SSX3 vs Amped 2 vs 1080° Avalance

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by Null

no 4 player mode. but i'd give up 4 player mode in a heart beat for online mode.

Then again, i wouldnt go near a 4 player mode on a game like that with a 10foot pole. (unless it was on a BIG screen, HD TV)

Why the hell not? No different that going split screen with anything else.

[Morpheus1]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Why the hell not? No different that going split screen with anything else.

PC fanboys don't use split screen, right Null? Online or nothing, that's what they always say . Just kidding. Snowboard games, or any game that isn't in first person, doesn't look right in 4 split screens. The detail and the clarity of the environment gets shot, or the frame rate gets low.

[Perfect Stu]

Originally Posted by Morpheus1

PC fanboys don't use split screen, right Null? Online or nothing, that's what they always say . Just kidding. Snowboard games, or any game that isn't in first person, doesn't look right in 4 split screens. The detail and the clarity of the environment gets shot, or the frame rate gets low.

bingo.

while playing SSX3, you need to be able to see your surroundings with detail. every slope, jump, rail, etc. is hard to see in split screen. and the game moves really fast, too...so it makes it that much more difficult/awkward.

SSX3's single player is where its at.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Why the hell not? No different that going split screen with anything else.

different, yes and no.

one reason. console split screens have framerate and detail drops in split screen. Games like SSX, whiz by you so fast its pretty damn annoying with a split screen.

but yes. basically its onlin or nothing. I'll play a multiplayer that shares a screen, aka a fighter or a sports game. RARELY any that split it.

SSX 3 i play online. its about a million times better then playing with a split screen.

Correction stu. SSX online is where its at. get a lot more of a challenge (depending on who you play) then you will in single player.

[Seth]

Is it just racing online or are there freestyle stuff too?

I'd get kind of tired racing with SSX 3 online. Free roam/freestyle competition is more fun for me.

[Canyarion]

Null, can you give me more info about the 1080 review of EGM? Cause I couldn't find and online review yet.

I'm sure I'm getting it, I just want to know what to expect.

4 player will be fun. AND I'll be able to play it online through the warp pipe project. Can't do that with SSX3 on GC...

[Null]

yes, bouncer, Online offers Ranked / unranked. Slopestyle, Race, Superpipe, Big air. All the events, and it keeps stats on you and all the events you do and your scores.

some of the things said in EGM.....

Irritating trick stystem recongnizes combos executed only after predetermined pauses...

i shattered records by 30 seconds and still couldnt progress to the next circuit. Silly me, thinking speed mattered. It seems i was supposed to collect concealed coins instead. Hows that for yellow snow? Admittedly, the straight forward slope riding is all right, but even so, Avalanche still can't compete with SSX 3


Even if you werent to compare this to the recently released snow materpiece SSX 3, Avalanche would still come up a little short.

In its defence, 1080 offers the trhilling sense of speed and danger that ssx 3 lacks.

you rarely get enough air to squeeze in big combos, so the whole tricks system feels subdued, almost an afterthought. For freeriders, not freestylers.

[Canyarion]

Consider me a freerider.