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As a single player experience, Amped 3 shows lots of humor, creativity and diverse gameplay. Gamers will easily lose three hours in a sitting, trying to unlock additional challenges and courses.
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Hardcore snowboarding fans will find it too easy while casual gamers will hate the forced style. The style and cutscenes I found refreshening [sic].
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Underneath the show there's still a snowboarding game that's fun to hang out with, but only in doses.
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For me, the biggest shortcoming of Amped 3 was the lack of any decent multiplayer gameplay. There's nothing happening with Xbox Live -- save for some cool, but basic score tracking -- and the offline multiplayer is limited to the rather disappointing co-op two-player sledding events.
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Snowboarding is buried in here somewhere but it's sandwiched between Mountain Dew 'tude', insane fratboy party visuals and some gameplay completely unrelated to snowboarding.
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Despite the fact that Amped 3 doesn’t have any multiplayer, or that the visuals aren’t exactly the best thing you will see on Xbox 360, it is still a very solid snowboarding game.
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The game's presentation seems just slightly above average at best, and the game lacks the kind of killer multiplayer where you can deem yourself ruler of the mountain.
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Could've just as easily been a current-gen title. Average graphics, annoying story and too-easy gameplay make for a ho-hum game.
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With no true multiplayer mode, online or offline, it's hard to suggest Amped 3 as anything more than a rental.
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Play MagazineDemands forgiveness for being over-the-top in its attempt to be wacky. [Jan 2006, p.46]
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A fun title that perhaps tries a little too hard not to take itself seriously; those who prefer their sports titles to have an inkling of sophistication will quickly find the game on its way back to the shop, however if you're just looking for fun then Amped 3 does the job.
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Edge MagazineIt’s an enormously likeable package, and one which sets perhaps a much more valuable next-gen agenda: one of games which place a higher emphasis on player enjoyment than they do their own ambitions. [Jan 2005, p.84]
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BoomtownAmped 3 brought lots of smiles to my face, but these were down to the wacky presentation rather than anything else.
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Perhaps that doesn’t sound like the most enthusiastic endorsement, but Amped 3 is one of those games that has so many peripheral pleasures that it must be looked at in terms of the whole package rather than the score gameplay (which is polished even if it’s easy).
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A highly competent – if not flawed – snowboarding game with a style comparable to no other.
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It's too bad Amped 3 plays so awkwardly, since there's really a huge amount of content here.
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But, overall, while the game has it’s unique features, and easy to pick-up gameplay, it may still only provide a very short term game experience with lack of multi-player and replay value.
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Simply put, the controls are awful.
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Amped 3 certainly isn't awful, and will keep you entertained for a long time if you can get past the hideous presentation and get used to its stop-starty nature, but the most recent SSX was enormous too, and treated the sorts of tasks that Amped considers its core as a second string to its traditional racing and tricking.
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Amped 3 provides all kinds of groovy style and content but wraps it in somewhat bland gameplay. Hopefully the next edition will try and hit the slopes a little harder, maybe even with friends.
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The completely over-the-top sense of style and the lack of obvious next generation attributes will work against the success of the game.
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360 Gamer Magazine UKThough technically difficult to fault in terms of playability, it lacks the next-gen "wow" factor. [Issue #2]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 41
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Mixed: 9 out of 41
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Negative: 6 out of 41
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AdrianV.Jan 4, 2007
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AdultGamerDec 19, 2005Amped 3 was naff when it was released on the xbox but now its £20 more exspencive and still naff.
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Aug 11, 2021The best Snowboard Game out there! Xbox 360 Exclusive and also today great Graphics!