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Shaun White Snowboarding (X360)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Sports/Snowboarding

RELEASE DATE

16/NOV/08

ESRB RATING

DEVELOPER

Ubisoft Montreal

PUBLISHER

Ubisoft Entertainment

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, IBM PC Compatible, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Nintendo DS, Macintosh

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

Mountains 39

PLAYING AS #USES

snowboarder 40

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

snowboarders 24
Xbox Live players 23

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

Control 22
Snowboarding 18

GENERAL TONE #USES

epic 24
awesome music 24

DESCRIPTION

Gamers hit the slopes with the Renaissance man of the extreme sports world for some open-mountain exploration in Shaun White Snowboarding. Players have free reign to skirt the edge of an avalanche in extreme peak conditions, carve new routes through untracked backcountry powder, and join other riders for competitive events in terrain parks spread throughout mountains in Alaska, Utah, Europe, and Japan. Each mountain is peppered with downhill enthusiasts, including fellow online gamers, and players can join races at any time, hike to secret locations, film their friends pulling off tricks, or ambush other snowboarders in giant snowball fights.

Shaun White Snowboarding is built using the same game engine as Assassin's Creed, and the graphics are designed to offer players stunning vistas that express the large amount of playable area each mountain offers. Gamers can use environmental obstacles to execute tricks and catch massive air as they explore craggy mountaintops and dense, tree-lined paths, and players have thousands of different character customization options thanks to unique ride-styles and hundreds of different gear and board offerings. The game soundtrack lets riders carve up the slopes while listening to 40 licensed songs from artists as diverse as Bob Dylan, Run-DMC, and Modest Mouse. ~ Christopher Brown, All Game Guide

Shaun White Snowboarding (X360)

GENRE/STYLE:

Sports/Snowboarding
RELEASE DATE:

16/NOV/08
TOP TRAITS:

snowboarder, Mountains, snowboarders
DESCRIPTION:

Gamers hit the slopes with the Renaissance man of the extreme sports world for some open-mountain exploration in Shau... more

players 465

followers 0

#535

POPULARITY: X360 PLATFORM

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Shaun White Snowboarding by: moviegrrl

“Look I love, love LOVE, snowboarding games. And no, its not just because Brodie is my "meta-boyfriend". Granted SSX has no place in the real world but it was fun. I'm sure Shaun White...”

created 02/AUG/2009

Flonaldinho earned achievements in Shaun White Snowboarding on 31/JUL/09

Flonaldinho was the last to comment - 3 months ago...

“It's more serious than Amped, but looks like enough fun to keep me busy.”

created 01/AUG/2009

Shaun White Snowboarding (X360) by: TOMER25

“A game full of glitches, poor story, and repetivitive missions. Good graphics and innovative controls pulled this one out of the bargain bin.”

created 18/JUL/2009

Shaun White Snowboarding by: The-Preston-13

“Completed game: 5-20-09”

created 27/JUL/2009

warpkill earned achievements in Shaun White Snowboarding on 16/MAY/09

warpkill was the last to comment - 5 months ago...

“I think that AMPED series was and is still better tan SW Snowboading. I had more fun sooner then with SW.”

created 17/MAY/2009

Shaun White Snowboarding (X360) by: droppdasachild

“the graphics are great!! the control system could be different. the online playing is awesome hanging with you're buddies hitting the slopes and just having a snowball fight is great. ”

created 30/APR/2009

XBox 360 doesn't like your real life friends by: SINZAR

“I find the trend of online multiplayer only games disturbing. Is this an XBox 360 only issue, or do games that are released across all consoles have different multiplayer options? As in, online...”

created 22/APR/2009

Doctorzongo was the last to comment - 7 months ago...

“If you don't like multiplayer-only games, don't buy them. It's not an XBox-only "issue," as well. And, here's a question, if you want to play against RL friends, why are you concerned about multiplayer abilities? That doesn't really seem to make sense to me.”

SINZAR was the last to comment - 7 months ago...

“"If you don't like multiplayer-only games, don't buy them"

Classic. Such a simple rebuttle to any complaint ever put forward. Doesn't really address the issue at all, it's simply telling me not to share my opinion which, of course, differs from yours.

"if you want to play against RL friends, why are you concerned about multiplayer abilities? That doesn't really seem to make sense to me.”

That doesn't make sense to you, and this doesn't make sense to me. I don't know if you misread or misunderstood but my point is that if developers are going to put in online multiplayer, why not include offline as well? In fact, offline multiplayer should be the primary focus with online coming secondary. The majority of gamers don't play online after all....”

onemorehour was the last to comment - 6 months ago...

“I just started playing Quantum of Solace--I'm curious what you mean by being able to play offline multiplayer: do you mean with multiple TVs and Xboxes via a LAN, or with split-screen?”

SINZAR was the last to comment - 6 months ago...

“@onemorehour - Offline as in no network required. QoS was a pretty fun game but once I beat it, I put it away never to play it again.”

onemorehour was the last to comment - 6 months ago...

“@SINZAR Yeah... I just beat the single player campaign and I'm not sure if I'm going to go back and do it again. The achievements were pretty easy to pick up, and it doesn't feel like there's much left to do...

It is interesting that lots of console games have stopped implementing split-screen in this generation. Now that consoles are networked, I think that there's an expectation to implement online multiplayer first and foremost. It may be simply a matter of diminishing returns--these particular types of games try to push the console to its limits to provide the best possible graphics for a target resolution. I'm sure this makes it technically difficult to implement a good split-screen multiplayer experience, and developers may simply think it costs more than the value it would bring.

I agree, though, that it's a shame. I have many fond memories of 4-player goldeneye (even though I'm sure I would shudder if I tried playing it now--each player got 160x120 resolution!).”

ruijoel was the last to comment - about 1 month ago... show previous hide previous

“Well, as a counter example there's Left 4 Dead, which lets you play online splitsreen (so, it's 2 player, not 4 player), and Halo 3. Actually, most games I own let you play with a friend on the console.”

Shaun White Snowboarding (X360) by: Skotty

“I will have to say I was hoping for better graphics but other than that I was not disappointed. This is a game that is good to chill with friends no pun intended. To relax after something nerve wrecking. Just plain out fun.”

created 09/MAR/2009

Shaun White Snowboarding (X360) by: HpnotiqCrunk

“The graphics were ok - mountains and jumps looked good. Some of the animations were just stupid, and overall a very boring game to constantly be heading down a hill - then pass your objective... (even though you can skip to it).”

created 05/MAR/2009

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“Us 15ers decided we wanted to help get the relic that day ;D”

Added by: Zekii
Date: 03/MAR/2009
Views: 50
Votes: 1

created 03/MAR/2009

Treblerose81 was the last to comment - about 1 month ago... show previous hide previous

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Shaun White Snowboarding (Xbox 360)

All the components of a good HD game, save the most important one: fun by Blake Snow on 21/NOV/2008

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