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Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder

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Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder
64
9.2 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 17 critic reviews
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Based on 11 votes
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Game Info

Publisher: Activision

Developer: UEP Systems

Genre(s): Sports

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: November 13, 2001

Summary

Ride the mountain as six-time X-Games gold medalist Shaun Palmer or 9 other top pros in real-to-life racing competitions and freestyle snowboarding. Pull off hundreds of trick combos in real-life locations like Kirkwood and Donner Ski Ranch. [Activision]

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

90

Hot Games

All of the high-speed grinding, nosebleed big-air tricks, and spectacular board-twisting, body-contorting tricks of THPS are just as eye-catching and thumb-numbing as they were before, but now they’re enhanced by gorgeous snow-parks and powder-packed resorts.

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86

TotalGames.net

Considering the remarkably silly subject matter, Palmer’s does an excellent job of providing some seriously enjoyable gaming.

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83

Game Informer

If you enjoy challenging games or simply enjoy getting your ass handed to you, Shaun Palmer is a dream come true. [Dec 2001, p.93]

80

Adrenaline Vault

One of the most intuitive and entertaining of the realistic snowboarding titles available today.

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80

Yahoo! Games

If you can't get enough of Hawk or Hoffman, or dig the snowboarding scene and like solid trick-based games, this one's a sick choice.

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80

GamePro

Clothing rippling in the wind is just one of the smooth graphic touches, and the aggressive punk/hardcore soundtrack matches Palmer’s bad-boy persona—but the sound effects aren’t terribly impressive.

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77

GameShark

The game is pretty fun, but with its sort of linear game play (considering you're always moving down), and sometimes confusing objective layout, it doesn't quite sit as high on the throne as "Tony Hawk 3" does.

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77

GameSpot

A solid and enjoyable snowboarding game that successfully brings Tony Hawk to the mountain.

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63

Electronic Gaming Monthly

Once you slide past something you need, you can’t back up – that sucks. [Jan 2002, p.220]

58

Gaming Age

Fans will have to wait for a sequel to see more freedom and variety in gameplay.

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50

PSX Nation

No, this game doesn’t suck, but it has so little new that you can’t help shake the feeling that it’s old hat and maybe a bit played out.

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50

Official U.S. Playstation Magazine

It's too scattered and feels poorly designed. [Jan 2002, p.134]

45

Cloudchaser

Shaun Palmer may play like Tony Hawk, vaguely, but in the end you'll realize that it's nothing more than a rushed, sub-par entry into a genre that is already being dominated by EA Big's SSX series.

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42

Game Revolution

A fundamentally flawed game. It's a skateboarding game that's trying to be a snowboarding game, instead of trying even harder to be a good snowboarding game.

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30

All Game Guide

Where "Tony Hawk 3" is fast, flowing, and intuitive, Shaun Palmer is slow, disjointed and difficult to get into.

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30

IGN

For the love of God, buy "SSX Tricky." Shaun Palmer has a strong graphics engine and solid control, but if IGN gave out a "Fun Factor" score, this sucker would get a big, fat goose egg. Zero.

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20

GamePen

I hate Shaun Palmer’s Pro Snowboarder, I curse the day it was conceived and I wish a horrible holiday season upon all of those who were involved in it’s production.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

AgE gave it a10:
One of the best snowboarding games ever made. Pity the sequel was canned (was being produced by Treyarch!!) :-(

Mac gave it a 10:
As a answer to one of the critics: "Electronic Gaming Monthly- Once you slide past something you need, you can't back up : that sucks." How do you back up on a mountain??!!!??? Stupid! I love the game!!!

Mikey Man gave it a 10:
Loooooove the game. it is a bit tricky to get some of the sponsors though. havent finished it, and I definitely need tips.. mail me if you finished it.

Lennon S. gave it a 10:
Is the boom handling is hard but the world is bigger then other snowboard games and u can go back to the start. Tricks is the sh...

Jenny C. gave it a 10:
I love this game - it`s actually kinda hard to find the stuff and beginners can`t really be good at it but with the time you get to know the buttons you`ll get really good :) love it !! :D

[Anonymous] gave it a 10:
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

P. H. gave it a 9:
Brilliant, but a little tricky.

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