G FORCE (XBOX 360 X360)

Amped 3 is the third installment in the snowboard franchise. New to the series is that the campaign features a story in which the protagonist is falsely accused of stealing the money his crew has saved for a trip to Chile. Now he's heading to Utah to collect the money. Staggered cutscenes use alternating forms of presentation, e.g. stop-motion with puppets or drawn sequences.

The seven levels, based on real resorts, are expansive and include plenty of challenges to complete, mostly involving stunts. For a consistent difficulty curve, the harder ones are locked until the easier ones are completed. Additionally, there are optional hard quests that improve the player character's abilities when solved. Besides snowboarding, other forms of movement are involved, e.g. a snowmobile. The controls are more action-oriented than in the predecessors.

The game also features a "Park Builder" editor which allows players to create their own races or modify existing ones, it can even be used to change levels while playing the campaign, and over 300 songs in the customizable soundtrack . Progress and achievements are automatically uploaded to Xbox LIVE! Rankings.