Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

"Enjoy Skating Games? Buy something else."

I really, really, have to admit that I was ashamed of this game. The graphics are terrible, not to mention by the time you have pulled off a trick your fingers are most likely broken. Well, you should get a 3D version of this game on a different system. Trust me, you shall not regret it.

Gameplay - Well, one word. Terrible. I'm not bashing this game, but it is just SO hard to control your guy, once you finish a race, you just want to throw this thing out of the window. I played it at a friends house, and screamed at him for buying such a poor quality game.

Control- I really don't know where to put this, but as I said before, pulling off a trick in this game is twice as hard as pulling on off in real life, and I am terrible at skateboarding.

Storyline: HA! You want a storyline? Don't even look for one. All you do is go around getting trophies that are automatically deleted after turning off the game. Well, actually, to tell the truth, there is KIND OF a storyline. Here it is: Race around and pull off tricks in hope of beating the computers for no prize at all.

Replay Value: Nothing. Maybe, just maybe, you might wanna check out the halfpipe game, because you can ''practice'' your tricks there. (Not that you are going to get anything accomplished) Not much else to do except some lame racing.

Sound: I cannot explain this game's sound. A few beeps and boops followed by a few grinding noises will make your head explode.

Music: Ha. Trying to out rock music into a gameboy color game is absolutely absurd. I hope you get what i'm saying here, eh?

Aye curamba! Overall, this game isn't the Tony Hawk Pro Skater material I was looking for. You could always go buy a real skateboard, (much more fun) and ride around with it, or play a 3 - Demensional version of the game, where the graphics are 50,000 times better. If you want real Tony Hawk material, like I said before, go watch a real competition or buy a Gamecube, Xbox, or Playstation 2, ok? Trust me, you will NOT regret it. I am just stressing my opinion on this game, and I am not enjoying writing this review, just hoping that I can show how bad it is. So face it, you can't put skating onto a Gameboy Color, you got that? Good.

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 10/27/03