Finished Steep.
Long long time ago, I played Steep for about one hour when it was part of Free Play Days. Didn't have a strong opinion about it back then.
That changed when I played it again thanks to GamePass. I always wanted to buy it but there are several different version and it was quite hard to figure out what version to buy to get all the content. Turns out there is NO version that contains all DLCs so I held off.
Visually, the game is fantastic looking for an Xbox One game. Hard to imagine that it's from 2016. It's of course running extremely smooth on Series X as well.
The game offers a huge amount of different events and sports. The extreme pack also includes a rocket wingsuit which is not only extremely fun to use but also very useful when exploring the mountains. Steep features over the top gameplay, similar to the Tony Hawk series. Snowboarding is probably my favourite sports but the wingsuit (regular and with rockets) are a close second. Skiing was the one I used the least.
The game has some frustrating parts. Some events have horrendous checkpoint placing or are much harder than they should be when going for the gold medal. When snowboarding, the camera might suck here and there as you cannot directly control it. This is because both analog stickts are used to control the board.
Lastly, the crashing system could be better. It feels a little random what jumps cause you to crash and when you do, your guy will roll down the hill for ages. It would've been nice if you could stand up a little sooner and therefore not miss out on checkpoints because of it (will happen all the time).
I bought the Season Pass which was on sale recently. What's not included is the Road to the Olympics 2018 DLC, which I'm definitely buying once it's on sale since I like the game very much.
Overall an impressive sports title and the best snowboarding game I've played in ages. Had much more fun with it than with EA's SSX reboot last gen. Ubisoft's Riders Republic is made by the same devs so I'm having high hopes for that game now.
8/10
Last edited by Barozi - on 22 July 2021
