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Mrbob said:
It means they are taking the series back to its roots!
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SSX: Deadly Descents - 2011 - Trailer - [Update: Website & Description]
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It means they are taking the series back to its roots!
Fantastical
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PreLC confirmed.Neuromancer said:
ColonelColon
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Bgamer90 said:
Explore the open mountain???
Survive backcountry hazards???
Gasp! That's not SSX!
Oh wait... SSX 3 was still a great name and known by many to be the best SSX even though it had many changes from the presentation/vibe of Tricky. Go figure...
wow, it looks so vibrant and colorful.
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You're right...Bgamer90 said:
Explore the open mountain???
Survive backcountry hazards???
Gasp! That's not SSX!
Oh wait... SSX 3 was still a great name and known by many to be the best SSX even though it had many changes from the presentation/vibe of Tricky. Go figure...
Practically the same game.
Fantastical said:You're right...
Practically the same game.
That wasn't what I was getting at. What I was saying is that Ssx3 was advertised for it's extreme events even though the game had the same fun ssx gameplay we know/love.
So again for all we know, what was shown in the trailer could be how the last events in the game are (which could be why it said day 63) and/or the game gets more intense as you go along.
Guess I'm just different from most gamers and would rather base things on actual gameplay vids than 45 sec. Trailers.
Neuromancer
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Yeah what the hell is wrong with youBgamer90 said:
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Don't get me wrong, I mean, I hope you're right... but this was a terrible first impression. I do have some hope though.Bgamer90 said:
jonnybryce
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Bgamer90 said:
EA released a trailer to introduce and represent the game, we react to it. The majority here aren't denying that the game could be enjoyable but we're disappointed and/or disgusted with the route SSX is now taking.
This is all valid.
Fantastical said:Yeah, I have a feeling if this turns out as we think it will and does poorly, EA will put the final nail in the SSX coffin.
Also, someone put the Tricky song with the DD trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qccPejditB8&feature=player_embedded
Made it look so much more fun.
If the trailer was released with that music, I'd be pumped for the game. But I'm not, because it wasn't.
SSX is a festival. It's not a survival test. It's giant personalities catching giant air and pulling giant tricks. There are fireworks, ridiculous colors, and party music. Everyone is having a good time, even if there's a lightning storm on the course or you're running away from an avalanche.
I loved SSX3. I loved the exaggerated course design, I loved the impossible uber tricks, I loved customizing my characters' outfits, I loved the cross-character banter, and I loved the feeling of carving through these conditions, boosted by good music that reacted to how I was doing, going fast and flying off huge jumps.
Deadly Descent seems to have the huge jumps and dangerous conditions, but if it's not going to be a party, I'm not sure I want to attend.
Dark Octave
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Ubisoft is crazy for making a serious Skiing game.
Tom Clancy must be rolling in his grave.
Tom Clancy must be rolling in his grave.
beat
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I saw the Tricky/Deadly Descent mash-up earlier and for some reason thought to do an Inception/Deadly Descent mash-up.Cerberus said:
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Dreamwriter
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No, this is how SSX3 was advertised - the very first trailer for the game:Bgamer90 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Z8sYFujJc
It's very accurate to how the game ended up, and it shows the vibrant colors, over-the-top characters and tricks, how totally non-serious it is. And we know that this one's a completely different game, EA said so in the description - it's about some hardcore team trying to ski impossible slopes, rather than a snowboarding festival where the world's top boarders get together to compete and challenge each other.
We Are Ninja
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Pffft. Where have you been? Vibrant colorfulness is sooooo last-gen...ColonelColon said:
DidntKnowJack
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You'd probably do some rolling around if someone buried you alive.Dark Octave said:
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Well, if Tom Clancy was alive he would be rolling around in his grave if he saw this.DidntKnowJack said:
Anyone?
Dark Octave
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That would be the most horrible torture wouldn't it?DidntKnowJack said:
AstroLad said:
I'm not saying it's wrong to show concern about the game based on the trailer, but the whole "SSX is dead" type of statements are being made waaay too soon imo.
Dreamwriter said:
Compared to tricky though that video had much less vibrant colors on the tracks and showed "basic" snow mountain courses.
But that was the E3 trailer. I remember seeing other ads of the game talking about the intense events on peak 3 and the storms and how dangerous everything was.
EA did say that this SSX was going to be different in terms of it's nature but still have the same gameplay we all know/love from the previous SSX games. And that can somewhat be seen with the way the character was moving in the trailer, especially during the turns.
FYI, each SSX game had a different vibe to it. While SSX 3 was over the top, it didn't have the comic book/tokyo megaplex/wacky presentation that Tricky had. SSX 3 didn't have as many unique courses as the previous SSX games did, especially later on in the game. The later races in the game were dark and very intense having you race against avalanches while going through ice caves with parts of the ice breaking underneath you.
Like am I the only one that remembers the races in peak 2 & 3 being that way? Peak 1 in SSX3 was more reminiscent of how SSX Tricky was compared to the other peaks.
bridegur said:
I guess what I don't get is how that video showed the "fun feel/nature" that SSX was known for as much as a vid of SSX Tricky would show.
While SSX 3 and Tricky aren't "night and day" different, Tricky is definitely more of a "party" compared to how SSX 3 was with it's intense/dark events on peak 2 and 3.
Dreamwriter
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So? Those commercials weren't the very first trailer for the game. The one I linked to is. It's exactly equivalent to the Deadly Descents trailer, because it's the very first time the game was shown off; it's the teaser trailer that EA is using to show what the game is going to be like.Bgamer90 said:
Just for fun, here's an early trailer for the original SSX
Dreamwriter said:
What I'm saying though is that even though the game made mention of the intense/extreme backcountry tracks, the game still had the arcady SSX gameplay.
From the trailer, you can't really tell how the gameplay will be. What we seen in the trailer could have been one of the final events.
Nice. SSX was hands down the best launch PS2 game.
We Are Ninja
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Bgamer90 said:
I remember them to, and they were some of my favorite courses in the series. Peak 2's back country is one of my favorite "levels" in a game ever. The peak in the trailer is actually quite similar, the "feel" is all wrong. Think back to SSX3, as the heli-plane thing took you to your location, your character was chilling in the back, waiting to leisurely hop out of the aircraft as Atomika told you about the next song he was going to play...
There was no military-esque guy shouting, "Go, go, go, go, go!!!!!" as you dived out of the back of an attack chopper with you ninja scythes and batwings.
SSX has never taken itself seriously. Judging by the trailer, this game sure as hell does. On Tour, was meh enough. The series does not need SSX: Bad Company.
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Bgamer90 said:
I remember it and that's why after the initial "wow" factor, I didn't go back to 3 nearly as much as I did the first 2 games. Courses just weren't as fun for me.
Princess Skittles
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What's the over/under on retailer exclusive weapon packs?
Neuromancer
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Maybe. I would not be surprised to see them try a few different game styles with this series, and see what sticks.Azih said:
I really don't think there are going to be weapons. That's just GAF being overdramatic.Princess Skittles said:
However I fully expect them to hold legacy characters 'hostage' by way of retailer-exclusive preorders, as Mortal Komeback is doing. Something like:
Gamestop: Mac
Amazon: Elise
Best Buy: Moby
We Are Ninja
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^Wow. Amazon pre-order, here I come.
Princess Skittles
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I don't know how you could view the trailer, the description ("the mountain isnt the only danger players will face.") and the teaser site and think this isn't a very likely situation.Neuromancer said:
Neuromancer
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I think it's jumping to pretty extreme conclusions based off very little evidence. I'd be willing to make a friendly wager on it though!Princess Skittles said:
Very disappointed by the trailer and the premise.
I hope this is not going to end up like PoP where Warrior Within screwed up the previous game goodness. I really wish this is good, because there has been no good snowboarding game for ages.
Oh, Housemarque, please make another snowboarding game too.
I hope this is not going to end up like PoP where Warrior Within screwed up the previous game goodness. I really wish this is good, because there has been no good snowboarding game for ages.
Oh, Housemarque, please make another snowboarding game too.
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I look forward to playing a broboarding game. I just wish it wasn't called SSX.
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I doubt there will be weapons, guys. That would be just a total abortion of the franchise. EA can't be that stupid... right?
I doubt there will be weapons, guys. That would be just a total abortion of the franchise. EA can't be that stupid... right?
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"GO GO GO GO"Fantastical said:
"I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT!"
Neuromancer
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I'm willing to bet someone here a copy of the game that there will be no weapons. I mean in the traditional sense, pistols, assault rifles, etc, that you as the player, actually wield. Offer stands until we get the first big previews come in. Anyone want to take me up on it?Fantastical said:I want Eddie.
I doubt there will be weapons, guys. That would be just a total abortion of the franchise. EA can't be that stupid... right?
Worst case scenario I can think of, would be they pull a NFS Hot Pursuit on us and have Mario Kartish style weapons (EMP, stuff like that) Mostly to slow down and irritate. I really hope not but that's all I can see them doing. Shooting other people as you snowboard down the mountain is just crazy talk.
I can't really see weapons, I think they are probably referring to either the elements or just the baddies you are supposed to escape from (who, in fairness, may very well have weapons -- it would seem kind of odd otherwise actually). But even from a Brogame perspective weapons for the player don't really make much sense.
If they wanted to go with weapons they should have gone Road-Rash style and just kept the rest. SSX 1 in particular really did have kind of a Road Rash feel to it with the combat.
If they wanted to go with weapons they should have gone Road-Rash style and just kept the rest. SSX 1 in particular really did have kind of a Road Rash feel to it with the combat.
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