I'm a big fan of snowboarding games (Amped, Transworld) and have therefore been waiting eagerly for the first for my PS3. Shaun White Snowboarding has become more not bad, but the Skate for winter sports fans it is not safe. When building still much reminiscent of Skate: Instead of a City for skating, you have four major ski resorts (Park City, Europe, Japan, Alaska) available. One can either the mountains just down heat so or taxes on specific challenges and pursue that. Mobility is no subway but a chair lift or helicopter. As with Skate There are several ways to equip his character individually, with jacket, backpack, glasses, gloves, etc. the appearance itself (face, hair, body type), however, can only be minimally affected. The approaches are there, but implemented it is essential loveless than skate in my opinion. Everything seems somehow sterile, a real story there is not. Where Shaun White ceases because begins skate only and provides a much denser, more motivating story. When Shaun White Snowboarding will be looking for Shaun certain coins which are distributed on the four mountains. If you have the first coins collected unlocked you in turn a special ability required to play the next coin collecting etc. pp. Can collect In addition to the coins you also complete challenges. Here one looks in vain for funny side character or PROs may bring the matter to a time closer, but controlling airborne backpacks with speakers on to launch challenges. Among the challenges will be as usual: Half Pipe, slalom, freestyle, big air, etc. The de-energized by the coins Special abilities can not be used in these challenges, so you have virtually three ways: driving around just like that, challenges or coins. I have it here I have found if not at the very beginning all four ski areas are unlocked and also have to be controlled in order to collect the coins. The only motivation that remains, since you can unlock any new levels as we have said, and no real story there is, is to make money through the challenges and so new boards to buy clothes or to collect coins for the special skills , If you have taken part with success in all challenges of a level, a mega event is unlocked, even a little motivation. To all challenges to find / coins you have to like to unbuckle the board and few minutes walk run up the mountain because it has once again missed the correct turn and sped past. Annoying. But thank God, there is the possibility to store a position and "hinbeamen" to be there again. So you can save through clever use of this feature for some time and annoying ways. Graphically not skin me the game from the stool, in the engine of Assassin's Creed I would have expected more. The shadows build up some very late and there are plenty of clipping errors. The soundtrack, however, is managed and holds some great tracks ready. The control is usually satisfactory but sent me away in some places in the madness when unpredictable hanger occur and advised to go to Nirvana instead of the desired point. A great pity, I find that sometimes arises no real high-speed feeling. Even on steep slopes the exit is partially paralyzed something. The otherwise great freedom of movement is set in some places by invisible walls an end because one has the Mega slope found the going 180 ° downwards and then you may as well why not always jump down, annoying.
PRO + Large levels with great freedom of movement + The only snowboard game for the PS3 + Good Soundtrack + Many clothes and different boards
CONTRAINDICATIONS - Weak Story offers little motivation - A few supporting characters - Graphics mediocre - Not a real high-speed feeling on the slopes - Control some annoying
For snowboarders or people who want to pass the time until the game Skate 2 is a total recommended. Can you gamble well despite the negative points and also fun. For all others who actually have no affinity for such games there against it is not worth it.
