Hawk: Reviews smacked RIDE “before they even tried it”

As they say on the football terraces, “Sit down, shut up.”

PS. “I don’t agree with people who say the board’s not responsive,” he added. “I think that they’re just not giving it a fair shake.”

You’re supposed to shake this stupid periphery first to make it work? ;->

The lesson mister Hawk is that you have no fucking clue about videogames. The truth is your name should JUST be stuck on it.

I think the game base for Hawks games has dwindled in general. And add on the that a higher price tag to play with the skate board? I think this was doomed for the get go.

“I brought this idea to ACTIVISION”
more or less nails the fail.

What a waste..

Reviews are usually backed up by text, text which explains the reviewers opinion, backed up by arguments and examples of gameplay. Not just a score on meta critic.

In other words, you can’t just write them off as nonsense.

And also; “I’ve been playing it every step of the way” , most people are not professional skaters, and if the game only works if you know how to skate, it’s not gonna work.

Basic problem: The board is balanced by a spine up the middle, not wheels. Um, hello?

I’ve been playing it over the weekend. It is ridiculously difficult. What’s the point of releasing a game only one man can actually play.

Hawks needs to go to back to what made his games great in the first place. Apart from being more affordable, he has to keep in mind he’s no game designer, he’s a skater (an old one at that). If he can’t admit that, then he should just GTFO off gaming.

I just bought a skateboard for £30 instead. Loads more fun.

I respect the man, but to discredit professional reviews is pretty ignorant. All the reviews I’ve read/watched state VERY SPECIFICALLY WHY the game sucks and received the score it did.

Anybody have a tissue for Tony?

Even a blind person could see that this game was going to suck. Did anyone else here watch the quick look over at GiantBomb? http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-tony-hawk-ride/17-1665/

Tony just make T.H.U.G.3 and all will be forgotten. Don’t worry about Skate cause that sucks too.

This is a seriously balls game. Not my balls, your balls. That’s how balls this is. I don’t want my balls anywhere near this RIDE.

In this case I’d suggest the guy is correct. Games writers were laughing at the concept before they’d even seen the board, which is a lovely bit of kit.

pls Tony, Pimp my Ride!!

Me idiot flatmate bought it. Its fucking horrible, its quite easy to over balance using the thing, which is acceptable if like in real skating you stepped off the board. No in Ride you insta-fail and have to go through numerous painful loading screens.

Oh and you have to set up Regular or Goofy every single time you want to play anything, time, score or free-ride you have to choose regular or goofy.

You have to use the controller for most of the game until you get into the game itself, then sometimes it will change over to the board as controller. “Do an olly to procede” it says, well I would if could register anything.