​Really? Wow, either you really love snow games or you haven't played a lot of games this year...

Nope, I played most of the top games, this just feels better for me than most of the stuff I played. I havent finished DH2 or WD2 yet but this game has taken me away from playing others at the moment. It took me about 10 hours or so to really nail the systems but once I did its just so much fun. I just dont see it as being clunky at all, it's really smooth, the tricks work well (once you get them down) and the sense of speed on some of the later mountains is amazing.

Obviously though you just want to put me down and claim I must be crazy because I dont share your view on the game, so I dont really know why I am dignifying you with a response, but maybe you need to understand that one mans trash is another mans treasure.

Cheers - updated it to reflect the special edition

My GOTY, takes practice but so rewarding.

Nope, I played most of the top games, this just feels better for me than most of the stuff I played. I havent finished DH2 or WD2 yet but this game has taken me away from playing others at the moment. It took me about 10 hours or so to really nail the systems but once I did its just so much fun. I just dont see it as being clunky at all, it's really smooth, the tricks work well (once you get them down) and the sense of speed on some of the later mountains is amazing.

Obviously though you just want to put me down and claim I must be crazy because I dont share your view on the game, so I dont really know why I am dignifying you with a response, but maybe you need to understand that one mans trash is another mans treasure.

I didnt play the BETA so I cant say whether they improved it or not. To say it's clunky though suggests to me they did because it's the smoothest snowboarding game I've played. and as a Snowboard enthusiast I have played most of them.

​It's only because you called it GOTY, which is totally different to saying "I liked it". Most posts like that are usually hyperbole, when the opinion varies so wildly from the consensus.

Thanks for actually providing me with an answer, it obviously clicked for you!

Personally, I missed the beta and got burned on the crew so am going to wait to see if I can try it for free before I buy it.

​I would aim for a small bump to get some air to suddenly stop before the hill due to it reading the terrain wrong.

Clip a tree and you just stop, instead of bailing.

I doubt I'd buy the game the beta was lack lusting. From my short experience, I didn't see the game selling well (not to hate on it or anything, was just easily seen that this won't be everyone's cup of tea).

Great price, crap game

I havent seen either of those things happen personally, so maybe they fixed that from the Beta? I have hit a LOT of trees though, there is a challenge on one of the later mountains that has you steaming through a black black country forest in the fog.

I'm not saying those issues are gone, I just havent seen them. The main gripe I have is with the map, and seeing which events you have completed etc. I think they have another patch coming before Xmas, and then we get Alaska DLC for free after that as well. The future looks good for the game, I just hope poor sales dont mean they leave it to die.

I see why the game is a bit polarising though, I mean there are 4/10 reviews as well as there are 8/10 reviews. I relate more to the Eurogamer review, they posted theirs like a week after release and it shows they put plenty of time into it. Some of the others seemed to give up before it clicked. Maybe I'm biased because I love snowboarding in real life though.