PSP snowboarding Tagged Stories

Cool Boarders was first released for the PS One way back in 1996, joining the league of fun- to- play sports games at that time. After its success, four distinct sequels emerged, letting players go down on separate mountain slopes. In 2006, the Cool Boarders title became available on the PlayStation Network, for download and play.

Cool Boarders is mainly about downhill boarding, not about free styling or racing skills. Basically, you board down different mountain slopes, while trying to beat the clock to the finish line, performing cool tricks for points along the way. Your grade will be based on two criteria, namely your finish time and how tricky you get while snowboarding. There are, however, ghosts of your previous races that you can enable to make some competition for yourself.

The commentator can get quite annoying, as all he does is complain, no matter how well you manage to pull off a trick. If you manage to make it through checkpoints in time, you’ll finish the course, but there’s no way to tell how good the tricks are coming along, and the commentator doesn’t help with it either. The controls are quite hard to get a hold of, and can be quite difficult at first, making it quite hard to navigate through the tracks, resulting in the player fumbling around the track instead of a clean navigation. You’ll be sure to experience more wipeouts that you thought possible.

The visuals aren’t very pleasing either, with some harsh graphics and stiff animations, not to mention the not too colorful, bland texturing for the environment. Camera angles also get difficult to control, and you won’t really see a cliff coming until it’s a little too late. With the PSP’s bright LCD screen, most of the flaws with texturing and animation, which were overlooked because of Standard Definition TVs, now become evident.

Some of the courses are nice to navigate through, and the game was one of the first snow boarders ever, eleven years ago. It may have been awesome at it’s time, but time changes things, and with controls being so weak, and no multiplayer options, Cool Boarders doesn’t quite cut it. It definitely doesn’t offer any real competition towards the Shaun White Snowboard PSP game. But for those true hardcore snow boarding fans, who are completely obsessed with snowboarding games, it might be worth a try.

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SSX On Tour is a fast paced game which provides entertainment and fun all the way. With responsive controls and an interesting mix of the old and new in the soundtrack, this is a must have game for game lovers. There are so many events you can take part in that you hardly have time to think in between exciting experiences. The fourth edition of this PSP game is sure to floor players all over again.

This console version sports an artistic feel. The black and white sketches, which display the menu, look fascinating. Free spirited fun is unleashed with exciting grinding skeletons, UFOs, dragons bursting from snowy peaks looking positively sinister, cats which snowboard, etc. Skiing is a welcome addition in this latest version of the SSX on Tour which has retained most of the key components of the game.

The single player mode game play is conventional and requires you to unlock various events on your way. With each achievement you get to earn exciting medal rewards, including bronze, silver and gold. The ski and snowboard type events in SSX On Tour (PSP) are divided into big air, race and slope style. Exciting races include those against opponents controlled by intelligence or against the clock, which is pre set.

As you race down the slopes you have the option of nailing tricks, which provides you with unending challenges and fun. Show off your grabs as you compete in the big air events. Variety is offered by the different modes that you must adapt to for various event styles. As you go through the tour mode winning medals, you can spring on to the leader board to check your stats on how far you have progressed in the game. Certain events upon successful completion offer your character interesting and fun equipment and outfits, which can help you attain access to intricate tricks, stability, edging and acceleration.

The easy to use controls make the On Tour absolutely enjoyable. All you have to do is to move the directional pad or the left analogue stick to steer your snowboarder. The combination of face buttons and d-pad triggers allow you to pull off impressive tricks.

SSX on Tour is one of the most exciting and fast paced game you can enjoy on your PSP for hours with your family and friends or even all by yourself.

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