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[BenjaminBirdie]

I thought at first you had photoshopped

in.

Is that picture from the game?

 

[beelzebozo]

your turn to drive; i'll bring the beer
it's an eight lane shift, no one to fear

and RIDE
RIDE, HOW WE RIDE

 

[Colocho]

Hatters gonna hat.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Jeff Gerstmann on the Bombcast revealed that Tony Hawk Ride isn't even shipping for review, they're only allowing reviewers to play on Saturday from noon-three for day one reviewing.

Always a good sign!

So something good could come out of this game. Because no site/mag deserves to be taken seriously if they review this game under those conditions.

 

[Square Triangle]

This really does look incredibly boring. =/

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 on PSN/XBLA please!

 

[Haunted]

Amazing.

 

[EMBee99]

I should have this game in my hands later today. Pics/impressions to come shortly thereafter.

Kind of excited in a "Stand By Me" sort of way.

 

[BarrenMind]

So something good could come out of this game. Because no site/mag deserves to be taken seriously if they review this game under those conditions.

Exactly. I vote site bans for any site that reviews this within the first several days, or maybe a week.

Fucking hell I cannot believe their audacity. Three hours for reviewers from multiple sites to give a full review of the game. That is goddamn shameless as fuck.

 

[Dr Bad Dude PHD]

Hatters gonna hat.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

This really does look incredibly boring. =/

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 on PSN/XBLA please!

*signs*

 

[speculawyer]

Ride has made an appearance in the Amazon Top 100 . . . the Wii version at 88th place . . . maybe we'll all end up with egg on our faces?

Spoiler

I doubt it.

88. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours
1 day in the top 100 Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk: Ride Skateboard Bundle by Activision Inc.
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Release Date: November 17, 2009
Available for Pre-order

Price: $119.99

3 used & new from $119.99


http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=pd_ts_pg_4?ie=UTF8&pg=4

 

[btkadams]

hilarious thread but im not gonna pass judgement on a game i havent played

Spoiler

i won't be playing it though

 

[CamHostage]

I just caught the commercial on TV last night, and even the commercial makes it look dull as dirt. You apparently spend the bulk of the game in the manual position shifting the board left and right and trying to maintain your balance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHPugXJGCM0

I have seen some other clips that make it look more interesting, but this isn't helping. I'm fine with it not being old-style THPS so long as it's good for what it is, but nothing I've seen so far has sold me on it. There's a whole playlist of clips from the game's instruction intro, it does help a bit in figuring out what they're trying to do with the game.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D2D40A89F7798FA4

 

[Kimosabae]

They showed as little of the game as possible and made an appeal to the base senses instead. Good for them.

 

[AstroLad]

Wow, I've never seen an OP be this negatively biased. If I wanted to move in and shut this thread down, do I have grounds under the forum's policy?

 

[Keyser Soze]

What is the fucking problem with talking about games negativity in the OP. You'd think this was fucking V, where were not aloud to show the aliens in a negative light. Newsflash, the aliens are fucking nasty reptiles, most games have lizard features, and this is the fucking nastiest slimy one of all.

Continue the resistance people!

PS: Assassins Creed II does not deserve the happy go lucky approach either, fuck that shit too, with repeating the same shit to .

PSS: Most JRPGs suck.

 

[jetjevons]

Wow, I've never seen an OP be this negatively biased. If I wanted to move in and shut this thread down, do I have grounds under the forum's policy?

It's actually quite disgusting.

 

[PflargBlarg]

Wow, I've never seen an OP be this negatively biased. If I wanted to move in and shut this thread down, do I have grounds under the forum's policy?

Go for it outraged internet person #4986926.

 

[Archaix]

Wow, I've never seen an OP be this negatively biased. If I wanted to move in and shut this thread down, do I have grounds under the forum's policy?

I don't quite see why an official thread has to inherently be positive about the game. The OP is far more entertaining than the game appears to be, so I'm all for it. I miss the days when the Tony Hawk games were good, but...they aren't. So until proven otherwise, I'm fine with this sort of official thread. The Mii screen shot looks like a bad photoshop, for christ's sake. I had to google Tony Hawk Ride Mii to prove to myself that it wasn't.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Looks like a GAFer has taken one for the team:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18478246&postcount=585

I'm having people over tonight to play some Wii games, I bet this will be the life of the party

 

[Y2Kev]

It's actually quite disgusting.

It's disgusting?

 

[-COOLIO-]

Looks like a GAFer has taken one for the team:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18478246&postcount=585

cool, let me hear about how shitty this piece of shit is.

 

[Saiyu]

Is that picture from the game?

Also want to see origin too

 

[grandjedi6]

It's disgusting?

How dare consumers feel anything but blind devotion to a media product.

 

[MacDee]

In before comments, but does this have a weight limitation? Or is it just a solid hunk of plastic.

 

[Archie]

In before comments, but does this have a weight limitation? Or is it just a solid hunk of plastic.

300 pounds iirc. No TH: Ride for me even if I wanted it.

 

[Ridley327]

In before comments, but does this have a weight limitation? Or is it just a solid hunk of plastic.

It's 300 pounds, which is surprisingly less than what the Wii Balance Board supports.

I guess there's going to be a few Best Buy stores next weekend showing this game off as a demonstration. Not being one of those stores, I couldn't care any less about it, but I figure that some people might want to get the chance to experience it in person.

 

[Speevy]

Haha fat people you can't skateboard.

 

[EMBee99]

This game is Guitar Hero: Skateboard. In casual mode, you coast down a line, do certain motions at certain points, and are rewarded for how close you come to doing it right.

It's not great, but it's not horrid either.

 

[speculawyer]

Wow, I've never seen an OP be this negatively biased. If I wanted to move in and shut this thread down, do I have grounds under the forum's policy?

AstroLad
Hail to the KING baby
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[Haunted]

Astrolad is just jealous he didn't make the thread first, leaving him with a half-finished

Spoiler

mock

OP and everything.

Looks like a GAFer has taken one for the team:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18478246&postcount=585

The box doesn't look bad, I like the design!

 

[Azure Dream]

I just caught the commercial on TV last night, and even the commercial makes it look dull as dirt. You apparently spend the bulk of the game in the manual position shifting the board left and right and trying to maintain your balance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHPugXJGCM0

That commercial made the carpet look cool, not the board. It made me want one of those projector floors like at Nintendo's E3 booths.

 

[SapientWolf]

This game is Guitar Hero: Skateboard. In casual mode, you coast down a line, do certain motions at certain points, and are rewarded for how close you come to doing it right.

It's not great, but it's not horrid either.

That would make a perfect box quote.

 

[EL Beefo]

I seem to remember him being in THPS2, was he a hidden character? or do i just remember him from the neversoft skating vids?

It's Ollie the Bum!

 

[nyprimus2]

How do THPS2x, THPS3, THPS4 run on 360 BC?

 

[Neuromancer]

Hey while we're on the topic, how well is Baltimore represented in THroving Ground?

 

[Haunted]

I just caught the commercial on TV last night, and even the commercial makes it look dull as dirt. You apparently spend the bulk of the game in the manual position shifting the board left and right and trying to maintain your balance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHPugXJGCM0

That carpet is awesome!

 

[Ninja Scooter]

300 pounds iirc. No TH: Ride for me even if I wanted it.

No wonder they don't want to leave game journalists alone with the thing

 

[speculawyer]

How do THPS2x, THPS3, THPS4 run on 360 BC?

Hey while we're on the topic, how well is Baltimore represented in THroving Ground?

People are more interested in talking about the old TH games than this one. :lol

 

[Ninja Scooter]

So something good could come out of this game. Because no site/mag deserves to be taken seriously if they review this game under those conditions.

Don't know if they still do it, but Nintendo used to do the same shit back in the day. I remember when Gamefan reviewed Goldeneye back in the day, they mentioned that Nintendo brought the review copy over in a locked up N64 and only gave them a few hours to play it under supervision. I'd imagine this was the case for all other reviewers.

 

[Mileena]

How do THPS2x, THPS3, THPS4 run on 360 BC?

.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

I am excited to see some reviews for this. I bet this game will make me read the text instead of skipping straight to the score.

 

[Tamanon]

I wonder if they're hoping people will assume some sort of video mat comes with the game controller, based on the commercial.

 

[user_nat]

How do THPS2x, THPS3, THPS4 run on 360 BC?

Only ever played THPS4 on my 360, but it ran great.

Everything loads pretty much instant.

 

[Robot 492]

Is anyone planning on picking this up tomorrow? I wanna hear some impressions.

 

[eznark]

Best Official Thread ever.

 

[Struct09]

I played it a bit this weekend (Wii version, as posted above. Wii version uses a USB dongle too.). After 10+ minutes of calibrating the board, I was able to do the tutorials and play a little bit. The only word I can really use to describe the experience so far is "awkward" :-/

Pulling off tricks didn't feel particularly satisfying, mostly because it just felt like I was searching for the right force to use on the board to get it to do what I wanted. Maybe I just really suck and need to spend more time with it, but I wasn't having much fun fumbling around and ended up playing Uncharted 2 instead (which I have yet to complete, so you can't blame me).

 

[templeusox]

Pulling off tricks didn't feel particularly satisfying, mostly because it just felt like I was searching for the right force to use on the board to get it to do what I wanted. Maybe I just really suck and need to spend more time with it, but I wasn't having much fun fumbling around and ended up playing Uncharted 2 instead (which I have yet to complete, so you can't blame me).

I can blame you for not beating it yet.

 

[Y2Kev]

awesome, let's talk about uncharted 2

 

[speculawyer]

LA Times has an interview (with video) with Tony Hawk about Ride.

The Wii version is currently at #31 on Amazon's Top 100. However, neither the xbox 360 nor PS3 version is in the Top 100 at.

So perhaps it won't bomb as bad as DJ Hero, but so far it seems to be viewed more as a game for casual gamers? (Far more popular on the Wii than on the HD twins.)