Stoked Impressions
Since I enjoyed Shaun White Snowboarding for a while I decided to rent Stoked as well. Unfortunately, the controls are terrible. I almost quit playing before the end of the tutorial because of how poorly the controls are setup, and they are not at all customizable. Whereas Shaun White Snowboarding has controls similar to Tony Hawk games it initially seems like Stoked has controls like Skate/Skate II. However, that is not the case. The controls to ollie are like Skate where you use the thumb stick, but then you control the tricks by hitting triggers and moving the thumb stick in a direction. Since I rented it I made myself finish the tutorial and play the actual game for about an hour. The layout is pretty much like Shaun White in that there are events you can ride up to and compete in or you can just ignore them and ride the mountains. It is really disapointing how bad the controls are because the game physincs and graphics were pretty decent. Maybe it is just me, but I can’t recommend even renting Stoked based on how much I hated the controls.
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