ESPN X Games Skateboarding

"Why Konami? Why did you put me down?"

Well, all I got to say is what happened to Konami? They are known for games with great graphics, wonderful replay value, and great quality. This game goes almost against that. The graphics are sort of good, but just come short of there previous GBA game: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. Also, once you play this game for a few days, you master it and just don't want to play it anymore. Well, I do play it now and then but that's it.
You may be asking: Is it that bad? YES, IT IS THAT BAD! The games tries to go against the game play of the Tony Hawk series. In those games, you merely skate and do some other mini-objectives. You also have points and rankings. The points and rankings in this game aren't as good. There are no real objectives and it just doesn't offer that much of a game. All you do is skate for medals. Yippity!
Also, some more skater would be nice, as well as some more skate parks and new halfpipes.
Also, I have noticed this: In park mode, you have to wait about two second before you switch from full park to ramp or vice versa.
Gameplay: 3/10

Well, the graphics aren't that bad. The only flaw in the graphics department is in the skaters. They are almost two-dimensional. Besides that, I have no real complaint here. The graphics is one of its better parts.
Graphics: 8/10

Okay, the sound effects are just great. Konami had the help of Honolulu studios to help them. But, they cold have gotten some better music.
Audio: 9/10

After you get a few gold medals, you can call yourself a pro. I mean, I barely play this anymore. It took me two weeks to get all of my stats to their max, and get 3 million points, but that's only an after quest like thing. Once you master it, you'll barely, if never, play at all. Trust me
Replay value: 3

This game is only hard at first. When you get more stat increases and gold medals, it tends to get boring. Really boring.
Challenge: 2/10

Overall, if you find the mean of that, you'll come up with five. Making this game slightly below average. Beware of this game. Only rent it to se how bad it is. But don't waste to much money on this.
Overall: 5/10

So in conclusion, we can all see that this is no where near Konami's best (many would say Metal gear, I have a liking to Symphony of the night). The PS2 version of this game is WAY better than this, and I hope no one else gets this game. I mean, leave the 3 of us who did get it to live in torture... :-(

Reviewer's Score: 5/10, Originally Posted: 01/20/02, Updated 01/20/02