<s>
Amped	B-Application
:	I-Application
Freestyle	I-Application
Snowboarding	I-Application
is	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Application
snowboarding	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
during	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
's	O
launch	O
,	O
Amped	O
is	O
a	O
snowboarding	O
game	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
tricks	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
racing	O
style	O
of	O
play	O
given	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
SSX	B-Application
which	O
launched	O
with	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
in	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
success	O
of	O
Amped	O
was	O
solidified	O
by	O
the	O
successful	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
sequels	O
Amped	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Amped	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Utilizing	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
's	O
built-in	O
hard	O
drive	O
,	O
Amped	O
allowed	O
for	O
entire	O
mountains	O
to	O
be	O
loaded	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
permitting	O
completely	O
free-style	O
runs	O
modelled	O
on	O
real	O
resorts	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
linear	O
courses	O
of	O
other	O
snowboarding	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xbox	B-Application
's	O
built-in	O
hard	O
drive	O
also	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
custom	O
soundtrack	O
using	O
their	O
own	O
music	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
listening	O
to	O
the	O
150-plus	O
tracks	O
already	O
offered	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
derision	O
from	O
some	O
due	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
marketing	O
department	O
Photoshopping	O
lens	O
flares	O
onto	O
what	O
were	O
supposedly	O
actual	O
game	O
screenshots	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
claimed	O
they	O
were	O
unintentionally	O
passed	O
off	O
as	O
screenshots	B-Application
of	O
the	O
actual	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
