trufflepigg
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So I'm sitting here watching my non gamer fiance become absolutely addicted to SSX 2012 and I'm wondering where this franchise went and why we haven't gotten a sequel in nearly 10 years.
Have we gotten any snowboarding games lately?
I downloaded SSX 3 on my Series X to replay it for the $14..it holds up surprisingly well for an OG Xbox game., I've unlocked everything to peak 3 and man I miss this franchise so much. SSX 3 to me is the superior game no doubt, but where did they go wrong or did SSX 2012 do that poorly in sales? I think it's a fun game too but with some flaws. I've been playing both games simultaneously and I have some thoughts on them:
-SSX 2012 has a way more noob friendly control layout and trick system in general, it's not as rewarding
-The SSX 2020 tracks are not as interesting, they feel all like giant cliffs with no character
-My fiance only plays the SSX 2012 tracks where you can't die due to cliffs, which are extremely unfair and poorly implemented
-SSX 3 only makes me frustrated with 2 things: the boost button being mapped to "x" as well as grabs, causing you to do a grab before landing when intending to boost, and you crash. The 2nd thing is the rails, they are unforgiving in a lot of ways and were improved upon in SSX 2012. But in 2012 they are almost too noob friendly, they went insanely casual with 2012 but then made the difficulty spike to insane unforgivable levels. SSX 2012 is just a poorly made game in so many ways, but so much easier for my fiance to pick up.
What do you guys think? Merry Christmas everyone!
Have we gotten any snowboarding games lately?
I downloaded SSX 3 on my Series X to replay it for the $14..it holds up surprisingly well for an OG Xbox game., I've unlocked everything to peak 3 and man I miss this franchise so much. SSX 3 to me is the superior game no doubt, but where did they go wrong or did SSX 2012 do that poorly in sales? I think it's a fun game too but with some flaws. I've been playing both games simultaneously and I have some thoughts on them:
-SSX 2012 has a way more noob friendly control layout and trick system in general, it's not as rewarding
-The SSX 2020 tracks are not as interesting, they feel all like giant cliffs with no character
-My fiance only plays the SSX 2012 tracks where you can't die due to cliffs, which are extremely unfair and poorly implemented
-SSX 3 only makes me frustrated with 2 things: the boost button being mapped to "x" as well as grabs, causing you to do a grab before landing when intending to boost, and you crash. The 2nd thing is the rails, they are unforgiving in a lot of ways and were improved upon in SSX 2012. But in 2012 they are almost too noob friendly, they went insanely casual with 2012 but then made the difficulty spike to insane unforgivable levels. SSX 2012 is just a poorly made game in so many ways, but so much easier for my fiance to pick up.
What do you guys think? Merry Christmas everyone!