Poppermost Productions has announced that SNOW, the open world, winter sports game, has advanced into free-to-play open beta on the PC via Steam. This new phase of development launches with free-roam multiplayer for sharing the powder with friends, the introduction of competitive events and leaderboards, enhanced graphics, and an expanded mountain that now includes more than 20 unique areas to discover.
Alexander Bergendahl, CEO at Poppermost, said:
“Open beta is a huge leap forward in fulfilling SNOW’s promise of a fun and authentic sporting and exploration experience that’s totally yours to do with as you please, alone or with friends. Now the lifts are open to the whole world. Winter is finally here!”
As a free-to-play open beta, players have the option to purchase cosmetic items to customize their appearance, as well as access to premium events that unlock exclusive rewards not available in the store. Poppermost has partnered with a continually growing list of the world’s top winter sports pros, brands, and events to design slick clothing and equipment for the slopes and competitions to test your skills. Snowboarding and snowmobiling are also currently in development and will be unveiled to players during the Open Beta.
SNOW is expected to officially launch as a free-to-play game on the PC later this year.
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Animations need work and everything kind of feels lifeless and stale.
Graphics are great and I run maxed at 80FPS, the open world of the mountain feels natural, but the physics are bad (needs more weight to it and more inertia), ragdoll physics are broken literally (animations of course need work), servers are working terrible having massive lag spikes, rubberbanding and cuts for no reason (add crashes and weird slow downs).
Playing in solo is the best option since the game won’t crash because of the server, so try it out in solo.
Good looking game, if they fix those issues it can be a great snowboard simulator in an open world.
Im gonna have to ask this again. Are we ever gonna see SSX on pc? SNOW is far off course from it.