If you've been following COGconnected's coverage of Steep you'll know that I enjoyed my time with the short beta that was released. I was eager to see how the game stood up after having more time to delve deeper into the full experience.

great visuals; deep mechanics; huge summits; varied events

minor collision issues; no offline mode; para gliding events boring

Steep is open-world as it should be: an unlimited personal playground. Snowboarding is cool. Sailing off a cliff in a wingsuit is cool. Watching a GoPro video of someone triumphantly launching off a ski jump is cool.

Steep starts very quickly, with minimal hand-holding. I did enjoy the short tutorial which teaches you the basic controls for turning and jumping before setting you off on your first challenge.

"A jarring contrast between epic beauty and controller destroying frustration."

"No there ain't no mountain high enough… to keep me from gettin' to you, babe" Marvin Gaye's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" should be the theme song to Steep, because this is a mountain high enough, and it's bloody fun to keep dropping from its myriad summits and peaks to take on diverse part...

So large does the shadow of SSX loom over its contemporaries that no winter sports title can escape from it. If it has snow, a mountain and a range of vaguely board shaped things to slide down it on, chances are it will get compared to EA's seminal SSX series of games.

Set in the Alps, just a small distance away from where the studio is based, Steep allows players to freely explore a massive open-world mountain region, full of challenges, races, secrets and, of course, other players.

Beautiful game!! The graphics are incredible but for a game called "Steep", the mountains aren't steep at all! I was really looking forward to play this game since I'm a long time skier but It's fun for 15 seconds then you just get bored. You can't never get enough speed to really enjoy it.

I brought this for my other half based on recommendations and the graphics are brilliant, endless challenges and genuinely on the edge of your seat! Love it!

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...