Stoked (X360)

“Whoa.... snow boarding in the summer? ”

“Yeah I am done with it... It's Amp 3 Controls but, not as fluid and challenges aren't for me. There is stuff to like here, but makes me just want Amped 4.”

“Where is my next gen SSX?”

“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.”

“"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....”

“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?”

“@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.”

“@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!).”

“Oooh ooh. Beng a fan of Amped, I saw this, and was curious. Fn that someone on my friends list tried it, what do you think?”

“Well for me i really dislike the game mainly since the game is just a bunch of challenges that require you to do certian tricks in a small time frame like do a 50/50 then a FS backside not that hard then it like do a double backfilp yet there is no jump. The controls are a bit off to me jumping and tricking with the LS is a little annoying you don't even use the abyx buttons you can use y the bring up your camera when you stop thats all. Graphics aren't as good as the trailer thats why i thought the game looked nice also when you start out you can choose from like 3 items of for each body part, in the cut scences they show ads for vans and billabong yet i haven't seen their clothes yet. You would be better off to get SW snowboarding i thought that game was bad but it is better than this it just has a little learning curve also the online is very fun with some friends or randoms also it's more about getting pts not doing certain tricks that they don't tell you how to do. @fattychubs ”

“Interesting sounds like thiere is a lack of freedom and variety in the the objectives I hate that, I more like finding big jumps and not having to be forced to combine certain tricks. I like how amped had style bonuses for doing smooth slower tricks.

I still check them both out, but yeah was curious what this little known game had to offer, thanks for the details.”