Tony Hawk: Ride

Blog Post: Good buy tony your time was great/ we wont be missing you

Gamecrow — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:02:00 GMT

This is one of the worst tony hawk game i have ever played. OH MY GOD I CAN NOT TRUST THIS GAME! It's bad in every way possible. I used to always play tony hawk games and this took two years to make and it SUCKS. Thanks a lot tony for this game every one is spitting on it. I trusted this game but after the name change to ride and E3 i said this sucks. This is a waste of your money i am saving you from buying this ungreatful game. I am done with you tony and done with your past of games!

Blog Post: Tony Hawk Ride Rip-off

Lone Legend — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:29:00 GMT

This game is horrible. I don't see how this skateboard actually works. It barely knows what trick I'm trying to do. The graphics are ok, but there is no dang concept. All you do is ride around confusingly messing up all the time. This is only my optimistic point of view. Tony Hawk is 100% POSER!!!!!!!!!!!!! The developers must died making this game in the process. This is nothing like the other Tony Hawk games. This is like barbies compared to Tony Hawk's other games. THIS GAME STINKS. I'm warning you Tony Hawk developers. Do not ever, EVER make a game similar to this!

Blog Post: ies

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:59:00 GMT

boobs

Blog Post: is it over activision

Iason conyers — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:18:00 GMT

come on, just end this crap now. Tony is too old now! And this game proves it. Slap a great sports figure on a crappy game and sell it for 120 bucks. Not cool dudes!!

Blog Post: Will likely never play it.

Selva — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:15:00 GMT

Tony I have purchased every Tony Hawk game that has come out, save the one on the Wii, a console I only recently acquired. Thus far I have not been truly disappointed. I could quibble, but these would only be quibbles. That having been said, I will likely never purchase Tony Hawk's new game 'Ride.' Despite the fact that the price dropped almost $30 a few weeks ago it is still just too bloody expensive. My new wii cost about the same. It doesn't matter how gimmicky or cool or cutting edge the controller is, it's just to much. It would be one thing if it were likely that it would be used for many other games, but it won't. It's a proprietary piece of tech that only Tony Hawk and games published by the same company will likely ever use. (And given the mixed reception I can't see even the next major T.Hawk release using it exclusively.) In truth, even if I could afford to spend that kind of money on a game I'm not sure I'd want it. If I had the sort of balance needed to use it I'd probably buy a real skateboard.

Blog Post: Okay

zombiemc — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:25:00 GMT

The game Tony Hawk ride is a good game and deserves more then a 5.75

Blog Post: REally???

kaboomcod13 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:27:00 GMT

im sorry. this game isnt as good as it sounds. I spent all Christmas asking for it only to get my gameinformer mag and read the rating Cristmas eve. Thanks, "Santa"

Blog Post: Hm.

JakeAuditore — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:03:00 GMT

I think that people don't like it because they don't know how to play. The game is fun. If you get used to the game then you WILL LIKE IT!

Blog Post: A HUGE Disappointment

TheGameKilla — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:17:00 GMT

It is a waste of time to play this game, it is FRUSTRATING and I am sorry but I skateboard and I am HUGE fan of Tony Hawk but now this game is a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT for every fan like me I wasted $ 120 dollars for this?????? I really want my money back and I don't recomended seriously but no.

Blog Post: bad game

green day fan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:33:00 GMT

the only reason I gave it a 2.5 because they dont give negitive numbers on this site

it SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Forum Post: dear game informer, i can haz 60$ skateboard please?

sharkdude30 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:44:00 GMT

i agree,i actually had high hopes for this game. its just sad that that activision just let me down

Blog Post: Tony Hawk Review

FatalityRSP — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:52:00 GMT

Tony Hawk RIDE to me, is a complicated game.They do have some features that are new but I think Tony Hawk went a little above and beyond on this one without carfully planning.The controls to me are very difficult.I only know how to ollie.When in Skate 2 I can do a 360 Hardflip 360.To me, it really doesent look like their going to get any big sales on this one.

Blog Post: Tony Hawk: Ride Reveiw

Ziraz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:18:00 GMT

While this game was anticipated a lot by Tony Hawk gamers not many others will go for this "type" of experience. The new peripheral is only slightly fun... at first. Not only is it hard to use but it's not responsive and detracts from the otherwise okay experience. I think that overall only fans of the series and kids will enjoy this experience at all.

Blog Post: A Halfpipe Filled With Frustration

Nick Ahrens — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:03:00 GMT

I’m pretty good at Tony Hawk: Ride. I don’t want to brag or anything, but I scored like 53,000 points in the halfpipe on my first try. How did I do this? Not too sure exactly, but it happened. For better or for worse, this seems to be a standard experience in the new skateboarding title from Activision. Just when I thought I was starting to master a certain mechanic, the inconsistent gameplay inevitably turned each session into whirlwind of tears and frustration. While the skateboard-as-game-peripheral idea may have sounded like a hit on paper, the truth of the matter is it doesn’t translate into the real world.[Excerpt]

Starting a game of Ride feels pretty familiar. Players begin their careers creating a new custom skater from a set of templates, which they can then edit at any time. The standard fare of unlockable items is present, so a skater can eventually be decked out from head to toe in custom gear. Like many Tony Hawk games before it, Ride’s main character is an up-and-coming pro that hangs with the best of the best in skateboarding – P-Rod, Stevie Williams, and even the Bird Man himself. Traveling to six cities along the path to stardom, each destination contains around four areas to ride. These are broken down into speed, trick, and challenge runs, with the occasional special event like a competition or demo. Upon completion, players get points towards clearing out an area to unlock the next. It’s a fairly short, linear career that could easily be taken down in a day.

Many perceive Tony Hawk: Ride as a skate game on rails, which is true for the easier difficulty settings. The player chooses a path based off of on-screen arrows and a yellow path. At any given time, there are up to three choices when the path branches and different lines are created. Choosing a line without the game changing its mind on you requires an uncomfortable, awkward lean either forwards or backwards. It rarely goes as planned.

I’d like to point out that the $120 price point for this plastic skateboard is more than twice as much as a real skateboard complete with all of the fancy trimming like trucks and wheels. The controller has a bevy of embedded sensors that try to determine what actions the player is attempting. Steering and ollies use accelerometers, while grabs use visual sensors. Advanced tricks like 360 flips rely on both types of sensors simultaneously. The build quality is surprisingly high, and for the most part these sensors work pretty well. Unfortunately, your intended actions ultimately get lost in translation.

Since I’ve been skateboarding for well over a decade, I thought I would have a leg-up on this game. Not so much. Flip tricks, one of the most basic skateboarding techniques, require the most advanced movement – popping the nose up and leaning forward or back. Clearly this was done to try and bridge the game’s control with real life movements, but your pissed-off ankles won’t care after a few sessions. The only tricks that truly resemble real skateboarding are reverts and manuals. One of the big reasons most of the tricks in skateboarding work so well is because of forward momentum. With manuals this is especially true. While the stationary-friendly shape of the controller helps, manuals are still muscle-tightening battles with gravity. Play long enough and the cavalcade of confusion that your body goes through eventually turns into a strange, yet familiar awkwardness.

Totally rad skaters can use the hardcore mode, which ditches the rails and lets you skate your heart out. Developer Robomodo added the ability to loosen or tighten the steering, but in the end, trying to skate a planned line requires so much focus and concentration you’d be hard-pressed to find some fun along the way. Instead, the reward is usually a quick, painful faceplant into a wall.

As a skateboarder and as a gamer, Tony Hawk: Ride is a curious idea but a letdown in practice. The huge level of frustration is not worth the time it takes to master the awkward gameplay idiosyncrasies. Instead, it’s more tempting – even as someone with experience – to just spam the waggle movements for a passable high score. With the huge price tag and uncertain future of software support for the peripheral, Activision has one of the toughest sells in video games in a very long time.

Blog Post: A Halfpipe Filled With Frustration

Nick Ahrens — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:03:00 GMT

Blog Post: A Halfpipe Filled With Frustration

Nick Ahrens — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:03:00 GMT

Wiki: Tony Hawk: Ride Guides

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:41:00 GMT

Guides for Tony Hawk: Ride

Blog Post: We Take The Latest Tony Hawk For A Ride

Nick Ahrens — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Activision flew out to the Game Informer offices recently and let us get our feet on the reimagined version of the Tony Hawk franchise with Ride. We had about an hour to play the game, check out the board and talk with Robomodo’s Patrick Dwyer, Lead Designer on the game. Both Matthew Kato and myself had time to play and we share our impressions below. We’ve also got a short video interview with Dwyer along with footage of us playing the game.[Excerpt]

Nick: When Tony Hawk: Ride was announced, I was a skeptic. I’ve been skateboarding almost as long as I’ve been playing video games. So when I heard that they were making a board to stand on, my mind went into curiosity and caution mode. Ride is definitely a huge departure from the series.

The 1:1 riding focus takes over the hyper combo gameplay that the series was known for. Players will put their balance to the test with this game. Staying on the board is not as easy as you probably imagine. I found myself falling off here and there on the longer balance sequences like long rails or manuals. Like real skating, bending your knees is critical for survival. Lowering your center of gravity will just make life easier.

I tried almost the entire gamut of difficulty settings. Unlike other games like a shooter where the AI just gets harder to kill, upping the difficulty in Ride changes the way you play. On the easiest setting, you just kind of goof off and ride the line. But take it to the hardest level and you need to push, trick and turn in real time or you will find yourself a citizen of Faceplant City.

Kato: One of the things that surprised me about playing Tony Hawk: Ride with its board peripheral is the way it affects your balance. It wouldn't seem like it's that hard to balance on a plank that's just sitting on the floor, but the angled edges on the underside of the board mean that the part of it that is actually touching the floor is only about six or seven inches wide. While this allows you to rock from side to side to carve, for example, I also found myself stepping off the board more than I thought I would as I performed tricks. I've skated for years in real-life, and in some ways a real skateboard is sturdier. Similarly, the minimal distance from the tail or nose to the floor means that holding a manual can be tricky because your balance has to be fairly precise.

The Tony Hawk series has been criticized since its inception because of its fantastic take on skating. While I've always enjoyed the franchise's button-crazy combos, it's also fun to have what you do on TH: Ride's board peripheral translate realistically onscreen. Of course, it doesn't always do this accurately, but you simply can't replicate the sensation of actually pulling off tricks with your feet with a standard controller. Some dangerous stunts you should try at home.

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File: Tony Hawk: Ride

Nick Ahrens — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:54:00 GMT

New screens from the radical new skate game.

File: Tony Hawk: Ride

Nick Ahrens — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:54:00 GMT

New screens from the radical new skate game.