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Er, decent or descent?

Dear EA,

I would like a new SSX please with no gimmicks, no Kinect, Move, 3D etc… Just good ol’ SSX.

Thanks, much love xxx

Wait… Didn’t Superannuation shut down?

@3 – Yeah. He’s still going on Twitter, though.

Glad to hear

Oh fuck yes.

Just, fuck yes.

Was the previous rumour about a Criterion SSX game dismissed?

Yeah. I’ll find the tweet if I can, but they strongly denied it.

Yes!Yes!!YES!!!!
But I want something like SSX/SSX Tricky – not open world shit with ski like SSX on Tour…
Closed, crazy tracks FTW.

Thats really awesome finally.

I’d like to see good distinct courses – none of this open mountain crap – give me variety. Move and Kinect? I’d like to see them implemented as an option. Concentrate on the core control method of pad though.

@9
Gotta be SSX Tricky or 3 innit.

Good morning!

This could be the best news of this gen for me. SSX Tricky is hands-down my favourite PS2 game. Hell, it’s the reason I keep my PS2.

However, it could easily be the biggest letdown of this gen.

First off I didnt really like SSX3 and 4. The bland expanse of identikit mountainside bored the hell out of me, and no amount of awkard, frustrating collectables could change that.

I wanted the vibrant thrill of Tokyo Megaplex and the precision score attack of Garibaldi, but instead they gave me the trudgy tedium of a snowy moor tilted at 45 degrees. The challenge? To stay awake all the way down the ..zzz.zzzzzz….

Secondly, Criterion. They took my 2nd favourite PS2-era game (Takedown) and made a Burnout game that was absolutely nothing like Burnout, swapping all the things that made Burnout great (Crash zones, multiplayer Roadrage, distinctive track design and a strong career progression) for a bland expanse of identikit roads with naff all direction or structure.

The name ‘Deadly Descent’ does not invoke a series of distinctive themed courses designed for trick highscoring, it invokes a bland expanse of identikit mountainside.

I’m setting my expectations low to avoid dissapointment. I just don’t think devs have the balls to admit that openworld is not suited to games like this.

Old skool baby, old skool is the way forward.

Oh this would be so ace, SSX Tricky was all I played on my GC for months. It was so addictive, even playing through over and over with each character…which I hadn’t done with a game since Tony Hawks 2. The sense of empowerment when you mastered the trick system made the game pretty damn compulsive playing.

I kept meaning to pick up the Wii one, particularly since it’s so damn cheap now. Is it worth a crack?

@15

SSX Blur was the weakest SSX so far, in my opinion.

The controls were pretty terrible. Having to draw shapes in the air to perform ubers was slow and vague.

The other problems were the same as in SSX3 and On Tour:

1) The precise fixed-length tricks of Tricky were replaced with the wooley ‘hold it as long as you dare’ mechanic.

2) No distinctive courses.

With button controls it would probably be on par with SSX3 or 4.

It should be VERY cheap now though. Worth checking out at least, you may end up liking the controls.

@Gadzooks! Cheers for that, might just pop Tricky in the ol’ Wii then and revisit that instead!

If it’s anything like SSX1, Tricky and/or SSX3, I will die happy.

All this tricky talk makes me wish it was on XBL or PSN for download.. ;( I agree with the rest of ya.. Tricky was the best, then the open world boredom killed it… CRAZY tracks not realistic is where the fun is… TOkyo Megaplex Hells yeah

@19

I’d be quite happy with an HD remake of Tricky too. Just needs online leaderboards to be perfect.

@17

You know i had completely forgotten that tricky was on the GC. For several reasons I’m kicking myself for trading in my Wii.

Please let this happen.