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Amazing, simply amazing!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 27, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Ever since I watched this game at E3 on video, I knew it was going to be something spectacular. A local software store in my area had received a demo copy earlier this week, and let me tell you prepare to be amazed!

There weren't any playable tracks yet, but you could hoverboard in a giant bowl type skate park. It's all here graphics, speed, sound, and everthing else you could want. The sense of speed is incredible, and everything runs at a silky smooth 60 fps.

Although it's tough to choose any certain title (because damn near all of them are incredible games), this has got to be my top pick of the DC launch. Soul Calibur would have been a close second, but I've already got it for my import DC.

Happy gaming everyone!

Great visuals, Gameplay is lacking..

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game looks great! However it is the first Dreamcast game I have played where you actually sit there and think about the loading time.. The racing part is Very Intuitive.. you will pick up the controls quickly. However the first time you reach a Trick Bowl.. (Think Empty simming pool) you will be totally lost. The instruction manual gives you no indication of how to do tricks. And the in game training only teaches you how to do about 5. You will find your self beating on your controller trying to get your boarder to do something other than a 360.. The first bowl you come to requires 15000 points to clear.. The first 30 times you play it you may be able to get 5000 points..

This games looks great as I said before.. But ultimately ends up being too frustrating..

Look for a lot of these to be previously owned at most software stores..

Overall Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 18, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Being the second game I owned for the Dreamcast, I found it very fun. All the characters are fun and the backstory, although long, is interesting. The game is VERY replayable with 18 main levels and various chalenge races to master. The tricks are easy to control but are difficult to master, requiring you beat certain level to open new tricks. So overall, Acclaim did a great job.

This is an awesome game with a few flaws

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 19, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is an amazeing game...once u get used to it is. I have a few gripes about it though, the loading, for a dreamcast game seems 2 take 2 long. Also, the gameplay is hard 2 get used 2, it took me about 3 days 2 get things straight, and im still somewhat confused. But if u put that aside it is a great game and i hihgly recommend it if u can forget about the little things, youll have a lot of fun

Imperfect, but tons of fun nonetheless.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 25, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I've always had a weakness for 'board' racers since the days of 720°, and this one carries the tradition off beautifully in its own way. The trick system takes some getting used to, but it brings in some novel innovations: 360's give you extra hang time, ride your board like a luge and you go faster, ride your board like a boogieboard and you gain control (all with drawbacks, of course). Spins, grabs, flips, and kick tricks are all there, and instead of grinding you can luge on magnetic rails in certain spots. The physics to all this are excellent (not realistic, of course, as it IS a hoverboard, but complete), and just about everything is fun to do.

The graphics and effects are up to the usual Dreamcast standard, and the backgrounds are really stunning and hard to distinguish from the 'real' track because of a nice Quicktime-VR-style effect. Tracks are very well-constructed for flow but Criterion's 'node-based' construction (each track is made up of a mixture of unique and re-used roomlike elements) is just evident enough to kill the suspension of disbelief. The checkpoint system (and NO stunt/practice mode) on tracks makes it hard to experiment and ride around just for fun (as the physics and tracks are good enough that playing around would be terrific fun) outside of the practice velodrome. CPU racers run on the catch-up/wait-up system, presumably to maintain excitement without frustration, but I never really liked that system and it just points out how mediocre the collision handling is. It also makes faster boards and advanced techniques like the luge seem nearly useless. Choosing difficulty or having separate classes would be more fun and last longer. And the learning curve is a bit steep, particularly for some of the challenge rounds (required if you want to learn new tricks, like the awe-inspiring Gyro and handstand flip). Frustration will keep many people from really discovering how delightful Trickstyle can be at its best.

Unfortunately, even with as many tracks as it has, I'm not sure how long it'll last once all the challenges and tracks are opened up, due to the aforementioned lack of a difficulty setting.

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One of the worst dreamcast games ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 19, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This games is one of the worst games yet for the Dreamcast. Is was boring. The Dreamcast has too many racing games. I was hoping is was a game like Cool Boarders, but it was an awful game where you race around on these hoverboards. You can only do a few tricks that are bad in itself. It lacks the depth of GAMEPLAY, that a lot of designers are forgetting to work on these days. Put some effort into these games. All I have to say is that they could've made a better game w/ more moves and deeper gameplay

I don't really enjoy this game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 20, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I have to be honest, maybe I don't like sports games in general. I bought this game because the graphics looked cool and it looks so futuristic. However, once I started to play it is seems kind of bland. The graphics are great but I am not motivated to align my board to some of those rails(which is difficult).

This game just doesn't keep my interest. I will stick to action/adventure and RPG's. I prefer unraveling mysteries.

I gave it 3 stars because the graphics are really nice to look at. But this game simply isn't for me. You may like it though.

dont be hipnitized by the graphics

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 20, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game was one that i was expecting to be good.Seeing all the previews at websites made it look awsome.But i realized quik when i bought it it was completely different.Some of the visuals are very well done,but wheres the fun?It seemed like they forgot to put it in.This is a game that is all graphics,no game.

Graphics were good. Gameplay was bad.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 09, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game was something I was very disappointed in. The graphics were absolutely amazing. The gameplay, terrible. My type of genre is racing. Do not be fooled by graphics. I couldn't even get past UK race 2 (Which is only the second race)! I'm totally disappointed. No brakes. It's not like a lap thing. It's 3 segments each race. I do think that the crashing aspect is really disappointing. When I do the bodyluge technique, you pretty much can't grab control. You have very little handling, and sensitivity during that position is very slight. The outcome? Crashing into the wall oh say about.... every second. It's just like Moto racer for the Playstation. You're falling over every second. Now that gets you frustrated doesn't it? They put a lot of work into the graphics. They could've probably made it a lot better by making the gameplay better. The modes are absolutely nuts. There isn't a separate practice mode. It's all in one player. You choose your board. You go out into the Velodrome, there. You're in practice mode. You then have to go to the different rooms and beat the races and boss races. New areas of the Velodrome unlocked. Go in the new areas. What's kind of upsetting is that they only have three places. Japan, USA and the UK. Couldn't they have put more courses into it? And make it a little easier? I was so mad, I got codes and used them on the game and beat it. Also the opponents are very tough to defeat. It also has a time limit which I'm not used to. I like the games that you don't have a time limit on. Couldn't they have made something better? It would have been a much better racing game. What they could have done to make it better? Quite a few things. One. They should have put more tracks in then just three places from around the world. It would give more of a variety and also would make it more fun to play with. Two. They could have made it on laps around a track, not just three segments that just come in go in like a minute. They should have made it so that you wouldn't crash every second. It's a poor game. As I said before, the graphics are VR style and that's perfectly fine. The poor part was the gameplay. And worst of all, it was really hard for me to bodyluge and lock on to the rail. That was REALLY frustrating me. I only locked on twice. Now THAT'S annoying! Believe me. Do not waste the money. You'd be better off not getting it.

Best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 14, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Trick Style is a game that puts you in the game. The tracks are awesome and plentiful, with different routes and shortcuts. Another good idea is The Guide he's this guy that kinda shows you the ropes. I've heard some reviews about the track Japan 5, saying it was impossible. Let me tell you it's not. The control that the Dreamcast has is amazing. I'm just glad I didn't have to wait for this one.

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