I wouldn't usually buy an EA SPORTS title because I hate most sports, but this is on that appeals to me. SSX is a great game with huge free roaming mountains to ride and cliffs to dive off. This game has it all, great racing and a ton of tricks to be added in to the mix making it a "must buy"!
Every magazine that has reviewed it has found it hard to fault and have said it is the best game available at launch because of it's original twist on snowboarding. The tricks are all real snowboard manouveres but you do get the odd grind rail that goes al the way around in a loop and a mountain that has a pinball table half way down, and guess what...you're the pinball!
There are a range of characters that all have different weak points and strong points, for example you can nearly always guarentee that the short person will always do faster spin and flip tricks and the taller ones are generally quicker etc.
The game is very colourful and the textures are brilliant, all in all a great game for anyone.