The Pitwar Publication

Best Xbox \ 360 Game

I've not played all that many games on the X-Box 360 but did spend a lot of time on the original X-Box. My favourite game on this system was Amped 2.

Amped 2 is a snowboarding game much in the same vain of the Tony Hawkes skateboarding series but with a more realistic edge. Unlike the Tony Hawkes games, in Amped all the tricks and stunts you perform can be done in real life. This was much more of a snowboarding sim rather than the more arcade style of games like Cool Boarders and SSX Tricky.


I'll be honest with you, I was quite frankly rubbish at Amped 2 but this never stopped me enjoying the game. I could pull off the most basic of tricks and scrape through by just getting the scores required to progress to the next stage. Even due to this however, I loved every minute of time I put into Amped. It was addictive, looked stunning for the time and was easy to play for 10 minutes or several hours at a time.


Amped 3 was released on the X-Box 360 at it's launch and I've only played the demo. Unfortunately it appeared that the series has now gone the more arcade route and doesn't seem to have the appeal that set it apart from it's peers. It's a real shame as too often these extreme sports game go into the fantasy realm whereas I would much rather play sim style such as Amped 2.