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Spellers
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TA Score for this game: 1,549
Posted on 09 May 12 at 08:35 |
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Amped 3 is one of the selection of games that came out as a release title for the 360, so far my experience with these games has been less than positive… Fortunately for me Indie Built seem to have broken this pattern with the Tony Hawkes-esque view on the world of snowboarding.
While this game does include several vehicles for you to perform a variety of tricks on the main and obvious focus is on snowboarding.
The controls for this game follow along very similar lines to the tried and tested methods of similar titles and are fairly easy to get to grips with, it does however need to be said that guiding your character is probably best described as loose. For the most part this doesn't detract for the game play as the slops you make your way down are littered with jumps and rails, however for some of the challenges (kitty cleanup for example) you often be left frustrated and feel like the wind outside has about as much say in where you go as your controller. Which brings me nicely on the challenges..
Despite the somewhat strange presentation these fall into a few fairly straightforward games to play, each offering challenges for different aspects of the game. These stay true to there name and while offering a challenge never feel impossible but are still hard enough to keep you going for hours.
The story to this game is.... er.. .. well best described as different or maybe abstract. The actual plot when broken down to it's bare bones is fairly standard stuff but the way it is implemented is something that could only ever be put out there by smaller 'Indie' company. In an almost knowing nod they feel free to mock big corporate gaming as the evil you must fight to protect snowboarding from.
This for me is where this game really sets itself apart, the cut scenes are almost always hilarious often leaving you bewildered about what you have just seen. Despite the imagery being something you might expect to see in a depiction of an LSD trip every cut scene left me both smiling and knowing what or where the next step would be.
Almost 7 years after it's release this game still feels like it has a lot to offer, it brings solid game play with a polished feel, a great albeit short storyline and most importantly it's the kind of off the wall fun that games seem to be missing these days. (just look at how GTA4 turned out).
Sadly Indie built was consumed by 2Kgames shortly after this game was released and later closed down (something you feel they knew was coming). So as much as I’d be eager to play it, don’t expect to see another amped title anytime soon.
For those after something completely different definitely give this a try. Worst case you'll come away laughing.
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