SSX On Tour (PlayStation 2, 2005)

I thought SSX3 was the best sports game I had ever played. When I heard about them releasing a new one, I was so excited. What a disappointment when I started playing it. Why you ask? I'm not sure if it was the awful camera angels that made it extremely hard to navigate (this coming from an expert platinum medal holder from SSX3), the UNstylish animation of doodle-artists that made it hard to read what was on the screen, the lack of amazingly cool MUSIC, or just the plain old reason of the courses sucking that made me not only not enjoy it but regret ever buying it to begin with.

The only reason this game is not getting a 'POOR' rating is b/c its sliding on SSX3's coattails. If you'd like me to go into more detail: when you start the game you get to design your own person (which is semi cool) and then you get to pick a course and have to do its objective to pass - basically like a tutorial, but there are LOTS of them. Finally when you get to the real courses (freestyle or racing) you're not trying so much to beat yourself like in SSX3, but to get your name ranked amoung the top 100. You watch as your name climbs the charts - and it gets boring real fast. There are no harder mountains to unlock or characters like in SSX3. I would not recommend this game for anyone who has played SSX3 no matter how much you want to like it. So if you're looking for a good snowboarding game for yourself or your kid, just pick up SSX3 - its better in every SINGLE WAY!