Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding: Prima's Official Strategy Guide

Rating:
Summary: Only 50% of what you are looking for... 2.5 stars
Review: I bought this hoping to get some real strategy advice but it only delivers 50% of the time. The main selling point for some may be that they show where all the snowmen are. However, they are only shown on a large picture of the whole run without specific details of how to reach them. For me, I wanted some expert advice on beating the pros. The book doesn't deliver here. Rather than giving actual advice on most runs, they simply point out the obvious. Things like "On this run you'll have to pull off an 18,000 trick, followed by a 26,500, then another 18,000." OK, I can see that just by playing the game - Where's the stategy? What tricks will give me the most points? The book does give more tips when it comes to the score challenge and the media challenge, but only 50% of the time. There is also a breakdown of equipment stats (which is good) and all the stats of the pro riders in the game (who cares?). My advice would be to try and beat the game without this book. They should have put more useful info (strategy) into it. You should buy this if you are an Amped junkie and want to know all there is to possibly know (equipment stats, snowmen locations) but can handle the strategy on your own.