What makes you happy ?

So it is SSX Blur that takes the dubious honour of being the first game on the Wii which makes me want to throw the controllers at a wall. I’ve just given it an hour and it sucks donkey-sized balls so far.

There is no way to adjust anything. At least with a D-pad it’s in one of 2 states but this isn’t just weird it feels wrong. Uber-tricks? get real. And what’s with the computer players hitting all the short cuts at base level? That’s even more wrong.

I slagged the last SSX but that was because of some insanely difficult races. This one is just nuts so far. Maybe I’ll be wrong, maybe I’ll like it, maybe I’ll nail some pillows to the wall.

Oh yes, and Kick Doubt. What’s with putting THAT near the start? It’s bad enough when you are maxed out and hit it for the first time without being a n00b. Maybe this’ll be last EA game I buy.
Another thing – when it’s on the PS2 at the game start it says ‘EA SPORTS BIG but in the Wii it’s ea sports big. Maybe that was the big fat clue just there….

Update: Peak 1 completed, all golds. A few challenges done. And the game is still a waste of £35 The nunchuck is okay until you twist too far (which you just about couldn’t do on the PS2) and you need to stop and do a 3-point turn to get the player back. It’s also seems designed in such a way that no matter what is going on you really need to keep the left hand rock-solid-steady. That’s about impossible so you end up swerving or hopping when you don’t want. The tricking in much simpler and less of a game because of it. The ubertricks mean you just end of flailing around. I didn’t buttonmash on the previous versions but this feels like it. I’d rather play arcade Virtua Fighter wearing boxing gloves.
The game doesn’t feel as clean and polished. It doesn’t feel like SSX should.