Tony Hawk's American Sk8land DS
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84 out of 100

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8.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 52 Ratings

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  • Summary: No levels. No load times. Just never-ending action that doesn't stop until you leave the game. Tony Hawk's American Wasteland gives you - for the first time ever in a Hawk game - the freedom to skate, or bike, throughout a rich, expansive open environment. Once you arrive in Los Angeles, the vast city that gave birth to skate culture, the sky's the limit as you progress through the Wasteland story and choose missions that will have you immersed in the action without ever skating the same line twice. New on the board tricks include the Bert slides, Natas spins handstands, and one-footed grinds and manuals. New off the board tricks include wall runs, wall flips, and charged jumps. Choose Board Or Bike: For the first time, you can choose to ride BMX bikes throughout the entire game, with all-new physics, a BMX specific control system and several BMX-specific goals. Customize Like Crazy: Enter and explore dozens of shops in game to customize your gear and your look! Check out skate shops, barbershops, tattoo parlors, and clothing stores as you accomplish goals and earn cash. [Activision]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Nintendophiles
    100
    One heck of a game that rises above its genre as something everyone can play.
  2. PGNx Media
    93
    It has the solid gameplay you expect from the Tony Hawk franchise and adds some online multiplayer and fashionable visuals.
  3. N-Insanity
    86
    A great DS game. The short and relatively easy story mode is still a blast to play through, and the other modes make it a fun game.
  4. Gamestyle
    70
    There's enough levels to provide a bit of variety to the single player modes but multiplayer is definitely where it's at, and always has been.

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. MichaelS.
    10
    The best graphics on the DS yet, and online features better than MK, together with a solid gameplay engine, make this on of the best DS games altogether to date.… Expand
  2. hardcorerebelsk8tr
    10
    seriousedy man this os the crasiest raddest game eva. i mean i skip skewl to play this masterpeece, cuz im so bad. dude, if you are kewl you would buy this game because sk8boardins not a crime, an al the rents dont understand cause there not teenagers ands we are cool but they AINT! cause once ma rents said turn that dumb game off and i said screw you guys i dont care wut you say you dont controll ma life!! and this is the best gam in the world because the graphix are awesom and the rents dont like it so u guys that play it will seam relly rad and cool. i think i got ma point acroos cause of this the detail in the wallpapers are so good you will swear its real, but it should totaly be on the psp cause the ds is for kids, and im not a kid im a teenager and theres a humongus differene cause kids arnt hardcore rebels like me cause i say dude and man after everytthing. i only think they should have greenady on the music because they are rebel like me so rock on!!!!! sk8bordin aint i crime!!!!!… Expand
  3. Extremekid21
    10
    Great game, I love the shading, goals, and levels. It also has a much easier concept of doing trick and specials, and i reccomend it for people new to the ds.… Expand
  4. SteveD.
    8
    The whole game us great except for the reason that you cant talk to your opponet on wifi. Im addicted to it. The soundtrack could have been better.

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