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2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: December 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is really bad. I was hoping it would be as good or better than Splashdown but I was horribly wrong. The first flaw I saw in this game was the control. It is extremely difficult to get your jet-ski to turn in this game. You almost have to come to a complete stop to turn around and get to your target. The next biggest flaw is this games sound. Terrible. The jet-skis sound like old used cars. I own a jet-ski. I know what they are supposed to sound like. The graphics are nice. The water is beautiful but it doesn't look like water. It looks more like jello. But hey, it's pretty jello! I did have trouble with the graphics when there was a lot of action on the screen. It suffered from a bit of a slow down. So, out of a perfect 5.0 I give this game on:

graphics: 3.5
sound: 2.0
control: 1.5
fun factor: 2.5

A so B-O-R-I-N-G game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I didnt like it at all.these are the reasons why

1.the tricks are SOOOOO dificult to perform and the runabout jet ski hardly has tricks

2. the gameplay is HORIBLE 'cause u only get to play some tracks when u win about 5 VERY HARD races. also in a jump when u land only a bit to the side you fall off.

3.when u play with the runabout jet ski u hardly can turn!only modifying the edging and all that stuff it turns a bit more decent.

If I could put no stars I would.

Dont even rent this game !!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the worst game I have EVERplayed on any system. The water looks and fees so bad and unreal you feellike you are sliding on Raynoldsaluninium foil. I have played this game for five minutes and had tears in my eyes from headake. The tracks are just plane bad and boring. If you likejetski races go with SPLASHDOWN it is100% times better, and i will go to the store tomorow and return this garbage,Dont even waste your $ on renting it,it is that bad.

DO NOT BUY!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME IS ABSOLUTLY HORRIBLE! THE RACE MODE IT TOO HARD BECAUSE YOU HACE TO RUN INTO THESE STUPID THINGS AND THE JET SKIES SOUND LIKE AN OLD CAR. THE WATER LOOKS OKAY BUT THE REST OF THE LEVELS LOOK LIKE A DRAWING. IT SEEMED LIKE THE CREATORS OF THIS GAME WANTED TO GET THE MAKING OF THE GAME OVER WITH AS FAST AS POSSIBLE SO THEY COULD PLAY A REAL GAME! BOTTOM LINE: SAVE YOU MONEY!!

Wave Rally, "Really?"

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is very basic, much less that what I expected. In fact, it was an erroneous replacement for Splashdown (which I hear is pretty hot.) There are few too few tricks (that are difficult to execute) and the environment is lame -- it lacks a zoomed-out map, diversity/robustness.

Wave rally: 3.5 stars

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Wave rally can be a fun game, but it takes some time to get the hang of it. So here's a rundown of what i think of this game:

Graphics: 4.5/5. The water looks AWESOME on this game!!! It's super-realistic and it even has the reflection thing goin on! Some courses have clearer water than others. The players look human too, but some players have similar uniform colors... The only problem is the rain doesn't really make ripples in the water, but that would be hard to do. It looks better than wave race, which has stick-figure-girls, bad-anime-guys, and just plain average water. But nintendo's for little kids, so it shouldn't be compared.

Control: 3.5/5. I got the hang of it pretty quickly, but some people say it's hard. go figure... Don't press forward or back, it tips your jetski. And i can only figure out like 3 tricks, freestyle mode isn't that fun.

Courses/Setup: 4/5. The courses are fun and interesting, really beautiful as i said above. The thailand one is too hard though. In pro mode the other racers will ram you. The main screen is very user-friendly, and two player and time trial are pretty fun. One BIG(HUGE) problem is that i don't think you can save in championship mode so count on spending an hour+ if you wanna play that.

Sound: 2.5/5. It's sort of hard to hear the music 'cause the engine is set really loud on default. You can fix it so it's better though. The music is alright, it's sort of techno-ish but doesn't distract from your playing. The anouncer sounds like a ... and the players don't really have exciting things to say.

In summary: I really like it cuz i got the hang of it, but it has a few problems and some people will wanna burn the disc(lol)... You either like it or you don't.

Fun and exciting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I loved this game!! Once you get the hang of it, racing is a lot of fun. I found its easier to steer using the stand up model. The water graphics are interesting (not too realistic) but this is a video game. Its also very fun as a two player race. I don't know what everyone else is talking about--just become skillful and it's a very fun ride.

not a replacement for wave race

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are great, the waves are the best I have ever seen, better than splashdown. The menu selection process is slow and not very well thought out in design. This disc is one of those that makes a lot of noise inside the game player, its not terribly bad like some, but it is a little noisy. Though the waves are great, sound ok, the feel of racing the water craft is just not done very well, at least not as well as the original N64 game. I am disapointed because if they would have spent a little more time on a few details this would have rocked. One last coomment is that its difficult to see the boeys until you are right on top of them. If your trying decide between this or splash down, I think splash down may be a little more enjoyable, neither though are a great replacement of the N64 original. Maybe I am asking to much, but it seems like with a much more powerful system and 4 years difference in time that a better or comparable game could have been produced.

Wave Rally

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the worst game ever.Graphics is the only good point to this game.

just not that good

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is just not good. It has nothing extra to do but race on track and do a crapy freestal thing. The tricks suck and are hard to learn. Maby a rental but nothing other than that.

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