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Head into the backcountry and experience Stoked, the open-world snowboarding game that lets you choose where, when and in what conditions you want to ride as you work your way up the ranks of the sports to become the hottest rider in the world! Every single inch of five huge mountains can be explored, complete with dynamic weather conditions that change how and where you can ride. Set a trend with Style Crafting as other riders on the mountain adapt to mimic how you ride and how you dress.

User Reviews about Stoked

Stoked was the first snowboard game that I purchased for the xbox 360. Since then I have purchased several others. It has the best control layout of any of the games (similar to Skate, you use the analog for the most part) it is very fluid and certainly makes it possible to string out some excellent combos/tricks. Having said that it is one of the few bright spots in the game. My main disappointment was that (at least IMO) it is not very fun overall. It takes forever to unlock anything, and there is very little story wise to keep things interesting. The graphics are ok at best, the snow effects are good but the mountains/levels seem rather repetitive at times. Although it is a snowboarding game, sometimes it helps to have different challenges or mini-games to break up the monotomy. Stoked has none of these. Even the choices you have for equipment at the beginning of the game are very boring and limited. Also you never see skiers or boarders unless you are near a challenge and even then they are little more than stick figures that wave at you. The soundtrack is good (I especially enjoy the opening music) but some of the songs are bizarre at times. All in all it has the best actual snowboarding mechanics of any game I've played, but as a game itself it really doesn't have much to make me want to play it repeatedly, unlike Amped 3 which is a great game in and of itself. In summary:

Pros: Controls/mechanics
Nice Day/Night and weather effects
A large variety of tricks/grabs
Interesting soundtrack
Somewhat realistic gameplay

Cons: Uninspired graphics
Repetitive gameplay
Poor unlockables
Bland story


-- Good mechanics but just not fun for long

If you have played the Skate series (Skate 2) and were looking for a similar game about snowboarding, you might have checked out Shawn White's game, but Stoked is truly the Skate of snowboarding... sort of.

The controls are very, very similar to Skate, you manipulate the sticks and hold down buttons to do grabs, spins, flips and grinds. The controls feel very nice, and they are easy to learn, but hard to master.

The campaign flies you to a mountain where you can roam freely and complete challenges, most of the time these want you to do a series of tricks, or just score a certain amount of points off a certain jump. You get points from completing challenges, that will allow you to unlock different mountains. The campaign starts off pretty slowly, but eventually you will get sponsored, where you can do some more exciting competitions and photo-shoots.

You can get gear through your sponsors, and fully customize yourself. The customization is not as good as Skate's, its a bit more basic, but it still allows you to customize your look.

The graphics are nice, the mountains are fully rendered, the snow looks great. The character animations look good most of the time, but they can look a bit stiff at times. It really captures what it is like to be riding in the backcountry of a large mountain, its truly spectacular.

The sound is very good too, the sound of snow crunching under the board, wind, the sound of you falling right into a tree, it all sounds great. The music is even better, there is a wide variety of music, and you can switch songs very easily using the D-pad.

The multiplayer is pretty good, but because of how large the mountains are, you can still feel pretty isolated even with 6 other people. Its fun just riding around, or you can suggest games for your group to do, these are pretty fun, ranging from getting points, to races, to a game called "the snow is lava" where you try not to touch the ground.

After you finish the campaign, you probably won't want to try it again, it does offer quite a bit of gameplay though. The nice graphics and gameplay make it seem pretty polished, but it can be pretty slow at times, not as fast-paced as Skate or similar games. A fun game, great for snowboarders and non-snowboarders alike. -- The "Skate" of snowboarding, for the most part.

I absolutely love this game. The best part is style vs. huckster which really adds to the replay value. If you are a fan of SB games, thhen you owe it to yourself to get this game.

Also, I simply cannot wait for the Big Air Edition. Count me in for that, too! -- Great Snowboarding Game

5/5 - Ive never played a Perfect Snowboarding game... But this definitely is the best one I've played in this Genre. Pushing the boundaries of realism and maintaining great playability, has earned this title a 5/5 in my book.

THE CONTROLS work great. They can be adjusted based on if you like nice tight carving or slow steady shreading. Some people have had problems, but don't notice that how it handles is dependent on the setup of your snowboard and the angles you can adjust on the bindings. This gives your character a different stance and weight distribution and effects overall handling

THE GRAPHICS are top notch, watching the sunrise from a shrine on top of Mt. Fuji is quite spectacular.

THE WEATHER SYSTEM adds a whole new level of depth to the Genre. You check the new snowfall on the mountains and see if it's still snowing or if it's gonna be a nice sun shining day on the mountain. Having the snow level rise and fall based on this make the runs somewhat unexpected each day... That rock you plastered yourself on a week back... might be under 2 feet of snow now and you will be zipping right over it wondering where the heck it was!

THE CHALLENGES can get a bit repetitive, but it also isn't exactly the same each time, there are 3 different types of challenges in the game. Bust out certain named tricks off of a specific mountain Feature, Do certain type of tricks (ie: grab, spin, flip) of a specific feature, Land a chain of tricks off specific mountain features; but each one is a new run and style for the most part.
Photoshoots, sponsor challenges, and Pro rides, are definately something that breaks that repetition though.

Overall this is a Stellar Snowboarding title worthy of much more praise then it has been given.
If you enjoy a nice realistic snowboard title, do yourself a favor and pick this one up... and being launched at $29.99... you can't go wrong! -- Stoked - More then just the title!