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    Tony Hawk: RIDE

    Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Nov 17, 2009

    The tenth game in the Tony Hawk series, RIDE featured the use of a newly conceived skateboard peripheral in an attempt, by Activision, to reboot the series.

    How Tony Hawk Rode Off My Radar

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    Edited By kariyanine
    Back in the early days of the Playstation 2 I jumped on the extreme sports bandwagon for a short bit, I had Tony Hawk 3 (and 4), SSX, some BMX game that promised me boobs but was really just lame instead. My fascination with extreme sports was short lived though and I haven't much paid attention to the genre in recent years. Then along came Tony Hawk: Ride and suddenly my interested was piqued, not exactly to the point where I was going to jump without a parachute back into the world of extreme sports video games but enough that I was keeping it on my radar. I mean at the very least the concept sounded cool and that was something to keep an eye on.

    As I said in a recent blog post by JustSomeDude, entitled Tony Hawk goes casual to stay relevant, I said that if the game actually turned out to be fun I would possibly give it a shot. Of course all this relied completely on if Activision priced it in a price range I was willing to go to. Today 1UP is reporting that GameStop has priced Tony Hawk Ride at a staggering $120. Suddenly Tony Hawk: Ride, which was a small blip to begin with, is completely off my radar.

    I don't know about you but for me that is about $40 too much. Some of you are probably scratching your heads right now going, "But Chris, didn't you spend $170 on Rock Band and $180 on Guitar Hero: World Tour?" I did but at that point I knew what I was getting out of the package. I knew I liked the basic, underlying gameplay of both Rock Band and Guitar Hero and come this fall, I won't be buying the bundles for their associated expansions. What I don't know about Tony Hawk: Ride is if it is any fun and at $120 I am much less inclined to try it out, especially with the influx of other games coming out this fall.

    Am I going to forgo a pair of potentially better games in favor of one game with a ridiculously overpriced skateboard peripheral? I don't think so, and while I can't say for certain that it will stay this way, as of right now Tony Hawk: Ride won't be getting any more attention from me.
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    #1  Edited By kariyanine
    Back in the early days of the Playstation 2 I jumped on the extreme sports bandwagon for a short bit, I had Tony Hawk 3 (and 4), SSX, some BMX game that promised me boobs but was really just lame instead. My fascination with extreme sports was short lived though and I haven't much paid attention to the genre in recent years. Then along came Tony Hawk: Ride and suddenly my interested was piqued, not exactly to the point where I was going to jump without a parachute back into the world of extreme sports video games but enough that I was keeping it on my radar. I mean at the very least the concept sounded cool and that was something to keep an eye on.

    As I said in a recent blog post by JustSomeDude, entitled Tony Hawk goes casual to stay relevant, I said that if the game actually turned out to be fun I would possibly give it a shot. Of course all this relied completely on if Activision priced it in a price range I was willing to go to. Today 1UP is reporting that GameStop has priced Tony Hawk Ride at a staggering $120. Suddenly Tony Hawk: Ride, which was a small blip to begin with, is completely off my radar.

    I don't know about you but for me that is about $40 too much. Some of you are probably scratching your heads right now going, "But Chris, didn't you spend $170 on Rock Band and $180 on Guitar Hero: World Tour?" I did but at that point I knew what I was getting out of the package. I knew I liked the basic, underlying gameplay of both Rock Band and Guitar Hero and come this fall, I won't be buying the bundles for their associated expansions. What I don't know about Tony Hawk: Ride is if it is any fun and at $120 I am much less inclined to try it out, especially with the influx of other games coming out this fall.

    Am I going to forgo a pair of potentially better games in favor of one game with a ridiculously overpriced skateboard peripheral? I don't think so, and while I can't say for certain that it will stay this way, as of right now Tony Hawk: Ride won't be getting any more attention from me.
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    #2  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    $120? The series is now dead to me.
    Well, at least we got one last good game with Tony Hawk's Project 8 before the series met its doom. I suppose Activision is the company to blame here, though. They milked the series as long as they could, and now have set their sights on milking Guitar Hero instead. I still don't have much interest in this new game and can't imagine it working out so well. Afterall, look at Wii's Skate It which used the Wii Balance Board. It ended up not working out so hot. I can't imagine this new Tony Hawk being any better. Regardless, I'd still like to see it in action before completely condemning it, though I don't expect I'll ever be on board with this one. On board. Ah-hahaha.

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