Computer definitely cheated, but i played the hell outta this game in 2023.
Despite being comparatively clunky and simplistic, this is a good start to the series with a nostalgic "2000s future" aesthetic and solid racing. Come into it with an exploratory mindset, and you'll find something to enjoy for a while.
More excited to get to Tricky and some others, but this one... idk. Controls are either sticky or else kinda prone to oversteer. not being able to lean while crouching is kind of annoying, and the tricks and grabs seem to operate really slowly which leads to a lot of mistakes unless you learn how long they all take to pull off.
All I wanted as a 14 year old was to be talented at riding any kind of board featured on the X Games. Unfortunately that would've taken a lot of work and practice and I probably would've gotten hurt, so thankfully video games were much easier.
it's aight, the series got better but it's definetly the first in the series
The first PS2 game I ever played. I'm still in love with the visuals, soundtrack, UX/menu design. A bit content-bare compared to it's sequels but this kickstarted one of the best extreme sports franchises to ever exist.
its a good thing this series got better lol
controls lame
The many ways this game spells anime:
AnimMac
AnimMoby
Eliseanime
Kaori-animai
Jurganim
JP Ego-anim
Zoanim
Hiranimo
Still a lot of fun after all these years. I've also never played Tricky.
AnimMac
AnimMoby
Eliseanime
Kaori-animai
Jurganim
JP Ego-anim
Zoanim
Hiranimo
Still a lot of fun after all these years. I've also never played Tricky.
like the beta version of tricky
The extreme sports genre was one that was flirting with the mainstream ever since the release of the PS1, but it took a few years for it to gain traction in the market. But after 1080 Snowboarding (on the N64) burst onto the scene in 1998, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater came out the next year, it seemed like everyone wanted to get in on the extreme sports trend. In a few short years, the genre went from underrepresented to overrepresented, and individual titles struggled to distinguish themselves. One title that did distinguish itself was the original SSX.
Critically acclaimed at its time, playing through SSX now can feel a lot more like an exercise in futility. The mechanics are tight, and races are interesting, and the arcade style of racing is a lot more refined than other snowboarding games at the time. In isolation, playing this game feels mostly fine, and it's an enjoyable multiplayer experience. It's the difficulty and ruthlessness of the single-player mode that makes this game feel unrewarding. To get gold medals and advance in the game, it required finishing in the top 3 two races in a row, and then in 1st place in the third race. What's frustrating is that the AI doesn't make mistakes, so if you don't know the time-saving shortcuts, or you mess up a trick, you'll likely not be finishing in 1st. Since restarting a race puts you at the beginning of the 3 races, the game gets tedious and uninteresting very quickly.
On its surface, SSX is a fun game, especially to play with others, and it started a series that would go on to achieve much higher highs than this game did. Most of what made SSX enjoyable has been refined and perfected in its sequel, so there's little reason to play this game these days. SSX may be an obsolete game in the present, but at its time, it laid the groundwork for a successful arcade-style snowboarding game, and produced two sequels of outstanding quality.
Critically acclaimed at its time, playing through SSX now can feel a lot more like an exercise in futility. The mechanics are tight, and races are interesting, and the arcade style of racing is a lot more refined than other snowboarding games at the time. In isolation, playing this game feels mostly fine, and it's an enjoyable multiplayer experience. It's the difficulty and ruthlessness of the single-player mode that makes this game feel unrewarding. To get gold medals and advance in the game, it required finishing in the top 3 two races in a row, and then in 1st place in the third race. What's frustrating is that the AI doesn't make mistakes, so if you don't know the time-saving shortcuts, or you mess up a trick, you'll likely not be finishing in 1st. Since restarting a race puts you at the beginning of the 3 races, the game gets tedious and uninteresting very quickly.
On its surface, SSX is a fun game, especially to play with others, and it started a series that would go on to achieve much higher highs than this game did. Most of what made SSX enjoyable has been refined and perfected in its sequel, so there's little reason to play this game these days. SSX may be an obsolete game in the present, but at its time, it laid the groundwork for a successful arcade-style snowboarding game, and produced two sequels of outstanding quality.
I have zero idea how to play this game and it's hilarious
Not as good as Tricky or 3 but no snowboarding game will be as good as Tricky or 3
EXTREME
It's aged pretty poorly, especially when you consider just HOW MUCH BETTER Tricky is, but what can i say, this is a certified hood classic