Amped 3 demo on Live

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6147366.html

Couldn't think of anything interesting to say about Amped 3 (apart from "it's a bit shit" so here's the latest on the Gizmondo farce. Arrest-me-do!

Free stuff FTW!!!1! etc.

ahh good o, been wanting a demo of this as can't be bothered to shell out a fiddy for it

Never really been into snow boarding games ever really...but I'll download it because its free. Things are better when they're free.

Is this graphically inferior to the xbox version, or am I going mad?

Yay!! Was really looking forward to this, but then the response was kind of muted so I didn't want to risk a blind purchase. A free demo is just the ticket.

Now I think on it, XBLive demos are just bloody great. Something I completely took for granted back in my PC gaming days and its such a breath of fresh air to have the same facility available in my living room for a console (as opposed to having to buy some poxy official magazine to get a demo).

I shall download this tonight and report back tomorrow. NOTE: You don't all have to wait, you may leave and come back later to hear what I have to say if you wish. Or you can stay and wit if you want, but you will need to bring your own cushion.

@Universal Hamster

I would take everyone's reluctance to answer your question as a bad sign

Graphically inferior to Amped 2? Yes you are mad

Draw distance is no longer an issue for one, which is no bad thing considering the amount of terrain the game throws around. The graphics arent stunning but are way better than previous generation versions.

I completed this not long after launch, and while the story mode is easy, theres a load of other challenges to keep you occupied afterwards, some of which are a right bastard to complete.

Its worth a play definately, although i'd be disappointed to have to shell out £50 for it.

Hmmm, SSX as a launch title for PS2 blew me away and awoke me to this snow-boarding malarky. Tried Amped on me Xbox some time ago and it seem`d a bit vanilla in comparison

I will download this behemoth though to see, how it compares

Amped 1 wasn't so hot IMO. Transworld snowboarding was better. but then Amped 2 sorted its controls and was loads better. Finished downloading this demo this morning as I munched breakfast, so am looking forward to having anosey tonight sometime.

I`ve grown a beard waiting for this to download

Played this last night. Disappointment of the year. I'm sure its a very good game for someone, but for me... where do I begin.

1. Graphical style is all cartoony. The cold realism of the first two games has been replaced with big heads and shiny snow.

2. The controls have gone all twitchy, carving even lines through the snow just doesn't seem as controlled as it was previously.

3. The way the aerial moves are controlled seems to have changed. Some moves, like spinning a 180 for example, seem to only need a puch on the stick rather than the even and continuous pressure previously required.

4. WTF is that camera up to when I am jumping in the air. My boarder is off the top of the screen, OFF THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. Maybe I am supposed to be looking at the ground so that I can "stomp" my landing, but if I don't know whether my back flip has completed or not the likelyhood of me "stomping" my head into the ground increases 5 fold.

5. Purely subjective taste, but the comedy just isn't quite my bag. I found the animated rap in the demo kind of funny, the animation style was good, but it just went on a bit. If the full game has lots of that, I am going to be skipping cutscenes here there and everywhere (unless it doesn't let me skip cutscenes, in which case I'll go make a cup of tea or something).

For the record, I am a bit of a purist with my snowboard games. I don't mind doing flips that aren't really possible outside of a game and I don't mind jumping off cliffs and falling 80m without dying, but I want the experience of hoofing down a mountain to feel as mujch like the real thing as possible.

I'm sure the dev behind Amped knows that they are doing, i.e. trying to grab some of the SSX audience, who like their boarding games more arcadey. But spare a thouight for poor old kanagarootoo and those like him, who are getting left behind.

Come on Transworld, this is the perfect opportunity to leap back into the limelight.

Downloaded and played.

First I'll say I dont normally play this type of game so my impression is from someone totally new to the scene.

The controls seem okay, as far as i can tell. the graphics are only okay, but nothing that made me go WOW or OHH! Which is what you want from your 360.
The humour just didnt hit home for me. The "Rap" was done badly and is possibly the most cringe worthy thing I've seen for ages, I almost deleated the whole thing after this assault. But the hours of time I spent downloading it I thought I should continue on.

The main game area set some challenges, and the open feel to the mountain was nice. But the whole "W3re c00l and down wit da kidz" thing felt forced, idiotic and patronising.


5/10