Just thought I would post a review I did of this game.  Its a complete blast if you like winter sports or probably even if you don't.  I have to admit I wouldn't have bought it without seeing other reviews on Amazon, but damn I'm still amazed its a Conspiracy published title although I guess the dev is German based and has nothing to do with the other Conspiracy games.  This is made obvious once you play the game and see that they actually put effort into it.

My short review

After reading reviews on Amazon and other sites I picked this game up.  It lives up to the reviews and more.  I just finished a 2 hour game session with my wife and we had a blast.  The graphics and sound are great and so is the control.  The sense of speed on the luge, skeleton and bobsled is amazing (press the 1 button for a 1st person view with insane speed).  There are lots of nice little effects when you are performing extremely well that add to the sense of excitement.  I am playing this using a 720P DLP projector throwing a 10' wide image and I'm very impressed. The event that really surprised me was cross country skiing the way they did the game play you have to manage your stamina by maintaining a steady pace and gliding at the right times (even slight down hills can gain you some stamina back).  The control method of moving your arms forward and back works much better than I would have thought.  Since there is strategy with the stamina it isn't up to the person with the quickest hands, but the best balance steering and strategy.  You also need to stay were the previous racers have been or you are slowed down I just loved this event and thought it would be one of the boring ones before I played it. Another nice thing is that though the controls are somewhat complex they are partially shared across most events skiing in particular so you can learn the 15 events pretty quickly.  The two player split screen works perfectly and leads to great competition.  

If you are looking for a good multiplayer or single player winter sports game this is it and at the price it's a no brainier.  I passed this game up the first time I saw it because I've been burned by cheap Wii games before, but trust me this one is head and shoulders above most the full priced let alone the cheap ones. 

 

Better than the other conspiracy games, yes, but not really that good a game.

Did you play it multiplayer? I was very impressed for $29 there is a ton of crap out there for $50. Maybe I have set standards too low. All I know is its a fun game for me and my wife to play together and that isn't something easy to find.

I totally agree.  I was completely hesitant to buy the game based on the tripe that conspiracy has "published." But I watched a couple of youtube clips and found out it was a sequel to a PC game, so I took a flyer and got it.  The freaking game is the unmitigated hit of the holidays.  I can't wait to get into it with my roommates.

Seriously, this is a game that will benefit from a second generation - online play would be sick. It looks like third party sellers are jacking up the price on Amazon - thats kinda a bummer, but you can probably buy it elsewhere.

My favorites in order are:

Curling

Figure Skating

Luge/Boblsed

Slalom.

 

Curling is the most fun, but figure skating is hilarious.  Congrats to the german developers (49Games? RTL Games?  I have no idea.)

 Multiplayer is the best part, btw.

I have to agree on the figure skating when two people are playing its a laugh fest as both skaters are biting it right and left.

The Ski jump crashes are done very well you almost want to crash just to see the poor guy eat snow and small trees.

Amzon took down your review. Is something fishy going on?

back up. for some reason winter sports never appears on VG'z sales charts. It's been top 10 on amazon for 2 weeks. Laym.