Tony Hawk's American Wasteland GameCube game

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

2005

Overall rating: 2.5 out of 5

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The first of a the new generation of extreme sports titles, Neversoft?s first Tony Hawk game quickly won a legion of fans as a way to skateboard without all the sweat, blood, pain and injury, as well as attracting the attention of ?hardcore? gamers as a thumb trainer par excellence. The game has spawned a string of sequels and an even greater number of imitators as the franchise has gone from strength to strength. Now the game really comes of age in this latest instalment: Tony Hawk?s American Wasteland. The game puts you in a sprawling environment that you freely roam without loading times: the home of skateboarding, los Angeles. The series has been heading more and more towards being a sort of Grand Theft Auto, only with skateboards, and now it is at its closest point yet to that dream. Roam freely about the city of angels, selecting missions at will, whether you be in East LA or Hollywood. For years the Tony Hawk franchise has competed with the rival extreme sport of BMX riding. Now the disciplines are united, with THAW giving you the choice to ride board or bike. BMXs get a different trick system and unique missions. Skaters get new tricks like one footed slides and manuals, as well as Bert slides and Natas spins handstands. And as ever, the game invites you to customise your rider, with tattoo parlours, clothes stores, barbershops and skate shops to visit. For those of us too old, fat, injured or scared to get on a skateboard, the king of the genre has returned.

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland details

Formats:	16 Xbox 360, PS2, Xbox, GameCube
Players:	1
Genre:	Sport
Developers:	NEVERSOFT
Rental release:	28 Oct 2005

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Pretty Good

By a customer from Manchester, England , 09 Feb 2007

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Grab your BMX or skateboard and prepare to flip and fly through Los Angeles. I have played some of the other games in the Tony Hawk's series and this one is as good, if not better, than any of the others I have tried. The graphics are good as ever and the city really seems to be alive.

The gaming area is huge, and you get to bike or skate your way through various areas of L.A.

There are also almost no loading times at all, as loading is cleverly done as you pass through tunnels from area to area, so no waiting around waiting for the next screen to load.

It is a very good game. The reason I don't give this a higher rating is purely a personal one - I just can't seem to get the hang of performing all these different tricks and jumps, so for me it was a game I could pick up and put down half an hour later. But with a bit of practice this game should have a lot to offer - many different gaming modes, including multi-player, and loads of different sections of the city to play in.
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By a customer from Manchester, England , 09 Feb 2007

Grab your BMX or skateboard and prepare to flip and fly through Los Angeles. I have played some of the other games in the Tony Hawk's series and this one is as good, if not better, than any of the others I have tried. The graphics are good as ever and the city really seems to be alive.

The gaming area is huge, and you get to bike or skate your way through various areas of L.A.

There are also almost no loading times at all, as loading is cleverly done as you pass through tunnels from area to area, so no waiting around waiting for the next screen to load.

It is a very good game. The reason I don't give this a higher rating is purely a personal one - I just can't seem to get the hang of performing all these different tricks and jumps, so for me it was a game I could pick up and put down half an hour later. But with a bit of practice this game should have a lot to offer - many different gaming modes, including multi-player, and loads of different sections of the city to play in.
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