Full disclosure: I haven’t played this game… and honestly, I kind of want to. I had some high hopes for this game that just haven’t panned out. Here are some of the reviews it has received.

• Gamespot.com 3.5/10 — “Tony Hawk Ride is the ultimate triumph of gimmick over game.”
• IGN.com 5/10 — “If you’re rich and want to spoil your kids, Tony Hawk: Ride might be worth a look.”
• Teamxbox.com 4/10 — “Tony Hawk: Ride … it’s just not that real. “
• Giantbomb.com 1/5 — “Tony Hawk: RIDE … is an absolute mess that feels incapable of pleasing anyone”

There you have it, hence the conclusion that I came to in the headline: Tony Hawk RIDE sucks.
I’m still going to give it a try, after all, you can’t trust these reviewers completely. Gamespot gave Skate 2 (the greatest game ever made) a rating of only 7.5/10. But no biggie, the Tony Hawk games of the past have long been dead and buried to me thanks to EA and the SKATE franchise.

Here’s a tasting of how sucky this game is: