GameWorld

Unlockable Dashboard
Complete the game to unlock a Premium theme for your 360 dashboard.

Unlock Gamer Pics
Unlockable - How to Unlock
Gamerpic 1 - Complete "Crash Site"
Gamerpic 2 - Complete "Dirtlands"


Achievements
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Unlockable
How to Unlock
All Growed Up (10)
Help Maw grow for the first time.
Destroyer of Yums (10)
Find and eat 200 Yums.
Energize (20)
With the Bulbous power, electrify at least 50 objects and/or creatures.
Eyes of the Beloofer (20)
With the Loofer power, laser at least 125 objects and/or creatures.
Ground and Pound (20)
With the Puff-Tor power, smash at least 50 objects and/or creatures.
Hard-Headed (20)
With the Beetull power, ram at least 50 objects and/or creatures.
Little Planet of Horrors (20)
Get 100% Eaten in each level.
Six Meals a Day (20)
Play during Maw's six meal times: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dunch, Dinner, and Midnight Feast.
Tastes Like Snot (10)
Find and eat 30 Gloobers.
That's Just Gross (10)
Find and eat all the Snuffles.
Time for BBQ (20)
With the Gastro power, flame at least 150 objects and/or creatures.
You're totally MAWESOME! (20)
Complete the entire game.

Shaun White, the man, is all over the place these days. You can hear him reminding you that "the computer is personal again" in one of those weird HP ads. You can buy a skateboard deck with his initials on it. Walk into the boys' clothing section at any Target department store and his name will be more prevalent than the chain's own bullseye logo. That kind of exposure doesn't just happen, you have to earn it. Perhaps it is because he's taken his snowboarding goal and translated it into a life aspiration: master gravity.

click to enlargeTaking a page from the Dewey Cox book of fame and fortune, Shaun White's got it all. His amazing skill, prolific marketing talents, and obligatory childhood trauma (two open heart surgeries before the age of seven) have vaulted him about 12 seconds into the eighth of his proverbial 15 minutes of fame.

In the world of sports, it looks like minute eight is when they start slapping your name on video games. Tony Hawk and John Madden probably know all about this. Your first few releases might be great, but then you get too big too fast. Details get missed, control gets relegated to teams and departments. What was once your baby becomes the bastard child of a thousand focus groups. At least Tony and John's franchises have the decency to wait a year or so between releases. Depending on the success of the current title, the year-long wait either lets the disappointment fade or the anticipation swell. But Shaun White went and released several video game titles in one season. What you end up with is a mixed bag.

I had the great fortune to have been able to review Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip for the Wii, and the only thing this game and that have in common is his name. It's hard to tell where Shaun's vision lies when comparing these games. Was he going for boundless fun or for technical accuracy? Where the Wii version is whimsical and fantastic, the Xbox 360 version is overly grounded and staid.

Most snowboarding games do not 'reach' for the 'grounded' goal, but that's exactly what this one does. You can tell early on that realism was what the designers were going for, and they definitely achieved their goal. If you want to know what it really feels like to snowboard or if you want to know the best way to choose a board, this may be the game for you. You cannot do too much outside of what is physically possible in the real world here. Gravity, stamina, inertia – they are all very real things in Shaun White Snowboarding.

Luckily, snowboarding is a fun activity all on its own. It takes you to places you might not normally see, and it lets you briefly defy certain physical laws. Unfortunately, most of us would like to be able to do things that cannot be done in life when we pick up a video game controller, and you get none of that satisfaction with this title. It's too real.

Built using the Assassin's Creed engine, the game looks impressive, better than any other in this genre. The mountain vistas are highly realistic, and the scale of the world is to be applauded. This game may be even more fun to watch than to play. Only after I handed the controller over to a friend could I appreciate the amount of eye candy. Too bad you can't take in all the scenery when you're trying to pull off a stunt, but that's the way it is in real life, so maybe it's all part of the grand design.


This game is an excellent example of camera control done right - plenty of views to suit any player and each view is easy to switch from one to the other. With such wonderful panoramas, players will be happy they have so much control over the view. The soundtrack is to be envied, although in the end it only amounts to exceptional background music.

There is a decent amount of variety in the courses. You can visit mountains in the U.S., Japan, and Europe, and there is a bonus 'Target mountain' in the Target limited edition release. You can customize your board and gear and shop to your heart's content, provided you have the funds. These are all the good things and there may have been more, but the game failed to hold my attention long enough for me to discover them.

click to enlargeMenus and on-screen instructions tend to get a little overwhelming. Fonts are too small and there is too much information thrown at you at once. If you don't understand something, you don't get much follow-up instruction, turning what should have been a valuable learning experience into a frustrating missed opportunity.

There are goals, but there is no pressure to do any of them. You can enter competitions, take on challenges, or just enjoy the ride. There are hidden Euro coins sprinkled in the mountains. If you find and collect them all, Shaun White himself will believe you are serious about your craft and take you under his wing. But I'll bet you too will get bored with this game before you find them all.

Shaun White Snowboarding should have used other aspects of the Assassin's Creed engine and gone beyond the boundaries of the real. It just feels like a miss. It's not exciting or fun enough for me, reading more like an instruction manual than anything else. The game seems to have potential, but if it bores the player to tears within the first few hours, so none of that potential will be enjoyed. There is something to be said about realism, but this game is so real, it leaves you cold. If I had to choose a Shaun White title this year, I'd get the Wii version and leave this one on the shelf.

Unlock Legendary Difficulty
Beat the War of the Ring mode and the Rise of Sauron mode to unlock the Legendary Difficulty.


Achievements
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Unlockable
How to Unlock

A Knife in the Dark (15)
Use the scout to backstab 10 enemies in one life.
A Red Sun Rises (50)
Kill 30 enemies in a ranked Team Deathmatch match.
A Storm is Coming (20)
Kill 15 players with the Mage's lightning in any ranked match.
All's Well as Ends Better (35)
Complete the Black Gate level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign.
Assassin (20)
Backstab 10 players as the scout in any ranked match.
Assault on Minas Morgul (25)
Complete the Minas Morgul level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign.
Assault on Mount Doom (25)
Complete the Mount Doom level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign.
Assault on Osgiliath (25)
Complete the Osgiliath level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign.
Battle of Helm’s Deep (25)
Complete the Helm’s Deep level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign.
Battle of Pelennor Fields (25)
Complete the Pelennor Fields level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign.
Battle of Weathertop (25)
Complete the Weathertop level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign.
Blade That Was Broken (15)
Score 30 hits on the combo counter as the warrior.
Blademaster (20)
Kill 25 players as the warrior in any ranked match.
Conquer over Isengard (25)
Complete the Isengard level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign.
Eagle Eyes (15)
Get 25 headshot kills in one life as the archer.
Fall of Minas Tirith (25)
Complete the Minas Tirith level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign.
Fellowship of the Ring (10)
Complete a campaign level cooperatively.
Fire and Slaughter (15)
Kill 25 enemies in one life with the scout's bombs.
Flame of Anor (15)
Kill 100 enemies in one life with the mage's fire wall.
House of Healing (15)
Heal 30 allies in one life as the mage.
I Will Take It (15)
Capture a ring with Frodo in a ranked Capture the Ring match.
Lord of Mordor (15)
Defeat Gandalf as Sauron in the Shire ("Rise of Sauron" Campaign).
Lord of the Nine Riders (15)
Kill 10 players in one life as the Witch King in any ranked match.
Marksman (20)
Headshot kill 10 players as the archer in any ranked match.
Mithril Armor (10)
Complete any campaign level without dying.
Never Toss a Dwarf (15)
Defeat Gimli as the Balrog in the Mines of Moria ("Rise of Sauron" Campaign).
No Living Man Am I (15)
Defeat the Witch King as Eowyn in Pelennor Fields ("War of the Ring" Campaign).
Rain of Fire (15)
Kill 25 enemies in one life with the archer's fire arrows.
Razing of Rivendell (25)
Complete the Rivendell level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign.
Return of the King (15)
Defeat 3 Nazgul as Aragorn in Minas Morgul ("War of the Ring" Campaign).
Ride to Ruin (50)
Capture 10 control points in ranked Conquest match.
Rings of Power (50)
Capture 3 rings in a ranked Capture the Ring match.
Siege of Minas Tirith (25)
Complete the Minas Tirith level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign.
Siege of Moria (25)
Complete the Mines of Moria level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign.
Siege of Osgiliath (25)
Complete the Osgiliath level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign.


Splintered Shields (15)
Kill 100 enemies in one life as the warrior.
Storm and the Lightning (50)
Score the most points on the winning team in any ranked online match.
Stupid Hobbitses (10)
Kill 300 hobbits in the Shire in one playthrough ("Rise of Sauron" Campaign).
That Still Only Counts as One (10)
Climb and kill an Oliphaunt.
The Land of Shadow (35)
Complete the Shire level in the single player "Rise of Sauron" Campaign.
The Mines of Moria (25)
Complete the Mines of Moria level in the single player "War of the Ring" Campaign.
The Way of Pain (15)
Defeat Aragorn as Saruman in Weathertop ("Rise of Sauron" Campaign).
Unfriendly Skies (10)
Get picked up by a fell beast or eagle.
War of the Last Alliance (5)
Complete the training level.
You Have My Axe (15)
Kill 20 enemies with Gimli in any Team Deathmatch game.
You Have My Bow (15)
Kill 20 enemies with Legolas in any Team Deathmatch game.
You Shall Not Pass! (15)
Defeat the Balrog as Gandalf in the Mines of Moria ("War of the Ring" Campaign).

Unlockable Skins
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Achievements
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Unlockable
How to Unlock

A-Lister (20)
Complete all story missions in Sunnywood.
Apocalypse Right Now (90)
Complete all Missions, Odd Jobs, Challenges, and unlock all Landing Zones.
Arc de Umph (10)
Belleville - Throw a human above the Arc.
Barge Boomer (10)
Belleville - Destroy the barges.
Belleville Beneficiary (20)
Find all the Furon Nails in Belleville.
Big Fromage (30)
Complete all story missions in Belleville.
Biochemist (25)
Collect 1000000 Furon DNA.
Biologist (20)
Collect 10000 Furon DNA.
Brain Surgeon (30)
Collect 5000000 Furon DNA.
Carnie (20)
Beat the Furon Librarian's high score in all of the Humania Games.
Crypto Sutra (90)
Complete all Paths of Enlightenment.
DAHM Master (25)
Find all 8 DAHMs.
Definitely Not in Kansas (10)
Shen Long - Unleash the Tornadotron to throw tons of shipyard crates in the air.
Destroy All Humans! (20)
Destroy 1,979 Humans.
Donut Holed (10)
Sunnywood - Throw a civilian through the donut hole.
Fist Master (20)
Use the Temporal Fist 75 times.
Fist of Furon (20)
Destroy 15 Triads in Shen Long.
Flyswatter (20)
Take down 100 airborne enemies with the Seeker Drones.
Furoball Dribbler (20)
Bounce 100 humans with the Superballer.
Furon Commander (35)
Complete all story missions on the 4th Ring of Furon.
Furon Factfinder (20)
Find all the Lava Lamps on the 4th Ring of Furon.
Furon in the Sky (20)
Liquify 100 buildings with the Death Ray.
Globeclotter (10)
Sunnywood - Destroy several humans within 3 seconds with the globe.


High Roller (20)
Complete all story missions in Las Paradiso.
Horticulturist (20)
Feed 100 humans to the Venus Human Trap.
Massive Damage (20)
Trash 500 vehicles.
Monkish Bowling (10)
Shen Long - Use the bowling ball to bowl over at least 3 monks with a single throw.
Paradiso Pursuer (20)
Find all the Furon Crash Test Dummies in Las Paradiso.
Pox's Apprentice (20)
Complete half of the Odd Jobs in the game.
Pro-Pain (10)
Las Paradiso - Shoot a Propane tank cluster to blow up a building.
Proctologist (20)
Probe 100 humans with the Anal Probe.
Red Scare (35)
Destroy 25 Red Nexosporidium Warriors on the 4th Ring of Furon.
Sacred Son of Arkvoodle (30)
Activate all of the landing zones in every invasion site.
Shen Long Scout (20)
Find all of Pox's Record Collection in Shen Long.
Shock Trooper (20)
Shock 100 humans with the Zap-O-Matic.
Sleeps with the Fishes (20)
Destroy 15 Mobsters in Las Paradiso.
Sunnywood Seeker (20)
Find all the Furon Emperor Statues in Sunnywood
The 'Wood (10)
Sunnywood - Destroy "SUNNY" on the Sunnywood sign .
The Emperor's Agent (40)
Complete all odd jobs in the game.
The Francodyne Connection (25)
Destroy 15 Francodyne Guards.
THQ 1138 (20)
Destroy 15 Lunarian Thugs in Sunnywood.
Zen Master (25)
Complete all story missions in Shen Long.

Achievements
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Unlockable
How to Unlock

Back for Seconds (15)
Complete Mission 6 and capture The Hammer
Bonus Plan (10)
Find all 9 Bonus Items in one Mission
Finder's Keepers (20)
Find all 8 Items in a City Location in the Single Player or Co-Op Mission
Fourth Down (25)
Complete Mission 11 and capture Dr. Chaos
Just Said “No” (25)
Complete every Mission without using any Hints
Not Impossible (10)
Complete one Mission
Quick on the Draw (10)
Find 3 items within 5 seconds
Star Performer (25)
Earn Elite Agent Rank in any Mission
The First Hint’s Free… (10)
Complete one Mission without using any Hints
Third Time’s the Charm (15)
Complete Mission 9 and capture The Artiste
Wham, Bam… (25)
Complete a City Location in less than 30 seconds
You Always Remember Your First (10)
Complete Mission 3 and capture Mister Smith