Jnr has the beta version of this downloaded. I've had a go, it's quite fun but after you've explored, had a go at everything and nailed some tricks I'm not sure how interesting it will be. I'm sure they'll come up with things.
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There a hell of a lot of exploring to do though. I played the alpha a while back and the closed beta last week and was still exploring quite a lot...and that's without all the areas unlocked as Mont Blanc was still not part of the beta.
After all it is free
After all it is free
There is also game called SNOW which is available on Steam and will be released on ps4
http://www.snowthegame.com
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Haven't played snow in a while so not sure what the recent updates have added, however Steep is a much more complete and polished game. I do think they could have incorporated a few of the features from snow though, having some resort space would be good and snowmobiles for getting around too.
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@hammerite, is the multiplayer running yet?
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
Right that's on the boy's Christmas list.
Sorry, son, Daddy will let you play in a minute. Just got to land this tricky bit...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
@tomj, You've got to make sure it's age appropriate... there could be swears and stuff. Particularly from you if you wingsuit into that belltower.
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
Mr Pieholeo's old firm.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Saw it at the ski show, looked pretty good although the snowboards appeared to hover.
It's no "Horace goes Skiing" though.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Seems Jnr has unlocked a load of stuff which makes the game more interesting (from my point of view!).
@tomj, there is swearing, when the dude is about to die because you've steered him off a cliff he lets you know in the poo form.
@Richard_Sideways, yes multiplayer is working. One of Jnr's mates managed to get a helicopter somehow and took a group of them up Mont Blanc in it.
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Poster: A snowHead
Thanks for the pointers on language. Im not too worried about that, though. My boy is 12 and probably hears far worse language from me when I'm cooking! The game looks pretty good, and definitely more fun than yet another FPS.
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
I showed the wife the Steep demo playthrough at the weekend, and am taking her approving "Hmm" noise as tacit approval to go buy a PS4 with Steep... And something the kids can play... and Watchdogs 2.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
I played the beta test on XB1 last week... It "looks" very nice but was bored rigid after about 15mins of playing. The controls were appalling as well. Hopefully the final release will be somewhat better but I wont be rushing to buy straight away.
@Spike107, yeah my feeling exactly I was very disappointed, the Snowboarding controls were awful, could hardly ollie, not much fun if you can't do any decent tricks.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
I've been playing Steep for an hour or two today, either side of a bike ride, a family walk and some impromptu ping pong. Beautiful to look at. I actually just liked flying the paraglide the wing around looking at the landscape!
I don't think I've got the hang of the controls yet, just about managed to Ollie the snowboard, but haven't managed to work the natural half pipe features.
I'm really enjoying it. I just need to be careful I don't convince myself I can do all of that freestyle nonsense. I remember once when I'd played far too much Red Dead Redemption. I went out for a country walk in the real world and every time I saw a bird I got all twitchy cos my first reaction was to try to shoot it!
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
had a quick go of this a while back looks good but will not buy for PC till it is well under £20 due to how these company's trade. Not paying out nearly £30 for a game they say I can not resell when I have had enough even though I have every right to do so.
After all it is free
After all it is free
Big update today on Steep - 7GB of download included Alaska - which was originally included in the premium version.
i'm pretty sure that if I ever get around to learning to ski, that's what i'll look like...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
They should include an 'Apres' level
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
*Finally* got around to playing Steep for the first time last night - wanted to a few days ago but oh no, had to download a colossal patch first Anyway, patched and ready to go and I got to say its a really engaging game. The skiing and snowboarding elements feel right, not too Tony Hawks or SSX focussed on being a trick monkey but lure you into the features of the terrain to explore. The wingsuit bit is interesting and good fun, plus always good for a few bone crunching oohs and aaahs, plus it's always funny when you forget you can't move around when standing there waiting to launch and perform a perfect flop onto the platform beside you by mistake. Paragliding... hmm. Possibly the weakest discipline IMV as it doesn't really feel like it's doing much compared to the others. Pretty though, but not exactly Pilot Wings.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
@Richard_Sideways, yeah the paragliding is dull most of the time. Sometimes the controls can be frustrating and some of the heavy landings annoying, but they've improved that with the patch.
The patch actually wasn't just a patch but a big update to include the Alaska area which was a welcome addition. I've virtually got my way through all the challenges and mountain stories so it was good to have something new to attempt.
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paragliding is more for exploring and having a break in tempo, I actually quite enjoy it. It's definitely not as adrenaline inducing as the other options though!
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I've only got an hour under my belt at the moment, so barely scratched the surface. Did realise that the DLC patch had Alaska in it too, fair enough, but the annoying thing was it wouldn't let you even play the game with the original content until you downloaded and applied the patch, which took AGES.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
I agree that the paragliding is the weakest part of STEEP, but I do enjoy it - brings back happy memories of learning to fly on ridge lift in various parts of the UK. It could be so much better if they brought to bear even half of the physics computation that is applied to boarding & skiing.
I've only spent an hour or so on the new challenges in the Alaska region, but they certainly seem to be a lot harder than the Alpes.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
tomj wrote:
I agree that the paragliding is the weakest part of STEEP, but I do enjoy it - brings back happy memories of learning to fly on ridge lift in various parts of the UK. It could be so much better if they brought to bear even half of the physics computation that is applied to boarding & skiing.
I've only spent an hour or so on the new challenges in the Alaska region, but they certainly seem to be a lot harder than the Alpes.
@Little Martin, I wish Ubisoft wouldn't do so many of these. Their servers are woeful at the best of times and when they get busy you may as well not bother. The other week they had a free weekend for Rainbow Six, the release of a game and an open beta for Ghost Recon.
Enough of us playing - any interest in setting up a SH group in Steep?
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
The 12 year boys of my acquaintance are loving this
After all it is free
After all it is free
@Richard_Sideways, could be good, although some of us probably on different platforms?
I'm on PC, SnoodyMcFlude on Steam.
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Shouldn't matter as they all route back through the Ubisoft servers... I'll have a rummage.
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Ski the Net with snowHeads
@Richard_Sideways, if you set up a group, I'll join it. I get to play Steep about once a week, if I'm lucky, but it would be good to be able to play against other peeps from time to time.
Also, I pulled off a really cool wingsuit flight the other night and had nobody to share it with
I'm new to Xbox and have no idea how online stuff works.
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Anyway, patched and ready to go and I got to say its a really engaging game. The skiing and snowboarding elements feel right, not too Tony Hawks or SSX focussed on being a trick monkey but lure you into the features of the terrain to explore. The wingsuit bit is interesting and good fun, plus always good for a few bone crunching oohs and aaahs, plus it's always funny when you forget you can't move around when standing there waiting to launch and perform a perfect flop onto the platform beside you by mistake. Paragliding... hmm. Possibly the weakest discipline IMV as it doesn't really feel like it's doing much compared to the others. Pretty though, but not exactly Pilot Wings.
