Yup. I'm a big failure at tricking.
I guess "get air and mash the buttons like a madman" isn't a viable strategy in this game.
Thank god there's so much race content.
One trick for a long time > button mashing
R2/RT is your friend to tweak things. Tweak = more points
Avoid repeating tricks.
Holding a button/direction is a different trick than just tapping button/direction.
I've also found that after some adjustment the right stick is a lot easier to use to avoid repeating tricks. For me.
Coldstream wrote:garion333 wrote:Yeah, I'm horrid at races. If I don't get Tricky early on I'm done for.
While I'm doing pretty well at speed runs, I absolutely suck at the Trick competitions. Hell, I failed the very first trick run in the SP about five times before I got it. Now the second one wants me to get 1.5 million. Ain't happening.
We need to trade tips or something. Then again, I don't really have tips other than point towards things and spin. ;)
My racing tip: stay out of the air. You'll still get Tricky if you grind, but try to avoid big air, as it slows you down considerably.
My problem with racing continues to be the looseness of the PS3 stick. I'll continue to adjust.
Zoe looks an awful lot like my character in Kingdoms of Amalur.
Now if I could just wield a sword and take out the competition...
One trick for a long time > button mashing
R2/RT is your friend to tweak things. Tweak = more points
This is the key that I learned in SSX 3. While the music is techno in the background, perform your tricks as if it was freeform jazz: Do one trick and hold it for a little longer than you think you should, tweak it just for a bit, then if you have the free time switch to a trick that is pretty much the opposite of what you are currently doing.
Don't act like you need to do all kinds of crazy sh*t at once, act like you know you're already a badass snowboarder and don't need to impress anyone.
My biggest complaint about this game so far has been the lack of the game's ability to compensate for when your toon gets stuck in the geometry. I've had this happen 5-6 times now, usually from accidentally jumping into trees or something similar. If you have rewind available it's not a big deal (except for the whole wrecking your trick run or speed), but if you don't it's infuriating. I had one survival run on an ice stage last night on which I had tripled the gold score -- probably took 20 minutes -- then I got stuck in between a tree and the cliff-side with no rewinds left. No way to escape, no way to keep the score that I had so painstakingly built up. RAAAAAAAAAGE
I also lost an amazing run on the Serendipity global trick event (no rewinds possible) for the same reason. They need a fix for this, like if the game detects LS movement but the toon isn't moving.
True, but MUCH less common than SSX 3. But the again, it is more infuriating here because of the focus on metrics of speed or trick score.
DAAAAAAAYUM indeed.
Thank you for all the trick knowledge. Those are very helpful, especially for a noob like me.
I'm decent at downhill, but during an event I'm fueled by raw instinct and sheer terror ("OHGODITSATREEOHGODITSAROCKAIEEEEEEE"). So I'm not sure what I can come up with as far as a guide, other than "go fast and don't slow down or rewind".
The multi is crucial to any sort of success tricking. Basically, it rewards you for tricking with "flow", i.e. continuing to move down the hill in a logical fashion. Trying to ride too much sideways or even up the hill to grab a side-wall will drop the multi, even if you successfully complete the trick.
It's worse than that: you can actually earn negative points. I was near the finish line and boosted back up hill to attempt to get more points and actually earned a significant deficit before I realized what was going on. Once I stopped and my trick combo resolved I had a lower score than when I tried to "cheat".
garion333 wrote:Coldstream wrote:garion333 wrote:Yeah, I'm horrid at races. If I don't get Tricky early on I'm done for.
While I'm doing pretty well at speed runs, I absolutely suck at the Trick competitions. Hell, I failed the very first trick run in the SP about five times before I got it. Now the second one wants me to get 1.5 million. Ain't happening.
We need to trade tips or something. Then again, I don't really have tips other than point towards things and spin. ;)
My racing tip: stay out of the air. You'll still get Tricky if you grind, but try to avoid big air, as it slows you down considerably.
Low, ground based tricks, such as a simple 360 spin, or rotations to keep your boost up.
Avoid the air, UNLESS your helicopter coach says something like "big air coming up".
If there is a drop, trick away. You'd be falling anyway, may as well make it pretty and gain some boost.
Pre-wind jump approaches. You will do a lot of tricks, a lot faster. This will build your Tricky meter.
Always keep that boost trigger pulled when on the ground.
Load up as many speed or boost mods as you can. As you level up your character, you get two slots, use them.
Stay on the run you want to beat until you do. You will learn the track, you will build up exp points and credits, and you will keep those mods until you leave that race. May as well get the most bang for your SSX credits.
Hope that helps.
You guys are making it REALLY hard for me to stick to my "Get SSX after ME3" resolution.
I think you missed double tapping the stick or button for a double grab. Works for all 4. Also, did you mention rear grabs.
I plan to be on for a while tonight. I'll start a party in a few and invite who I see on. If you want to play and chat (or smack talk) accept the invite. I know rickyyo is in.
I'll try to get on. But it may be late, as in after 10 or 11pm CST. Depends on the wife and all.
But after reading Minarchist's awesome post of tips, I'm anxious to jump on and play tonight.
I have to say, being able to add friends from RiderNet was inspired. All the gamertags in the OP? No need to enter them manually; just add friends of friends via RiderNet. Really, really slick.
Oh, and Min, you're apparently my rival (so the game tells me). You're much better than me, but then, rivals that are worse than you aren't very interesting.
I have to say, being able to add friends from RiderNet was inspired. All the gamertags in the OP? No need to enter them manually; just add friends of friends via RiderNet. Really, really slick.
Oh, and Min, you're apparently my rival (so the game tells me). You're much better than me, but then, rivals that are worse than you aren't very interesting. :)
He shows up as mine too!
Chumpy_McChump wrote:I have to say, being able to add friends from RiderNet was inspired. All the gamertags in the OP? No need to enter them manually; just add friends of friends via RiderNet. Really, really slick.
Oh, and Min, you're apparently my rival (so the game tells me). You're much better than me, but then, rivals that are worse than you aren't very interesting. :)
He shows up as mine too!
Ditto!
It was fun beating some of the people I know from here, though I suck at tricks - I do tricks like I play Mortal Kombat - button mash!!!
There should be some sort of massive speed bonus for going naked. If only this were on PC and people could mod it ...
There should be some sort of massive speed bonus for going naked. If only this were on PC and people could mod it ...
Frostbite!
You guys are making it REALLY hard for me to stick to my "Get SSX after ME3" resolution.
Yeah. It sort of hurts seeing this thread pop up over and over again, but I threw the money I'd planned for this at Syndicate when that came out. Hoping for a good sale.
MadcapLaugher wrote:You guys are making it REALLY hard for me to stick to my "Get SSX after ME3" resolution.
Yeah. It sort of hurts seeing this thread pop up over and over again, but I threw the money I'd planned for this at Syndicate when that came out. Hoping for a good sale.
Whne you get done with Syndicate's MP, trade it in and but a new copy of SSX. I just solved your entire life.
I wanted to point out that my sons love the look of this game and they have played several tracks. So if you see a bad score or time, then it must be one of them. Oh, they've played a lot. Yeah. Really.
Why is Live's voice chat such a pain? First of all, even if I minimize the game's volume, I can barely hear most people. Secondly, did I get a bad Xbox mic? My voice doesn't carry unless I'm literally shouting. Where are the advanced sound options on Xbox? Finally, it's such a hassle to get my better mic to work because Microsoft decided to support 2.5 mm audio jacks on the controller, which is not the standard for headsets. Also doesn't help that I misplaced my adapter.
Really wanted to chat tonight, but I had no voice, and could hardly hear yours. I did beat some people's times though; I'm steadily getting better.
Coldstream had a sick serenity score on explore, took me a while to beat it. Still don't have gold.
Anyone with Xbox stock mics, get a set of turtle beaches. I love mine for clarity and the ability to adjust game. Volume and chat volume seperately. Also, the mic pics up lower volume voice much better.
I wanted to point out that my sons love the look of this game and they have played several tracks. So if you see a bad score or time, then it must be one of them. Oh, they've played a lot. Yeah. Really.
Oh, so that's what we're going with now? Then I hope I gave your kids some friendly competition.
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