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"Fun" is for losers
Steep is a shitty game. It was so, so close to being good. But Ubisoft hates the idea of making a "videogame" and hates the idea of people having "fun". There is nothing wrong with the controls, let's put that out there. The game controls just fine.
The main problem with Steep is in its "g-force" system. When you launch off a big jump, even if you land perfectly, your g-force meter decreases. If this meter hits zero, your character will faceplant into the snow. Ubisoft doesn't want you to have fun. You've got to either baby hop the jumps, or rest after every jump. It's absolutely ridiculous that they'd include freestyle trick competitions and punish you for trying to do tricks.
Faceplanting wouldn't be so bad if the game didn't leave you tumbling down the fucking mountain for ten minutes every time. If you fall down, there's nothing you can do until your character comes to a stop. I don't care if you want to tell me it's "realistic", this is a VIDEOGAME.
The game also loves to cancel whatever event you're doing for dumbass reasons. Paused the game? Event cancelled. Stopped in place? Event cancelled. Spent "too much time" going the "wrong way"? Event cancelled.

The map screen is fucking awful. I hated Skyrim's map when that game came out, but Steep's map makes Skyrim's look amazing in comparison. I've always hated looking down on the actual world rather than a map, but Steep takes it to a new level. The camera is way too zoomed in, and events only appear when your cursor is in the same zone as them. The cursor also snaps to events from way too far away. If two events are too close to eachother, good luck getting your cursor off the one you don't want it to be on.
Also, regular menus are fucking terrible. Instead of being like every other console game ever, Steep's menus are just PC menus, but the mouse cursor is controlled by the analog stick. It's absolutely disgusting.

Steep is a shitty fucking game that could be turned into a good game with a single patch. The flaws are incredibly easy to fix, but Ubisoft won't do that. Instead, I now own a fun frisbee.
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Rakitox Steep 2019-12-28T05:23:14Z
Xbox One • XNA
2019-12-28T05:23:14Z
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  • DaymanNightman 2021-07-16 14:18:59.509201+00
    That g-force system can go right to hell
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  • DaymanNightman 2021-07-19 06:20:43.389188+00
    Honestly one of the worst UIs I’ve ever experienced
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    • MusicN00b 2024-01-19 05:25:29.912135+00
      Ubisoft UI is such dogwater for almost all of their games.
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  • aphexfinn 2021-10-30 18:44:43.359542+00
    love it
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  • guffel 2023-05-02 18:07:18.250387+00
    Gosh how much I hate the excessive brand placement all around.
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  • townandcountry 2023-11-03 11:51:48.306019+00
    Truly impressive making a winter sports game this soulless. Bravo Ubi-satan
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    • MusicN00b 2024-02-05 22:41:33.212125+00
      It's such a shame since the foundation is there for a great game but Ubisoft just has to fucking Ubisoft all over the place. This game made me realize all their games are dogwater.
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  • Laax 2024-02-11 15:08:03.838139+00
    This game is so close yet so far from being amazing. The snowboarding mechanics are the best I've seen in an extreme sports game. The physics engine is one of the most satisfying ones out there behind GTA IV's euphoria engine. Not to mention the graphics are incredible for a 2016 game. Very few things feel as immersive in a video game as snowboarding at night through a thick snowstorm. Also the X-Games and Olympics DLC's were really fun and I would have happily given Ubisoft my money to get more of them.

    So what did Ubisoft decide to do with such a perfect framework for a game? Make it an online exclusive where the servers dont work half the fucking time, and refuse to update it so your stuck playing the same levels over and over again while you work on a new game that completely neuters the snowboarding mechanics and physics engine. Yeah I can see why people hate Ubi lol.
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