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SSX was, as everyone knows, easily the best game out at the PS2's launch. And, as everyone also knows, the sequel came out last Friday. I was one of the many people who bought the sequel, and the game is very good.
This is not intended as a review, if it was I would review it, but aside from the fancy graphics, I think that SSX Tricky is a bit naff. The tricks are alright, but are positioned in the way that if you are trying to tweak a trick while your boost bar is full, you'll do an uber trick, while not wanting to.
The uber tricks are good, but take the challenge out of the game if you are trying to get a high score; fill up your boost, find a big jump and uber your way through.
But anyway, the game is still good and warrants a purchase, what I'm trying to say is the name suits it - but not in the sense it intends to be. The good is too hard; the steering is odd, and to get down the track fast you need to stick perfectly to a certain route, one which is extremely hard. The opponents always hit you over, and it is very rare to find it the opposite way around.
It is just too hard. There are a lot of you that don't feel this way, but appealing to the mainstream videogaming market is a hard thing, and if a game is too difficult it will fail. So, most people will probably go for Tony Hawks 3, a game which has a sensible learning curve, unlike SSX Tricky which is tricky.
The game is good, but the AI is just too perfectly honed to be realistic, even if that is not what the game is meant to be.
This is not intended as a review, if it was I would review it, but aside from the fancy graphics, I think that SSX Tricky is a bit naff. The tricks are alright, but are positioned in the way that if you are trying to tweak a trick while your boost bar is full, you'll do an uber trick, while not wanting to.
The uber tricks are good, but take the challenge out of the game if you are trying to get a high score; fill up your boost, find a big jump and uber your way through.
But anyway, the game is still good and warrants a purchase, what I'm trying to say is the name suits it - but not in the sense it intends to be. The good is too hard; the steering is odd, and to get down the track fast you need to stick perfectly to a certain route, one which is extremely hard. The opponents always hit you over, and it is very rare to find it the opposite way around.
It is just too hard. There are a lot of you that don't feel this way, but appealing to the mainstream videogaming market is a hard thing, and if a game is too difficult it will fail. So, most people will probably go for Tony Hawks 3, a game which has a sensible learning curve, unlike SSX Tricky which is tricky.
The game is good, but the AI is just too perfectly honed to be realistic, even if that is not what the game is meant to be.
If you want to tweak, and not do an Uber, don`t press any of the Uber combinations, press something like R1 + L2 + square. Its that simple. As for the AI, if they push you, push `em back, and harder!
I'm glad they sorted out the trick instructions in the pause menu, makes life a lot easier!
SSX was, as everyone knows, easily the best game out at the PS2's launch. And, as everyone also knows, the sequel came out last Friday. I was one of the many people who bought the sequel, and the game is very good.
This is not intended as a review, if it was I would review it, but aside from the fancy graphics, I think that SSX Tricky is a bit naff. The tricks are alright, but are positioned in the way that if you are trying to tweak a trick while your boost bar is full, you'll do an uber trick, while not wanting to.
The uber tricks are good, but take the challenge out of the game if you are trying to get a high score; fill up your boost, find a big jump and uber your way through.
But anyway, the game is still good and warrants a purchase, what I'm trying to say is the name suits it - but not in the sense it intends to be. The good is too hard; the steering is odd, and to get down the track fast you need to stick perfectly to a certain route, one which is extremely hard. The opponents always hit you over, and it is very rare to find it the opposite way around.
It is just too hard. There are a lot of you that don't feel this way, but appealing to the mainstream videogaming market is a hard thing, and if a game is too difficult it will fail. So, most people will probably go for Tony Hawks 3, a game which has a sensible learning curve, unlike SSX Tricky which is tricky.
The game is good, but the AI is just too perfectly honed to be realistic, even if that is not what the game is meant to be.
This is not intended as a review, if it was I would review it, but aside from the fancy graphics, I think that SSX Tricky is a bit naff. The tricks are alright, but are positioned in the way that if you are trying to tweak a trick while your boost bar is full, you'll do an uber trick, while not wanting to.
The uber tricks are good, but take the challenge out of the game if you are trying to get a high score; fill up your boost, find a big jump and uber your way through.
But anyway, the game is still good and warrants a purchase, what I'm trying to say is the name suits it - but not in the sense it intends to be. The good is too hard; the steering is odd, and to get down the track fast you need to stick perfectly to a certain route, one which is extremely hard. The opponents always hit you over, and it is very rare to find it the opposite way around.
It is just too hard. There are a lot of you that don't feel this way, but appealing to the mainstream videogaming market is a hard thing, and if a game is too difficult it will fail. So, most people will probably go for Tony Hawks 3, a game which has a sensible learning curve, unlike SSX Tricky which is tricky.
The game is good, but the AI is just too perfectly honed to be realistic, even if that is not what the game is meant to be.