Why you won't see a Tony Hawk: Ride review on GamePro tomorrow
- November 16, 2009 18:42 PM PST
Tomorrow's a big day for game reviews hitting the site, but there's one game you won't see until later this week: Activision's Tony Hawk: Ride.
Tomorrow's a big day for game releases. We'll have reviews of Assassin's Creed 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 joining this week's other big releases that include God of War Collection and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. A big game that's shipping to stores tomorrow that we won't be posting a review of immediately is Activision's $119 Tony Hawk reboot, Tony Hawk: Ride. Why? Well, according to a representative from Activision "final product allocations that would've normally gone to press were sent to retail because of supply issues." Instead, Activision chose to host what it was calling a "Family Fun Event" this past weekend in San Francisco. Tony Hawk was on hand to personally introduce the game to the press and their families at this three-hour long session that was intended as an "opportunity to play the game for day-one reviews."
We decided to wait so that we could play the game on our own time. Given that this is a very expensive title where the elaborate skateboard controller is a big part of the experience (and, potentially, the focus for many fans' concerns about the game) we wanted to ensure that we weren't rushed, and that we had the opportunity to test the game thoroughly. Obviously, the game being essentially "unavailable" for a real review prior to release does raise some red flags, but we'll bring you a full critique of it as soon as we can.
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- Nov 16 2009 at 07:52:33:PM PST
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At least this title wasn't sent to retail to die or anything. I don't really like Activision though, so whatever.
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$119 for a fake ass skateboard? Does this skateboard also do household chores?
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This practice isn't too common in the game industry, but it happens all the time with film critics. From what I hear, RIDE's gameplay is simple and arcade-y and nothing like the prior games. Any veteran Hawk fans out there that are excited for this? (p.s. I gave up after the un-toppable THPS2)
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Well... the Tony Hawk series did have to do something... but somehow I don't think that was it.
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The12P wrote:
$119 for a fake ass skateboard? Does this skateboard also do household chores?
It's a controller dumb ass. Saying it's fake is implying that it does nothing. Get a job.
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i dont see why you idiots are complaining. you payed $119 for a "fake ass" turn table, did you complain then? this shit is awesome.
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I find it hard to believe that they had ZERO available units for the press. With the direction the video game industry is headed (lead by EA and Activision), it wouldnt suprised me one bit if the publisher was holding back to prevent bad reviews to bolster first week sales.
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I have a feeling they didn't want the press getting a lot of time with this one but still wanted to look like they gave everyone the opportunity... it speaks more about a game when a company doesn't want Day 1 reviews for a title than any review can.
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