Talk:Tony Hawk: Ride

Why are Ride and Shred considered "spin-offs"?
These are "main" games in the series. They were developed by Robomodo (the primary developers of the series after Neversoft) and released for all three major seventh generation home consoles (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii). I can't find any evidence that they are "spin-offs" of the series, and I don't remember them ever being described as such. Jericho735 (talk) 21:46, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Music Playlist request
Just curious, does anyone happen to have a playlist of the music? I love all of it, but it'd take FOREVER to collect all of that to a spotify playlist. Any help would be much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.178.34.214 (talk) 02:27, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Appeared of RELEASED?
" Tony Hawk: Ride (also known as by its working title Tony Hawk's Adrenaline) is the tenth edition of the Tony Hawk franchise. The game appeared in November 2009 on PlayStation 3, Wii[4], and Xbox 360.[5] "

I've never heard of any games appearing on a console, that type of wording makes the article look weird

it should be was released on November 2009 for  98.164.224.193 (talk) 13:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

available for the wii?
doesn't the fact that the "new motion sensing balance board peripheral" is going to  "only be a available for the Nintendo Wii" mean the game is coming out for the wii?harlock_jds (talk) 14:15, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * never mind i removed the part about "only be available on the wii" because it's not supported by the cite. If this is true then add the cite.

I for one can't wait to get this game.

Added logo
Everyone okay with it? J4cK0fHe4rt5 (talk) 17:19, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Look official, comes from a reliable source. I'm okay with it.F4M !

PS2?
I don't think it's coming out for the PlayStation 2. I've checked every where, the game's official website only says: Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation. The game is obviously coming out for the PlayStation 3, but I really doubt that it's coming for the PS2. Can anyone provide reliable sources where it clearly states, "PlayStation 2", and not just asume that because on the game's website it says, "PlayStation", that it's also coming out for the PS2. Robomodo's official website only says, "The company’s first game is Tony Hawk:RIDE for Activision, which will be released in 2009 simultaneously on Microsoft Xbox® 360, Sony Playstation® 3 and Nintendo Wii systems". I don't see "PlayStation 2" --98.148.171.15 (talk) 06:38, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Roster
The roster has been released in case anyone wants to add it. -- 208.65.190.99 (talk) 17:59, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Online play for Wii
My proof is in this video → click here. --98.148.171.15 (talk) 22:27, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Bam?
does anyone know if Bam Margera is going to be in the game? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.100.147.93 (talk) 02:08, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

No, he won't be in the game, he wasn't listed when the official roster was released, so, he won't be appearing. I kinda weird though. --98.148.171.15 (talk) 23:19, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Criticism
As far as I can tell there hasn't been nor will there ever be anything to reference this with (outside of stuff like forum posts), but as a skateboarder I can tell you that this game (specifically the controller) is receiving a ton of criticism from skateboarders. The criticism is more or less identical to the negative reaction that many musicians have to games like Guitar Hero (ie. "if you are mimicking the motions of actual skateboarding, you should actually be skateboarding, not playing this stupid simulations yada yada yada...").

That said, I find it odd that the Guitar Hero article doesn't have such a section either, since that sort of negative reaction is well documented: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/kluge/200909/what-makes-people-want-play-rock-band-and-guitar-hero

68.8.99.245 (talk) 04:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * so far the scores for this game are abysmal: 1/5 from G4TV, 50% from IGN, 1/5 from Giant Bomb... I knew since E3 this game would be a huge failure... at least we have SKATE 3 coming up soon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.253.236.228 (talk) 06:37, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Since IGN and G4 only do what they do for money and are more like cheap media figures and less like experts, I wouldn't call them RELIABLE sources for Wikipedia. Plus, I've never even heard of or seen references to "Giant Bomb" on Wikipedia or anywhere on the Internet, and I surf some pretty big fansites. Let's wait till Metacritic and some real magazines start releasing their views.  Leo- Roy!  review/gb 15:57, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * If they do this for money... Isn't RIDE an Activision game? Expect more reviews like these... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.70.72.146 (talk) 21:28, 21 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Most reviewers are paid to do what they do, so that argument is pretty silly. Not to mention, IGN and G4 have been referenced on numerous Wikipedia pages without issue. Giant Bomb was co-created by Jeff Gerstmann, a well-respected video game journalist who previously worked as the editorial director at Gamespot. The fact that you have not heard of them, and consider magazines to be more reliable sources than IGN, Giant Bomb, or G4 just for the sake of being magazines, leads me to believe you know very little about video gaming journalism at all. Game Informer (magazine) gave the review a 58. Also, Metacritic currently rates the game at 59 (PS: Metacritic collates reviews from the websites you claim lack expertise.). You say you frequent fansites. Based on your unreasonable defense of this game, and your prevention of negative reviews from being posted, I believe you. Someone should certainly add a reception section (I would if I had the Wiki skills), or at least revert the article if one existed before. 72.47.31.31 (talk) 21:47, 21 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry I'm not as big an expert in this field as you are, but I am much more experienced with reliable sources. G4 is, in basic terms, the video game equivalent of Fox News. They don't actually PLAY games, they just say whatever the hell they want to get good ratings, which is EXACTLY what Fox does. TV is the WORST source for information. Magazines are fine in most cases, though many should be avoided. Any website or magazine that ISN'T a puppet of a major media empire (ex: IGN, Nintendo Power) can be considered reliable, because those that are, ESPECIALLY those owned by a video game company, are filled with bias.  Leo- Roy!  review/gb 20:19, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 * They don't actually PLAY games lol, there goes your credibility. G4 played the game in advance at a launch event held by Activision itself...

Can someone rewrite this part so it makes sense?
"It also failed to meet financial predictions, and led to a bad financial drop that risked cancellation of the game's publishment."

publishment? is that even a word? 76.226.130.228 (talk) 22:29, 12 September 2012 (UTC)