Having worked on the multiplayer components of previous Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed titles, as well as more recently collaborating on The Division , it's fair to say that Ubisoft Annecy is very knowledgeable when it comes to both online multiplayer and open-world experiences.

Mountains are far from uncommon in open-world exploration games, but even in the most impressive ones, they're normally little more than pretty white fences encircling a greener playfield. Steep reverses this concept with some success.

Four different "extreme" methods of transport add welcome variety; Simply traveling down the mountain can feel as meaningful as completing challenges; Large and beautiful environments with zero loading screens

Voiced "mountain stories" come off as a little hokey; Paragliding gets boring quickly; Lackluster cosmetic items are the only real rewards

The best snowboarding game for a long time, with an excellent open world environment… and some very odd, and unnecessary, flaws.

The open world is huge and the graphics excellent; Snowboarding and skiing work great, and bumping into other online players is a neat thrill

The collision detection often seems off, particularly with wingsuits; No equipment or character customisation; Paragliding is boring

Sponsored by Red Bull…

The first snowboard game I've played that made powder very well. Overall a grat game. I would have liked if they focused on freestyle a little more when making the game

Steep brings a lot of really good ideas and reasonably strong snowboarding action to the table, but it's held back by a lot of little problems with the physics, the UI, and the course design. The final result is ambitious and often entertaining, but also unpolished and frustrating.

Bought this game 3 weeks ago and have really enjoyed playing it!

Joe gives us his impressions on Ubisoft's snow sports title – Steep – with this review on PS4.

I was a bit skeptical at first with this game, though I might end up getting bored after awhile. I was definitely wrong! Played this game for 5 hours when I first put the disc in. If you even remotely have an interest in snow sports this is definitely a game worth having.

Absolutely Brilliant game. Have spent many hours on this game and have loved pretty much every minute of it. Can be seriously challenging at times with challenges taking many MANY attempts to complete and get gold, but with seamless restarts to challenges doesn't interrupt your experience of...