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Crazy Snowboard (iPhone)
Oct 20th
Hammered through some of the missions, none of which presented any problem, such are my skills. Fear me.
Actually, no, don’t. That would be very silly indeed. The fact is, Crazy Snowboard is not, so far, a very difficult game at all if you just want bronze medals. Some of the gold medals will no doubt prove trickier, though some I’m getting first time.
As I said before, though, I spend as much time just boarding down the slope in free ride mode as I do actually treating it as a game with goals. Medals, progression, unlockables – they’re nothing compared to the simple joy of the core snowboarding experience, which has been nailed here, albeit in a very simple way. It’s no Amped – oh, but I loved Amped! – but it doesn’t need to be.
Crazy Snowboard (iPhone)
Oct 19th
I have to admit, the name put me off. As a general rule, anything that describes itself as “crazy” is something to be avoided. If it had been “Wacky Snowboard” or “Zany Snowboard” then I’d probably have been unable to even download the Lite version.
But I did download the Lite version of Crazy Snowboard. I’ve been wanting a snowboarding game and this seemed to fit the bill. There’s no racing yet, but I like the mission structure. Some levels ask you to perform tricks, some to slalom through gates, some to jump through rings. That sort of thing.
The Lite version was fairly good fun, but a bit too slow. Good enough for a 59p purchase, but not the £1.79 they were actually charging.
That was Friday. The very next day the price of Crazy Snowboard dropped to 59p. It’s like fate, or something. Except, you know, not really. The reason I’d heard of Crazy Snowboard is that it got a big Halloween update on Friday and the price drop was to promote this.
The Halloween update added a new board and skeleton-costumed rider and some new missions set on a spooky slope filled with gravestones and zombies. I’ve only done one of the missions on the spooky slope so far, which required me to run down fifteen zombies. Nice.
I’ve actually spent far longer in free ride mode than doing missions. It’s just a joy to ride down the slope, especially as the full version of the game is significantly faster than the Lite version.
Highly recommended at 59p – I moved it to my first page of games on Sunday, which is the highest form of praise.
