Wizardgrass

I’m a fan of the very small sub genre of snowboarding games. This was the best ever made. It was truest to the time and culture. I yearn for another snowboarding game of this quality. It kept it grounded between completely absurd, and a solid game for people who actually snowboard. It falls between ssx and something like Skate. Ssx was to over the top, there’s no unstrapping your board and spinning it behind your head mid jump. No pyrotechnics, no crazy maps. They used real mountains and really caught the feel of them. It’s also not a simulator, you won’t throw your controller across the room trying to pull of a specific trick. It’s the perfect middle ground and I still to this day think of it often and can’t wait to play it again. Amazing story and art direction and an authentic to the time and vibe of the slopes soundtrack.