Acutally manages to turn the exciting sport of man vs. nature into something dull.
Less than an hour after I started, I was at once happy that I'd saved myself from an actual purchase, and nearly ticked enough to demand my money back.
Talk about your easy-to-beat games! There is hardly a trick you won't discover within a few minutes of pressing Start. I earned so many kudos in the practice rounds, I thought it was broken.
Then I progressed into the regular game, and the same thing happened. With just a few flicks of the buttons, I was able to make the surfer do everything necessary to rack up the points, leaving the only challenge to be when I was going to get tired of this and shut it off.
Really, a day at the beach is much better.