Aggressive Alpine Skiing

If only real skiing had space jumps too

Reviewed by Shawn from afro-ninja.com

Aggressive Alpine Skiing isn’t… well… anything like skiing really, but that’s what makes it fun. In fact if most sports games were made to be realistic I don’t think many people would be playing them.

AAS has you skiing down the side of a mountain at blazing speeds, as you try to collect extra points and avoid obstacles. There’s only one level to the game, but it’s a hell of a level. Get used to pressing the enter key a lot to restart and try again. It’s mostly a matter of memorizing the level but the split second timing on the jumps is still going to throw you off. On your way down the mountain you’ll be jumping over shacks and avoiding snipers in gondolas. We’re not really sure why people are trying to snipe you on your leisurely ski trip, but hey. I’m not sure why there’s a boob-shaped air balloon floating in the background either.

The visuals are colorful and varied, and are nicely matched by the game’s custom techo-like theme. For one half of the level you’ve got techno, the other half you’ve got a song about beer. Charlotte the announcer can get annoying sometimes but I think it’s part of the style. The randomness of the game is what adds some fun to it, as you don’t know exactly what’s coming up next. One moment you’re avoiding regular obstacles, the next you’re flying past satellites in outer-space. At first you collect stars for points, then you collect beer bottles. Why? It doesn’t matter.

The only real downside here is that once you finally finish the level (believe me, you’ll be retrying a lot) then all you have left to do is compete for high scores. Luckily the game is built for high score replay too, since getting a perfect score would involve collecting all stars, all letters, and getting perfect(?) random bonuses. I was satisfied enough to just get down the mountain though, so that’s up to you.

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Graphics	Sound	Gameplay /Control	Presentation	Overall
7.5	7.5	7.8	8	7.9
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