{"id":4918,"date":"2016-06-29T11:45:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T01:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=4918"},"modified":"2016-06-29T11:50:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T01:50:26","slug":"e3-2016-hands-on-steep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/features\/e3-2016-hands-on-steep\/","title":{"rendered":"E3 2016 &#8211; Hands on: Steep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"STEEP - Announcement Trailer E3 2016 [ANZ]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_muJmMmNG0I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Steep was announced at Ubisoft\u2019s media briefing earlier in the week billed as a new genre of video game. I\u2019ll be the first to admit that I saw it as SSX Tricky meets a Go-Pro advertisement so I was pleased to be proven wrong after some in-depth hands on.<\/p>\n<p>My time with the game was limited. To the point there was a timer on the screen telling me exactly how much longer I had left before I\u2019d be cycled out to let the next few through. I did have a dev in my headset ear helpfully whisking me through a bunch of different play styles and that\u2019s what I\u2019ll focus on.<\/p>\n<p>I began my session rigged up for a wingsuit run. Perched atop a snowy vista it was nothing more than a matter of \u201cpush forward to leap\u201d and away you go. Flying down a gorgeous mountain side the trees scream past as you continue to build speed furiously battling with the currents of wind attacking you from every angle. The movements feel right. A motion of the thumbstick to the right and a glide of your character\u2019s body, a pitch forward, a dive, a pull back a small increase in elevation relevant to your speed. They\u2019ve done really well in capturing that control from best I can tell and I can only assume have done so with the help of actual wingsuit-ers?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4922\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131731\/STE_screen_wingsuitproximity2players_e3_160613_230pm_1465811634.JPG-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"STE_screen_wingsuitproximity2players_e3_160613_230pm_1465811634.JPG\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131731\/STE_screen_wingsuitproximity2players_e3_160613_230pm_1465811634.JPG-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131731\/STE_screen_wingsuitproximity2players_e3_160613_230pm_1465811634.JPG-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131731\/STE_screen_wingsuitproximity2players_e3_160613_230pm_1465811634.JPG-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131731\/STE_screen_wingsuitproximity2players_e3_160613_230pm_1465811634.JPG-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131731\/STE_screen_wingsuitproximity2players_e3_160613_230pm_1465811634.JPG-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131731\/STE_screen_wingsuitproximity2players_e3_160613_230pm_1465811634.JPG-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131731\/STE_screen_wingsuitproximity2players_e3_160613_230pm_1465811634.JPG-1160x653.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131731\/STE_screen_wingsuitproximity2players_e3_160613_230pm_1465811634.JPG.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whilst you may choose to follow a defined path and do your best to set a best time you really don\u2019t have to. The mountain is at your mercy and that\u2019s the beauty of this \u201cgame\u201d. Instead of throwing a series of increasingly more difficult obstacles and routes you can choose your course of action and make your own fun just as you would on a real mountain side. You might not be in a wingsuit, they\u2019re for crazy people who, unlike in a game can\u2019t press \u201cY\u201d to restart their run and plummet to their untimely demise.<\/p>\n<p>A click of a button and my over the shoulder developer has clicked out to reveal the entirety of the mountain you have access to play on. It\u2019s big. Really big and shit, rotate that stick and the mountain\u2019s in 3D and there\u2019s more around here. There are a lot of places to start your run in either wingsuit, snowboard or skis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4920\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131734\/STE_screen_openworldvistaexplorer_e3_160613_230pm_1465811625.JPG-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"STE_screen_openworldvistaexplorer_e3_160613_230pm_1465811625.JPG\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131734\/STE_screen_openworldvistaexplorer_e3_160613_230pm_1465811625.JPG-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131734\/STE_screen_openworldvistaexplorer_e3_160613_230pm_1465811625.JPG-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131734\/STE_screen_openworldvistaexplorer_e3_160613_230pm_1465811625.JPG-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131734\/STE_screen_openworldvistaexplorer_e3_160613_230pm_1465811625.JPG-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131734\/STE_screen_openworldvistaexplorer_e3_160613_230pm_1465811625.JPG-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131734\/STE_screen_openworldvistaexplorer_e3_160613_230pm_1465811625.JPG-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131734\/STE_screen_openworldvistaexplorer_e3_160613_230pm_1465811625.JPG-1160x653.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131734\/STE_screen_openworldvistaexplorer_e3_160613_230pm_1465811625.JPG.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jumping over to one of the black runs on the other side of the mountain all of a sudden I\u2019m snowboarding down a heavily skilled area over ice, rock and snow. My demo buddy in meat space racing with me virtually in beautiful detail as the snow makes way for our boards as they cut through it.<\/p>\n<p>We begin to learn how to perform some basic tricks as we launch our virtual selves over in game ramps. All of a sudden the game starts to seem quite familiar. A pull down of the thumbstick and a flick to the top sees my snowboarder launch themselves into the air. Rotating it one way or another and then using bumpers for grabs and alike Steep\u2019s snowboarding elements an homage to the beauty that is Skate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4921\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131733\/STE_screen_paraglidesunset_e3_160613_230pm_1465811626.JPG-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"STE_screen_paraglidesunset_e3_160613_230pm_1465811626.JPG\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131733\/STE_screen_paraglidesunset_e3_160613_230pm_1465811626.JPG-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131733\/STE_screen_paraglidesunset_e3_160613_230pm_1465811626.JPG-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131733\/STE_screen_paraglidesunset_e3_160613_230pm_1465811626.JPG-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131733\/STE_screen_paraglidesunset_e3_160613_230pm_1465811626.JPG-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131733\/STE_screen_paraglidesunset_e3_160613_230pm_1465811626.JPG-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131733\/STE_screen_paraglidesunset_e3_160613_230pm_1465811626.JPG-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131733\/STE_screen_paraglidesunset_e3_160613_230pm_1465811626.JPG-1160x653.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27131733\/STE_screen_paraglidesunset_e3_160613_230pm_1465811626.JPG.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As my playtime timer ticks away and my guided runs jump from point to point all with different obstacles and challenges to overcome I find myself lost in the beauty of the game. Such a simple premise so beautifully executed Steep could turn out to be a little sleeper hit if priced correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Is it a new genre? I think that could be taking things a tad too far. Is it a tonne of fun that has a lot of replayability and in-depth skill systems to it? Definitely! Keep Steep on your radar and do your best to ignore the blatant Go-Pro tie ins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steep was announced at Ubisoft\u2019s media briefing earlier in the week billed as a new genre of video&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":4919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11],"tags":[892,1291,193,1292],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"reckoner_social_message":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}