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THIS GAME IS ROCKS@!@

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

At first i thought this is just another bite off from Tony Hawk, but i found out that it is alot more better than any snowbording games around. Especially the excellent music in the game play and the game ply graphic!!! No need for consideration, this game ROCKS!!!

Snowboarding is DIFFERENT from skateboarding...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Let me start by saying that I love the Tony Hawk series, and I'm an avid Snowboarder. The developers of this game clearly used the same engine as T.H. but swapped out all the stuff... mostly the skateboard for a snowboard. The result is weird physics. In T.H., you can skate whichever way you want; not true of Shaun Palmer's in which you can't push.

When you're playing this game, it's like there are currents, as if you were in water. You mysteriously get dragged one way or another, pulled along, sometimes uphill, for no reason.

One of the worst levels is the third, which is called "Kirkwood". There is a frozen river bed that runs down the center, and if you mess up, you get sucked in, and have to start-over at the top (there are lifts etc). It gets SO annoying. In T.H., there are a few places like that, but most of the time, you can line up certain things and try them over and over. With this game, you spend all your time getting back to where you want to be, and since you can't stop, you have to be on-course all the way down (for some reason, even if you hold back, your guy keeps hopping and starting... he should just sit down, that's what real boarders do!). The world interactive like it is in T.H.

I think the problem is that the developers don't understand snowboarding, or its appeal. You can almost feel them getting bored making the courses, trying to make them interesting with lots of really strange grinds (for some reason, the balance interface is more in-your-face here than in T.H., and I got really tired of trying to hold it steady during hideously long grinds). It really is like a light or simplified version of Tony Hawk.

I really prefer SSX Tricky. There is more of a sense of speed, and the tricks are mostly more realistic, but then they threw in some totally over-the-top ones for fun. Tony Hawk 1,2 and 3 are also great. The only reason to buy this game would be if you buy every Snowboarding game that comes out. Don't believe me? Just rent it first, that's all I ask.

ROCKS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game simply rocks in every aspect!!! The gameplay graphic, the Music... Everything!!! BUY IT NOW!!

shaun palmers

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game and enjoyed playing it. So i bought it. The levels are very big and have a lot of things to do in them. Which is different than all of the other snowboarding games. It was a to hard though. I couldnt even get pasted the 2nd level. The music is by far the best out of every other video game!! I ended up taking the game back just because it was so hard. The buttons are also way to easy. It is practically impossible to do a backflip while just snowboarding along. Which you can do in this game. I am a snowboarder and this game is way to unreal! I would recomend renting this game before buying it!!

Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarding

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Here is how I rated this game:

Fun: 4 stars. I don't play the game on one player mode, but when I'm playing with a friend it's a lot of fun! There are different ways you can compete, and you can teach each other cool combos. Also, I think it's cool that you can create your own boarder. You get to choose your boarders appearence, board choices, and skills, then save him/her to play with in the game.

Educational Value: 3 stars. Although what you learn in this game won't do you much good in college, you can still read bios of real players, which I would consider to be some kind of knowledge.

Durability: 2 stars. Like all discs, it is fragile and should be taken good care of.

Overall: 4 stars.

P.S. Please don't write a review just to voice your opinion about mine. Reviews aren't meant to be used like message boards, they're meant to be used to tell others what's worth buying, and what's not.

P.S.S. And I'd say this is definately worth buying if you like a challenge, and like to strategize.

yup thats shright this game rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: November 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this is a realy fun game it is exactly like tony hawk pro skater you have career mode and 2 player. It has great graphics and tight music.

this game is the best!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

all i gotta say is go to best buy, or toys r us or wuttever game store and get this game
its the best
if u liked tony hawk 1 2 and 3 then yuole luv this, same controls and everything

...unrealistic sim

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 15
Date: November 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

...i actuately snowboard,and this game is FAR FAAR from reality, not it the good way SSX was, but in a HORIBLE way. you can do a 900 off of a tiny ledge and land it, and it's only tricks, NO racing!! is that fair? NO!! the only good thing i'd say is in this game, is the music. that prety much it. now if you don't believe me, rent it, but take my warning DO NOT BUY UNTIL YOU KNOW YOU LIKE IT!!!!!! now it is kinda one of those games where some love it and some hate it, but i just happen to hate it, and i'm bringing my hate to you. merry christmas.

BUY IT NOW!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: November 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I would just like to say this game is awesome. The graphics are really really good. The gameplay is just like the bestselling series Tony Hawk Pro Skater. You can shred any one of nine real life courses. This game is the best buy it now!!

Is this game possible?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game, and naturally, I did not get a full set of instructions. That is the only excuse for why this game was nearly impossible. Sure, I could take the one run, go all over the mountain, do some inexplicably impossible stunts, and find cool things, but there was no physical way I could find to advance to the next mountain. When I had certain boarders, nearly any combination of buttons and/or stick moves would invariably result in exactly the same stunt. Only using Palmer himself seemed to change that aspect. I can only say thankfully it only cost me one rental.

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