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A Letter to Tony Hawk

ResumePlay.net writes:
'You may or may not have read about this, but yesterday Tony Hawk defended the frankly shameful review scores for his latest bone-headed endorsement, Tony Hawk Ride. A game which was never going to be any good, as they've been getting steadily worse and worse since Tony Hawk's 3. I say defended, though it was more a violent outburst towards anybody who disagrees with him, and in the case of the game, I imagine that's probably everybody.'

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mark20125270d ago

Boo. Just boo. I used to love the Tony Hawk games. Tony Hawk 2 on PSOne was amazing. It was my favorite. Epic downfall from that point on. I guess Mr. Hawk is just pissed because no one is buying all his useless crap anymore. Who still skateboards? I sometimes see kids CARRYING skateboards....but actually riding them? No. Their girl pants are too tight.

ZombieNinjaPanda5270d ago

@Mark

I skateboard everyday.

I see skaters every day.

It's just in certain areas where we're a dying bunch now.

badz1495270d ago

I really hope he'd learned a lesson or two with this. and by hope I mean FLOP and TANK HARD alongside Activision!

Hisiru5270d ago

Bring the "Pro Skater" series back. Where is my "secret tape"?

mauleriscool5270d ago

I played the series since ps1. Upgraded to broadband just to host 8 player matches on THUG. Bought thug2 which wasnt great. Played a copy of the next gen ones and it was awful.
If they made a "next gen" of THUG, I'd buy it day 1.

oli5270d ago

tony hawk is gay anyways, rodney mullen is better, that guy needs a skatinng game based on him
WTF!! tight jeans arent girl jeans

Nihilism5270d ago

I know skaters that actually go out and buy female jeans because they're tighter, it is true.

f7897905270d ago

The pro skater series sold well because it was FUN. Not realistic. If I wanted realistic I'd buy Skate.

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VenerableBmoney5270d ago

Ahh Tony, how you've fallen from grace. Although he's kind of right- who cares what people think? He just wants more money since he's to old to do anything athletically relevant anymore...

Maddens Raiders5270d ago

crack me up. "He just wants more money since he's to old to do anything athletically relevant anymore..." as if the guy all of a sudden is a bedridden indigent.

& it's "too" old not "to" old.

I bet money you would never hold a candle to the things Hawk has done athletically in his life (No, not Ever), but since you make light of the fact that some people want "more money", you probably don't have any to bet anyway. All the guy has done is basically invented vert and nearly all of the tricks that you CANNOT do today. Pathetic.

Rocket Sauce5270d ago (Edited 5270d ago )

While you're sitting in your computer chair eating cheetos and bagel bites, Tony Hawk is doing incredible things on a skateboard - not to make money, but because he loves it. He does bagel bites commercials for money.

Speaking of money, this guy has enough money to fill his swimming pool with it and dive in, Scrooge McDuck style. He doesn't need to lend his name to awful games to make money.

And I hate articles like this that are written directly to somebody, like Tony Hawk is ever going to read this or even know of its existence. Yeah, the game almost certainly sucks, but it's funny to get so outraged over it by throwing around "how dare you"'s and what not.

mau645270d ago

Tony hawk 3 is the best in the series hands down.

Ziriux5270d ago

I never liked the series due to it's button mashing.

Blaze9295270d ago

Button mashing? Have you ever played a tony hawk game?

f7897905270d ago

and if you button mashed, you would keep doing flips and grabs even after you're not pushing buttons any more and would scrape your face along the ground.

Ziriux5270d ago

The game is fine, but that skateboard is a bother and the game costs too much with it.

Maddens Raiders5270d ago

they (Acti) should've ditched the board option and just gone a traditional controller route.

Fishy Fingers5270d ago

I used to like TH games, being a skater when I was younger (prefer the long board now), but now I'd much rather play Skate, it's just more accurate, still over the top, but better than the crazy combos you can pull in TH.

dirthurts5270d ago

Longboarding rocks. I do it myself.
I play skate for the same reasons. Can't wait for the next.

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A Matter Of Trust: What The Game Industry Should Do To Win Gamers Back

Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.

anast2d ago

Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.

Garethvk2d ago

How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.

anast2d ago

Wait until release. Watch Gameplay. Exercise patience.

Garethvk2d ago

But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.

1nsomniac2d ago

Get rid of the suits in the industry and job done!!

Garethvk2d ago

They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.

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From The Last of Us to Baldur's Gate 3: The success of the Game Music Festival

Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.

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Famous actor loves Helldivers 2 and wants to play General Brasch in movie adaptation

A famous actor from Starship Troopers has showered praise on Helldivers 2 and said he is open to the idea of playing General Brasch.

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