Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

[Ashley]

Tony and co are heading downhill in a race this time, so expect something a bit different from this game that will get a showing during E3.

[Jordan]

First Images!:
http://www.e3insider.com/images/?type=screenpax&articleID=2QF45JF4HA
Looks really rushed...

[conzer16]

First Images!:
Looks really rushed...


agreed..............:nono:

[DiemetriX]

Why didn't they use the engine from THS4 or THUG ?

[Towers]

You think it looks rushed I think it looks early. Everyone seems to be shitting on this game but I actually really like the idea of this game better than the other Tony Hawk games

[DiemetriX]

Why didn't they use the engine from THS4 or THUG ?

You dont' even know that silly man?
That's because it's Toysforbob and not Actiovsion that makes THDJ

[KKOB]

soo not looking forward to this- defo my least favorite game of e3 so far but i'll reserve judgement till friday lol

[Sexual Chocolate]

Christ, its not as if its coming out tomorrow. Im sure they will clean it up and get it sorted for you dudes.

[demonmike04]

I think that site is on the verge of breaking..cant load the goddam thing.. it isnt E3 yet im having trouble already!

EDIT: Seen them, its definitly early... no way will the final product look like that.

[Dyson]

Remember how the Metroid First Hunt demo looked? :)

[demonmike04]

MPH first hunt was actually pretty decent in graphics Dyson, but it has improved quite alot i must admit.

[Babooo]

looks quite crap tbh.

Doubt the finished product will though. :smile:

[Retro_Link]

Gameplay video;

http://uk.media.revolution.ign.com/media/824/824474/vids_1.html

Looks a bit better in the video!

[Pit-Jr]

check out an actual trailer for the game at gametrailers.com. it looks way better

[djamb3]

joystiq....Unlike previous Tony Hawk titles, Downhill Jam is a standard racing game -- there is no free-roaming, as far as we can tell from the demo and press releases. In fact, it does not feel like Tony Hawk at all -- more so, the game feels derivative of the skateboarding games found in local arcades a few years back. The Wii remote is held horizontally like a NES controller, and the button layout is smart -- the 1 and 2 buttons for jumping and grinding, the D-pad for tricks. The problems begin with steering, which is accomplished by rocking the controller right and left. A slight move does very little, but move it just a little more and the turning becomes chaotic. The controls will no doubt be tweaked and improved upon before launch.

Visually, Downhill Jam could hold its own with a second-generation Xbox One title. It's a pretty game, although not as impressive as other Nintendo first- and second-party titles. Load times, if there were any, were not noticeable.

Ironically, by breaking from traditional Tony Hawk games, Downhill Jam became even more formulaic. It could be a fun racer, but we feel the title would have benefited from more elements associated with the Tony Hawk franchise. The tracks are moderately fun, with plenty of shortcuts, but the game gains nothing from being a Tony Hawk title.

The comments from bozon-ign were a lot better...

[AshMat]

The video looks quite good actually, may well pick this up.

[Hellfire]

New pics, still looks like crap
http://www.jeuxpo.com/index.php?page=repository_image&id=4419
http://www.jeuxpo.com/index.php?page=repository_image&id=4421
http://www.jeuxpo.com/index.php?page=repository_image&id=4422
http://www.jeuxpo.com/index.php?page=repository_image&id=4423

[Dante]

This image says something.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/moku111/activisionsucks.jpg

[AshMat]

And what might that be?

[Helmsly]

Why does this game look so awful though? Its not even Gamecube standard.

[mcj metroid]

it doesnt look THAT bad!

[McMad]

Yes it DOES.

First generation Gamecube titles look better than that.

[James McGeachie]

I like the city shot, you can see way into the distance and it looks like it could be fun to ride down through it.

It looks like huge draw distance was the main focus with the visuals in this game.

[Jamba]

Spiderman 2 beats this game graphically and it had a WHOLE city to swing across. I think most big name devs could come out with a game that looks better than that in 3 months. The textures are shoddy and some AA is seriously required in places. I just think of really interesting areas/tracks from MK: DD and games like JetSet Radio (DC, yeah baby!) and just think that this game seems to blow.

I'm pretty annoyed too, cos I was quite interested in how this game would handle. Sacrificing a game's looks down to "mediocre/bad for this gen" for next-gen control is unacceptable. But hey, maybe we can pray that this will be a VC game?

[Helmsly]

The game seems to look closer to Tony hawk pro skater 3 (first TH game on the cube)
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/5610/thpsummit23ip.th.jpg (http://img365.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thpsummit23ip.jpg)

Their almost the same graphically.

Then again theres a good 4 months to go until its finished.

[Caris]

what do you expect, its activision, tony hawk games have NEVER looked good.

[Shyguy]

when tony hawks 1st came out, it was awsome, gfx wise it was average, but it was new and a fresh start at sports, and from the success off this franchise, many more extreme sports games were born, making a side-genre, so you gotta give credit to Activision - neversoft (somat like that) for evolving and expanding the market

[djamb3]

I agree there are too many tony hawk games but each one is a great game and I still love to play them. I'm expecting this one a lot because of bozon comments about it. I'm preety sure it will be very fast and a lot of fun =)

[Teppo Holmqvist]

Gameplay video from latest build. Originally hosted on Gametrailers.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSY4L_Irt_0

Pretty smooth actually.

[Owen]

LOVE Tony Hawks games.

So i think i'll be purchasing this and the PS3's Project 8.

[mario_jr]

Whoa that video was pretty Sweet!:hehe:

[Hellfire]

OK that looks pretty interesting. SSX on skates. Cool.

[Fierce_LiNk]

The one thing that is worrying me about this game is that it could turn out to be an SSX clone.:hmm:

[Hellfire]

The one thing that is worrying me about this game is that it could turn out to be an SSX clone.:hmm:
That's for sure, the only difference is that it isn't on the snow, But let's face it SSX isn't exactly a groundbreaking idea.