Taking the spot as the first fully fledged open-world snowsports title to be released this generation, Ubisoft's latest IP Steep has been released this month, and although it delivers a seamless multiplayer experience filled with brisk adrenaline-fuelled events, not everything about it was spotless.

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

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

When Steep was announced earlier this year, it caught a lot of us off guard. It's not anything we expected, but we certainly took notice, especially those of us who enjoy extreme sports games.

Beautifully designed world | Great sense of Speed | Technically very good

Gets a bit stale | A world filled with a lot of repetition | Foul language felt a bit out of place | No offline mode

I enjoyed just about every minute I spent playing . Grandiose, attractive environments serving as the backdrop to varied, intense challenges are enough on their own to make this wintry playground somewhere I was always delighted to go back to and spend more time in - a feeling I still have even...

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.

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

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!

The National Sporting Goods Association reported in 2011 that more than 6.9 million people around the world ski, while more than 5.1 million snowboard. With this in mind you'd think that snow sport video games would be more popular than they are; the last significant snowboarding or skiing game...

Photo perfect presentation; Tight controls across all four disciplines; Great sense of freedom; Well implemented multiplayer

Disappointingly low level variety; Tags

"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...