Shredders is a gnarly arcade snowboarding game made by a small indie team. It’s easy to feel the pure love for the sport as soon as the game is booted up. Revolving around two snowboarders who run an up-and-coming YouTube channel called Shreddagedon, players must guide these two to gain a place in the coveted snowboarding invitational.
Shredders perfectly blends the best parts of open mountain snowboarding that has previously been enjoyed in SSX 3 with the trick and score-focused arcade nature found in the Amped series. Fortunately, Shredders does a top-notch job at getting players up to speed with its unique, yet robust control scheme. If eager players are looking to become the next pro snowboarder in Shredders then be sure to check out these radical pro tips.
6 Carving And Speed Checking
While new players might understand how to move down the mountain in a basic manner, it’s carving and speed checking that transform novices to professionals in Shredders. Shredders has an incredibly deep movement system whereby carving ensures tighter turns around objects, hazards, or when setting up for a big jump. The game does teach budding boarders about this skill but not until much later in the game.
Similarly, to become increasingly proficient and skilled and tacking the massive kickers, it’s a good idea to get to grips with speed checking. Speed checking involves shifting the snowboard slightly in order to slow down speed enough to set up for a jump or rail trick. The combination of carving and speed checking will ensure those pro skills are highlighted in-game.
5 From Simple Spins To Gnarly Spins - The Flick Approach
Shredders’ approach to tricks is simple in premise but utterly challenging to master, at least when first starting out in the game. One of the best things to keep in mind as players’ skills are put to the test is upping spin count when tricking off the massive kickers. Performing basic 180s and 360s can be done quite easily, however, it’s a whole different beast to perform the 1080s and the 1440s.
In order to pull off gnarly spins in Shredders, it’s a great idea to get familiarized with the flick approach. The flick approach happens when you line up for a trick, holding down the pre-jump button, all while pre-turning your body for the spin trick. At the last moment, and before letting go of the jump button, flick the thumbstick in the opposite direction. This flick spin will ensure players get a faster spin in the air.
4 Landing With Style
None of the awesome tricks in Shredders would matter if a successful landing doesn’t take place. It’s easy to think that an arcade-type snowboarding game like Shredders simply allows players to land with ease. While that may be true in some instances, such as on the smaller jumps, it’s a good idea to understand how to land with style and perfection.
Landing with style in this game comes down to judging the angle at which the landing will take place. Shredders has a pre-land button that can be held down just as the trick is being finished up. It may look really awesome to keep that spin or flip going, however, it’s vital to pre-land by setting up the snowboard with the angle of the landing area. Doing this nets players with more points and style.
3 The Jib And Grind
Apart from the insane tricks that can be pulled off in the air in this game, eager boarders can also perform jibs or grinds. Jibbing is another snowboard term for grinding and simply means guiding the snowboard onto a rail or box in order to perform these types of tricks. Shredders’ landscape is brimming with areas to jib, however, it takes a good deal of movement mastery in order to set yourself up for these tricks.
Once a good trick line is spotted, it’s generally recommended to speed check, something that allows players to slow down just enough to jump onto a rail. Some rails have players simply ride onto them. In order to pull off pro-level grinds, tricking onto a rail through speed checks and spins will achieve much higher scores and style points.
2 Dual Trick Mastery
Shredders’ gameplay features quite a bit of nuance and control mastery. This is most true when it comes to performing corked tricks or rodeos, as examples. Corked tricks combine flips and spins in a way that alters the boarder’s position in the air, making the tricks much more exciting. Rodeos are similar in that they involve flipping your body a certain way in combination with a spin.
Pulling off these high-level tricks is no easy feat. In order to do these types of pro-level tricks, getting to grips with dual tricks is of the utmost importance. Players can do this by pre-tricking. Pre-tricking happens when your boarder alters their body before a jump. This can be done with both the flip and spin maneuvers. After letting go of the jump button, players are thrust into crazy, over-the-top flip and spin combos that look downright stunning.
1 Reset, Redo, Never Give Up
While it may be cliche to say, practice does indeed make perfection. This statement is incredibly true if players want to move from novice status to pro status, especially if that coveted invitational is in sight. Fortunately, Shredders gives each snowboarder the time and flexibility to master its pro-level moves. One of the ways this happens is with the ever-present reset button.
At any time, or if a mistake is made, simply hold down the reset button to bring the boarder back a few seconds. This redo enables players to retry that trick again, over and over again, until it’s perfected. It’s such a remarkable system that more extreme sports games should implement. Oftentimes starting a whole run over again in hopes of nailing that one trick can be frustrating, so it’s nice that Shredders sets up and coming pro snowboarders for success.
