1080 Snowboarding

... Well if there was any game that would stop me from doing this blog it would be this game. Let's have some background shall we? I am a gamer who rarely plays sports games. I know a gamer is one who should play all genres of games, but sports is one that I just can't get into. It takes button mashing skill that I do not possess. So I was not particularly excited to go into this game, nor am I excited for the baseball games. However, I gave this one a chance... and it did not impress any part of my imagination. What is wrong with the game you might ask? Well let me tell you!

Let's start with what I learned from 1080 Snowboarding. First, and most of all, women are terrible at snowboarding. Now don't get me wrong, I am not sexist, I chose the girl because I thought hey! maybe they made her great, because of the whole token woman character! NO! She is TERRIBLE, every lip she falls, every trick she falls, every turn she falls! I have friends who trip standing, but I didn't think I would encounter that in a game! I lost in contest mode because I lost time from falling over so many times. I went around a flag and fell. I jumped onto a ledge and fell off. I went over a jump AND FELL IN MID AIR! HOW!? GAH! She was so annoying!

Then there was the fact that the black character was slow. Why? Just why? When I would play as him he was so slow at turning corners that he would run into every wall. He was the only character that I lost because of acquiring too much damage. I knew snowboarding was dangerous to some degree, but not straight up death in a ranked match! What killed me? Landing straight on my snowboard. Don't you dare asked me how you are suppose to land on a snowboard because I will never be able to tell you.

So onto my next victim. The Asian male. The only thing about this guy that I can complain about? He just wasn't good enough. He fell over only a few times, he made the corners, but his speed just didn't match the computer players. His jumping capability was fantastic however. That dude could jump! Now he may look like a white male, but the dude's name is Kensuke...

You know what I love about Canadians? You find special things with them! It wasn't until I played as the Canadian character that I found the secret side area that was quicker and less deadly. Who knew I would find the safe way with the Canadian? I DID! This guy would also fall if things got too rowdy. I accidentally ran into the computer player and I seriously got beat up. He would not leave me alone after that. Oh, I also got stuck sideways and went forward into the wall for about thirty seconds as this character. So what's wrong? Nothing he just didn't stand out.

So the final man! MY MAIN MAN! THE STEREOTYPICAL WHITE MAN! He was THE best character I played. I fell the least amount of times. I made a jump and did a trick as him. I saw the computer player up till when they beat as him. This dude was rocking. Best control, and best speed. There is something about too much speed, and not enough speed. Just the right amount. The only thing that ruined my play with him? My freaking playability. It was playing as this fantastic character that I realized that I am just bad at this game.

So all in all, I couldn't stand this game. However, it seems that it's just me, because it's got a 9/10 all around the board. It might be that sports games are the bane of my gaming, but I could not played this game at all. I'm N64 guy, and I'll be talking to you all when I play my next exciting game on everyone's favorite console! The N64!