We Ski Review
When I’ve not been playing Rock Band 2 the last couple weeks I’ve been goofing around in We Ski. We Ski is just what the title says, as skiing game for the Wii. I picked it up because it supports 4 players as well as the Wii Balance Board. The graphics are pretty much what you expect from a Wii game…nothing to fancy, but not bad.
The game is pretty simple. You make a character and then ski down the mountain. You can either just ski wherever you want and relax or do various events that are scattered around the slopes. The events fall into a few categories: racing moguls, slalom, or freestyle, find missing people, deliver food, do trick, and others. While I don’t mind doing some of the events what I really enjoy about We Ski is just relaxing and skiing down the slopes. Each slope gives you a rating for speed, turning, and other categories, but it is very unobtrusive. I find it really relaxing to just start at the top of the mountain and ski all the way to the bottom hitting whatever jumps I can find.
I tried playing both with and without the balance board. I found that for the most part I prefer to play without the balance board. The game is much easier to control without the balance board. This is mostly because when you use the balance board you still have to use the Wiimote and Nunchuk. So, you’re trying to control your skiing direction with the board, but do all your tricks with the wiimote/nunchuk. Don’t get me wrong the balance board is fun for a while, but for playing more than 5 minutes I did not use it.
Overall I like We Ski. It is like $30 and is pretty fun and relaxing.
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