Shaun White Snowboarding Comments by Quintin Smith
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Youch!
Just got this game this morning but not had chance to try it yet. Should have known better I guess than to order a game without having read any reviews yet but hopefully I'd be able to get *some* enjoyment out of it before I (inevitably?) trade it in against something else. I'm gutted to be honest... it looks great in the trailers and gameplay videos... :( |
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Mentalist(air)
14/11/08 @ 14:24
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Ouch!
Well, I was more interested in the wii version anyway to try and justify 60 quid for my underused balance board. Can we expect a review of that, EG? |
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Mentalist(air)
14/11/08 @ 14:30
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listen to your own music, none of which Shaun White Waterboarding quite manages
Surely it has to let you listen to your own music on 360, that's a Microsoft TRC. |
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SpaceMidget75
14/11/08 @ 14:34
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Right...
...from NOW ON can all the twats that bleat on about the adverts affecting review scores kindly shut the fuck up! Thank you. |
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A substantial amount of time and money has clearly been spent acquiring all the tracks that make up the game's music, which is a nice mix of pop old and new, a bit of soul, dance, some classic rock and plenty of grunge that brings to mind the excellent Project Gotham Racing soundtracks.
Should have spent that money on polishing the core gameplay. |
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Looking at the Edge scores, they gave Shaun White Snowboarding on the Wii a 7 yet this review claims that that version is "a little better" so that reads like an Edge 6 on that basis. That would suit me fine if it was so I've got my fingers crossed that I'm not so critical toward the game as Quintin Smith was.
And, yes, I *am* clutching at straws here but can you blame me... I bought the game!!! |
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insincere_dave
14/11/08 @ 14:50
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Just had a look at this guy's reviews, he's not been trusted to review anything good so thankfully someone decent is reviewing the Wii version.
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got this today, played about 25 minutes, made me want to find a copy of SSX tricky.
@ degville - I'm a regular snowboarder (only a few weeks til my first trip of the season) and also play a truck load of games and I think I can clear this up a tad. It's not whether or not this is a realistic recreation of riding a board (which it isn't cos even riding a short box or popping your first ollie is way harder than in this game) - it's just a broken game, the camera is ropey and there is ZERO sense of speed even in a straight line.
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"Just had a look at this guy's reviews, he's not been trusted to review anything good so thankfully someone decent is reviewing the Wii version."
GAMES REVIEWS: SERIOUS BUSINESS what on earth does 'trusted' mean? 'trusted' enough to have an opinion in line with metacritic? every single review on this site is the opinion and work of one person - and in this case, it's the opinion and work of someone 'trusted' to review god hand, which is the greatest game ever made. so! stop talking. |
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captainrentboy
14/11/08 @ 15:45
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I played it in work for an hour or so, and it was fookin' terrible!! it just felt so very slllllllooooooowwwhttp://www.
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insincere_dave
14/11/08 @ 16:04
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"what on earth does 'trusted' mean? 'trusted' enough to have an opinion in line with metacritic? every single review on this site is the opinion and work of one person - and in this case, it's the opinion and work of someone 'trusted' to review god hand, which is the greatest game ever made. so! stop talking."
Good reviewers are assigned "big" games because more people will read the reviews and it reflects badly on the site if the reviewer is obviously not great at reviewing. If you need me to explain it more simply than that I suggest you give up reading. |
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Triggerhappytel
14/11/08 @ 16:26
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And the worst thing is it'll still do well because it's got nice graphics, Ubi will market it heavily and I expect a lot of SSX fans will buy it trying to sate their snowboarding desires.
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@Super_Zee - I suspect that the fifth mountain will eventually be offered to everyone who has the game as DLC in the form of an unlock key. And likely at extra cost too. I can almost guarantee it since it would be otherwise pointless the developers including an extra 20% of game content for only those people that buy it from one particular chain of stores. And in the US.
And, yes, it does suck and Quintin Smith was quite right to criticise it. |
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"Good reviewers are assigned "big" games because more people will read the reviews and it reflects badly on the site if the reviewer is obviously not great at reviewing. If you need me to explain it more simply than that I suggest you give up reading."
so what in this article suggests the guy can't review, besides him slagging off a game you might have been looking forward to? he's played it, you haven't. really, you're just being obnoxious. grow up. |
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Mentalist(air)
14/11/08 @ 17:20
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What the hell is this "oh, snap" nonsense that I keep seeing about the internets? Where'd it come from?
It is the catchphrase of Joy, Earl's ex-wife from My Name Is Earl, although Urbandictionary attributes it to Tracy Morgan of Saturday Night Live. Apparently this Tracy is a man. I wonder is he has a brother calles Sharon, and both of their wives are in jail. |
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@McBradders
""It blows"? Is the bar for game reviews that low now? :( " Sadly it is, the only thing is for us all to to boycott the site, you go first, we're all right behind you. ... Is he gone yet? Can someone explain what's wrong with saying "it blows", particularly if it, in fact, blows? @samaran Yes he is. |
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"Right...
...from NOW ON can all the twats that bleat on about the adverts affecting review scores kindly shut the fuck up! Thank you." Why?! Because they set a signle example?! :P But seriously, I don't think EG is biased due to money being handed over. But stories like this will never die down. There will always be 'evidence' and creative ways to circumvent evidence to the contrary. A bit like with religion one could say. People keep coming up with stupid reasons to believe the unbelievable. |
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To everyone saying that 1080 is their favorite snowboardgame:
It was good - at the time - but it's awful now. I actually bought a N64 + 1080 on ebay a short while ago, because I wanted to play it again. I really shouldn't have. Check out Supreme Snowboarding for PC. THAT is the best snowboard game ever, by far. ;) |
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Ace_McCloud
14/11/08 @ 18:06
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All my kids at camp in america used to say snap all the time (5 years ago). They were hoodlums from new york. Apparently it comes from rappers-a photographer released a book of pics of rappers called 'snap'... But it was getting fairly dated as a joke then, so who knows why it's cropping up now.
On topic why cant they get this shit right. Amped 2 was close. We need skate like physics and free style skiing. When are people going to cotton on that skiing is as big as boarding and would be wicked in a game |
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I thought it was poo, but didnt judge too harshly becuase I only played about half an hour. it would seem that the game gets worse the more you play it.
would it be too much to ask for a big blue bar at the end of the review text - and before the score? I really like playing the "guess the score" game whilst reading the text, but always scroll to far down and try as I might, I cannot avoid seeing the number in that split second. Just me? |
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