More pro skaters heap praise on Tony Hawk Ride

by David Hinkle { Aug 25th 2009 at 2:00AM }

The last time we saw Tony Hawk Ride, it was being played by a bunch of pro skaters who were falling over each other to proclaim the game's brilliance (it couldn't have anything to do with the fact they're all in the game, right?). Well, consider this video the sequel, as it brings even more pro skaters in to offer their very valid, objective feelings on the game. Can you believe they absolutely love it? We. Are. Shocked.

Tags: activision, robomodo, tony-hawk, tony-hawk-ride

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris @ Aug 25th 2009 2:04AM

First.

Of course they're going to say it's good.

WiredKnight @ Aug 25th 2009 2:06AM

I'm glad they got the physics right on Nyjah's dreads.

MystileArmor @ Aug 25th 2009 10:16AM

Yeah cause someones hairdo is the most important aspect of skateboarding. As long as his luscious locks flapper right in the wind, we don't give a shit about the actual skateboard physics, right?

Araskaz @ Aug 25th 2009 1:30PM

Calm down, he never said that. He's glad the they got it right, but he probably doesnt raise that as the most important aspect...

I'm glad that when you roll around and MGS3, the grass moves. Does that mean I think it's the most important aspect of the game? Chill out.

WiredKnight @ Aug 25th 2009 2:16PM

@Mystile

Time to tune up your sarcasm detector. It doesn't seem to be working.

MystileArmor @ Aug 25th 2009 2:29PM

Yeah my sarcasm detector broke, sorry about that. You'd be surprised though how some people are. I've heard someone say with a previous TH game "They'd better have my shoes in the game, otherwise I'm not buying it".

Noxat @ Aug 25th 2009 2:07AM

A week after release, after everyone is sick of the plastic skateboard gimmick, I hope they have some decent standard controls lined up.

DeepFriedSushi @ Aug 25th 2009 2:10AM

the sound is absolutely shitty in this video. you have to try to make it this bad.

Lambrick @ Aug 25th 2009 2:18AM

it's not the sounds that's bad, per se, but the editing. some genius forgot to put in most of the "testimonial" audio, leaving us with crappy filler music.

Stevetrop @ Aug 25th 2009 2:39AM

Yea I have to agree the sound on this video is shitty. I guess its all for the better I suppose. It's as if who ever made this video just wanted to not let up hear them raving about this and play the music.

If nothing else they should have provided better music. Alice in Chains can never hurt. Remember that

Blessed Ossoona @ Aug 25th 2009 5:52PM

Wow... I thought my computer was glitching, what type of editor shows people talking but doesn't let us hear what they say?... not that I really want to, I just get a laugh out of seeing this stupid game.

ripslymemc @ Aug 25th 2009 2:11AM

I hope you don't need the balance real skateboarders have when you play these things...

WiredKnight @ Aug 25th 2009 2:12AM

Of course not, it's Tony Hawk, you have to have the balance of Superman to get anywhere close to the high scores.

False @ Aug 25th 2009 3:04AM

Too bad I have the balance of Drunken Iron Man

Ridgecity @ Aug 25th 2009 3:00AM

Most pro players always hate that they cant play the games they are featured on. If these guys say otherside, it's either it's freekin good, or they already got paid for the sequel appearance.

B @ Aug 25th 2009 3:08AM

Looks like someone forgot the audio

Darkdrium777 @ Aug 25th 2009 3:18AM

"Can you believe they absolutely love it?"

Wouldn't know. They didn't say anything about the game this time.

CzAr @ Aug 25th 2009 3:53AM

The game is so good, they're speechless.

Paulo Eifel @ Aug 25th 2009 4:22AM

I played it at Gamescom this weekend. It was quite nice actually but I`m pretty sure it`ll get old fast!
We`ll see but I`m definitely not spending 100Euros on that thing..
Cheers

Psychokinetic @ Aug 25th 2009 4:35AM

How much did Activision pay them to say that that is good?

Psychokinetic @ Aug 25th 2009 4:37AM

yeah :P i know that they only speak half the time, i just like saying that :P

greqo @ Aug 25th 2009 5:01AM

I wish i could rent this.

prodigy69 @ Aug 25th 2009 7:44AM

it's amazing what money can make you say

overflow @ Aug 25th 2009 11:20AM

it's amazing what money can make you swallow.

douglas @ Aug 25th 2009 7:51AM

Who knows, perhaps it is a good game afterall? Majority of the older tony hawk games are all great games individually, the only reason why we're ripping on this is because we're tired of the hawk, and we're too cheap to buy another controller

Jesus (PSN: Luttdawg) @ Aug 25th 2009 8:32AM

So true, Hawks 1-3 blew my mind. I wish the series still had that kind of magic.

jbni @ Aug 25th 2009 8:56AM

It isn't a sound problem.

They just censured out any negative comments. :P

butaneko @ Aug 25th 2009 9:02AM

I'll admit I went from not giving this game a second thought to really wanting to try it. I'd probably buy it for $80? Maybe?

Crazy-008 @ Aug 25th 2009 9:46AM

May god have mercy on your soul.

TheCoats @ Aug 25th 2009 10:12AM

Dear TH team,

I think I will pass, but I have to say I am sorry that me and the TH games had to have this break-up. It wasn't me, it was you. I would have been very content repurchasing an updated THPS2 with better graphics, if this meant, of course, that i could play graffiti mode online. But no, you had to offer me this and ask me to make a very big comitment to you. I am sorry because of your recent failures (anything after THPS3, with the exception of maybe THUG), I can not make this comitment. Prove to me you can bring your franchise back up to a level were I can trust you and maybe then we can start over. I am just to scared of getting sonic'd all over again. So,I guess this means we should go our seperate ways. I will always remember the good times we had and hope one day we can still be friends.

love,
TheC0A7S

incubeezer @ Aug 25th 2009 10:19AM

where do you have sex with a Tony Hawk?

MystileArmor @ Aug 25th 2009 10:29AM

Activision HQ, or so I heard it was full of money hungry whores.

MystileArmor @ Aug 25th 2009 10:27AM

Wow... I was kind of skeptical when I first heard about the whole board peripheral, but after seeing the gameplay it's yet the same old Tony Hawk game with generic ass controls, crazy fucking fast fliptricks where you can't even tell what happened.

I'll just wait for Skate 3, a game I can play while having a beer or two without having to restrain myself from kickflipping a board into my tv set. A game that, despite not having a peripheral, actually feels more like skateboarding then this game looks to be doing.

Since when was skateboarding about going 120mph down a ledge or doing 45 fliptricks within one jump?
Skateboarding to me was always about relaxing, about the flow and about nailing that one trick on a certain object or gap. Not about skateboarding like a fucking nascar driver.

Meh... just woke up, had to vent I suppose.