Steep

 PlayStation 4
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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 303 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 146 out of 303
  2. Mixed: 84 out of 303
  3. Negative: 73 out of 303
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  1. squiddfist
    Apr 11, 2018
    4
    Steep is a mildly promising game that is completely crippled by the awful physics engine that accompanies it. More specifically, the “G Force Meter”. You can’t implement a system that is ridiculously precise that doesn’t work consistently at ALL. By doing this you are effectively punishing players at random for something that they cannot control. It is clear that the developers were tooSteep is a mildly promising game that is completely crippled by the awful physics engine that accompanies it. More specifically, the “G Force Meter”. You can’t implement a system that is ridiculously precise that doesn’t work consistently at ALL. By doing this you are effectively punishing players at random for something that they cannot control. It is clear that the developers were too lazy to it make it work properly and be consistent, and they couldn’t just remove it or the game wouldn’t make sense; so instead of coming up with a better solution they just left it how it was, a crippled mess. This is just one example of how the developers were clearly much more invested in making something quickly that would make a profit, rather than making something that is fun and will bring people joy. Another example of this is in how much of the content is locked behind DLC paywalls. There is such a laughably small amount of activities to do to begin with that it’s genuinely insulting that to play even a few more of them you are required to buy DLC. The DLC shouldn’t have been DLC, it should have been in the base game to begin with.



    This game does have a few positives, like how the graphics can be pretty at times, how there are a few courses here and there that are well made, and how the controls aren’t awfully difficult to learn. Other than that, Steep feels like a game made by a greedy company that very clearly only cares about profits. If it’s on sale for a very cheap price, then it can be a bit of fun for a few hours. Otherwise, don’t waste your money or time on this game...

    Being constantly punished by a video game for something that you have little to no control over and that constantly glitches and causes you to fail a good run (the “G Force Meter”) isn’t good for your sanity. Also the fact that you have to be connected to the internet to do challenges is utterly moronic. I can’t even play it for an hour or two to pass the time while I’m waiting for something to download because on PS4, it throttles your download speed to a halt if you are doing anything online.    … Expand
  2. SplitMind
    Nov 13, 2018
    3
    Overall I found this game to be inaccessible, dull and frustrating.

    I'm not sure if they went too far in the simulation aspect, but I prefer the older SSX games that emphasised fun, something this game sorely lacking. The controls are simply awful. Learning to play it was confusing, and the layout of the events and maps are even more confusing. There are also tons of    Overall I found this game to be inaccessible, dull and frustrating.

    I'm not sure if they went too far in the simulation aspect, but I prefer the older SSX games that emphasised fun, something this game sorely lacking. The controls are simply awful.

    Learning to play it was confusing, and the layout of the events and maps are even more confusing. There are also tons of microtransactions in there too, so I'll be trading this game back in again in the hope that a better snowboarding game comes along in future.    … Expand
  3. cordashio75
    Apr 25, 2017
    4
    This game has the right idea in mind for what next gen extreme sports games should be. However, it fails on almost every level to be what it is easily capable of being. I recommend this game when it's $20 because the excitement is gone after 2 hours.
  4. Scimajor
    Dec 18, 2016
    4
    Steep is a STUNNINGLY beautiful game with amazing game mechanics. It's amazing fun to batwing down the mountains barely skimming above the rocks swerving in and around obstacles. The play area, not including the coming DLC Alaska, is GIGANTIC and if you're into exploration and winter sports, Steep is a game that will endlessly entertain you.

    I must, however, give Steep poor marks. I    Steep is a STUNNINGLY beautiful game with amazing game mechanics. It's amazing fun to batwing down the mountains barely skimming above the rocks swerving in and around obstacles. The play area, not including the coming DLC Alaska, is GIGANTIC and if you're into exploration and winter sports, Steep is a game that will endlessly entertain you.

    I must, however, give Steep poor marks. I simply can't give a game that is multiplayer based anything above a 4 if the multiplayer aspect of the game is total garbage. Once again Ubi has failed in the implementation of multiplayer. Given over 40 hours of game play I can say categorically that it's nearly impossible to stay connected with more than 1 other friend online for more than about 10 minutes.

    Ubi's response to such disconnections is the predictable "open these ports" or "put your PS4 in the DMZ" or "check your NAT" or some such other useless advice. Ubi needs to look inward and find out why their games are the only AAA games that have truly horrible connection issues that never get fixed.    … Expand
  5. Jaytmek
    Mar 8, 2018
    0
    Steep is the worst game ever made. I can only assume that ubisoft has paid a huge amount of money for positive reviews, or that the people who left them are unwell.

    I'll nip the first argument for Steep's greatness in the bud from the start. "It's not bad a bad game with awful physics! It's REALISTIC!". I just raced a sumo wrestler down a mountain while he cast magic to raise totem    Steep is the worst game ever made. I can only assume that ubisoft has paid a huge amount of money for positive reviews, or that the people who left them are unwell.

    I'll nip the first argument for Steep's greatness in the bud from the start. "It's not bad a bad game with awful physics! It's REALISTIC!".

    I just raced a sumo wrestler down a mountain while he cast magic to raise totem poles. It is not a realistic game.

    It seems to use the same physics engine as Just Cause 3, so if you enjoy watching the rag doll kick in when you touch something while traveling at three nanometers per second then watching your guy roll for three and a half months until he finds his way back to his feet, you are in luck! If on the other hand you want a fun game, look elsewhere.

    The game is set on a large "open world" mountain, which is technically true, but a total lie in practice. Because its super realistic (its not) you are at the mercy of the slope of the mountain, which means you can only ever travel downwards. It is the GTA equivalent of an open world if GTA only allowed you to control a train.

    You'll have to hope that you don't hit an obstacle such as a log cabin while travelling in one direction in a bland world, because you will be stuck behind it until you open the map and restart. Again, the game is super realistic. That's why all log cabins in the alps have piles of bones on the slope side, left by the snowboarders who hit them and were unable to move to the left or the right so ended up in an endless state of trying both and getting no where until they died.

    One small mercy is that all trials can be accessed from the map but that does make travelling the open world utterly pointless. Not that I'm complaining since travelling the open world is about as much fun as frost bite.

    Another mercy is that trials can be restarted immediately, which is more a requirement than a feature as the physics engine means that the only way to beat a race is to make no physical contact with anything. This is especially frustrating when the game applies slightly less gravity to the player than the moon applied to Buzz Aldrin. Going over even the most minor of bumps causes you to fly like an Eagle even when the jump button isn't pressed. There is no way to prevent this, or to redirect so it's really down to luck where you land.

    The trick system requires you to select the direction of the spin after releasing the jump button, unlike every other game in the genre. I'd imagine it's because other games in the genre were designed my games designers, where as the folk at ubisoft put a big ol' inanimate snowman in charge of Steep. Even for the creation of an inanimate object though, Steep is a bad game.

    The dialogue is horrible, the graphics are average, the customisation options are pointless. The designers opted to draw the suggested route for each race in white, which is a colour well known for contrasting against white snow. The developers are just not good games developers, and if Steep is a result of their perception of snow sports then I doubt they've ever seen any actual snow sports.

    PLEASE do not fall for the positive reviews. They are a lie. This game is genuinely the worst game I have ever played in my 25 years of playing games. It is a bad joke and possibly just the result of Ubisoft seeing just how little effort they can put in to a game and still make money.

    I should point out that I got Steep for free, and I still wrote this review. That is how bad it is.    … Expand
  6. shlammer
    Feb 9, 2017
    0
    Disappointing. Buggy. Online and Single player modes feel like a terrible waste of time. Save your money, buy a ski-pass. Was looking forward to this, but it was a let down. I enjoy Mark McMorris snowboarding much more..
  7. fish61324
    Jan 2, 2019
    0
    Always online. Enough said. 0. blah blah blah, reviews have to be a certain length on here, i guess. There we go.
  8. Shloob
    May 25, 2017
    1
    Good looking game, but the fact that it requires an internet connection to play means you will be stuck with a game that doesn't work when they decide that they aren't going to host servers for it anymore. I tried to play offline and can't even get into a game. I want my money back! On top of that, first 15 minutes to install the game, then wait another hour for the 15 GB update toGood looking game, but the fact that it requires an internet connection to play means you will be stuck with a game that doesn't work when they decide that they aren't going to host servers for it anymore. I tried to play offline and can't even get into a game. I want my money back! On top of that, first 15 minutes to install the game, then wait another hour for the 15 GB update to download because the always on DRM internet connection requirement will not let you play without the latest update. Get a clue UBISOFT!… Expand
  9. Spike23
    Jan 6, 2019
    4
    Only Ubisoft can make a game with freely explorable open world mountains with snowboards, skis, and
    even wingsuits, where gameplay is just not fun at all, as well as they can make another open world game with cars, bikes, and even aiplanes, where exactly the same applies. Bravo.
  10. GameDudeUK
    Jan 7, 2017
    2
    This game is awful. Possibly the worst game of 2016. The map design is the worst i have ever seen in a game for absolute ages. This game is so bad i made a metacritic account to tell you how bad it is. Do not buy. THIS GAME HAS BEEN RUSHED AND THEREFOR POORLY MADE.
  11. Entertainer
    Jan 20, 2019
    0
    Always online, have to get a ubisoft account to even get past the f-in main menu? Yawn, no thanks.
  12. starbar97
    Mar 3, 2018
    2
    Сама игра не плохая.Хороший графон,не плохая физика.Но покупая игру за полную стоимость ты еще должен докупать доп контент за это только 2
  13. Dwideshrude1
    Feb 3, 2020
    0
    This is one of the most poorly executed games ever to be released in my memory. Why you would take the time to develop a game, then make sure to make it UNFUN in every way possible. Every feature of this game makes it worse to play than *decades* old snowboarding games. The physics are the WORST part though! Oh my god, it's as if someone who didnt know how to make a game was hired to doThis is one of the most poorly executed games ever to be released in my memory. Why you would take the time to develop a game, then make sure to make it UNFUN in every way possible. Every feature of this game makes it worse to play than *decades* old snowboarding games. The physics are the WORST part though! Oh my god, it's as if someone who didnt know how to make a game was hired to do the physics. There are very poorly designed challenges that require you to do things that the physics engine will maybe pull off 1/1000 times? Maybe? (Even given the same inputs by the user) For example, good luck grinding in any consistent way on rails for challenges that require this. It just isnt going to happen. Honestly, one of the worst playing ganes available on consoles and in general. About as enjoyable as walking on a bed of nails while eating a bowl of stale cornpops with diarrhea… Expand
  14. drlowdon
    Jan 19, 2019
    4
    Steep is an extreme sports title featuring various ways of going quickly down a mountain including snowboarding, skiing and winggliding.

    The games ‘selling point’ is that it features an open world to explore, the problem is it all looks exactly the same! As a result you’ll just end up opening the overview map and clicking the multitude of icons to start events. Things don’t get any    Steep is an extreme sports title featuring various ways of going quickly down a mountain including snowboarding, skiing and winggliding.

    The games ‘selling point’ is that it features an open world to explore, the problem is it all looks exactly the same! As a result you’ll just end up opening the overview map and clicking the multitude of icons to start events. Things don’t get any better from here as the gameplay itself isn’t even particularly exciting, hurtling down a mountain at breakneck speeds somehow feels totally mundane and can’t even be saved by the online multiplayer.

    Having also recently played Ghost Recon Wildlands it seems Ubisoft are more interested in creating large open worlds than actually finding something interesting to do in them...    … Expand
  15. Gerald
    Jan 13, 2019
    4
    I played the beta (free) and got it through PSN Plus subscription (7,99€ month).

    Extremely frustrating gameplay. Challenges are unforgiving and unfair. The game tries to be realistic but basically you are not controlling what happens at all. Also, scoring is bugged so you will very often not get the medal of the final score you got. It's like if you were trying to walk and, in every    I played the beta (free) and got it through PSN Plus subscription (7,99€ month).

    Extremely frustrating gameplay. Challenges are unforgiving and unfair. The game tries to be realistic but basically you are not controlling what happens at all. Also, scoring is bugged so you will very often not get the medal of the final score you got. It's like if you were trying to walk and, in every step you take, someone is pushing you back and slapping in your face. You will want to throw your PS4 through the window an to kick your TV and destroy it, and your neighbours will be asking themselves where those screams of agony and desperation come from

    Absolutely infuriating game mechanics for a mostly beautiful game, which makes it even more infuriating thinking on what could be done.

    DLC push in-game is also annoying. I already paid. Leave me alone.    … Expand
  16. superpyro296
    Mar 5, 2020
    4
    For me, this game was unplayable. I found the controls to be off and I didn't have the motivation to learn how to master them. I played 2 hours maximum and decided to quit this game.
  17. NeroProject
    Jan 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I expected SSX type of the game, but this is really really big crap of the game. Don’t waste tour time.… Expand
  18. IceCraigg
    Apr 2, 2019
    2
    baggy incomprehensible tedious game .. in the training itself they tell NEVER, that will help you play .. played 4 hours, it did not go
  19. DiogoMP
    Jan 17, 2020
    3
    This game is really bad. I got it for free on Epic Games Store, so, happily, I didn't pay anything for it. This game has lots of problems, and a major one is the lack of purpose and things to do. In the very beginning of it the game itself tells you that the only thing there to do is level up in races and stunt courses to unlock more of those, leading to a pointless and no rewarding grind.This game is really bad. I got it for free on Epic Games Store, so, happily, I didn't pay anything for it. This game has lots of problems, and a major one is the lack of purpose and things to do. In the very beginning of it the game itself tells you that the only thing there to do is level up in races and stunt courses to unlock more of those, leading to a pointless and no rewarding grind. But the gameplay isn't good either. The character gets stuck in stupid places all the time and it's really frustrating getting you out of them, and lots of times he just hits ramps and stuff that he wasn't supposed to hit. Plus, the movimentation of the character, which isn't exactly good, gets even worse when getting in these bugs so the game looks terrible in these moments, and that breaks a lot of the immersion, leading to a game that isn't fun, immersive, beautiful or have objectives.… Expand
  20. MrDubensky
    Apr 2, 2023
    2
    I am a graduate of Dominican University's Master of Library and Information Science Degree Program. I studied video games for 36 months. I worked with Amazon's Luna controller, Playstation IV and V, XBox One S and Series S, and Nintendo's Switch Lite.

    I purchased this game for the now ubiquitous $20 current market valuation of video games. My character didn't want to jump off a mountain    I am a graduate of Dominican University's Master of Library and Information Science Degree Program. I studied video games for 36 months. I worked with Amazon's Luna controller, Playstation IV and V, XBox One S and Series S, and Nintendo's Switch Lite.

    I purchased this game for the now ubiquitous $20 current market valuation of video games. My character didn't want to jump off a mountain thereby ending the game before it begun. Little did I know that there were three add ONS from $6-$15 which might produce ANY gameplay. Unfortunately, paying for Add Ons does not necessarily correspond with game play. In Olli Olli World buying add on content resulted in signs on the map. That trick was also used with Assassin's Creed Origins. Buying three add ONS for Assassin's Creed Unity didn't result in any additional content. And...show time. "Connecting to Steep Server, please wait..."

    "Connection error. Connection to the server has been lost. You have been returned to the main menu." Does that mean I should gone to Popeye's to buy $6 worth of fried chicken?

    So, I am going to have to press a bunch of buttons. It is 11:54 pm. And...show time... "Steep Rocket Wings DLC Installed."

    "Master epic new challenges as you race through the skies and valleys at breakneck speeds in every daredevil's favorite sport, Rocket Wings "

    Remember kids if you buy Hogwarts Legacy you might not get what you paid for. But more importantly buying a game like Hogwart's Legacy for a steep price allows you the opportunity to write a review for your student newspaper and for that steep of a price to submit a story to your literary arts magazine too.

    And, it's now 12:19 and I got 66 points for purchasing the Add On content as a notification from Playstation 5 on my cell phone that you did indeed get 66 points for spending $6. No, I have not had a chance to play this game yet.    … Expand
  21. d4ntes
    Aug 20, 2023
    4
    On paper, it looks promising. Big map, freedom, customiazion and fun gameplay with a lot of possibilites. Sure, at first it's fun to race, to slide, do some tricks, check the area and find some secrets. But it gets dull and unsatysfying pretty quick. Social aspect seems the core of everything in this game, and maybe with some friends there is more fun to be had, but overall for me it's aOn paper, it looks promising. Big map, freedom, customiazion and fun gameplay with a lot of possibilites. Sure, at first it's fun to race, to slide, do some tricks, check the area and find some secrets. But it gets dull and unsatysfying pretty quick. Social aspect seems the core of everything in this game, and maybe with some friends there is more fun to be had, but overall for me it's a wasted potential.… Expand

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#50 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2016
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#25 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2016

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Metascore
71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 62
  3. Negative: 1 out of 62
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Feb 19, 2017
    60
    Individual elements can delight and there's potential for greatness, but Steep suffers from not being able to make them work together. It's worth playing at least once just for the new effects, mind. [Feb 2017, p.94]
  2. Edge Magazine
    Feb 15, 2017
    70
    It turns out the mountain really does have something to say, but it's only when the noise is gone that its message can really be heard. [Feb 2017, p.116]
  3. CD-Action
    Feb 13, 2017
    75
    It does show that Steep is a game born of passion in a studio located at the feet of Alps, so it is easier to turn a blind eye to some of its flaws, like faulty collision detection. It’s not a perfect game, it will not have a following as strong as SSX 3 did, but if you’re looking for a game that will let you hit the slopes, there’s a chance you’ll be returning to Steep often. [02/2017, p.50]
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