First there was Snowboard Supercross from EA. That was the first and best snowboard game on the PS2. Maybe the best overall on console or coin-op. Then the somewhat tired Snowboard Heaven made the scene and no one really noticed. UEP gives it a go with a new version of Cool Boarders and attempts to challenge the throne upon which SSX comfortably sits. The new version of CB is subtitled Code Alien, instead of something more obvious to help demarcate lineage. The gameplay is simple enough, rip down snowy slopes, trick yourself out, and ride air when you launch yourself downhill. The presentation is eye candy when slicing through the air with seeming "vapor" trails emanating from your board and dazzling lens flares as your boarder takes flight in front of a looming sun. A trick mode is reminiscent of Tony Hawk where your boarder takes on a gym full of rails, ledges, and ah, other objects, who generously sacrifice themselves to your barrage of jumps, flips and shredding.