One of the high points of X Games is the brilliant soundtrack. It totally compliments the frantic on screen action and keeps those feet tapping throughout the entire duration of play. One of the best PSX soundtrack's I've experienced includes artists such as Foo Fighters, Lunatic Calm, Epitaph's NOFX, Rancid and Pennywise. In-game there is much to be admired. The characters move so fluidly as they weave and jump their way down the challenging courses.
Landing is accompanied by a small puff of rising snow dust to complete the overall effect.
The snow effect on the mountains is a smooth as cotton wool which along with scenery can be compared to the more favorable snowboarding titles such as Cool Boarders 3. Pine trees line the route, moving cable cars pass above, while trucks, ploughs and helicopters are used as platforms to launch acrobatic trick moves. Unfortunately every graphical good point is shrouded in painful annoyances. Pop-up and glitching are present in abundance with much of the scenery being thrust up in front of your face much too late to react. The number of times my skier completely left the scenery was unbelievable.