CruchyPickle... if you worked for them, then thank you deeply for the amped series. Amped 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. This comming from a snowboarder of 16 yrs... started with an old *** burton flat tail that weighed more than i did at the time. lib tech rider now baby... magne traction ROCKS!

While i did dig amped 3 for a while, i found it a bit to gimmicky for my taste. that is not to say it is bad, i LOVE all of the work you guys put into cut scenes and videos and what not. it just seemed that this was a step in the direction of the pick up and go style of SSX, which i have never really enjoyed that much, though at least you did not have people doing 360 flips with their deck in A3, thank god. I hope they make another semi-realistic boarding game like A2, the mechanics and controlls in that were almost flawless. this is a genre of games that has been overlooked. sad to hear that the studio is gone... had a TON of potential. sick of the over the top style they have to do nowadays. let's all have a moment of silence for the loss...

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lets hope this game by shaun white and ubisoft will have something similar to a style system at all.

that is what made amped 2 such a great game in my opinion. singlehandedly

 you just cant beat doing a perfect, extremely slow180 noseslide down a 200 foot rail

you cant even style on rails in amped 3

hitting rails real clean in real life is what snowboarding is all about, the perfect amount of rotation, etc.. amped 2 captured that and amped 3 lost it

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Matt2k6: Believe it, because it is true.  To a certain degree that is.  We didn't have the *exact* same people on it.  People come and people go.  For instance, I never worked on Amped 1 or 2.  I was on Links 2004 at the time.  There were a lot of the same people though.

Oh I think I believe it, but I also think you guys tried to pull an EA replicate off to end in disaster. I know exactly why they did the game like they did--BROADER audience, but I think you guys completely forgot Amped is not for everyone. But those that were drawn in appreciated the 'freedom of control' that maded it very unique sports game.  Oh well that is the past, but please I must not forget to thank you and the team for bumbbling on "what to do next" to be CRUNCHED for 360 release!! Absouletly BRILIANT!!

 It does not take a the sharpest of eye to see the results of your crunch developed Amped 3. I said it when the game came out and knew TOO MUCH TIME WAS WASTED AS A RESULT! That multiplayer mtn sounded like a dream, people competing against each other. Somehow you should have made that idea work, it would have brought in a much much broader variety of gamers. I guess you guys thought multiplayer wasn't a major priority. Heck it should been like marriage and a no brainer. Snowboaring without other players is NOT snowboarding!!! DO you even realize that NO MULTIPLAYER of any type online-offline was SUICIDE for the franchise to begin with!!!

The fact that Amped 3 is so different from Amped 2 was a conscious decision on our part.  While Amped 2 was fun, we felt it was too demanding for more casual gamers.

Well that where you went WRONG and I don't, yes repeat I don't snowboard, BUT I used to be a very hard core surfer in my teens. Uhhh where did you ever get the idea that sk8ting, snowboarding, surfing or for that any exterme sport shouldn't be demanding to learn!?! IT should be no different in a game that is a virtual experince that you LEARN over time. Amped 1 was perfect in the sense that you could NOT learn it all in 1 week or even 1 month. Months of practice and progression finally to show you how to really play the game. I m sorry to tell ya but it was flawed logic to make a 'casual' snowboarding game. None of these sports are casual, ethier learn it slowly over time or dont bother at all.

 Since you only had the casual gamer as your target you basically RUIN a control scheme for peeps that don't like to bash thier thumbs til they blister on TH game came to Amped for. CONTROLS were everything for Amped and you guys KILLED and TRASHED some of the best designed controls for the genre and that what made Amped the game it was. I consider the game MOSTLY trashed in the 3, so rushed and mixed up *** backwards that TRULY is INSULTING

Here's to HOPING (fingers crossed) 2k find a dev to give the franchise retubution for the trashy job you guys did!!!

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Matt2k6, there is more control on the rails in Amped 3 then on Amped 2, in amped 3 you can spin around at any pace and do any number of various grinds. It's not button mashing if you know what the buttons do. In reality every game is button mashing. Kittens do NOT fly, ok ?

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show me a video of you doing a 180 noseslide starting at the first of the rail and ending at the bottom of it and then i will believe you

oh wait, you cant

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you cant do that in amped 2 either.

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yeah thats like a basic trick. a styled 180 nosegrind

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i guess you could do it on a smaller rail in amped 2

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you dont even know what youre arguing about

you just love amped 3 cuz its like ssx and tony hawk had an inbred kid and this is what came out

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To say this short from me. I liked Amped 1 and 2 because they were great realistic snowboarding games, I have never snowboard but skiied once and I loved it. But thats not why did like it, its still a great game. And I hated SSX because it was to unreal, little about snowboarding it felt and it was EA. And Amped 3 just felt like a big SSX copy, and I thought that it was exaclty like SSX unreal and stuff. Maybe thats why it went so bad?

matt i only said it to bother you.....i know more/am better at amped 2 then you.......ive never even played SSX before.....

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 MakoXL wrote:

Matt2k6, there is more control on the rails in Amped 3 then on Amped 2, in amped 3 you can spin around at any pace and do any number of various grinds. It's not button mashing if you know what the buttons do. In reality every game is button mashing. Kittens do NOT fly, ok ?

 

Still talking crap ?

 

Amped 3 is about button combos. (some would call it button mashing) .. and how can you say you know what buttons to press when you posed a video of you getting  big scores . and you werent even doing seatbelts!!!!!!!!(highest point grab).  AMped 2 was much better than this - had more of the feel of real riding to it.  You actually had to control your spin in the air (to land), control the 'style'ish tweaks on the rails with the triggers  ...  way better by far.  A lot more challenging, and a lot more rewarding to complete.  (NZ Legend took me over 6 months)

 Sebastard wrote:

To say this short from me. I liked Amped 1 and 2 because they were great realistic snowboarding games, I have never snowboard but skiied once and I loved it. But thats not why did like it, its still a great game. And I hated SSX because it was to unreal, little about snowboarding it felt and it was EA. And Amped 3 just felt like a big SSX copy, and I thought that it was exaclty like SSX unreal and stuff. Maybe thats why it went so bad?

 

Agreed. 

 

Hence the tons of kids who know fill the amped forums.  2k has gone all EA.  (why, to make money, shame... probably the last amped i'll buy)

Yep just watch the sports game, they have lost the quality. They are expensive as the EA games (NFL 2K5 anyone?), they release crappy things in the marketplace for an enormous big amount of money, they have the 2K sign everywhere (I really dont care).

 

hahaha

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 Sebastard wrote:

To say this short from me. I liked Amped 1 and 2 because they were great realistic snowboarding games, I have never snowboard but skiied once and I loved it. But thats not why did like it, its still a great game. And I hated SSX because it was to unreal, little about snowboarding it felt and it was EA. And Amped 3 just felt like a big SSX copy, and I thought that it was exaclty like SSX unreal and stuff. Maybe thats why it went so bad?

You sir have hit the nail dead on and know what Amped WAS about!!! Can't be any plainer than that for the rest of yas that don't have a clue

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Ya!! Amped 2 is so realistic you really hit the nail on the head!!

Doing a boardslide down the entire chairlift line is right from reality. As is doing a 1080 onto a rail then doing a backflip on the rail and landing in a nose press, hella realistic.

Yep, Amped 2 is the most realistic game ever.


Bleh. If you really want a realistic game try Thrasher Skate and Destroy (sweet, i just got it on ebay. ) for PS1. That game defines what a realistic game should be

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Maybe it wasnt super realistic but it was sure enough realistic for me to entertain me.

I actually brought the 360 for amped 3, being a hardcore amped 2 fan.. i almost cried.
My view what what wrong.

The control system.. just gave no ablility to flow
You never crashed if you don;t land straight
auto rail attach
camera was really bad.
no spin speed, just 2 different speeds

and they are the main killers. I fried up amped 2 on my 42"HD and its looks/plays so much better.

I wish they would just do Amped 4 with:
more mountains.
Amped 2 controls/landings
MMO online

Amped 2 is prob in my top 5.. no top 2 games ever, and belive i have played thousands in all my years. Such a shame nothing will ever replace it.

someone said a second ago, tweaking and spinning on rails, slow, fast, whatever speed youwanted, in amped 2 made the game awesome. the whole style system. all the gameplay mechanics.

and yes amped 2 does look better on my 36" LCD screen than amped 3.

plays better.

everything.


look at my profile on here. favorite game: amped 2


i know the feeling of disappointment when you bought your 360 solely for this game.


i traded this peice of *** in a long time ago.



believe me, 2k saw what happened. they can see the records of sales, records of trade ins. it already shows. first the game was the first game to cost $40, and it wasnt even a port. then they shut down the studio


makoxl can sit here and tell all of us how stupid we are if it makes him feel better about being a die hard fan of a sh*tty *** game, complete with magnetic rails, sharks, hangliders, and his boyfriend weinerboy

you gotta be f*ckin kidding me

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I too bought the 360 only for amped 3...if you are a snowboarder, it was a huges disapointment. Amped 2 is just so much more realistic, amped 4 might as welled of been called amped ssx. I still play amped 3 all the time because its the only snowboard game out right now. Shaun white has a new one coming out in a while, hopefully that will be more realistic.

indie built is dead no more amped games

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good, maybe someone who wants to make a legit snowboarding game will pick up the title.

 matt2k6 wrote:

I AM GLAD  THE STUDIO SHUT DOWN

amped 3 was a horrible game in every sense of the word.

indie built and 2k games need to be ashamed with the damage they caused to the amped series when they took over to make amped 3. obviously 2k was very unhappy or the studio would still be open. Amped 3 was the first game to cost $40 and that was like 6 months ago because it sucked so bad.

if you want a real snowboarding game, play amped 2.

thank god these morons wont be doing anymore damage to the franchise with an even $h!ttier amped 4.

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Im thinking that I should try and get the word over to 2K in order to find their next company to create. If they see that people are anxious for another, maybe they will make it. I have a big connection over at 2K. I know one of the producers over their and I can put in a good word for Amped 4. We'll see what comes out of it. It is possible that I will be working over at 2K next year, so I'll have a better chance then.

Yeah! get on that ***!

You cant just change the way the game works in a too drastic way like Amped 3 was from Amped 2. We loved Amped 1 and 2 because of how they were. Then you cant just make a completly new game that has almost nothing in common with the others and expect us to like it.

 Sebastard wrote:

You cant just change the way the game works in a too drastic way like Amped 3 was from Amped 2. We loved Amped 1 and 2 because of how they were. Then you cant just make a completly new game that has almost nothing in common with the others and expect us to like it.

I finished 100% of both Amped! and Amped 2, so I put in a ton of time on those.  And I absolutely loved Amped 3.

With the maniacal animated story, the huge mountains, the crazy new tricks, and the somewhat more forgiving landing mechanics, Indie Built put a lot of love into the game and it shows.  Even with the more accessible controls and combo system, there was still a s**t-ton of challenge for hardcore types.  Nearly everything about the game was really well designed, apart from the fact that it could be hard to find challenges that you hadn't completed on each mountain.

Plus, how could anyone not love the Sled Trauma challenge?  I spent so much time breaking my character's bones and racking up the medical bills that it was almost a game in itself.

I'm a little upset to hear that there's no Amped 4 on the way.  I wish the Indie Built team all the best, and thanks for the hours and hours of fun ya gave me.

 matt2k6 wrote:

makoxl can sit here and tell all of us how stupid we are if it makes him feel better about being a die hard fan of a sh*tty *** game, complete with magnetic rails, sharks, hangliders, and his boyfriend weinerboy

you gotta be f*ckin kidding me

We get it.  You like to hear yourself talk.

Dunno why he still bothers crying over this game if he's already traded it in and hates it

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