Project Powder is a free and 3D snowboarding massively multiplayer online game with role playing game elements that can be enjoyed by players of all ages and gaming skills. The frantic multiplayer action, amazing tricks and hundreds of ways to turn your experience into something truly yours make this game an extremely amusing one. Race against your friends for a couple of minutes or several hours, Project Powder is a game that is just plain fun. Project Powder offers 33 impressive courses, 3 challenging game modes and exciting multiplayer races against up to 7 opponents. Unlock dozens of fantastic tricks and customize your snowboarder with new gear such as snowboards, clothes and accessories. Play online with up to 8 players at once in three different game modes. There is no character creation, merely a selection between the few characters available, and once chosen and named, you’re in the game.
Storyline
The year is 2146 AD and global warming has melted the ice caps. There is no winter and snow has become the stuff of myth and legend. However, the advancement of science and technology now allows to travel to far-off planets with winter-like conditions. With less gravitational pull than planet Earth, these planets afford some great snowboarding experiences.
How to play
There are three game modes: Race, Battle and Coin. They are all races. Race is straight downhill racing. There are built-in ramps for jumps, and during this air time is when you perform tricks. Battle is your Player vs Player mode. It’s still a downhill race with obstacles and ramps, but along the course, there are also consumables you roll over to pick up. The consumables will line up as large icons across the top of your screen as you gather them, and if you’ve got them, use them, as you can only store two items at a time. Coin mode is coin collection while racing downhill. The object here is to gather as many coins as possible. The coins you gather will be converted (at a low rate of exchange) into game currency called Luv and will be used for in-game purchases. All races can be played in solo or team mode; private games – especially crew against crew challenge games can be created by adding a password to the race.
Character Development
Character development is gaining experience to level and learn new tricks in the skill tree. You may have learned the various tricks in the tutorial, but you can only gain points when you are licensed in those tricks. Apart from tricks learned, you collect gear and equipment. Gear and equipment are important because they are the only way you get permanent boosts. You start with a generic character in ugly grey sweats, and the only way to get permanent boosts is to buy or rather, rent gear and equipment. Each piece of equipment contains enhancement slots for speed and various trick boosts.
Pros:
- Plays like a console snowboarding game
- The game encourages you to keep on playing
- Good tutorial
- Varied maps
- Great music
- Addictive gameplay
- All three game modes are enjoyable.
Cons:
- Hard to level
- Limited choices in terms of clothes, accessories and boards
- Limited character customization.
- Not enough player population
- Poor radar
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