SSX is the spectacular return of EA's arcade snowboard game after a long absence. Mountains from around the world, insane aerial tricks, asynchronous online challenge. Breathtaking visuals, perfect gameplay. The best SSX of the generation.
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Sports2 players12+
Description
EA BlackBox reboot of the extreme snowboard SSX saga with global environments. Published by EA, released in Europe in February 2012. Complete saga reboot, extreme freestyle snowboarding on mountains worldwide, World Tour career mode, RiderNet asynchronous online multiplayer, and signature SSX tricks. European version.
SSX review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
The art direction trains the eye on the rider in freefall. The survival descents tip into weightlessness: wingsuit deployed, the character plunges along dizzying walls, the scale of the massif scrolling beneath him inducing vertigo, his tiny silhouette against the mountain making every jump immense. Rather than the setting, the game frames the body thrown into the void, its trajectory strung between sky and snow.
The real sound of the descent is that of speed and snow. The wind roars in gusts in the fall, the board bites the powder in a continuous rasp, a wall of sound swells as the ground nears, then everything hangs in a near-silence at the peak of a big jump, before the crash of the landing. The mix lets this physical soundscape pass in front of the music, so that you hear the slope as much as you race down it.
The Asian edition of SSX, EA Canada's reboot of the snowboarding series, reinventing arcade descents on mountains around the world. As the reboot of a cult extreme-sports franchise, the title draws fans of the SSX lineage, and its Asian run stays less common than the Western editions. Desirability blends attachment to the series with the relative scarcity of this regional pressing.
Is SSX still worth playing in 2026?
A snowboarding game from EA, SSX revives the cult arcade riding series with dizzying descents on mountains around the world, where you chain outsized tricks, exhilarating speed and survival against the elements. The unbridled riding feel, the spectacular trick system and the online leaderboards make it a gleeful arcade vent. An uneven difficulty and a reliance on online features temper the whole. An excellent game for fans of arcade riding, spectacular tricks and extreme sports on PS3.
