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Tony Hawk RIDE ROM Description
Tony Hawk was once the king of extreme sports video games. The series dominated the genre through the 90s and early 2000s with its smooth controls, expansive levels, and satisfying trick combos. But the later games lost their luster, and Activision took the franchise back to the drawing board. The result was 2009’s Tony Hawk: Ride, an ambitious reboot armed with motion controls and a physical skateboard peripheral. While inventive in concept, Ride ultimately faceplants due to rough execution.
Ride comes packed with a wireless skateboard controller covered in sensors. Players stand on it and tilt, twist, and hop as if riding a real board. Infrared detects these motions and translates them into ollies, kickflips, manuals, and grinds on-screen. It sounds incredibly immersive on paper. In practice though, the board feels unresponsive. Casual players can get by mashing buttons, but steering at higher difficulties turns into a clumsy balancing act. Colliding into walls and bailing constantly kills the flow. The physics and collision detection just aren’t refined enough to match the hardcore demands Ride places on players.
The unique controller does enable moments of fun, especially for younger gamers unleashing chaotic trick storms. But beyond the novelty lies a lackluster package. The brief campaign touring cities worldwide offers little reward or sense of progression. Blunted level design and repetitive challenges drone on. And Ride’s presentation demonstrates an astounding lack of polish. Excessive load times between menus, unintuitive calibration screens, unskippable training videos – it’s the antithesis of pick-up-and-play. Even basic multiplayer lacks interaction between players. Ride stumbles again and again in providing a smooth, social experience worthy of its premium price tag.
While inventive, Tony Hawk: Ride is a disappointment. Its temperamental controls and lacking game design fail to live up to the strong legacy of earlier titles in the series. Fans were hungry for a return to form after years of mediocre sequels. Unfortunately this reboot board slides well short of expectations. Yet for nostalgic gamers, revisiting the clumsy butcher-about by Activision still conjures memories of a brighter era when Tony Hawk ruled the half pipe. Just be sure to download the ROM and emulate it instead of paying full price. Check out other classic Xbox hits on ROMsdl while you’re at it!
| Filename | Size | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Hawk - Ride (Europe) | 5.86 G |
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