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Tony Hawk's Skateboarding
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Tony Hawks Skateboarding has flourished over the years on other platforms, and Crave have now chosen the Dreamcast to benefit from the maturity of this game. Based around a couple of skateboarding dudes, the game's goal is to travel through a number of skate parks collecting tapes. These tapes, which are obtained by performing tricks, smashing boxes, collecting letters and basically busting up some moves, allow you to travel to the next level. The more you collect the further you can go. Put this together with a great punk-like soundtrack and what you have is a game that you'll be playing until you've worn the knees off your jeans. The game also offers the usual options that you come to expect, such as free play and multiplayer, with the multiplayer options injecting a breath of fresh air in the form of graffiti, horse and the standard hi-score duel. Graffiti requires the players to "tag" obstacles with their assigned colour by performing tricks on them. The obstacles can be stolen back by the other player performing a better trick on the same obstacle. At the end of the two-minute run, whoever has the most tagged obstacles wins. Horse on the other hand involves the performing of tricks, with the loser of each round gaining a letter, until someone spells out Horse. This is one of those games that is well suited to every kind of player. The levels are multi-layered enough for you to play them over and over, but not get bored, while the two player option brings another interesting element to the overall package. --Stuart Miles
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5/5 |
Pure Class
(October 23, 2000) |
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Pure class is the only way of describing this game.Having played the playststion version I knew that this was good, but with the dreamcasts improved graphics and speed this has got to be one of the best games released on any games console ever. The single player career mode will keep you entertained for a long time, but the 2 player modes will keep you going forever. |
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5/5 |
Hawk (or rather, Crave) gets full marks.
(August 08, 2000) |
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From start to finish, this game is first class - well thought out, designed, animated and put together. It puts a lot of Dreamcast games to shame in terms of the sheer amount of time that has obviously gone into getting it just right. Crazy Taxi is the example that springs to mind - a great game; loads of fun and great graphics, but the novelty wore off after about a week - I got to know al the customers and there was just nothing left to do. TH's Skateboarding does not fall into this trap; you'll be playing it for at least a couple of months intensively, trying to collect the videos scattered around each (brilliliantly designed) course, or having fun beating your friends at the various multiplayer modes. One point I would like to make before I finish, though, is that it is Tony HAWK, not HAWKS - there is an apostrophe on the game's cover, and no one seems to have noticed. So, if you've been falling into that trap over previous months, you stand corrected now. |
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5/5 |
Wheels of steel
(July 26, 2000) |
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Tony Hawks is God, let's get that straight from the start. The only man to do a 900 on a vert ramp will always be worshipped by anyone with an interest in skateboarding. As a result, most of the stuff he puts his name to is of a good quality - this is no exception. There are practise areas to hone your skills on, until you feel ready to tackle the challenges on offer. The sound effects are ace, as are the stunts. It's easy to pick up, although the harder stunts do take a while to pick up, but it's a hell of a lot easier than the real thing. |
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