SSX

Fly you fools!

Date played: March 18th and 19th
Platform: PS3
Time played: 140 minutes
Session fun rating: 8/10

I played through the second and third mountain ranges in the story mode of SSX. This time, the focus was on wing suits and ice picks! The wing suits are fucking awesome and can be deployed at any time, creating some insane combos and tricks. The tracks themselves weren't super difficult but I did have to replay the last event two or three times to pass it without dying.

The ice picks are a bit different as they don't really do much outside of allowing for tighter turns on ice. The tracks were fun except for the final Survive It event that felt a lot more like a platformer than an SSX game. I had to learn the track by heart again to win it.

I also tried out a few Global Events, the online portion of the game. It's basically asynchronous multiplayer where people compete in set events with a time limit, ranging from a few hours to a few weeks. There is also a pretty steep entry fee. Then depending results, the player is put into a bracket for that event and will receive a payout based on their performance. I did about three or four events and managed bronze on all of them. I did hit silver with one run but it changed to bronze after other players made runs. I then moved on to try the Explore mode which seems to be the meat of the game. It's basically a single run event to get high scores. I like that.