TH:R has scores on metacritic over 90.

Moneyhats or really stupid reviewers?
 
For the record, the high scores come from Gamezone, Gaming Trend, and Planet Xbox 360. Most well-known sites have given poor marks to Tony Hawk: Ride. See Game Informer, IGN, GameTrailers, and of course Giant Bomb.

Yep, it's a love it or hate it thing. I wonder if the board reacts differently to to people who are in decent shape. Jeff is, after all, pretty damn tall and over the recommended weight limit (I remember him saying that on one of the E3 podcasts). Even if it does behave differently, that doesn't make me believe it's worth anywhere near what they're charging for it.

Were the reviews launch day reviews? If so, stupid.

" @Video_Game_King: I should re-listen to that E3 podcast (but I won't). I think they said the weight limit recommended is under 250 pounds. "

I guess some people liked it, and some people didn't.

I actually took the time to read one of those reviews (I think it was the one from Gamezone), and it quickly became obvious that regardless of any shady going-ons, they do not know how to write. And I'm not just talking about syntax or anything like that; the review says nothing. It's a waste of unlimited Internet cloud bits. It's amazing some of these publications have followers.

Why would the board's weight limit really matter, though? I don't think it would affect the performance of it. All you're doing is tilting and covering sensors. I think the  weight limit is mostly for... err... not breaking the board.
 
Also, all of the sites I know and trust on that list of metacritic ratings are pretty much all in line with one another. I'm not particularly saying the rest are either dumb or paid off, because everyone has their own opinion, but what it comes down to, as always, is what reviewer really speaks for *you*, and what is their opinion?
 
From the Planet 360 Review:

 As I stood there watching Tony Hawk launch his all-new skateboarding game in New York City yesterday I began to see why the team created this completely new experience for fans. Tony Hawk is no longer the twenty-something X-Games champion that he once was, he has aged and is married with a precious little daughter; his times of ruling the skateboarding world are slipping away (he still has skills). That’s why the development team created Tony Hawk: RIDE...  

No, I'm pretty sure it had more to do with them trying to finally switch things up from the usual, so overdone, regular Tony Hawk formula that hasn't done nearly as well as the series used to, coupled with the idea that "Hey, people are buying all these ridiculous plastic instruments. Why don't we make one, too?"; an idea that started to tank sometime during this game's development. Also, isn't it a different developer, altogether?

They're going easy on it because it's a new idea, basically the game could be completely broken but if reviewers like the concept they'll give it a high score. Also, fuck every Tony Hawk game after THUG2.

The weight limit on the final board is 300 pounds.

" Yep, it's a love it or hate it thing. I wonder if the board reacts differently to to people who are in decent shape. Jeff is, after all, pretty damn tall and over the recommended weight limit (I remember him saying that on one of the E3 podcasts). Even if it does behave differently, that doesn't make me believe it's worth anywhere near what they're charging for it. "

" They're going easy on it because it's a new idea, basically the game could be completely broken but if reviewers like the concept they'll give it a high score. Also, fuck every Tony Hawk game after THUG2. "

" @Emandudeguyperson said:

" They're going easy on it because it's a new idea, basically the game could be completely broken but if reviewers like the concept they'll give it a high score. Also, fuck every Tony Hawk game after THUG2. "

Fuck every Tony Hawk game after THPS 3. "

Jeff likely weighs well over 250 pounds.  I'm 6'1, 28 years old and in moderately athletic shape (I run 2 miles every night) and I weight about 220 or so now, probably. Jeff is older, from what I'm reading taller, and has considerably more mass. You could tell he was getting out of breath in the quicklook. I'm not saying it to call attention to it or anything but it has on occasion worried me in video reviews when you see that he seems to have gained even more weight...

I haven't played it so I can rate it, but the gameplay I've seen looks shallow and uninteresting. It's probably no coincidence that my opinion is similar for most peripheral-based games.

" @Goly said:

" @Emandudeguyperson said:

" They're going easy on it because it's a new idea, basically the game could be completely broken but if reviewers like the concept they'll give it a high score. Also, fuck every Tony Hawk game after THUG2. "

Fuck every Tony Hawk game after THPS 3. "

No love for THPS4? "

" Jeff likely weighs well over 250 pounds.  I'm 6'1, 28 years old and in moderately athletic shape (I run 2 miles every night) and I weight about 220 or so now, probably. Jeff is older, from what I'm reading taller, and has considerably more mass. You could tell he was getting out of breath in the quicklook. I'm not saying it to call attention to it or anything but it has on occasion worried me in video reviews when you see that he seems to have gained even more weight... "

I'm seeing 59.

Metac@Suicidal_SNiper said:

" @JazGalaxy said:

" Jeff likely weighs well over 250 pounds.  I'm 6'1, 28 years old and in moderately athletic shape (I run 2 miles every night) and I weight about 220 or so now, probably. Jeff is older, from what I'm reading taller, and has considerably more mass. You could tell he was getting out of breath in the quicklook. I'm not saying it to call attention to it or anything but it has on occasion worried me in video reviews when you see that he seems to have gained even more weight... "

Why did you feel the need to point this out? You said it wasn't to call attention to it but what else would you be doing other than that? =\ "

The game blows Jeff hath spoken all who disagree are being a Judas!

" Moneyhats or really stupid reviewers? For the record, the high scores come from Gamezone, Gaming Trend, and Planet Xbox 360. Most well-known sites have given poor marks to Tony Hawk: Ride. See Game Informer, IGN, GameTrailers, and of course Giant Bomb. "

" The game blows Jeff hath spoken all who disagree are being a Judas! "

No single player game is worth 200 dollars.
 
No matter what you pack with it, and even then it better be fucking mindblowing or else it deserves nothing better than a mediocre score.

Hang on, where is this coming from? coz on Metacritic now it has a score of 51 i think. 

Those sites with high reviews went to that stupid review event.  Where you got to play for like 10 hours with hundreds of other people around.  They even said in their reveiw they didn't play the full game, just what they could in that time limit.  But don't worry, they also say they feel comfortable with the amount of time

The board doesn't even work for me, and I'm small for a man, only 5'5" and 140 pounds. I'm truly saddened when I think of where this series went... I remember playing Tony Hawk 64, and I remember how good that game was. 

Poor Tony Hawks games, I remember staying up till the early hours of the morning playing THPS 2, hell even the demo for the first game has imprinted itself on my mind. Its a shame to see where the series has gone.

For me, Tony Hawks died after Pro Skater 3, I remember spending literally DAYS in the editor, making grinds that went on for miles and listening to the INCREDIBLE soundtrack that game had.