Xbox-Red Ninja, Tony Hawks American Wasteland

Well first off let's start with Red Ninja.

I love this game. Period. There are no complaints with the story line, whatsoever.
But let's break this down now.

Battle System...
First off, it's simple button mashing, though mastering throwing your silly weapon is difficult, you have to get in range and make sure the tension is good and what not for that, but in the end, the results are always pleasing.
However.
You cannot hide cut in half bodies. so...that may cause some issues.
The seduce mode is nice and takes some timing to make sure you get your kill, but also has pleasing end results.
close combat is difficult as you are a small girl, you can get kicked in the face a lot...and if you're like me. This will happen. Frequently when stealth killing fails or seduction fails.

Graphics...
Nice not too blocky and relatively smooth animation. I do have issues for their lack of detail or work with indoor scenes...but then again, this is a first gen xbox game.


Camera control...
Holy shit this is the only complaint I have...the control is a pile of shit made of fail.
not only will this fuck you over as far as close combat indoors, it can also swing you into a corner...
also you get frequent pantie shots...seriously.


All in all I rate this a 3 out of 5....



NOW.
Moving on to my next victim.

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

First off, I will say the music selection is pretty good. And that ends the only good thing about the whole game.


the lack of a playable female character in story mode is pretty much fail....I know skateboarding is a male dominated industry, but come on people!


The voicing is so so, nothing stands out too much.

Camera angles and control are made of epic fail. You frequently end up screwing up missions for the mere fact that the camera can swing and throw you off completely ...and resetting yourself takes up time.

The controls were either very unresponsive or overly sensitive so that made missions even harder.

The animation was choppy at times and world people felt..very flat.

the story line was your average tony hawk story line, make it big time and look awesome doing it by following a long complex instructions that don't make sense, even after you've gone through the tutorial 3 times.

The game does supply classic hawk gaming, which...is about as much fail as the story mode. :/

However, they had a great playlist for in game music. Too bad that was the only good thing.


All in all, I refuse to score this game numerically...as I can't think of a negative number big enough to fail this game...

So in spirit of devArt and the forums....

I DUB THIS GAME EPIC FAIL!

seriously, never play this game, don't buy it, don't rent it. Don't even borrow it from a friend, instead remove it from their possession after explaining the previous to them and after you get over the shock of the fact that they own the damn game. and burn it promptly...please note the evil souls entrapped in the game and the poor souls that they sucked in. pray for the poor souls, douse with holy water for the evil ones.