Our hands/feet-on impressions of the new peripheral-reliant Tony Hawk: Ride. It was definitely fun, but I'm not sure it can justify another piece of plastic to hide around my lounge room. Probably a good title for the kids.

I skated the demo track three times to get a feel for the game. From my own observation, and watching other people give it a go, I’ll warn anyone with a confined playing area that this title isn’t going to be for them. Even with the rather strong-gripping carpet underneath, players had a tendency to be shuffled ever so slowly backwards, which is something you can’t really correct while in the middle of the game. Understandably, as with most balance games, you’ve also got to have a fair amount of room to swing your arms around in counterbalance too. In fact if I had of worn a loud 2D jacket, I could have pulled off a servicable impersonation of Stan from Monkey Island during my first game.

MattyJWest via armchairdiplomat.com »