SSX Demo Available Now For 360, Later Today For PS3, Post Your Impressions Here

[Unit303]

I am hoping for PC version I found the GFX to be very underwhelming but I guess I am just spoiled. Decent gameplay but I don't think it plays any better from SSX 3 or Blur from what I can tell.

[TajDeni]

Ive double posted this in both impression threads for reasons which should become obvious.

First let me say that at heart I am mostly an offline gamer because mostly i hate the attitude that alot of folks take of winning at all cost regardless of what that means. But i do play online, mostly via sports games like NCAA Football and the like.

So while i wasnt too pleased to hear that EA didnt include a traditional online multiplayer mode, i can understand some of the logic behind it and can easily get passed it. To me i view it the same way id view a golf game; so like i said i can move passed it.

But what i cant get passed is the fact that the game, as far as i've heard, doesnt have local multiplayer. To me the ommission of local multiplayer is unacceptable. Now if 4 some reason the game does have local offline multiplayer then i apologise, but ive searched and I cannot find this confirmed anywhere.

I do, but not everyone has online capabilities. People do have local friends. And to take it even further there are other individuals within my own household that do not have access to online, yet they enjoy the experience of playing video games such as SSX3 and others.

So i logged in today to say this:

No matter how great this game is on its own merits or how glowing of a review this and other websites decide they would like to shower on this game. In now way shape or form does this game deserve a 10 because of the lack of local multiplayer.

It should also be stated very clearly within the review that the game does not have local multiplayer as this may be the determing factor in whether some folks who are not interested in online decide to purchase the game or not. And since money dooesnt grow on trees, people have the right for that to be acknowledged to them.

Also i would go as so far as to say that there should atleast be a small paragraph ripping the game for not having local mulitplayer because like ive already stated imo this an unacceptable ommission. And i personally cant see how anyone can justify it. I feel it is the duty of websites such as this and others to let developers understand that we are not happy with such ommissions. And any publication that fails to do so, in my eyes loses a tremendous amount of credibility.

I mean come on, do I (and other gamers) have to pass on a game ive waited yrs for to do my part to prove a point. I dont wanna do that, I love the SSX series. But Geez, in those board meeting rooms who came up with, then agreed, with the brilliant idea that ommitting local multiplayer would be a cool idea. I call complete BS.

So in closing i understand the game deserves on the vast majority of its merits deserves alot of praise, but atleast on this 1 particular aspect it also deserves to get blasted! Fair is Fair!

[Tomba]

Online gaming has ruined gaming...

That said

IGN has given SSX a 9.0

Guess if your not a rpg game, a crazy military online shooter you cant get anything above that huh?

I look forward to Tuesday Online or off I will enjoy because I'm used to imperfection nowadays...

[Tomba]

Quote: Originally Posted by Unit303

I am hoping for PC version I found the GFX to be very underwhelming but I guess I am just spoiled. Decent gameplay but I don't think it plays any better from SSX 3 or Blur from what I can tell.

It plays a lot better than Blur and its ON PAR with SSX

[DickDalewood]

I think I still find the classic controls easier to use than the new stick controls. Could just be muscle memory. Anyone else with me on that?

[Fresh Tendrils]

How many games actually have local multiplayer anymore? Some games may have added that feature back, but for all the Xbox Live capable games, how many have the same capabilities locally? Its few and far between from my experiences. To me, SSX, Skate, etc aren't so much "head to head" games as lets pick an area, you go first and I'll try to beat your score.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fresh Tendrils

How many games actually have local multiplayer anymore? Some games may have added that feature back, but for all the Xbox Live capable games, how many have the same capabilities locally? Its few and far between from my experiences. To me, SSX, Skate, etc aren't so much "head to head" games as lets pick an area, you go first and I'll try to beat your score.

Yeah, well... let the customer decide that lol. It's like the FPS games which decided to get rid of Legacy control schemes because "the majority of people use default stick controls." Well no duh. Next thing we see is sports games removing sliders.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

Yeah, well... let the customer decide that lol. It's like the FPS games which decided to get rid of Legacy control schemes because "the majority of people use default stick controls." Well no duh. Next thing we see is sports games removing sliders.

I'm sure if they could include everything they would, but things are often left out in order to satisfy other things. Call of Duty's single player suffers as multiplayer gets the bigger focus. As long as SSX has a wide open and deep single player "campaign" I'll be happy. If I can't go "head to head" then so be it.

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[Tomba]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fresh Tendrils

I'm sure if they could include everything they would, but things are often left out in order to satisfy other things. Call of Duty's single player suffers as multiplayer gets the bigger focus. As long as SSX has a wide open and deep single player "campaign" I'll be happy. If I can't go "head to head" then so be it. Sent from the bushes outside your window using Tapatalk Pro.

Again a reaffirmation as to why online gaming has ruined gaming.

The core single player experience is gone and now favored on quick one off quick plays when the main game should have more core substance

[TheVinylHippo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tomba

Online gaming has ruined gaming... That said IGN has given SSX a 9.0 Guess if your not a rpg game, a crazy military online shooter you cant get anything above that huh? I look forward to Tuesday Online or off I will enjoy because I'm used to imperfection nowadays...

Maybe I'm not reading into this properly, but you seem to be contradicting yourself.

You complain about online gaming ruining core gaming (for what it's worth, I agree), but you complain about RPG's getting high scores. RPG's rarely ever have a multiplayer component, and if they do, it's usually very basic (like Mass Effect 3's co-op mode).