Tony Hawk: Ride- 120$ For.. This?!

[Minifig]

Link.

Three videos.. back to back.

Wow.

They are staking it all on.. that?!

120$?!?!?!

In a time of economic downfall who in their right mind would pay for a game that looks like that...and uses that kind of controller?

Activison/Neversoft/Robomoto is NUTS.

[Berserk87]

In a time of economic downfall

for some reason i read that as ergonomic downfall...

[Phantom Helix]

for the price that is outrageously awful

[jelli]

I can just see people buying this and then deciding it's crap and filling all the cash exchange / classified adds and game pre-owned sections with this. They are effectively going to kill the IP with this one I think, or at least what's left of it.

[Sethos]

It works for the Nintendo and their Wii, so why not?

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

This has me sold!

/Preorders

[Rudy]

People did it with Rockband/Guitar Hero, I'm sure they'll buy this crap too

[+LogicalApex MVC]

People did it with Rockband/Guitar Hero, I'm sure they'll buy this crap too

As the old saying goes... "There's a sucker born every minute."

To be fair I have never played Guitar Hero nor do I plan on ever buying this game as to me the sheer price turns my stomach. For someone else it might hold value, but too me the cost is just too insane to spend on one game. A sucker might be a harsh word to use on my part though ;)

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

People did it with Rockband/Guitar Hero, I'm sure they'll buy this crap too

Difference is nearly everyone has a grasp on "air guitar", nearly everyone has pretended to "rock out" with a song. It's almost human nature to know how a guitar works in the simplest sense, one hand strums, one had does the work on the frets. Drums are a bit more complex as you need to be able to coordinate some rhythm, but hey these games have no fail mode and drums on easy are a laugh.

With Ride as a complete noob to skateboarding you're going to need to spend time working on your bodies balance, if that's going to take some people weeks instead of hours/days, then people are going to get ****ed off.

Same with DJ Hero, on Listen UP they were talking about how everyone can relate to a guitar, but when they were play testing DJ Hero it was much more effort for someone who knows nothing about turn tables... then they concluded with saying the above again, if it's going to take some people weeks instead of hours to get the hang of it they're going to get ****ed off.

I can see people buying this then shelving/returning it very quickly.

[MistaT40]

I wish they still made snowboarding games:( They still make Tony Hawk - why not SSX anymore? Sorry I digressed lol. (Yes I know, SSX is by EA)

[Gotenks98]

People did it with Rockband/Guitar Hero, I'm sure they'll buy this crap too

I was just going to say that it was just guitar hero but with skate boards.

[qdave]

Will it really cost 120$ That game is not worth even 20$ :p

[madd-hatter]

You had to know this was coming from the moment they announced it. I remember Tony Hawk coming out on stage, held the "controller" up in the air, I laughed, turned around, went to the kitchen and made a sandwich.

It was a bust before it started.

[Holoshed]

I assume from the looks of it (a first glance guess) that the 120.00 comes with some foot pad skateboard looking thing that pivots to make you feel "super cool" when you skate along like super ma... i mean tony hawk.

If the above is the case then you know how those game companies are with their add-on equipment. They usually lose some money on the console but make it back on the games and accessories you buy afterward in some way either with hardware or licensing.

Now all of that said, I still do not agree its worth it but never underestimate the buying power of a 12 year old with their parents pocketbook backing them.

[dead.cell]

You had to know this was coming from the moment they announced it. I remember Tony Hawk coming out on stage, held the "controller" up in the air, I laughed, turned around, went to the kitchen and made a sandwich.

It was a bust before it started.

Holy ****, I think I did the same exact thing...

[LingeringSoul]

Just from looking at the original post, I thought I was about to watch something horrifying, perhaps on the same level as 2 Girls 1 Cup.

The gameplay footage was not that bad. It doesn't look next-gen, and it certainly doesn't look like something I would spend $120 USD on, but I don't think that people are going to be paying a great deal of attention to the graphics when they're actually interacting with the board peripheral.

My big concern is one that was unfortunately not addressed in any of the three videos: is the peripheral going to be fun to use for more than fifteen minutes? Once the novelty factor wears off, I wonder if the board is going to be intuitive enough to use over the long term. I suppose the best way to test the longevity of a new controller is to try using the old controller afterward. After playing Gran Turismo 4 (back in the day) with a racing wheel, I couldn't go back to the DualShock 2, since it just wasn't nearly as fun. With the board, will I get frustrated to the point where I start wishing for a regular controller again?

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

They said the same about blu-ray, Xbox360, PS3 Slim (just out today, but almost sold out?), and now Modern Warfare 2 (Prestige edition)

[mattmatik]

I wish they still made snowboarding games:( They still make Tony Hawk - why not SSX anymore? Sorry I digressed lol. (Yes I know, SSX is by EA)

I remember hearing or reading awhile back that there is a new SSX game in the works. What a fantastic series that was.

Tony Hawk has gone down the drain. THUG deviated way too far from the original premise and now they've completely bastardized it. What a shame...TH3 was hours and hours of pure fun.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

TH Project 8 was actually a fantastic game, they were on to a winner there. But of course they started thinking crazy again and rehashing ideas for TH9, and now we have this POS for TH10 (N)

[+John. Subscriber¹]

You had to know this was coming from the moment they announced it. I remember Tony Hawk coming out on stage, held the "controller" up in the air, I laughed, turned around, went to the kitchen and made a sandwich.

It was a bust before it started.

Amen. This game is such a gimmick now. I'll admit it had at least a little potential, but not for $120, and not for the result.

[Massiveterra]

for some reason i read that as ergonomic downfall...

I LOL'd

[HeyRatFans]

Ignoring the board for a moment, did I really just watch a video of a Skateboarding game with speed boost / nitro pads / power-ups? :blink:

This **** is turning into the Need For Speed of skate boarding games. Need to go back to the Pro Skater series as it was PS1 / early PS2, not this :(

[BOOYAH]

Ill buy it, im a big Tony hawk fan, used to play them all like crazy. Also a big finger board fan. Im really looking forward to it and im sort of ignoring the bad reviews.

[Ji@nBing]

Gameplay looks lame. Graphics look like Wii. Board is lame. Super expensive. FAIL!!!!

[powerade01]

Do you need the board to play?

GH5 (I think) doesn't need the guitar to play. I hope the same can be said here because its alot more fun playing it with a simple default console controller.