Tony Hawks Ride Looks Terrible

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Perhaps they spent too much money investing in the board, and ran out when it came to the graphics department. :p

Graphics, gameplay... haven't heard anything on audio but they probably skimped on that as well. The board probably cost them an absolute fortune. Surprised they haven't just kicked the game out of the door as it is and try to make what money they can out of it.

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That second-last Wii screenshot is my favorite. That weird Reggie-lookalike appears to be cut out of paper.

This may not be a very nice thing to say, but I would definitely chuckle if this game tanked completely. I'd love to see Activision taken down a notch.

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I predict this will be a huge Christmas hit, especially with all of the free publicity they'll get with the nightly news. I'm not saying kids will ask for it for Christmas, parents will just buy it because it checks off something on the Christmas list.

It's got an intriguing gimmick, and it comes at a perfect "parent" price point.

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looking at the 3rd gif down you'd think they might of made the actions on the board match the ones on the screen. he moves the board like a normal shove it and the character does a front shove... good job on that one.

well the video does mention some kind of 'guided mode' in the game... but to think that Tony Hawk would play on such a mode....

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Just curious any reviews hit on this game yet since it comes out on the 17th?

Did not see the point of starting a new thread, but I am curious to hear that some reviewers have to say.

DISCLAIMER - I skated for 8 years of my life, so as much as I know this is going to suck, I cannot lie but part of me wants it to be good.

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Just curious any reviews hit on this game yet since it comes out on the 17th?

Did not see the point of starting a new thread, but I am curious to hear that some reviewers have to say.

DISCLAIMER - I skated for 8 years of my life, so as much as I know this is going to suck, I cannot lie but part of me wants it to be good.

Reviews will probably be embargoed till a week after to hide the fail :p

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Oh god no, *waits for skate 3*

It looks terrible and as stated the shuvits don't match up in the GIF, whatever next doing a heelflip makes the game do a kickflip! lol

NOTE: I have been skating for 16 years imagine how frustrating it will be for myself and fellow skateboarders...

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Game Informer seriously not impressed with Tony Hawk RIDE

Game Informer's published a list of quotes uttered by a man in the Game Informer offices while testing Tony Hawk RIDE. The game's out in the US today. If you're a Tony fan, you might want to look away now:

  • "Wait, that's not? d*** it. Seriously? I didn't even do that trick!"
  • "Oh god! A bunch of people just died! Whooo, SKATEBOARDING!"
  • "Ugh. This board is just horsecrap. (sigh) Horsecrap."
  • "Wait, what? Was that a joke? lol skateboarding, I guess."
  • "What is taking so long? How long does it take to load a bad game?"
  • "I go Super Saiyan. My hair turns blonde, but my beard doesn't"
  • "I don't know how they expect people to do this s***."
  • "Last time I did that exact same motion, I did, like, a quadruple kickflip."
  • "You will have no idea what you are doing. I promise."
  • "And?I landed in the dumpster. That's, uh, that's called the triple-kickflip-dumpster."

Apparently, these "seem pretty representative of the experience as a whole." Their words. Not ours.

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2009/11/18/game-infor...tony-hawk-ride/

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AThanks for this AB, figured as much, am staying far away until it lands in the bargain bin.

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So there was a "review event" at the weekend, 3 hours with the board and some food and drink @ Activision HQ. Basically anyone who attended got to release their review early, everyone else was embargoed. Shoddy tactics from Activision.

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Jeff Gerstmann, Giant Bomb: We've gotten e-mails saying, hey, we're doing an event on Saturday, with Tony Hawk Ride. Tony Hawk will be there talking about the game. This would be your opportunity to come and play it for day one reviews.

Brad Shoemaker, Giant Bomb: Really?

Gerstmann: Twelve to three on a Saturday. Do you really want to read the Day One review I would write after fighting the public and maybe playing the game for 20 minutes? "The 20 minutes I played was awesome!" or "The worst thing ever! I couldn't learn how to play because this game has a learning curve because it's got an actual skateboard. [whispers] They're sending that game off to die."

Source: http://kotaku.com/5407059/reviewer-opportu...s-on-a-saturday

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