Monster air, mind-blowing tricks and cliff drops - SSX Tricky is
back and better than ever. Your favorite courses have been
enhanced and 6 new cast members have joined the action. Race
through 2 incredible new courses with more advanced tricks and
rider control. Made in USA.
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Grab your board and take on the slopes of SSX as you've
never seen them before. Two brand-new runs, six never-before-seen
riders, and tons of original tricks, shortcuts, and jumps make
SSX Tricky the ultimate snowboarding experience. With voices
supplied by celebrities such as Oliver Platt and Macy Gray, the
SSX Tricky riders come to life on the snow-covered icy ain
courses. Establish friendships, create rivalries, and show off
your high-flying skills in three different types of races, and
when you're ready to catch real air, reach into your bag and bust
out one of the crazy new über-tricks that take airborne flight to
the next level, with flips, twirls, and more. New Garibaldi and
Alaska courses let you get more vertical and catch more air,
while all the original courses have some new surprises. Six new
riders join most of the original SSX crew to provide a wide range
of abilities and competition.
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Review
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In the PlayStation2's first few months there were only a
few standout games; one of them, SSX, brought snowboarding to
people who didn't even like snowboarding. Now GameCube owners,
too, get a new reason to stay indoors during the cold winter--and
summer--months. SSX Tricky is its name, and it more than lives up
to the moniker.
SSX Tricky removes two characters from the original PS2 game and
adds five new ones, and adds two new race locations--Garibaldi
and Alaska--to the already beefed up World Circuit. Features have
also been added to the older tracks, effectively making them new
again. Tricky improves the graphics a bit and refines the
controls. The game also tweaks the basic gameplay by letting you
upgrade your boarder's stats in races, but also forcing you to
attempt and master the showoff mode as well. And they went a long
way toward improving the challenge by evening out the learning
curve. The first game tended to be a cakewalk until the later
races in each set; this time your rivals get more intense and
aggressive depending upon the lap you're taking.
Personality is everything--not only in terms of voice acting,
but also in how you treat the other riders. The game has a few
basic attitudes. If you block and attack characters too much,
they'll remember it and actively seek you out. If you help one or
two of them, they become your allies, warning you of danger or
fending off attackers.
In many ways SSX Tricky is only an upgrade to the previous game,
but if you don't own a PS2 this is as good as snowboarding gets
on the 'Cube for the time being. If you do own a PS2 and SSX,
what's been added doesn't look like enough to equal buying the
game all over again. But the changes are deep enough to change
everything, and delight even fans who are tired of, or have
mastered, the first game. Maybe that's the most impressive
über-trick of them all. --Bob Andrews -- .co.uk
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