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11/20/09
Can't you... Go out and buy it? I mean, it's out.
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11/20/09
I realize the PA comment lept giant chasms of assumption, which spurred your obvious question. But now you know... and knowing is half the battle.
:)
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This is also funny when it comes to the whole Tony Hawk Ride bit. Seriously though this game's been getting odd reviews there's 1 9, a 1/5 and 5.75/10
11/19/09
No thanks.
The Skate series took a pretty big risk and it ended up paying off quite well (if you ask me), however I have a feeling this risk will not. TIME WILL TELL, I SUPPOSE.
11/19/09
i wish people would stop buying these games, so the series would go ahead and cease to exist.
11/19/09
I would, however, love to see a return to form. Tony Hawk 1 and 2 were two of the best games that the PS1/N64/Dreamcast generation saw, and the 3rd and 4th incarnations weren't bad either.
After that, though, there was a rapid dropoff and now we have...this.
If Activision gave us a solid arcade skateboarding game, one without unnecessary fake skateboards or story modes that incorporate the cast of Jackass, I'd be interested.
11/19/09
The board looked more responsive than I figured it to be, but I'm still suspect that it can allow players to pull off THPS2 level infinite trick combos. I tend to think that while Ride is basically guaranteed to fail, it just might be failing more due to a steep learning curve rather than any real problems with the game or board itself. I expect it to be playable, but not the same as past "regular" games, and too many will be quick to cite that as an admittedly unwelcomed fault instead of trying it out for the new experience Ride wants to provide.
Yes, I'm trying to remain optimistic here. :p
11/19/09
jeffgerstmann
Just watched a Tony Hawk 1 video on YouTube and got depressed. Tony Hawk: Ride is awful so far. Hoping to have a review ready tomorrow.
11/19/09
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11/19/09
I don't want to say or imply money was involved, because I can't remember an incident where Activision did that. It wouldn't be the first time a publisher bought review scores, though...
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11/19/09
#speakup
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You're cool.
11/19/09
Chill out guys, it was a joke, geez.
11/19/09
@Jaems: I'm pretty sure when he gave Zelda a score below a 9, you're tears of anger blinded you.
Actually, it might just be his haircut.
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11/19/09
They don't know what they're missing.
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I have no problem with him not liking it, I have a problem with it not being a truly informed opinion. I would never say a game sucks that I haven't played yet, and I'm not even a games journalist, someone who people listen to when they are trying to decide what game to buy. Demon's Souls deserves more than that.
11/19/09
Anyway, I'm sure the whole team will get around to it just for the game of the year awards.
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11/19/09
Have they yet to make a game that was consistent in character creation(not somehow magically missing half the stuff from previous games), well built(not with clunky horrendous animations, more smooth movement, and better level design), and fun to play in story mode(not obnoxious goals that you spend so much time pressing start and retrying that the noise starts to melt your brain and you accidentally start and retry upon completion)?
<_< Basically "Has the game progressed beyond just getting prettier but mostly staying the same as the first one"?
But mostly character design. I have bought at least one tony hawk game just for it. It frustrates me that one game has a messenger bag and then the next doesnt, or one has a cool hat which is destroyed next time around, or one has the best absolute perfect hairstyle and the next one doesn't have anything close? ;-;
09/06/09