- Publisher: Aspyr
- Release Date: Feb 1, 2006
- Also On: PlayStation 2, Xbox 360
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78If the PC is your gaming platform of choice and you've been itching for a bit of skateboarding action, then American Wasteland isn't a bad choice at all, (until the next inevitable Tony Hawk's game, of course).
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78Fine skating action and fearsomely addictive to boot. [Apr 2006, p.79]
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70There's nothing significant to recommend this over the previous ones if you already own one. If you don't then this is a good introduction to the series.
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Over the course of seven games and three acronoyms, the Tony Hawk series has inexorably morphed into the Hot Topic of the videogame universe, a game that glitzily packages and commodifies the skater subculture it glorifies. [May 2006, p.54]
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69While the gameplay in THAW is still sharp, this installment just seems to lack that special spark that made the series so much fun in the first place.
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66It's impossible to dislike the game, especially if you enjoyed its predecessors, but it's also hard to appreciate such formulaic gameplay. [May 2006, p.98]
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THAW is a step backwards, with its uninspiring Story mode being mostly to blame. The PC version suffers even more thanks to it being the recipient of such a sloppy conversion.
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The traditional Tony Hawk gameplay has several twists - some for the better, others not so much - but has had the difficulty significantly dumbed down to the point where Story Mode is boring much of the time, and is insufficiently counterbalanced by Classic Mode.
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62Essentially just "THUG 2" with corridors, and Elephant Man-ugly, too. [Apr 2006, p.89]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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EmmaB.6Fun game, but it seriously needs the option of playing a female character in storymode. Just not the same with the wrong gender.
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MartinM.10Dispite those fools at Aspyr media I'm really looking forward to buying the game cuz it's gonna be tha best ever.
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KoenB.10