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An avid movie collector reviews movies, games, and TV shows for the common man, among other things. Spoiler Free
Thursday, July 08, 2004
SSX3 for PS2
Julie found a cheap copy of SSX3 at a pawn shop so we checked it out this last weekend. Its really good yet at the same time a whole different experience from SSX Tricky. I like it better in some ways and then really miss Tricky at the same time. Its similar to the transfer of Tony Hawk 3's perfection to Tony Hawk 4 which was awful in comparison. The levels are no longer seperated into long elaborate races to be beaten several different ways, but now it is an entire mountain with several peaks and various levels on each peak. The exploration of the mountain takes eons and you will probably never see it all, and character development is rather exhausting so that you will probably only get to use 1 player in the game before you shelf the game, compared to the multiplayered glory that was Tricky. I guess when I chop it all up I enjoyed Tricky more, but SSX3 is only bad in comparison to its previous title. When standing on its own it is a deep and exciting game that will entertain for hours upon hours. The graphics are improved but only slightly, and the soundtrack is just as good, with only the noticable loss of Rahzel. Its purchaseworthy, but rent it first, you might not like the taste the same after Tricky.
Two Brothers
Julie is an animal lover, especially Tigers and the more exotic safari type creatures. It is because of this love that I found myself purchasing tickets (and Goobers which are delicious) for Two Brothers instead of Spiderman 2. Plus Phil and Becky came with us and they had seen Spidey. Two Brothers is a rather simplistic movie that is carried by the assumption that the audience will be happy just watching Tigers exist instead of creating a compelling story and the like. For example the story begins with "Two Tigers play with a ball" and then "the tigers get split up", and then "A tiger plays with a butterfly" and then "the Tigers move locations" and "The Tiger plays with a tail." Etc. Guy Pierce is on hand as the best element to the movie, but you can tell that a good portion of his acting is spontaneously reacting to the erratic Tigers instead of a prewritten script. The Tigers are very impressive, and I credit the animal trainers for getting them to do the many stunts involved with the movie. But don't watch this movie unless you really just want to see Tigers on the Big Screen. Otherwise you will be disappionted. I had Goobers and Julie was happy, so I was OK.
Julie found a cheap copy of SSX3 at a pawn shop so we checked it out this last weekend. Its really good yet at the same time a whole different experience from SSX Tricky. I like it better in some ways and then really miss Tricky at the same time. Its similar to the transfer of Tony Hawk 3's perfection to Tony Hawk 4 which was awful in comparison. The levels are no longer seperated into long elaborate races to be beaten several different ways, but now it is an entire mountain with several peaks and various levels on each peak. The exploration of the mountain takes eons and you will probably never see it all, and character development is rather exhausting so that you will probably only get to use 1 player in the game before you shelf the game, compared to the multiplayered glory that was Tricky. I guess when I chop it all up I enjoyed Tricky more, but SSX3 is only bad in comparison to its previous title. When standing on its own it is a deep and exciting game that will entertain for hours upon hours. The graphics are improved but only slightly, and the soundtrack is just as good, with only the noticable loss of Rahzel. Its purchaseworthy, but rent it first, you might not like the taste the same after Tricky.
Two Brothers
Julie is an animal lover, especially Tigers and the more exotic safari type creatures. It is because of this love that I found myself purchasing tickets (and Goobers which are delicious) for Two Brothers instead of Spiderman 2. Plus Phil and Becky came with us and they had seen Spidey. Two Brothers is a rather simplistic movie that is carried by the assumption that the audience will be happy just watching Tigers exist instead of creating a compelling story and the like. For example the story begins with "Two Tigers play with a ball" and then "the tigers get split up", and then "A tiger plays with a butterfly" and then "the Tigers move locations" and "The Tiger plays with a tail." Etc. Guy Pierce is on hand as the best element to the movie, but you can tell that a good portion of his acting is spontaneously reacting to the erratic Tigers instead of a prewritten script. The Tigers are very impressive, and I credit the animal trainers for getting them to do the many stunts involved with the movie. But don't watch this movie unless you really just want to see Tigers on the Big Screen. Otherwise you will be disappionted. I had Goobers and Julie was happy, so I was OK.
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