I'M ONE OF those people who associates the name Tony Hawk with the googly-eyed Britisli comedian who played the vending machine in Red Dwarf, rather than the kneecap-shattering maniac who crops up occasionally on youth television saying things like, " Switch pop shove it," and explaining how he, "Boned ollie.
In this latest offering from the skateboarding legend, you run, skateboard obviously and BMX your way around some fairly uninspiring locations, performing tricks for cash and spending it on a new hat or two. While jumping and grinding your own way about town can be great fun, the forced GTA-style missions that drive the story are far from pleasant, revolving largely around pulling off endless tricks and combos. Failure is a 'back to square one' process that culminates all too easily in utter frustration and a fist through your monitor.
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is a console port, so you know the drill. Infuriating controls, so-so graphics and a nonsensical camera are all present and correct. The 'no levels, no load times' selling point is a bit of a lie, as your PC chugs and stops to think in the corridors that link the bland districts together: San Andreas on a board, this most certainly isn't.
Your enjoyment of Wasteland also depends on how many fingers and thumbs you've got. If it's more than the regulation ten issued to the majority of us by those in the know, you might be alright. Without wacky mutated hands though, you'll find yourself stabbing wildly at any buttons you can to pull off moves.
Admittedly, performing the mid-air aerobatics we were so cruelly unable to pull off as clown-footed pre-teens was undeniably enjoyable, while the ability to customise your character and skate about with reckless abandon like Marty McFly were definite plus-points. However, the fun factor is most definitely missing in Wasteland, and it's difficult to recommend spending any money on a port of a sub-par console game when your PC is capable of something exponentially more delightful.
Since I last reviewed this title on the PS2, I must say, I think I may have given this game more credit than it deserved. In hindsight, while it still remains a decent title, because of its replay value, it doesn't seem as comfortable on the , and in the end, can be very frustrating to play. Still, it can be fun, but unfortunately, you aren't going to get much more out of the version as compared to any other.
Grinding, tricking, and a wide open environment is still very much the name of the game. Although it is an understandable design decision, I wish that some of the levels had been torn apart to open up the levels for the Xbox 's powerful hardware. The bad news is that you've still got to ride through giant corridors to get from area to area. This game also still has a very trickable environment, and an extremely wide amount of missions and different features you can try.
This isn't quite what I'm used to from Tony Hawk games, as I still think the game is much more frustrating than it needs to be, but if you get used to it, it's easily workable.
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