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Wasteland cleans up the series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: October 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Seven years ago, skateboarding became a game genre with Pro Skater. Every year after that, new additions and refined gameplay kept me playing all four Pro Skaters and both Undergrounds. In all of those years, nothing has impressed me more than Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. Somehow Neversoft has done it; they've made the perfect skating game.

I'll skip telling the story, since it's basically the same "get respect" crap that was in the Underground games, and also because the gameplay has been refined to the point of perfection. Neversoft saw it coming--they've outdone themselves and done everything to skateboarding that they could. So other than a few interesting additions to the skateboarding formula (like board stalls, bert slides, and parkour), and the ability to ride and trick on BMX bikes, the coolest addition is the free-sprawling recreation of Los Angeles that serves as the world of THAW. The city is divided into sections, which takes away from some of the huge feel, but I still felt overwhelmed at first by the size of the world. This world is so much fun to skate in that I basically neglected the fact that the story mode goals are terribly easy and repetitive, but serve their purpose in unlocking huge portions of an even larger world.

The controls are spot-on, the combos are still fun, and that's what keeps me coming back to this series. As a note to Neversoft, I don't care about epic storylines and I'm happy with the removal of Bam Margera from the story in general. I'm pleased, as a fan of this series, that I finally have a Hawk game that has the moves, the good controls, and the levels (well, the level) that can keep me playing for another year or two until another boarding game rolls up.

the best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: November 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got tony hawk's american wasteland the day it came out and it was awesome once I got home I played it for 6 hours striaght then I whent outside and started to skateboard I have a real board its baker skate co. uhmm whell anywhey its awesome!!!! seeya

Funer then underground and underground 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ok i just rented this game and beat it it a day and a ahlf. although its easy its incredibly fun to play. everything is great about this game its definitly the best of the series. O and don't complain bout it being easy if u havent noticed you can beat all the tony hawk thug games in about 5 hours

Tony Hawk Online

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Tony Hawk American Wasteland is another good addition to the Tony Hawk collection. Story Mode is way less cheesy as the THUG story mode and the plot is more interesting. I've enjoyed all the Tony Hawk games except for THUG 2. Live has revolutionized the Tony Hawk games now that all Tony Hawk fans can compete online. You can also just chill with other people while you skate as well.

I would recommend getting this Tony Hawk game if you want to compete on Live.

hard but fun!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

DON'T listen to anything those other guys are saying! everything they said is not true. this game is ten times better than any of the pro skater games. and blows both thug games out of the water. the graphics are awesome, the story was hard (not beatable in 5 hours like they say) and extremely fun. the classic mode is the bomb. all the new create-a modes are sweet!!! the bmx bike is pretty hard to get used to but when you learn the basics it gets pretty fun. I love that they got rid of the loading screens and made one humongous level. well anyways this game is worth well over 50$ A++++++

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS THE BEST HAWK GAME IVE EVER PLAYED I LOVE THE CREATABILITY THIS GAME OFFERS YOU CAN CREATE A BOARD YOU CAN HAVE TATTOOS AND CHANGE YOUR LOOK. I LOVED IT... IT WAS WELL WORTH THE MONEY AND I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY IT GOT BAD REVIEWS.

best game i've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this is the best game i have ever played,
and it is so much fun i could not set my controller down.
if you like tony hawk rent or (what you should do)buy
an awesome game beginning to end you will love it.
and for those who haven't played tony hawk or do not like the previous ones. here is the chance to admit that superb puts the s in skate boarding.
BUY THIS GAME NOW!
P.S. if only all games were this good

"American Wasteland" not for beginners

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

American Wasteland gives a new meaning to the phrase "extreme sports." Firstly, the game is not about skateboarding, rather, the skateboarding is a mere part of it. The 3 main themes of American Wasteland are:
*Street life
*Violence
*Destruction.
If there were an avant-garde category for video games, American Wasteland could easily be defined as such. However, this game is not recommended for fans of Mario Bros, as the language, blood, and overall 16-year-old content may be too intense for those under or over the age of 13. For old-time fans, back again are Bam Margera, Tony Hawk, and all your favorite Masters of Destruction.

Not too bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

1. Just like Tony Hawk Underground 2...
2. With less character customisation...
3. Board graphcis customisation
4. And trick customisation.
5. BMX bikes rulez....
6. But where are all the other tricks? Off-axis 360 flip? Nothing superman? No hander? Suicide No hander? Turndown?
7. Not-too-shabby voice acting
8. You spend abt 5-15hrs making a messy skatepark? Huh? Can't we have a blend of BMX and skateboard stuff and be done with it? Why put some trash in the park?
9. Classic mode is quite good
10. But lack of old THPS, THUG levels.
11. I rather have load times than skate through tunnels.
12. More skate competitions and bike competitions!!!!!

Note: It only gained 4 stars because of the criticism above.

Ify

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Not the best but not the worst. Ok but pretty much the same as the undergrounds. Its still one of the best skateing games out there.

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