX delivers.

[Null]

*yawns*

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by Stonecutter

SSX all the way.

I hate amped. Ok, so I only played it for about 5 minutes, but I've actually been skiing before (never snowboarded) you know what realistic snow sports do, they hurt. I don' want a really realistic game, I want a fun game and that's what SSX delivers.

Not if you actually learn how to not fall on your ass.

[Dyne]

Yeah.. both the Ampeds aren't really fun to play. My favourite thing about the whole series is probably the "Dag Yo" commercial. :P

SSX3.. awesome gameplay. The graphics are good, but not as good as Amped or 1080. I'd play this.

1080... loved the original, I can't wait for Avalanche. The graphics are good, and the gameplay is good. I'd choose this as second choice.

I'm getting both SSX3 and 1080 for Christmas.. my bro's getting 1080 while I'm getting SSX3.

[TheGame]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Thats where your wrong. Graphics, possibly...1080 looks much more like your actually boarding down an acutal mountain, if that means anything to you. But if your talking textures, and all that garbage, then yea SSX has 1080 beat im sure.

Um, take SSX3 for a spin the the top of the peaks before you get to the set up tracks. I haven't seen a snowboard games that realistic ever.

1080 p0wns SSX here. The way you had to balance your board after a jump was intuitive and worked quite well...and tricks are way to easy to pull of in SSX. So freaking easy...I was getting tricky no problem on SSX tricky, and pulling off the hardest stunts there were without problems...1080 on the other hand(and im referring to the N64 version when I say this), the tricks were a lot harder to pull off, which made it that much more enjoyable when you did pull off the hard ones.

Just because it's hard it doesn't make pulling it off enjoyable. 1080 for N64 was a good game, but pulling off tricks were just fustrating. I remember so many times doing The Big Air event and always messing up.

I find it retarded that I could pull off 3 '360's but it not count as a 1080.

I love extreme sports games, but 1080 just didn't satisfy in the area of tricks. I don't understand why and snowboard game would require button combinations just to pull off a spin.

[Canyarion]

Jason, I have some bad news, Justin, I have some good news:
The trick system is totally changed in Avalanche. With R you can spin (and flip), with B,Y and X you grab.
When on the ground, holding L makes you go fasters (like Z in 1080°), when on rails or something L makes you grind and when you land, L gives you a good landing or something. A jumps of course.

If I had to choose between the over-the-top-stunt game SSX or the realistic 1080°, I'd choose 1080°.
I don't like Tony Hawk that much... Tricks are fun, but not as fun as realistic racing.

I played the N64 version last weekend, I gotta admit it's a wonderful game. Except the trick system but that's going to be improved now.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Canyarion

Tricks are fun, but not as fun as realistic racing.

IMO, id just let then get rid of racing all together, i hates it. Doesnt take skill to learn a map and go thro the shortcuts (ssx im talking, dunno bout 1080).

But luckily in SSX i dont have to race. i prefer to do point matches. much more fun to make jumps and tricks out of nothing. along a course.

[TheGame]

On SSX I do both racing and freestyle. But tricks are an important part of both for some reason.. needz the boost.

[Null]

play online. the top racers will just memorize the map and take the biggest shortcuts.

at the end it tells you how many tricks each do. and they always do under 10. sometimes like 1 or 2 tricks the whole race.