SSX Demo Arrives on February 21st (360, PS3)

[murph17]

Todd Batty, confirmed with Merqurycity today, that the SSX demo will arrive on February 21st for both 360 and PS3.

Quote:

Today on the Ubercast, Todd Batty confirmed the demo release date. The dates are the following: PSN: 21st February, Tuesday, for North America 22nd February, Wednesday, for Europe XBL: 21st February, Tuesday, Worldwide Zoe is playable, and if you refer a friend you unlock Mac for the demo. There are four events, 2 tutorials - one is sky diving to teach air controls - and Ridernet is enabled too.

[Randiesel75]

Quote: Originally Posted by murph17

As exclusively revealed on the SSX Ubercast podcast... The Gravitude Bar • View topic - SSX Demo Date Announced, details emerge http://www.merqurycity.com/ssx_forum...hp?f=12&t=9731

Nice dude, I'm pretty pumped for this, especially the online features.

[goh]

And confirmed rental since I don't get to play the demo until the game is out since it appears the ME 3 thing is only for ME 3.

[Ermolli]

I'll give it a try since I liked the video, it looks fun.

[murph17]

Here's a in-depth video of online features.



I am totally psyched for RiderNet as well. I know some people were really bummed/pissed about no split-screen co-op and no real-time head to head racing (although you can kinda accomplish the same with a friends-only global event). But I think this way is so much better. Also mentioned - you can rage quit and restart events as much as you want, no penalty, doesn't effect other players this way, and only take 3-4 seconds to restart.

[LionsFanNJ]

Well thats weak. My wife and I can't play together on the same system? lame, might be the issue that not gets me the game.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by LionsFanNJ

Well thats weak. My wife and I can't play together on the same system? lame, might be the issue that not gets me the game.

I've been complaining about this since Day 1. For all of the things that SSX has done so well in the past and translated over to this game, they've completely eliminated split-screen offline play. Other brand name games, such as Twisted Metal and Call of Duty, decided to expand their split-screen play and allow you to play online as well. I just had a blast playing with my buddy online last night.

It's really a shame and makes me wonder why they did it. Look, I love online play as much as the next guy, but I don't want it to replace offline multiplayer. The fact that people now default the word "multiplayer" to mean online play already shows how much game companies don't care about split-screen play anymore.

[LionsFanNJ]

Exactly my beef. The whole reason i was going to buy SSX because my wife and I had so much fun doing 2 player races that we were anticipating doing the same this time around. With the only multiplayer aspect being the online aspect, it has no appeal to me anymore.

Well enjoy the game fellas. I'll find something else.