6,7/10
NOT bad game, but so so. I would rate it neutral if I could.
On the one hand, there is at least some kind of plot, but after a 5-minute tie it ends and you just watch dialogues about "we need this and that" with new and new characters with the dumbest humor.
Controls / stunts are normal, but keep in mind that this is indie and the animations here are rather weak, as well as the visual style, by the way, the picture is not disgusting, but somehow tasteless, and the music is terrible and drives you into some kind of depression . The optimization is still bad.
But on the other hand, here's the trick with snowmobiles - cool, riding on a rope behind a snowmobile is a thrill.
That is, in principle, a fan of the genre can find something good for himself in this game, especially since the levels are quite easy to pass (There is no cooperative here, it's just an open server location where you can ride with friends or with random players). The game title - "Shredders" is nice.

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НЕ плохая игра, но не доведённая до ума. Я бы поставил нейтральную оценку, если бы было можно.
С одной стороны есть хотя-бы какой-то сюжет, но после 5-минутной завязки он заканчивается и вы смотрите просто диалоги на уровне "нам надо то то и то то" с новыми и новыми персонажами с тупейшим юмором.
Управление/трюки нормальные, но имейте ввиду, что это инди и тут слабоватые анимации, как и, кстати, визуальный стиль, картинка не вызывает отвращение, но какая-то пресная, а музыка вот отталкивает, она ужасна и вгоняет в какую-то депрессию. Оптимизация ещё плохая.
Но зато вот фишка со снегоходами - улёт, кататься на некоторых заданиях на верёвке за снегоходом - это кайф.
То есть, впринципе, фанат жанра может найти в этой игре для себя что-то неплохое, тем более, что уровни достаточно лёгкие и вы сможете их пройти, даже если просто будете проезжать трассу без особых трюков, по скидке можете взять (Кооператива тут нет, тут просто открытая локация-сервер, где вы можете кататься с друзьями или с рандомными игроками). Название "Измельчители" для игры ещё неплохое взяли.

A decent snowboarding game that just didn't quite vibe with me.

It feels like the foundations of what could be a solid snowboard franchise but the controls were something I just couldn't wrap my head around completely and there just wasn't enough interesting variety to keep me interested in trying to get better.

The music is quite nice and helps put you in the right vibe for what you'd want from a snowboarding game but the lacking game play just eventually pushes those good vibes out the way.

The game does feature some boarder customizations but your character is more avatar than anything, sporting no face whatsoever using goggles, a hat and other gear to hide where the face should be. The clothing though is all so bare bones that the clear generic NPC avatar you are controlling sticks out even further.

There are other characters and what seems like a semblance of a story or a point to the characters and what you're doing but it too is so bland and generic that I was quickly skipping these cutscenes rather early into my play through.

Overall, Shredders might vibe with you if you're looking for a more realistic snowboard game. It's on game pass as of Sep. 2022 so if you are looking for some time to kill before bed or something, maybe give the game a shot. Hopefully the game can eventually get a sequel, there is an interesting core in this game in a market that isn't exactly seeing a ton of activity in it.

A perfectly satisfactory indie snowboarding game. I was never amazed by Shredders, but I did enjoy my time with it on Game Pass.

The controls are not the most intuitive and the physics lean more toward realism, but the game plays well enough. The weak point is the maps, which feel a bit generic compared to other modern extreme sports games.

The writing and voice acting is quite bad, and you'll probably have a better time once you start skipping the cutscenes and go straight to the gameplay.

- broken mission
- annoying controls
- the drone is cool and very useful for collectible hunting
- nice branded items
- better snowboarding games exist

Now listen here you son of a king - if you can deal with the bizarre dialogue (spoiler: press literally any button to skip if you're that bothered) and overlook the occasional bug like supermanning off the face of the Earth for no reason then you'll find a lot to love here when you unlock the full mountain range and just mess about nailing the perfect line and boring your mates with your replays.

It's basically Skater XL in the cold. You can move the sun around in the sky like some eldritch god. It's great.

I covered this game as part of my coverage of the Xbox Game Pass for April 2022

Evoking memories of SSX and Amped.

Shredders is a new snowboarding game by a small team, but with an ambitious large mountain and gameplay. Most of the time Shredders an amazing snowboarding game where you’re riding down the mountain, and other times it’s a little janky with a lot of b-tier quality at times. A perfect example is the cameos. This game has famous snowboarders who voiced characters. But every character is completely covered up and a few of the line reads are exceptionally flat.

Yet at the core of Shredders is the snowboarding and in that area Shredders is amazing, it might have issues with the presentation, and explaining its concepts but when you pull off an amazing trick, you feel so accomplished. Almost every mission has at least one or two solid goals you’ll be challenged by, and even when you cheese the system, you still feel a huge sense of accomplishment from your lines and the moves you’ve pulled off.

Pick this up if you’re interested in extreme sports. This heavily reminds me of that feeling of SSX early on but it is far more realistic than that series, but I kind of want to see what this pair of teams who worked on this can do with a second title. I still heavily enjoyed myself with this one, and love the experience of exploring the mountain and tackling all the different challenges. I will also say this game did make me laugh a few times, which is a great sign that they’re not taking themselves too seriously.

If you want to see the video this was taken of, or more from me on the Xbox Game Pass, check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntlfep_luQw&t=146s

Forgot to log this when I played it, so I wanted to do it now before I forget about it completely.

I'm a little torn on this. On one hand, it genuinely has some really great controls and snowboarding mechanics, but on the other, it is a little rough with a pretty cringe and mildly annoying campaign. It terms of simply riding around, carving the slopes, grinding rails and 720 double corking off rooftops - it's pretty damn enjoyable. Just sucks that you have to go through some nonsense before you can really get to that point.

I didn't really see it coming, but the credits just came up, so I guess I finished Shredders.

I've seen snowboarders talk about how much they like this, so I assume there's a degree of authenticity that I'm numb to. To me, it's kind of a nothing game. Aggressively forgettable. A chill out game. Game Pass fodder. Forza Horizon.

I guess there's some distinction between snowboarding and skateboarding where I can play a (reportedly) very good snowboarding game and not think much of it, but really dig into trash like Street Skater or 720. Is it flip tricks? I think that's part of it, but also the very nature of skateboarding. Snowboarding doesn't exist without sliding downhill. In skateboarding, you can go in any direction. It lends itself to more creative expression, and its best representations in videogames always have a bit of a 3D platformer angle to them. Snowboarding's just going with the flow.

Shredders isn't bad. You do big jumps. You never feel too involved with the outcome. I couldn't reliably predict how fast I'd spin in a jump, or figure out how I'd have to tilt the right stick for specific grabs. It's all kind of passive. That's fine. It never felt terribly expressive to me.

There is a campaign of missions, and they vary from following another snowboarder through cluttered environments to skitching (do snowboarders call it that?) on the back of a snowmobile and racing over the wider environment. It's rarely strict on how you complete objectives, unless you want the very best results. There's cutscenes, and sometimes it takes a few seconds before you're allowed to skip them, and you end up seeing some of the most atrocious shit you've seen in your life.

Otherwise, you can just free roam. It's always downhill though, so you're basically just riding through the same obstacles over and over again.

I wouldn't recommend anyone buy this. Especially because most folk who have any interest will just play it on Game Pass. Do that.