Amped 3's game world will cover seven resorts around the world in addition to an unlockable DC Mountain Lab course that becomes available after you beat the story mode. The actual resorts are absolutely massive and allow an SSX 3 style of free roaming as you look to complete trick and racing challenges. There's even a snowmobile you can use to get around faster. In addition, you'll be able to navigate where you drop in to each mountain through a huge and easy to use 3D map which you can rotate around and zoom in with. As you complete challenges you'll gain respect and unlock new story modes, which are indicated on your radar.

We played through some training modes that introduce you to the gameplay like grinding, pulling off tricks, powder shredding, and sledding. Yes, sledding. For various challenges in Amped 3 you'll be swapping your snowboard for a saucer sled and flying down steep slopes. In some cases you'll be trying to intentionally injure yourself for points, but in our case we just had to complete a training level where our objective was to stay on a pipe. This was accomplished by tilting the sled with the shoulder buttons, making it all the way down the tube and crashing into a bowling pin style layout of oversized garden gnomes. The powder shredding option allowed players to carve side to side and actually get in a rhythm with point rewards for proper execution; definitely a new perspective to getting down the hill.