When Stoked first poked its head up out of the deep powder, we saw a potentially great snowboarding game held down by a lack of variety and a crazy-steep learning curve. However, Big Air Edition manages to fix most of the problems in the original game with a few major tweaks and two gigantic new mountains (call it Stoked 1.5, not 1.1). This almost-sequel has its predecessor’s single-player game modes, plus (thankfully) you get a brand-new racing mode where players compete against pros. With that comes higher top speeds that, while allowing for huger air, somewhat hurt the fluidity of the original.

Our favorite addition is the inclusion of tooltips telling us how to perform the required tricks. When doing a challenge off one of the brand-new park objects, we now know exactly how to do a Crail or a Truckdriver without having to dive into the glossary of grabs!

On Xbox 360

+ Updated (and upgraded) just about everything.

+ The new tooltips are awesome!

- New faster riding is sometimes too fast.

? Will the 2.0 sequel be the next great snowboarding game?

8.0