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Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding


9.4

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A snowboarding game focused on open freestyle boarding down real-world mountains like Utah's Brighton, Vermont's Stratton, and California's Snow Summit. With a huge variety of rails, kickers, and terrain, you'll experience a completely different ride on every one of over 120 wide-open mountain runs from real-mountain resorts. [Microsoft]

PUBLISHER:	Microsoft
DEVELOPER:	Microsoft
GENRE(S):	Sports
PLAYERS:	4
ESRB RATING:	E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE:	November 15, 2001

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...

Xbox Exclusive

Not only the best snowboarding game to date, but one of the better games out right now for any system. With its amazing graphics, good sound and unbelievable gameplay, Amped will keep you busy for a long long time.

Sports Gaming Network

No question about it, Amped is the most addictive snowboarding title on the market today for any system.

Cloudchaser

Beautiful huge environments, a killer career mode, great trick system, and flexible audio setup make this game a must-own for any extreme sports gamer.

GameZone

The sound track is exceptional. The music is solid, the vocal abuse is crisp, and the sound effects are exactly what one would expect to hear.

TotalGames.net

This steep learning curve will put off some people but if you stick with it there is a sublime game to be discovered.

netjak

If you prefer realism to fantasy, you will be more than happy with Amped. At a measly 20 bucks, this game is a steal. I will mention once again though: this game is very unforgiving.

GameSpy

Amped may not be exactly like snowboarding, but it's the closest you can get without equipment.

GameShark

Lots of real life mountains, different drop points and huge, realistic environments are this game's strongest points.

IGN

With the open air feel of the levels, the breathtaking coolness of sliding through powder, and the breezy sound effects and in-game chatter, and you've got yourself the gaming equivalent of sitting in the hot tub after a long day on the slopes.

Operation Sports

A snowboarders game. Graphically it's not going to blow your mind, but with a deep career mode and wicked tricks you will get your money's worth. Plus, this game is more about snowboarding than "SSX Tricky."

GamerWeb Xbox

The levels are not timed - in those that require you to meet a set point limit; it is very easy to just perform the same move over and over again to get the necessary score. The lack of difficulty in certain areas drops the replayability.

Electric Playground

Easy to get into but hard to master, Amped offers a surprising amount of depth and graphical splendor for what is basically such a simple premise: point your board down a mountain and become famous in the process.

Official Xbox Magazine

It's not SSX/ Snowboarders don't like racing/ They crave snow ballet. [Review Haiku - Feb 2002, p.80]

Cincinnati Enquirer

While its game play is good, its graphics and sound are unsurpassed.

G4 TV

Amped isn't the most fun-filled snowboarding game you can buy, but it's easily the deepest and most satisfying.

Team Xbox

Although it has a rocky start, most will find it highly addicting after you have learned the basic mechanics of the game.

Game Over Online

Dazzling scenery.

Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

The interlocking level goals in the career mode ooze intelligent design. [Xgamer Magazine]

Next Generation Magazine

The first next-generation game to “get” what snowboarding is all about. [Jan 2002, p.32]

GamePro

A solid, enjoyable snowboarder with a fairly high difficulty factor and lots of gameplay.

Gamezilla!

Just average. Although it has some nice original features, I could never get over the strange controls.

GamePen

If you want beautifully rendered mountains and an awesome soundtrack, get Amped; if you want to actually have fun, get "SSX Tricky."

Yahoo! Games

Though it's good, it's overshadowed by the mighty SSX Tricky and Tony Hawk's - don't buy it until you've bored with these two.

Game Informer

It's too bad that all these extras outshine the game's dull and problematic gameplay. [Dec 2001, p.104]

GameSpot

While Amped is visually impressive and loaded with options, its technical merits are drastically undermined by its shoddy gameplay.

Media and Games Online Network

This game stays true to its sport for better or worse. If you dig snowboarding and you want the most realistic experience, look no further than Amped...But for the rest of us (and I suspect that is a majority) you’ll probably want to steer clear of Amped.

Electronic Gaming Monthly

The game’s biggest sin, however, is its overall lack of play modes. [Jan 2002, p.228]

Xbox Nation Magazine

It’s fresh that you don’t have to search for stuff to hit, but not-so-fresh that you have to wrestle with sluggish controls in order to do it. [Jan 2002, p.94]

All Game Guide

The main problem comes from Amped's lack of a racing mode, which takes away from the game's intensity.

XenGamers

It’s fun in small doses, but frustrating whenever you try to get into it.

The average user rating for this game is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 15 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Bob J. gave it a10:
Extremely frustrating, but worth it. Once you get the hang of it there is only really one hard challenge, and that is pro 3 (mainly snow summit 2) Awesome graphics and it is sick. I snowboard and this is the closest to real that I have played. Anyway as for a racing mode as mentioned above by one of your critics who gives a crap? no one buys a freestyle snowboarding game for a race mode. I mainly freeride (aka go really fast) and I love how it is only freestyle. I think that would take away from this.

Andrew M. gave it an 8:
Graphically, it is the best snowboarding game in history! You can almost taste the fresh powder! But...and yes there always is a but, the lack of play modes lets the near classic title down. The game is fabulous in most catagories, and especially in the challenge department. The tricks, while a little unrealistic, are very hard to pull off, which may cause some to get frustrated (me...lots) but that is the whole point of the game... is it not a challenge to become the best in the world? A worthy inclusion however, would have been the ability to compete in races etc...and actually lose rankings for poor performances. Every game developer should take a good hard look at this one, and realise that gamers seek a title that will not take fifteen minutes to complete... Too many games these days are over in the blink of an eye...but finally amped offers a real challenge that sorts the men from the boys!

Joe S. gave it a 10:
This is the best snowboarding game ever made, period. Amped 2 will address the 'issues' some have had with Amped, such as complaints that it is too difficult to land tricks. (Try real snowboarding, you clowns! Amped offers a true analog to what it is like to learn to snowboard and advance your skills - Best of all the lift tickets are a far cheaper and there are no hospital bills or broken bones...)

Zinkan gave it a 10:
This is the game of the game.

Michael L. gave it a 10:
The game is the best snowboarding game I've ever played. The graphics are great, the sounds 2 cause U can add ur own songs 2 it. The only thing I've been disapointed with is the gameplay, not for the fenominus tricks U can do of course but cause U can't do any race. And I've beaten the game and after that there's just nothin' 2 do anymore cause you can't race. But there's something real cool when U beat the game, there a special video waiting 4 U. Even though the gameplay is discustable, I give it an unconditionnal 10 on 10. A must... If U have any question or comment write me at odd_cemetery_gates@hotmail.com.

Bill K. gave it a 10:
Great fun, hard, realistic!!!

Jack A. gave it a 10:
Very Addicting, fun to play as well as watch someone else play.