Played the demo today and really enjoyed it. Does it have split screen? That's the deal breaker for me.
Played the demo today and really enjoyed it. Does it have split screen? That's the deal breaker for me.
Todd Batty said:First, understand that this is a feature that I really wanted. I am an old-school gamer and racing split-screen was one of my absolute favorite things about SSX. But the reality is that it is a HUGE technical investment. To do split-screen, you basically have to render the entire mountain TWICE. So you either have to drop the framerate or down-res the graphics to do it, neither of which are ideal. Even then it is a lot of work. And we made the call early on that we were building this SSX for the connected generation. We would have had to sacrifice much or all of our online multiplayer design to do this. And at the end of the day, split-screen is really only necessary for race it - one-third of our game. And most full-time racing games dont even do it any more, not that that is any excuse. So, we made a priority call to cut it. I held on for a really long time (probably too long), but in the end it was the right decision for the game, even of that seems hard to hear right now.
Thats a real shame. I can understand the decision but unfortunately there're probably going to loose out on my purchase. Split screen is a must for me in this kind of game.No split-screen, sorry. The developers had this to say about the decision to cut it.
Does the 153 drops in the game include Mount Fuji drops?
After playing both demos I've never been so torn about which version to get. I'm a little more comfortable with the 360 controller in my hand, but fuuuuu mt. fuji. Everything else seems perfectly level speed and graphics wise.
I want Mt. Fuji but the competitive nature of everyone on my FL and my comfort with it's controller swayed me. Basically, Net_Wrecker made me change my pre-order to 360.
Played the demo. I just have a blast messing around, doing cool tricks, and listening to nice, chill music. But since I'm not interested in getting high scores or fast race times I feel as though I'm playing it wrong, in a way. :/
Damn I just cant beat Danny-kun.
I need to add more GAF names, apparently. I've got 3 other people that have done a lap. Still 7+ seconds behind you :/ Course, I just realise that R2 was boost!
lol I think my fault might be hanging in the air with tricks too long? That and I need to master grinding on rough edges.
That Long rail+Train (that starts on the "left side"), I feel like it really speeds up the time...but I've used it 5 or 6 times. Maybe it's not REALLY helping.
Just played the demo for over 6 hrs.....
I was playing it all day after work till like midnight yesterday. Love it.
What is your trick score? I want to be jealous.
Can't seam to get over 9M, Silver on bulldog... Seam to mess up around the dam, keeping the tricky going right before it is a bit tough..
Just played the demo for over 6 hrs.....
Can't seam to get over 9M, Silver on bulldog... Seam to mess up around the dam, keeping the tricky going right before it is a bit tough..
Demo is crazy fun, put a good two or three hours into it the last two nights which is alot for me. Love tricking but I'm not sure I'm all that fond of Bulldog. Working on my time has been fun as well, could certainly use some new times to shoot for. I'll be picking this one up day one for sure.
Bulldog's terrain goes to fucking shit at the end. It's all gravy up to there, but that damn icy river almost always catches me and causes me to make a stupid mistake. Got my 24 mil run staying up high to the left.
Yeah, I just figured out that there was another drop today so I'm still working on figuring out Bulldog. I'll always end up on the right side so I'll have to give that shot. Just staying out of the ravine is a bitch for me. Don't even get me started on the dam.
They seem the same more or less. They even have slow down at that same moment when the helicopter is first on.I really wish they were releasing this on PC - how is it on PS3?
SSX is really the only thing that makes me not want to sell my 360 at this point
'Houdini' by Foster The People is seriously going to be in my rotation for months. Such a great song.