As you all know, Shaun White is a real person who is famous for being a multi awarded snowboarding champion. But in the Shaun White Snowboarding, that can be played through the Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, PC, Nintendo DS and PS3 it depicts a total opposite on what real snowboarding is all about. It is way too fancy that gives players total freedom on how to create their own snowboarding experience as well as allow them to choose whom they want to ride with.
Gameplay – 7.5
The game allows you to play around four huge mountains to feely explore. In there, you can do whatever you want with unlimited time, as well as create exhibition and tricky scenes, which can make the game really entertaining. The players’ role is seemingly like the errand person of Shaun White where you will be ask to create your desired character at the beginning.
The game is coupled with simple controls allowing you to easily spin and grab the boards with ease. But how the output responds is a bit slow such as the nonexistent speedy effect, which was evident when flying down the slope at top speed (still seems really slow).
Graphics and Visuals – 6.5
The graphical and visual effects speaking of the locations at Alaska, Japan, Europe and Park City seems to be realistic but how the visuals are projected seems to be inadequate most especially when you are jumping high from above, the motion seems to still and slow.
Multiplayer – 8.0
The multiplayer aspect is the edge of the game as it allows a bunch of 16 snowboarders to take on to the mountain at one single time. And still, they would be able to explore freely in the open world. Several events are scattered around the slopes for players to compete on and much more adding spice to the game is the ability for players to toss snowballs with each other. Although it might seem chaotic and non-sense it adds a little joy to the game.
Overall – 7.0
Shaun White Snowboarding might not be the perfect game for someone looking realism. But definitely a good fit for the people looking for fancy games. Although way far than the real game, it is a bit fun tricking around exploring how to fly from the slopes.
on Nov 20th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
The image looks that this is really a well graphically represented game. Very realistic indeed, but how the game responds to control is the downside of it.
on Dec 10th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I agree with Eric on this. This game definitely appears to have some pluses and minuses, but I think it have enough pluses to be worth the purchase.
on Nov 9th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I loved the graphics. Very realistic but, response time was slightly slow.