Snowboard Party Review
Developer: Ratrod Studio Inc.
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.4
App Reviewed on: iPad mini Retina
Graphics / Sound Rating:





User Interface Rating:





Gameplay Rating:





Re-use / Replay Value Rating:





Overall Rating:





My main concern going into Snowboard Party was the controls, which have hindered my enjoyment of many an iOS snowboarding game. Thankfully, here they feel very intuitive and natural - reacting well to gradual or sharp turns, while pushing forward on the floating stick will increase speed appropriately. After tweaking sensitivity to the highest setting, the only improvement would be to remove the buttons altogether and implement a more touchscreen-appropriate system that makes better use of the platform, whether it's swiping for tricks or tapping the sides of the screen to turn. Until then, however, the current system will works well.
There is definitely a deficit of quality 3D winter sports game on iOS, and Snowboard Party is a well-designed, instantly playable and high-quality enough to raise the (grindable) bar for the genre.