SSX On Tour

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Mild violence

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AOEUX4
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 0.5 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 24, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,103 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #49 in Video Games > Sony PSP > Sports

Product Description

Platform: Sony PSP

SSX On Tour lets you get on the pro snowbaording circuit, for the chance to turn your wannabe into a mountain rockstar. Create a rider or skier and build a career as you progress, earning medals & tearing up a massive new mountain. Just make sure you look good doing it, because your reputation is always on the line: Pull off jawdropping monster tricks to out-style your competition while you hurtle down the slopes. You create the hype -- the hype creates a legend.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Addition to The SSX Series, June 28, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SSX On Tour (Video Game)

To make this review easier to read, I have divided it into four sections all focusing directly on that subject.

STORYLINE/OBJECTIVE:

In SSX On Tour, the object of the game is to become a SSX Legend. You achieve this by creating a character, then going through Slope Style, Racing, and Big Air events. After you complete a certian number of objectives, you will unlock the SSX Legend tournament, in which you will compete in a variety of challenges. Along the way, you will find unlockables including new challenges, characters, boards, skis, and gear.

PROS:

Unlike the other SSX titles, this addition allows you to ride on skis or a board, adding a whole new perspective to SSX. SSX On Tour brings a whole new line of tricks to master and bust out at your opponents. A new event titled Shred Event puts you against a character in a direct Slope Style or Racing challenge. The numerous unlockables give the game a new edge.

CONS:

The controls for this game are tricky to master. It took me almost three days to master the BASIC controls (Not good for children under the age of eight). Junky hand-drawn images pop at you every time you scelect something on the main menu.Also, every time you return to the menu from an event, it will as you to save, which gats REALLY REALLY annoying. For some odd reason, you are not allowed to costomize anyone but yourself. The Specialty Tricks, or as the game calls them, "On Tour Tricks", are extremly hard to perform on skis. Some challenges are EXTREMLEY hard. It took me days to beat some of them. Some opponents are just too good to beat (Referring to Stat totals) Extreme button mashing is necessary, especially on Slope Style events. My thumbs started to burn after 20 minutes of Slope Style.

OVERALL REVIEW:

I think this game is really great but I do not reccomend it to gamers who get frusturated easily or are in the age range of 8-13.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars be careful if you're a console SSX fan, October 16, 2005

By 

Miguel Sanchez (Burlingame, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SSX On Tour (Video Game)

Be careful if you're big fan of the SSX versions on the console as this title didn't port too well to the PSP. I thought that given the PSP's 3D graphics the game would come pretty close to the console version. Also, I've seen other franchises (Tony Hawk) do very well. But something went wrong in the PSP conversion process. They got the 3D graphics effect of sliding down the hills to look pretty nice, but they left out several seemingly minor details that add up to a lot in the loss of experience

- there's very minimal customization of the characters

- no extra effects while going down hill (fireworks, particles, etc) and some of the runs look a bit empty as you slide down

- NO VOICES AT ALL - the music and sound effects are ok, but you don't have an announcer telling you things nor do you hear other characters. This might seem minor, but not having it made me realize how much part of the SSX experience this was

- no opening movie, cut scenes, nothing

AND WARNING - I have not played the Console Version of SSX ON TOUR, but I've heard some comments from people saying that these are TWO different games. That is, the courses are different and such. I bought this thinking it was a smaller version of the console version but it might be much less than that.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good game, June 14, 2006

By 

M. Gradskaya "PSP Geek" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SSX On Tour (Video Game)

It's a fun game to play

I woke up on my birthday, got a psp in hand and this game

Charged up my psp

Popped in the game and wow

D*mn good graphics. Love it.

The soundtrack isnt that great though, but that's my choice of music. Its very light alternative rock and some punk.

Not too many slopes to choose from, a downside

Also the slopes are a bit short for me, another downside.

Gameplay: Pretty fun, easy to maneuver, took forever to unlock certain slopes. 4.5/5

Graphics: as i said, d*mn good. 5/5

Sound: Its fun to listen to grunts when your character falls down. The soundtrack, i dont like it.. 4.5/5

Overall: 4.75/5

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