EA reveals some dark, dangerous details on SSX: Deadly Descents

@Colin "Sounds great"?

SSX meets Black Ops sounds great to you? Have you ever payed Tricky!?

There's no way we'll get fun music or extreme ubers in this world. There's a lot of outrage on forums about this reveal and I'm with it. Make this game if you want but as a spinoff or new IP. SSX means something to gamers and we've been waiting long enough to get slapped in the face with "Only macho games sell sorry lol."

So disappointed.

@JONNNathannn SSX3 was better than tricky anyway, and i played tricky to death.

@JONNNathannn

EA is bringing all their sports titles into the modern age it seems. I'm ok with it, so should you be. We don't want our sports games all turning out like Tony Hawk now do we?

@JONNNathannn ya know... its still going to be an ssx game. its just given a dose of realism. i really dont believe this will stray far from past installments. its funny how people will outrage over the silliest things.

@Anticrawl
I'd be okay if they reverted back to how they did things with THPS2/3/4.

@JONNNathannn

I didn't say great, I said it sounds neat. I was apprehensive about it, but I'm not outright disappointed. As long as it still has the SSX wackiness I 'm sure it'll be great. At least they're innovating and trying new things. I'd rather that then buying the same old game repeatedly.

And yeah, I understand it isn't Tricky. I have Tricky. I still play Tricky. I'd rather a great new game then a rehash.

@JONNNathannn Disappointed, indeed. I want another Tricky or SSX3. Why does everything have to have a realism to it?

@OmgUmad

Have you ever snowboarded in your life?

Dark Descent isn't realistic.

@Colin

Seems to follow the formula of a reboot: Just make it "darker".

I more concerned with the controls. Hopefully they don't EA Sport it with putting everything on the right stick.

@JONNNathannn in my opinion, SSX 3 and Tricky were the BEST GAMES EVER MADE. I was looking forward to this game, but now I think I've changed my mind and I fully agree with you.

We'll have to wait and see if this game actually convinces me, but EA definitely disappointed in this one.

@Colin

Horrible terrible awful. This is not SSX.

Visit the official EA SSX Facebook page and tell them what you think: http://www.facebook.com/easportsssx

@Kingap

The tricking was better in SSX3. The levels were not.

@Alexisonfire
What are you talking about? I totally heli-drop into death zones all the time. Anything under 20K is just so "bunny slope".

@Colin Tricky was better than SSX3, IMHO.

I loved both for different reasons. Tricky was more frenetic and SSX3 was more chill.

@JONNNathannn so wait.....theres an unlockable mode where you get to play as richard nixon and kill zombies in the pentegon........ while snowboard?

@AudioAce This is the only thing that could possibly make up for grimdark SSX.

@JONNNathannn

I feel your pain, they have turned our beloved SSX into a COD clone with boards.

Pathetic.

SSX is about physics-defying tricks. SSX is about spending more time on rails than on snow. SSX is about snowboarding in Hawaii, Tokyo, and through the middle of cities.

This new game is trying too hard to be serious and phony-mature. They are throwing away all the kinds of people who enjoyed SSX. And for what, to try to get Call of Duty fans into a snowboarding game? Why?

@MyAbsolution
How many people would admit to watching the VGAs to have seen the reveal?

@MyAbsolution That and Rachel Bilson's Office line were cringe worthy.

@MyAbsolution I had to turn the TV off and walk away..

@MyAbsolution

*insert the last testimonies of 573 people who committed suicide last night because of just how bad the VGAs were*

@MyAbsolution I was sitting here wondering what kind of features they were going to put in. Maybe something like a dating / friendship sim that earns you new moves or some sweet new customizations. Maybe like a lodge with NPCs who challenge you to events or that you can swap items with.

Instead I get: "You don't go fast enough, you die from lack of oxygen."

I didn't think it was possible to completely destroy my love of SSX in one sentence but you proved me wrong EA. *clap,clap*

@Miami Prodigy

huh? i liked MoH. the campaign had a lot of cool set-pieces.

@maveric101 you and like only another 500 people. JK i kid teh EA

@grizzly311
How can it possibly be considered a return when it's a return IN NAME ONLY? Because it just happens to be a snowboarding game?

I mean seriously. They should just make a new game. God forbid a company does that nowadays. No, they'd rather just whore out their old skanks first. Newsflash devs/pubs the more whores you hire the more you can pimp out. So stop messing with perfectly fine series' that don't need a reboot. Reboots seldom work out in the grand scheme of things.

Who the hell knows, you just might be able to create a new series to milk to death. Why dick around with a perfectly fine one?

I swear these companies are run by total goober idiots.

@Padilla7921

I had so much fun with Amped when it first came out for Xbox. Hell while were at it I miss 1080 Snowboarding. God I so many fun times with that game.

@Padilla7921
Wait a minute--someone wants a video game to be FUN?!
BLASPHEMY. >_>

@SheppyReturns
The video game industry IS trying to be more like the movie industry, for better or for worse.

I'll give EA the benefit of the doubt, as it does sound like an interesting concept... Perhaps it isn't what you'd expect from the "SSX" name, but is it so bad for a franchise to try new things?

I mean, take Mario for example. He's done freaking everything. While some are more loved (Mario Kart) than others (Mario Party), Nintendo hasn't stopped trying new things with Mario, while still doing the "traditional" Mario game (New SMB, SMG, etc.).

Or maybe Resident Evil? Sure, there was a bit of fuss caused by the series' shift to a more action-oriented game (RE4/5) that strayed from its survival roots, but it was still a great game (well, RE4, at least; it was one of the best games for GCN/PS2/Wii).

Or, hey, Megaman. While you got your traditional platformers (classic/X/Zero/ZX), there's the adventure-focused Legends (which a lot of fans have clamored for a sequel for years), or the action-RPG Battle Network/StarForce (which... has very mixed reception).

Ultimately, yes, any of these "different games" could have been done as a new franchise, with the same gameplay (recall that the original attempt to develop RE4 became DMC), but publishers/developers do like to try new things with an existing brand. Perhaps as an experiment, but more likely for the sake to garner more sales from a known, tested brand, than an unknown one.

@SheppyReturns i think you shouldn't make an opinion so soon. People are whineing about a trailer with no gameplay whatsoever.

@ADang

I'm sure they'll release an arcade version of the less substantial oldschool SSX.

@ADang

A complete cancellation of a horrible game concept in favour of a more traditional, well recieved one is a little different than reverting back to a bland character design over one that was just slightly less so.

@ADang i'm sorry dude but i'd call that a ubisoft (Splinter Cell Conviction anyone?)

@DBuckEye Sherpa mini-game. It'll be Kinect-enabled. You'll have to strap on 200 pounds of equipment and walk up and down your steps.