SSX Tricky Review

8.0

Format Xbox

Developer EA Sports

Publisher EA Sports

Genre Sports

Slice through the white stuff

It's unlikely you bought an Xbox to play PS2's sloppy seconds, but when there are so few decent exclusive games coming out for your new machine, what better way to pass the time than with an accomplished port of an awesome game? Extreme tricks, arcade-intense racing and suitably annoying characters all await in this slick snowboarder.

BE THE UBER-BOARDER
Tricky's gimmick is the Uber Trick. As you perform tricks during a race you build up your Tricky bar at the right of the screen. When it reaches its maximum, you can then launch yourself into the air and execute a special combo to pull an Uber Trick for max points and a healthy speed boost.

It's an enormous game and works brilliantly, allowing you to earn points to customise your character and unlock all the courses. SSX Tricky makes the perfect companion to Xbox's other, far more serious, snowboarding game, Amped.

Lee Skittrell