SSX for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

There hasn't been a good SSX game in a while. On Tour and Blur were horrible and I was afraid that SSX was gone for good. This game however brings me back to the good old days of playing SSX Tricky.The game has nine mountains with pleny to do.There is the story mode as well as a free mode with 3 kinds of events to participate in: Tricky, Races, and survival. The game has all the amazing tricks from the old games with all the famililar characters. The graphics are good and there is the option to switch the controls from the new ones to the classic setup. However, there are some downsides. The greatest letdown is the lack of customization. You get to pick which equipment you want and there are different boards and suits to buy but it isn't as good as SSX 3 or even tricky. All of the suits (from what I've seen and I've bought about 15 for Moby) are the same except for different color schemes and maybe an added perk, but it is still the same old suit. The boards all have stats which makes it so you aren't really picking the board you want, just the one that will help you the most. Yes in other SSX games the boards had stats but they mattered a lot less than in this game and the emphasis was more on making you character cool than on picking the best equipment. Another thing is that Story mode is a lot more constrictive in that each peak has a person that you have to do it with. You can't just be one character throughout the entire story, you have to play as who they give you. Unfortunately there is also no local multiplayer, which really sucks because I used to love to play with my friends. Another annoying thing is that when you fall of the map you have to rewind, it doesn't teleport you out. This is bad for a couple of reasons but I am running out of space. I could say more but overall this is a good game that is a step in the right direction. It may not be everything that SSX was but it is close enough to make any SSX fan glad.