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  5 of 5 19/11/2003 @ 10:27 |
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| Price Paid |
| £32.99 |
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| Bought From |
| Play.com |
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| Times Played |
| 15 Times + |
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| Review Detail |
Okay, thought I'd just add my 2 bobs worth as a review. From previously playing the original, I thought that they could smooth out the gameplay making it a little less infuriating pulling off certain maneauvers. Amped 2 really sorted this out. The controls are a lot more forgiving and the game seems to be about 99% bug free unlike the frist one!
I've found all the challenges to be fun rather than a chore so on the whole, I'm enjoying the single player game way more than the orginal Amped.
As already covered the graphics are much improved although you do notice a fair bit of pop up - mostly on the snow covered tree's.
Where I really think the game has advanced is with the addition of online play. Hooking up to Xbox live, there are a couple of game modes. You can either just ride and trick down the hill to show off and chat to other players or you can go for a score contest.This is similar to the event section so you have to get high scores/media/combo/best trick to win. It's great fun especially due to Amped appealing to a lot of boarders around the world - it's good to talk !! |
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| Strengths |
Imrpoved Grpahics and gameplay, more modes of play.
Online play
Lifespan |
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| Weaknesses |
Still the odd graphical glitch.
Gameplay could probably be brought along another step for Amped 3. |
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| Similar Games Played |
| Amped, SSX, SSX Tricky, SSX 3, 1080, ummm.... and arctic thunder (terrible) |
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 4 of 5 14/11/2003 @ 12:43 |
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| 15 Times + |
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| Review Detail |
There's a comprehensive tutorial section for you to get upto speed with this game but if you're an Amped veteran, then you could just jump straight in and ride one of the two runs on offer at the start.
In career mode, the main part of this game, you earn points, skills and items by completeting the various challenges on each run that the game throw at ya, from Tricks, Media to Sponsors Points. Once you have the required points, you'll be able to unlock more mountains to ride on, with tougher challenges to master.
If you just want a quick blast then you can of course pick a real-life Pro rider and take them down a run if that takes your fancy.
This sequel looks better than the first game and plays faster and smoother, but still managing to keep the realism from Amped. The snow looks top-notch with a wide variety of terrain to ride on and there's loads of obstacles like jumps, rails, moguls and trees to ride.
Sound wise, it's pretty good too, with sounds that you'd find on the mountain. You'll also hear fellow boarders giving you shouts as you ride past them, or them riding past me as was the case. The tunes are...erm, cool (sorry, couldn't resist).
I know alot of you will want to know if Amped 2 is better or worse than SSX 3, so here goes; they're both snowboarding games, they both look and sound amazing, easy to start but hard to master and will keep you happy until you ride the real thing. But they're both different games, one's a brash-in-ya-face-arcade game and the other is chillout-realistic-sim game.
So it's down to personal choice really, just don't ask me which one I prefer... |
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| Strengths |
| Realism! |
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| Weaknesses |
| One problem that I found was the awkward camera angle behind your rider, can't quite see what's directly in front to judge distances. |
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| Similar Games Played |
| Amped, SSX, SSX Tricky, and all the other snowboard games out there. |
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