Tony Hawk Ride Review 3.5

Gamingtread gave it a 92 based off of "10 hours of shared playtime amongst 5 people" and then when IGN and Giantbomb gave it terrible scores, the reviewer proceeded to call Jeff G. a "douche" and "eggplant"XturnalS

Whatever, that just makes it obvious the reviewer at that no name site is suffering from an inferiority complex, or Kotick is paying him good money, I'm not sure which one it is. Maybe both. Jeff's reaction would be little more than "Cry moar, your tears fuel me". Reminds me of that whole Too Human mess where that moron Matt at IGN claimed everyone giving Too Human low scores was wrong or lying. (how does he still have a job? He's a walking talking puppet for Nintendo, and cannot possibly claim to give them unbiased coverage on the Wii page) Verbal diarrhea from an insecure little man who knows he doesn't match up.

That seemed like a terrible idea from the word go. Just an excuse to charge more for a new game in a very tired series. Oh well. Maybe they'll add the first two games as PSone classics to the Playstation Store one of these days, and we can relive the glory days.thunderf00t

I suppose I am next on their list, though I don't see myself as much of an eggplant. I think I am more of a yam, or perhaps some type of artichoke. Kevin-V

The Idyll of Vanord: A ninja stirring up a flock of crows in a field of yams.... less arcadia, more badass.

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It's a shame to see the Tony Hawk series so gutted, I remember playing THPS 3 for the first time and being generally pleased by it. The Tony Hawk series, back in the day, did everything a game should do - it was fun, it had solid level design, it was even better with a friend, and it had a high octane soundtrack to keep your ears happy while you played for hours on end.

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Activision's serialization, combined with a simple steady decline of the series, have created what I'll call a "frothy latte of fail". Only one question remains, is there room in the E.T. landfill for all the plastic skateboard controllers?

Gamers don't like to get up and move around. Besides, why stand in front of the TV doing unrealistic movements to mimic skateboarding when you can just do it outside in the real world? It'll costs you less too!

Gxgear

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LOL at the site who give this game a 9. *cant remember the site*

Kevin-V

Gamingtread gave it a 92 based off of "10 hours of shared playtime amongst 5 people" and then when IGN and Giantbomb gave it terrible scores, the reviewer proceeded to call Jeff G. a "douche" and "eggplant"

It was hilarious, such terrible journalism that goes beyond the usual piss-poor effort given to us by video game sites.

Can't say I'm surprised, when the controller for your game doesn't work well, it can only go down from there. Not to mention this game breaks the laws of physics constantly.

LMAO at the score

Is the Guitar Hero model going to be the inspiration for all of Activision's games? GG I could already see a $120 gun-peripheral for MW3.

Skateboarding games just dont have the same appeal to me like they used to anyways. But I am really not suprised at the score. Tony Hawk games have went to crap after pro skater 4.

See GS thinks Gameplay is more important than Story or Graphics. If you can't control your character, whats the point of playing?

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LOL at the site who give this game a 9. *cant remember the site*

nitromuffin

Bribes anyone? :P

Honestly, after reading the review, 3.5 seems too generous. The board that comes with the game is durable... and that's it for 'The Good'. A 1.5 seems about right. The only thing keeping it from being as bad as Big Rigs is the fact that the board is durable. lolDoolz2024

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Gamers don't like to get up and move around. Besides, why stand in front of the TV doing unrealistic movements to mimic skateboarding when you can just do it outside in the real world? It'll costs you less too!

Midnightshade29

[QUOTE="Doolz2024"]Honestly, after reading the review, 3.5 seems too generous. The board that comes with the game is durable... and that's it for 'The Good'. A 1.5 seems about right. The only thing keeping it from being as bad as Big Rigs is the fact that the board is durable. lolCherokee_Jack

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="Doolz2024"]Honestly, after reading the review, 3.5 seems too generous. The board that comes with the game is durable... and that's it for 'The Good'. A 1.5 seems about right. The only thing keeping it from being as bad as Big Rigs is the fact that the board is durable. lolDoolz2024

See GS thinks Gameplay is more important than Story or Graphics. If you can't control your character, whats the point of playing?

LOXO7

I only really got into the original. 3 was alright.

Oh how the mighty have falled.

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="Doolz2024"]Honestly, after reading the review, 3.5 seems too generous. The board that comes with the game is durable... and that's it for 'The Good'. A 1.5 seems about right. The only thing keeping it from being as bad as Big Rigs is the fact that the board is durable. lolDoolz2024

And thats why Sonic unleashed was unfairly reviewed. No way is it equal to this broken piece of crap.

Somewhere, Neversoft is crying itself to sleep.

if this game still sells like a blockbuster then looks like 2012 is really true.

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LOL at the site who give this game a 9. *cant remember the site*

XturnalS

Gamingtread gave it a 92 based off of "10 hours of shared playtime amongst 5 people" and then when IGN and Giantbomb gave it terrible scores, the reviewer proceeded to call Jeff G. a "douche" and "eggplant"

It was hilarious, such terrible journalism that goes beyond the usual piss-poor effort given to us by video game sites.

Can't say I'm surprised, when the controller for your game doesn't work well, it can only go down from there. Not to mention this game breaks the laws of physics constantly.

Somewhere, Neversoft is crying itself to sleep.

charrr1234

It's time to get a grown up job Tony!

And thats why Sonic unleashed was unfairly reviewed. No way is it equal to this broken piece of crap.

shutdown_202

That was more broken...

More broken > broken ;)

suck on that mr kothick

all i can say is... OUCH!

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LOL at the site who give this game a 9. *cant remember the site*

InsaneBasura

Gamingtread gave it a 92 based off of "10 hours of shared playtime amongst 5 people" and then when IGN and Giantbomb gave it terrible scores, the reviewer proceeded to call Jeff G. a "douche" and "eggplant"

It was hilarious, such terrible journalism that goes beyond the usual piss-poor effort given to us by video game sites.

Can't say I'm surprised, when the controller for your game doesn't work well, it can only go down from there. Not to mention this game breaks the laws of physics constantly.

Yessir,http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/gaming-trend-reviewer-calls-jeff-gerstmann-a-douche/272744/?

Enjoy.

There are tons of Tony Hawk Ride stacked up in the aisle at my local Best Buy. They sure wont sell at $119.00 a pop now with all the bad reviews. Maybe they can try to blow them out at $39.00 on Black Friday and if they are lucky, they will sell 2 or 3 of them to unsuspecting customers.

Well lets just say that the Tony Hawk games have lost their spark. They've gone from great to good to bad to worse. The declining Tony Hawks games are just a result of careless developers who just expect everyone to buy their games at a hefty price tag, regardless of the price. Well done Tony Hawk. Also he announced that he is going to make a sequel. :(

I hope this game fails hard at retail to send the message to activision that we don't want your cruddy plastic controllers and milking of long dead franchises

[QUOTE="Toriko42"][QUOTE="Doolz2024"]Well, it's all opinion anyway. An 'abysmal' game imo is something like Tony Hawk Ride. Broken controls = 'abysmal' gameDoolz2024

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"][QUOTE="Doolz2024"]Honestly, after reading the review, 3.5 seems too generous. The board that comes with the game is durable... and that's it for 'The Good'. A 1.5 seems about right. The only thing keeping it from being as bad as Big Rigs is the fact that the board is durable. lolDoolz2024

Well Lair also had amazing production values but busted gameplay and it outscored Ride. So maybe production values do make a difference I guess. It's what keeps games like Ride and Lair stand out from abysmal ones like Big Riggs and Charlies Angels.

to me, most reviewers should have asked themselves "is this game worth the 100+ price". I'm sure there would be a unanimous no...

Why don't they just go back to basics and make Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 already? I would buy that in a heartbeat.Superzone

There are tons of Tony Hawk Ride stacked up in the aisle at my local Best Buy. They sure wont sell at $119.00 a pop now with all the bad reviews. Maybe they can try to blow them out at $39.00 on Black Friday and if they are lucky, they will sell 2 or 3 of them to unsuspecting customers.

Videodogg

It's obvious that Kevin was paid off for this review, I mean this game is a 3.0 MAX. I can't think of any other reason why the score is so heavily inflated. I guess Kevin will be having an extra special Christmas, thanks to Activision :P