During the two days you can do lots of practice runs before going for it against your rivals. To back up this excitement, the game looks good, with great graphics and thrilling game play.
Ski Challenge 12 screenshots
With Ski Challenge 12, you’ll have a highly realistic skiing experience right in your tablet. Before you enter a tournament you’ll have to sharpen your skills in order to be able to get decent course times. You simply can’t compete unless you’re good enough.
Control-wise, you’re set to accelerometer with automatic acceleration by default, but you can modify your settings to suit your tastes and growing abilities. You can choose touch controls, as well as set the accelerator to manual. Most people, myself included, find they do better and faster with automatic acceleration off, as this means they can turn corners without taking a tumble.
The tilt control is smooth and realistic, and gives you the real feel of skiing into corners. You can adjust your skis towards either speed or carve, and this option will come into play when the conditions are snowy or icy. I tried playing with my controls set totally to speed and wasn’t able to take a single turn.
You will need to spend some time in training mode to learn how to control your skis and achieve your best times. A well-thought out feature is the ability to see your “ghost” on your next run. This is similar to televised skiing when you can see the “ghost” of the fastest run against the current competitor. You can also replay the runs, which is a handy feature.
Ski Challenge 12 is a good, solid game. It’s well thought out, well executed with good graphics and has some exciting game play. It does, however, need some more race types to choose from. You spend a lot of time perfecting your skills and improving your times while waiting for a tournament, which is fun for a while, but not for ever.
All things considered, though, if you want to experience life as a downhill skier, then try this game.
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