Hawk Ride controller “responds like a real skateboard,” detects grabs

This really is going to be the ultimate in self-esteem destruction. Grown men, bent over on a piece of plastic in front of an HD TV, making “pretend” grabs on the stained carpet. Shouting “sweet”. All alone.

*flol* Give that man a prize

Why not just get a real skateboard?

The million dollar question. Million dollar for Mr Hawk, anyway.

Does it come with a free teenage outfit in 40 year old bloke size? Seriously the things got buttons on it too – I’ve got friends who can’t play with a normal pad without accidentally pressing start all the time. This has got “missed the point” all over it.

“Why not just get a real skateboard?”

Whilst I entirely agree with Mr giga (for once) I’m thinking of all those people who ask why people don’t get a real guitar instead of a plastic one and guitar hero.

As if the Tony Hawk franchise needed to commit more suicide. Ahh I give up.

This is the generation of throwaway peripherals, the recession and the the brutal murder of hardcore by casual.

God bless shitty plastic peripherals. They really have exploded in popularity this gen.

“Whilst I entirely agree with Mr giga (for once) I’m thinking of all those people who ask why people don’t get a real guitar instead of a plastic one and guitar hero.”

Because Guitar Hero and Rock Band are fun social games that still manage to retain a level of hardcore challenge to them for those willing to dive into it.

This is… a plastic keyboard.

Lord forbid Activision could just bother to try and make a decent skating game.

Yes, I agree. Guitar Hero, you could argue, was different as it released with the peripheral just as the series came out over here in the West (sure, we know Guitar Freakz was out long before but it was never popular here).

Tony Hawks though, it’s almost as those this peripheral is a last ditch attempt to get the series moving again. Using the wii board makes sense for it but what other games will use it on the 360/ps3? I am dubious – there is a fine line between game control realism and then just going out and doing stuff with a real skateboard. I sense those folk who want realism will just go out and actually skate.

I find the “Why not get a real NNNN” line of thought a bit flawed. There will be a world of difference between this and real skating, just as it is with Guitar Hero or Wii sports.

The lerning curves won’t be anywhere near each other. Neither will the effort involved.

I still think this feels too much like a “It worked for Guiter Hero” and “Shit, what should we do now that SKATE kicked our asses” kind of thing. Maybe they should have laid off for a few years. Let things cool down. Done other games.

I dispise peripherals. My sytem, controller, games, headset, and wires take up enough space as is. BIG fan of Tony Hawk, but I’ll PASS on this for SURE….thanks.