Familiar grounds for FFVII lovers
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This mobile title is almost exactly like the
snowboarding mini game found in Final Fantasy VII. It
is almost a direct rip. Everything is there: the
timer, the balloons, the slopes, and the annoying
moogle snowmen that always get in the way.
There are three difficulty modes, and the easiest one
was hard enough for me. Normally I'm pretty good at
snowboarding in FFVII, but my final ratings were
always "Bad" and "Awful." Part of the reason is that
I'm quite rusty, and the other part is that the
controls on the cell phone are difficult to use. While
Before Crisis required only one thumb to play, FFVII:
Snowboarding seemed to require both thumbs, which
don't really fit well together on a cell phone number
pad. Pressing 1, 3, 4, and 6 moved Cloud, and another
button made him jump.
Final Fantasy VII: Snowboarding seemed like a good
game to kill time with on one's cell phone, but most
RPGamers wouldn't be interested in it for any other
reason.