Tony Hawk's American Sk8land (DS)

A while ago, I received a lovely Amazon voucher as a gift from someone for my birthday. Because it had a value of £30, I decided it was the perfect amount to buy a new DS game with. Browsing the site, I found this game for some ridiculous price and after reading about it and visiting the game's official site; I thought I would risk it and buy the game. I also had money left over for a couple of books! It wasn't a bad buy, and I didn't expect it to be some great game. However, it isn't bad and I quite like it overall. ~~~~ Story ~~~~ There is actually a story present, and it is pretty good. There are cut scenes throughout the game, where ...  Read the complete review

Tony Hawk's American Sk8land is a pretty good game for the Nintendo DS as it's fun to play and contains a whole load of tricks to pull off like all the other Tony Hawk's games. It makes great use of the DS microphone and touch screen for controls and voice chat online. The main story mode as cut scenes, which gives the game a bit of a story although it's pretty poor. You are making your own skate park and as you progress through the different levels such as Los Angeles and other skate parks, you earn money by completing challenges and you can buy more bits for your park. The challenges within the story include many things such as pulling off tricks ...  Read the complete review

I bought this game a while back and was quite disappointed. I purchased it due to the online options such as being able to play opponents around the world in a variety of different games whilst being able to speak to them. It wasn't as impressive as I thought and the popularity of the game rapidly decreased. In the single player, you are on a mission to build your own skatepark. They sort of made a story out of the game and as you go through the one player and unlock new places to skate, there are cut scenes, when you can then buy new objects for your park. The story is a bit lame but they did try. There are plenty of tricks you can pull off from ...  Read the complete review

Despite the picture for this review showing a Gameboy Advance version, I am reviewing the Nintendo DS version of the game. It is another Tony Hawks game from world-famous skater series. The touch screen on the Nintendo DS enables you to play the game in a new unique way and enjoy skating through many areas. There are many different levels in the story mode such as Los Angeles and then moving onto other places, which may be skate parks indoors such as the Vans level. You speak to different people on each level to attempt challenges they set you. They will give you a cash reward if you can complete it and it gets you one step closer to unlocking the next level. ...  Read the complete review

In this game you pair up with the great man himself who is impressed with your skating ability and a young girl called Mindy with the objective of building a skatepark, to do this you will need to raise cash and complete a number of goals along the way. The main fun in this game is to be had by completing the various challenges sent your way however it can also be quite entertaining just skating around the various environments and completing tricks just for the sheer fun of it. This is not the most challenging of games to play however there is still plenty of game play to be had due to the sheer size of the environments. The controls are easy to ...  Read the complete review