Tony Hawks American Wasteland
March 14, 2009 by Xbox Reviews
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Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland gives you the total freedom you need, to make LA your personal skate and bike park. For the first time, you’ll skate or bike in a rich, expansive open environment. The sky’s the limit as you progress through the Wasteland. No level, no load times — just never-ending action. You’ll never skate the same line twice!
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars American Wasteland
I like Tony Hawks American Wasteland a lot. I like the goals that you have to complete. They are challenging and fun.You can switch from bike to board easily.I also like the places where they put the ramps.I play this game a lot. The only thing that I do not really like is the goals on level 4, otherwise, the game is really awesome!!!
3 Stars umm…ok.
this game was alright. i’ve been playing tony hawk games since thps2. this game is nothing special, i’d rather play thug1 because that at least has jamie thomas. the only things i thought that were cool is the new spray feature where you can spray the ground, and the few new moves. the new no load screen feature is a joke because you still have to change areas with a loading screen in multi-player. also i didn’t really get into the soundtrack i guess because i have this version. also why didn’t activision keep the create a deck mode the same as thug1 why did they change during thug2? after thug1 the tony hawk games have been going down hill and have had a cliche story mode. all in all this is pretty much a clone of thug2, it’s just a dressed up version of that.
5 Stars best game i’ve ever played
this is the best game i have ever played,
and it is so much fun i could not set my controller down.
if you like tony hawk rent or (what you should do)buy
an awesome game beginning to end you will love it.
and for those who haven’t played tony hawk or do not like the previous ones. here is the chance to admit that superb puts the s in skate boarding.
BUY THIS GAME NOW!
P.S. if only all games were this good
3 Stars One of the better skating games
American Wasteland is alright not all that fun but not so bad that no one would buy it. Once you get in to it it’s not that bad but it doesn’t take very long to beat I beat it in one day.
4 Stars Ify
Not the best but not the worst. Ok but pretty much the same as the undergrounds. Its still one of the best skateing games out there.
MTX Mototrax
March 8, 2009 by Xbox Reviews
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MTX: Mototrax is the hardcore motocross title that brings every aspect of motocross racing to your system. Jump right into the action and become the ultimate MX athlete. It’s time to ride your way into fame and fortune — pull ahead of the pack & never look back! Comprehensive online multiplayer experience – challenge more than 7 other players on over 25 tracks in such varied locations as the Hawaiian Islands, the Bayou and the Australian Outback Features world-famous racer Travis Pastrana, plus 12 other top pro riders
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Amazing buy
I have owned this game for over one year and i still play it often. The graphics are great and the controls are very easy to learn. The tracks are awsome, and there are tons of different tricks. Being an FMX fan, I especially liked the special X Games level. Overall, this game is good all around and is definetily worth it to buy.
5 Stars This is the best game ever
I have never played this game, however, I am a quaified video game psychic. For over 24.5 years, I have been reviewing games up to 36 months prior to their release. I have been there shouting the praises of Frogger, six months before it sweept the nation on Atari. Come on, a frog crossing the street? Who else had the balls to call that one. I was the foremost voice in the premature celebration of the release of Goldeneye. From all accounts that I can find, I said it was going to be a hit three years before it was made. I normally charge 72.50 per early review, but I am giving you this nugget for free. Buy this game if you have to sell yourself on the corner. IT IS THAT GREAT.
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Keep on playing. And be sure to check out “Saved By the Bell Masacre” coming in 2006. It is a first person shooter where you can be Screech or Zach. It is going to be awesome.
5 Stars MTX: Mototrax
I can’t believe the reviews this game is getting! This game is amazing!
Not to mention it has the best music for a game since Tony Hawk’s Underground! With the new SLIPKNOT song on it, “Don’t Get Too Close”.
Oh by the way, amazon.com has wrong information, the new Slipknot cd (Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses) comes out MAY 25, Not April 27! www.RoadRunnerRecords.com if you dont beleive me. Check for yourself.
Outside of Slipknot, some of the featured artists and tracks on MTX: Mototrax are:
A.F.I. – “The Nephilim”
Black Label Society – “Doomsday Jesus”
The Descendents – “Everything Sucks Today”
The Distillers – “Dismantle Me”
Disturbed – “Intoxication”
Dope – “Burn”
Faith No More – “Digging The Grave”
Jet – “Take It Or Leave It”
Metallica – “Motorbreath”
The Misfits – “20 Eyes”
Pennywise – “Now I Know”
The Stooges – “Funhouse”
Thrice – “Artist In The Ambulance”
….and more
also for Slipknot fans, A three-minute Slipknot video will is included in MTX: Mototrax as well as a secret character and bike designed by the band. A special cheat code to unlock the secret character will be placed on the band’s upcoming album.
4 Stars Horrible….Don’t get this!!!!!
MTX Mototrax is the worst racing game of all time.First of all, the controls are not all that great.I really don’t like the gameplay at all.I can’t say too much about the xbox live on there.Everytime the host has to change the tracks he has to exit the room and start a new room.There is no lobby you race around until the game starts.I’m going to try to get my money back cause this game sure wasn’t worth it.
The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers Xbox
March 6, 2009 by Xbox Reviews
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The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers Xbox
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers lets you experience the intense action of the classic novel & film!
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Gave this as a gift and the kids still play them all the time
Gave this as a gift and the kids still play them all the time. Im not a huge console game fan (I’m more of a PC FPS player) but my nephews love these and said to rate them four stars! I gave them the whole LOTR set along with the Hobbit.
5 Stars A blast, great gameplay.
I ove being able to choose different characters and have special attacks. It challenging and fun. The controls are simple and the graphics are as good as one could expect. I really liked the cutscenes that were actually part of the movies.
5 Stars My Name Is Chris Pak.
This is the best game ever! You first start the game as Icealdor fighting
millions of Orcs and Goblins.After a couple minites the DARK LORD SAURON
will apear.Then you will notice Icealdor cutting SAURON in half.The saddest part in the game is that Icealdor refuses to destroy the ring
of evil.After SAURON is defeted you start going foward in time about
3000 years When the hobbit Frodo Baggins is given the ring so he can destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom.But the hobbit had one fear,
Naziguls. But help is near!And that is when you start the 2nd Level
as Aragorn saving Frodo`s [...] from the Ringrauth`s.I need to poop!
5 Stars one of the best games on the planet
this game (…) rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you can play it 3 times since you can take each character through the boards if you wish.the characters are the elf,dwarf and strider from the movie.as you advance levels you can get points for how effectively you killed the monsters.then you buy cool moves after each mission.an example move might be like “from a lying posistion spring up,swing hitting everyone in range then drive your sword into one guys guts killing him.”its so cool!on some boards there are literaly hundreds of monsters coming after you.so all in all its like if someone took d and d,made mortal kombat like fighters with the characters then through them in to a star wars battlefront like situation.its totaly cool and definarely within the top 5 maybe 3 games ever invented!
4 Stars Very cool
If you are a huge LOTRs fan and will buy anything that has lord of the rings written on it then you should buy this especially if you like video games. I first bought this when I went on a shopping spree for Xbox games, and I thought, I like the books, movies, why not? It blew me away. (However, if you hated the movies go somewhere else because this game is based on the movies). You can play as either Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli. There is a also a bonus level where you play as a bonus character, I haven’t beaten the game yet so I don’t know who it is. Now this is a cool game but it can get a little tough at parts because you get surrounded by orks, the only other thing that irked me about this game was that you really can’t explore, if you go off the path you just run in place. And you really want to explore too because there is great graphics. Does anyone know who the bonus character is? I’m thinking it might be either Frodo or Gandalf. Have you ever been playing a game and the voices of the characters are really high pitched or just plain crappy? Well don’t worry, they got the actors from the film for the voices, really cool. Plus as you go along as you beat levels they unlock interviews with the actors and makers of the game. Great game, except for a few things this is awesome, if you like LOTRs buy it.
Karaoke Revolution
March 1, 2009 by Xbox Reviews
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Karaoke Revolution is an interactive karaoke game where players will get a chance to show off their voices. Become the next pop star as you work your way up from singing on the streets to huge concert halls. Give it your best effort, or the audience will boo and walk away – and the judges will give you a low score, killing your singing career for good! Fun 3D environments make singing karaoke interactive and entertaining!
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars happymom3
My kids were very excited to get this. They played it with friends and said how much fun they all had.
4 Stars karaoke revolution ROCKS!!!!
For anyone who has only tried the Singstar karaoke games for PS2, if you really enjoy singing and doing karaoke, you have GOT to try the Karaoke Revolution games… so many more options for playing and much easier to follow the lyrics and try to stay in tune… In my opinion, ALL of the Karaoke Revolution games are a BLAST!!
5 Stars EVERYONE likes it!
This is just plain fun! It’s one of the few XBox titles that is made for any age, and not complicated to learn and enjoy.
Graphics are good, as are the tunes. If you score high enough, you will unlock new outfits for your performers and advance to new venues with songs increasing in difficulty.
I recommend checking out the tutorial before you try performing, as your performances are rated by the crowd and will determine your advancement through the game. Start on the easiest level until you get your confidence up! Note that if you are using the microphone, you need to have it close to your mouth to register on the game. (*You need either an XBox live headset or XBox microphone (plugs into the standard controller; front side) to play.)
5 Stars Addictive fun for all
I have had this game for a while now and I must say it is the best game I have bought for the XBOX. I play it way more than ony other game by far and that’s because anytime we have any friends over, we play it. Even those who say the will NEVER sing and play it eventually do and when they sing, they are hooked (even if they can’t carry a tune). If you have kids that can read, then they will have a blast with this too. Hours of fun that doesn’t get old until you’ve sang every song 10 times over. Then you go out and buy another volume with all new songs.
5 Stars Simply Fasinating
This game is simple yet fun, complicated, socail at the same time. The first time I played this game ws at my friends house, we would play for hours nonstop. It was hilarious seeing everyone trying to sing(I’M THE BEST). But if your not a singer who really cares?!?!?!?! I mean what do we care? Do you think were all professionals? Cuase if we all are the let me tell you something buster, why would they be doing this crap? Sorry I shouldnt say “crap” to such a wonderful game,justkidding. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA. Oh and just by the way im just a kid not a creepy adult who cant admit that im old. I’m just 45. Just kidding im 12! Or am I?
Midway Arcade Treasures 3
February 27, 2009 by Xbox Reviews
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With the latest addition to Midway’s classic gaming vault, consumers will be given the option to either hone their racing skills in single player mode in games such as S.T.U.N. Runner, or fulfill their head-to-head appetite and leave friends in the dust with titles such as Hydro Thunder and Super Off Road. Midway Arcade Treasures 3 will also feature player rankings via Xbox Live to allow gamers to post and track personal scores against the best in the world. Xbox Live – Post high scores to decide the best of the best
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars midway arcade treasures 3T
This is the best game on the market i have purchased 2 games for psp2 systems and 1 for xbox my whole family loves playing this game. we all play for hours and hours. This is a awesome game and everyone in your family will get hours of enjoyment out of this game. It should have a rating of 10. A must have for any system.
5 Stars Memories
The entire reason I ordered this game was so I could play Hydro Thunder [and with it I'm very impressed. I remember playing HT in arcades in the 90's, and it has been faithfully recreated for my xbox [even if the 8 year old graphics haven't aged well]. Besides Hydro Thunder, the other two games on the disc that I really enjoy are Super Offroad and RUSH 2049.
**DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR CUTTING EDGE GRAPHICS OR FEATURES!!!!** This is really more for gamers craving something nostalgic.
1 Star Pure Evil, Incarnate.
Avoid this hemorrhoid. You gotta have a serious need for a nostalgia-fix to enjoy this game… There are only 2 mildly fun games in this collection; One is a 4×4 trucks racer that has all kinds of jumps and stuff,(but it’s out-dated and lame compared to all the decent stuff available for your xbox like Burnout 3 & 4 and Midnight Club 3 dub edition remix and good old Rally Sport Challenge 2), and there is a boat racer here that is sort of okay also, but these 2 games don’t make it worth while. The graphics suck throughout, trust me… A couple of those old school racers where you are looking down on a track trying to steer little cars around are here. Always HATED those… This disc is only for engineering students researching a term paper on video game history or something, not for playing… I wish I had read this review before I bought it.
4 Stars Midway’s Need For Speed
There is so much within the classic video games these days. Nevertheless, it really isn’t a bad thing, but it still remains a whole lot of fun. Midway has been pushing those classics to the bone recently with a P.C. version offf their original Midway Arcade Treasures series. Although it might not be much for those who feel the nedd to be fast and furious in the world of racing games. Yet, with games like Need For Speed: Most Wanted and Mario Kart DS for Nintendo’s DS out, there are just some Xbox fanatics that just want it to really let loose from the past. Now, that opportunity is here for all.
Midway Arcade Treasures 3 for the Xbox, is a compilation of 8 outrageous game from the past, all in one convient package. The games are each ranged from classics like Badlands and the original 3-D racer Race Drivin’, to classics that just push the fierceness of extreme racing to the limits like San Francisco Rush: The Rock Alcatraz Edition, and the wild watercraft race Hydro Thunder. Each game is very unique in the controls, and is very simple to pickup. The graphics and sound also have been restored very well for die hard racers who’ve played some of these greats like the futuristic San Francisco Rush 2049, and they look great. Althogh they may not remain definitive for people who’ve grown up with racing greats like Gran Turismo or Project Gotham Challenge, but they are just all fun rolled into one convient package.
Midway Arcade Trasures 3 for the Xbox is a great buy for die hard racers, nostalgic buffs, or for anybody who hasn’t even played these true racing gems. I like it because there are so many great racing greats here, and they are all just fun to ride.
Graphics: B+
Sound: B
Control: B 1/2+
Fun & Enjoyment: B 1/2-
Overall: B 1/2+
2 Stars Nostalgia Seekers Only
Back when these games were popular, people like me were very picky about arcade-to-home conversions. A good one was hard to come by. Nowadays, there is no excuse for anything but arcade perfect. Here is a quick rundown of each game and how it stacks up to the original:
1. SF Rush – The Rock: Emulated from arcade version. Difficult to control. FPS (frames per second) problems. Overall, not a total disaster.
2. Hydro Thunder: Straight Dreamcast port. Sound and video OK. Textures are low-rent.
3. Super Off-Road: Emulated from arcade. Old game, but a perfect port. Credits set to freeplay, so no infinite nitros.
4. Badlands: Emulated from arcade. Similar to Super Off-Road. Also, a good job.
5. Rush 2049: Dreamcast port. Sound and video OK. A surprisingly good game. I always liked the “wings” button.
6. Race Drivin: Emulated from arcade. Not bad! The best home version of Hard Drivin/Race Drivin available. They even incorporated the clutch. The FPS limiter is off just a bit, but it’s decent enough. Audio isn’t quite there either; sounds like you’re squealing tires too much. The control is good, though I doubt any force feedback wheels will work.
7. STUN Runner: Emulated from the arcade. Obviously not finished. The FPS is all over the place. The sound cuts in and out. Awful.
8. Off Road Thunder: I didn’t play this one in the arcade. Feels like a Dreamcast port though. Sound and video OK. Mildly amusing.
Overall, a weak package. I only bought it for Race Drivin anyway. Modern gamers looking for a good crash ‘em up racing game will want to try Flat Out or Burn Out 3.