Not realy worth the huge price unless you realy realy have a lot of money lying around. Or just want some family fun.
+ Good
- Bad
Graphic:::
Texture and animation isent so bad. Pretty decent. +
Animation sometimes either gets stuck tho, or has some bizzare movments.-
More realistic then the previously games. Im not sure if thats a good or bad thing tbh.
Seems to be based on more reality tracks etc.
Sound:::
Sometimes a little bland with noices in certain events. Like if you play this game alone you will feel very alone. -
The wind blowing past you while your rushing down the mountain and on ski jumping adds a more realistic sence. +
Gameplay:::
Main thing about the game.
Sins sound or grap dosent stand out in any way. Nor it is the most importand part of this kind of games.
Any downhill(4of em, Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, Small Slalom) event is fun and also Ski jump.+
Certain things that dosent make sence tho, like f.e on Giant slalom. where it actualy pays of to miss gates!. Each race(on normal i think) you got 4 chances trough the course. So you can miss the gate 4 times and on the fifth time you will get disqualified.
Like i finished first round with 0 misses, i focused on making trough evrygate rather then many misses but more speed. I playd with my sis and she got about the same time as me with 2 missed gate, so on the second lap i purly focused on speed and much less on making it trough the gates. And i beat my previous round with 6 seconds and i missed 3 gates!. Why does it pay off?, cause all that happends when u miss a gate is ur speed slows down for a few sec. But the amount of time lost is much less then when u try to make trough the gate with a time consuming turn. Even if its not much, you will gain much more by simply ignoring the gate then make a hard turn to make it. BIG -
That was much better on the old one at least, their was the penalty 2 sec. So their it paid off to get trough the gates, unlike this one.
Bobsleigh is boring as hell, so is the luge, skeleton etc. - - -
Fewer events then in the previous game???. :(. BIG -
Speed skaiting is somewhat simplified but alright i ges.
Snowboard & Ski cross events are alright, but somewhat a little weird.
Challenge mode is at least a +.
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Conclusion:::
Short said, the game is shallow. Only fun you will have with it, is with either freinds or family. Otherwise i advice you not to buy this game for any other reason. But not a bad idea to wait a little until it gets cheaper, cause considring the launch price and the amount of events its a rip off.
Bug Note:::
First ski cross run i had , my dude got stuck in a sideways position so he was sliding down the entire course in a sideways position. like when you lean heavy left. And then you make these right turns leaning to the left. lol, kinda funny tho, but still.
1 other weird thing is the Slalom, when playing in third person view thing. You clearly make a gate yet it says u miss it!, it dosent seem to add up what it shows on screen and where the actual location on the gate thing is.(sry poor english) Point is anyway, If u turn at the side of the gate u might not make it, you actualy gota wait after you pass the gate to turn!. This prob is fixed if you use First person view. Wich you most likly use trough most events, but in slalom you get a better overhead view of the coming gates wich is an advantage you could need, otherwise the gates comes so fast rushing to you in First person.
More ski cross and Snowboard cross bugs. Playing Vs ANY(COM) can be a pain in the ass. Realy, for some reason the computer hack/cheat half of the time. This one time we were leading before the COM, and we were faaar infront of him then right before finish line he teleported infront of us and won!. How fair is that?, ive seen this on 3 occacions now where the COM has teleported either beside you or right behind you when they get to far behind or just randomly happends. Not to mention they also got inhuman speed, they can ski down alot faster then you even if you have a perfect race. Like another inicdent again i had the last 3 ski cross jumps at 100.(=perfect) and i held down Speed button(R2) and made perfect cornered turns without using L2(sharp turn button, u lose speed). Yet the COM gained 50 meters on me, i was playing with a freind and he got far behind so he saw the COM shooting off like a rocket during last part of the course, wich i had a perfect run so he even got close up to my back before finish line. Wich is impossible and unfair ofc.