SSX series

[metrifyx]

Okay! Dudes! News time:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/ea-s...y-interview-with-todd-batty-1/236543233054533

SSX Gamescom Chaton Electronic Arts - live streaming video powered by Livestream

Yeah, most important things I got from these are that there's no split screen (boo, but what can you do?) and that there's

OUTFIT CUSTOMIZATION, MAJOR CHARACTER INTERACTION, and FULL VOICE ACTING.

 

[Zook]

there's no split screen

Damn. They pulled this with NFS Hot Pursuit as well.

 

[metrifyx]

Yeah, it's unfortunate. They said that they really wanted to have it in, but they couldn't do it because they'd have to render everything twice or something. Hold on, let me find it...

http://www.merqurycity.com/ssx_forum/viewtopic.php?p=260962#p260962

So I guess I'm not too upset about it because it's not like they didn't try, but it's still sad.

 

[Zook]

I completely understand that, that was Criterion's reasoning as well with Hot Pursuit. This generation of consoles was able to drastically improve the quality of the single player experience. Hopefully the next will be able add it to the local multiplayer scene as well.

 

[metrifyx]

Oh, it was? I agree, hopefully the next generation will cater a bit more to local multiplayer. It's unfortunate that even racing games these days can't be played with your friends, even if online is improving a lot.

 

[Bebop Blues]

OUTFIT CUSTOMIZATION, MAJOR CHARACTER INTERACTION, and FULL VOICE ACTING.

I completely understand that, that was Criterion's reasoning as well with Hot Pursuit. This generation of consoles was able to drastically improve the quality of the single player experience. Hopefully the next will be able add it to the local multiplayer scene as well.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. It's hard to find a good game to play with friends while hanging out at someone's house.

 

[metrifyx]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. It's hard to find a good game to play with friends while hanging out at someone's house.

Mm. I feel like Tricky did that really well. That was one of those games that was 500x more fun to play with a friend than alone.

 

[Bebop Blues]

That .gif is great hahaha

Oh yeah. I wonder if EA plans on doing HD remakes of the orignial SSX and of Tricky. Hopefully they'll have the local multiplayer still

 

[metrifyx]

lmao

That would be awesome. *o* It would be even more awesome if they used the new physics engine. A remake of 3 would be cool, too.

Or, it'd be cool if they recreated some of the old tracks for the new game and had them as DLC or something.

 

[Bebop Blues]

All of that sounds amazing. I'd even be happy if they released them on PSN and the Marketplace

 

[Bebop Blues]

Hey everyone, we
Ask your questions now!!!!!

 

[Zook]

Question asked. I'm curious as to whether they considered adding skis again. Obviously they are no where in sight but I really enjoyed them in On Tour.

 

[Bebop Blues]

The New SSX Has A Familiar Groove and Some Amazing New Tricks

 

[metrifyx]

Hey everyone, we
Ask your questions now!!!!!

My post was like, a paragraph. @_@

I'm curious as to what they'll say to all of us who asked about Kaori and Psymon redesigns. I feel like it's been the elephant in the room after Eddie sort of set the precedent and people have been pushing, and pushing, and pushing.

 

[Bebop Blues]

You'd think they would've fixed them by now. People have been complaining about their designs since they were show.

I'm interested in how they're going to handle the skiing. From what I've read on that post, it seems like the fans are split on it. It seems like half of the fans want skiing to return, while the other half doesn't.

 

[Zook]

If it doesn't take away from their effort working with the boards, I don't see why not, make it optional which one you use. It would be very cool if it has just been under wraps and they came out towards the end of this year and announced that skis are going to be included.

 

[Bebop Blues]

I couldn't care either way. You don't have to play with skiis so I don't understand why some people are so against. It's not like they're forcing it down out throats

 

[metrifyx]

There's definitely going to be no skis. Todd Batty said something somewhere about having to make twice the animations, therefore cutting the amount of animations in half. There were actually skis in the beginning of development, though. He did say that skis could be a DLC pack, or be included in the next game in the series, so that's the good news for people who like them.

Personally, I've never cared for skis, I've never felt that the SSX games should have skis, and if they're going to drag down the rest of the game I'm happy that they're not included. If they didn't take away from the rest of the game I would welcome them (so long as I had the option to never see then offline, ever, lmao) with open arms. Though a lot of people seem to like them, so I hope they do eventually create skis and offer them as DLC.

 

[Zook]

I would be more than happy to download them later as DLC. I certainly don't want their inclusion on day 1 to have a negative impact on the production of the rest of the game so this is good news in my mind if they are shelved to make the development of the game run smoother.

 

[metrifyx]

Yeah, and I think that it's a good solution for those people who are like, "NO SKIS EVER" because they won't be forced to put them in...I think.