- Go global with the addition of new ains, including Laax, Switzerland, Mt. Buller in Australia, and heli-riding Harris ain in New Zealand.
- Play as 14 top snowboarding pros, including Jeremy Jones, Mikey LeBlanc, Travis Parker, and Janna Meyen.
- Build your fame by pulling off tricks in front of sponsors, photographers, and fans -- build your fame and climb to the top ranks in the sport.
- Check out all the new aerial tricks -- advanced grabs, a full set of styled-out rail slides, tweaks, stalls, hand & foot s and even nose-and-tail manuals.
- Play head-to-head with friends in the incredible set of multiplayer challenges.
Amped 2 offers awesome multiplayer challenges including:
split-screen, LAN, and/or Xbox Live.
From the Manufacturer
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Amped 2 is the ultimate freestyle snowboarding experience,
offering the largest, most varied trick library of any
snowboarding game. Explore vast areas of wide-open, spectacularly
rendered real ains packed with terrain parks designed by
world-famous snow park architect, Chris narson. Play
head-to-head with friends in the various multiplayer modes. When
you're ready to take it to the next level, connect to Xbox Live
to check rankings and challenge the world's best virtual riders.
Feel what it's like to live the life of a real professional
snowboarder. Travel the globe, and pull tricks in front of
sponsors, photographers, and fans. Build your fame, and get
photos and demo reels in the latest snowboard magazine or video.
Climb to the top ranks of the sport, and become a media superstar
… all to the sounds of more than 300 killer indie tracks.
Features
* Multiple multiplayer modes: Via split-screen, LAN, or Xbox
Live, Amped 2 offers a ton of multiplayer challenges.
* Whole new bag of tricks: Amped 2 takes all the moves from Amped
and adds new aerial tricks; advanced grabs; a full set of
styled-out rail slides, tweaks, stalls, and hand and foot s;
and introduces "Butter," the center of a new combo system that
allows nose and tail manuals to link tricks together. A new
tutorial also teaches first timers the basics of freestyle
riding.
* World-wide nation of snowboarders via Xbox Live: Who's got
bragging rights? Now, gamers will be able to find out by
challenging riders around the globe to see who's the best. Track
stats and check regional and world-wide ladders to see rankings.
Trade replays with friends or download new content, including
ains, gear, challenges, and music.
* Deeper career and portfolio: Gamers now have more rtunities
to impress the locals and the press with three levels of media
challenges: photos, photo sequences, and video demo reels. As
fame builds, sponsors award new gear and boards and banners
appear on the ains, displaying new endorsements won.
* Ultimate snowboarding environments: Amped 2 goes global with
the addition of new ains, including Laax, Switzerland, Mt.
Buller in Australia, and heli-riding Harris ain in New
Zealand. Fully rendered 3-D environments bring the ains
alive. Clouds cast shadows that move over the hills, and the runs
teem with ambient life and sounds, including other riders,
snow-cats, people riding the chairlifts, and working snow
machines.
* Professional snowpark design: World-renowned terrain park
designer Chris "ny" narson again lends his expertise
exclusively to the Amped 2 park design, improving trick
placement, adding more trickable objects, and doubling the size
of many jumps, making it easier to land in transition.
* More than 300 core indie tracks: Gamers can ride to their own
tracks, burnt to the hard disk, but may never feel the need, with
a library of more than 300 original cuts to listen to from the
latest up-and-coming indie artists.
* Greater character customization: Gamers can create and
customize their own rider, including hair style, gear, and
customized board graphics. With these selections a personality
will come to life as he or she rides.
* Fourteen of the top professionals: Amped 2 features 14 top
snowboarding pros, including Jeremy Jones, Mikey LeBlanc, Travis
Parker, and Janna Meyen.