Tony Hawk RIDE Review - Square Eyed Jak

Hawktober 2018 continues into the motion control era with Tony Hawk RIDE! This skateboard peripheral is where many jump to as being the fall of this series... but are they being too harsh? Is all the hate really warranted? Time to find out!
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[@Trisaaru]

You turning the fake board into a real one was the best bit

[@THPS4.]

★★★★★

[@LightningJosue]

@@THPS4. Thank you, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4

[@wesleyreyes3505]

He copied braille. Sorry maybe he just happened to think of the same thing so sorry if thats the case

[@GILx87]

I went to Xgames Los Angeles a couple months before the game was unleashed on the public and they had a huge booth for it. I stepped on the board, started flailing and my skater on screen was pulling off every insane trick. The guys at the booth were like, "Dude! Have you played this before? You're a pro!" They then handed me a red bull and a link to where I could download a photo they took of me. I chugged the Red Bull and refused to visit the site. I knew immediately how awful the game was and (regretfully) didn't tell the Robomodo devs at the booth.

[@ReeN1995]

When the game came out I was about 14 years old, I have been skating for a couple years at that point and been playing tony hawk games since pro skater 2. I almost cried because of how bad it was, I could kickflip the board in real life but not in-game. The fact that I wasted so much money on it almost brought me to tears. I'm giving you a sub because i am impressed that you actually tried to play this piece of shit game.

[@J.Gainez]

i got it for Christmas and im pretty sure i still cried, knowing i would have to play it every now and again so my dad wouldn't get mad that he wasted his money, i was so excited to get this, hilariously disappointed

[@BlaringSIREN]

That ending was pure gold! Best review of this game ever, the cheesy cutscenes had me rolling

[@SquareEyedJak]

Appreciate it! I don't think anyone has actually beaten this game for a review before so, cheers! :)

[@BlaringSIREN]

And it's much better for it, it would be criminal to leave some of this stuff out!

[@SDK2K9]

Tony Hawk Ride. Pretty much where the franchise started to go downhill.... jam.

[@SquareEyedJak]

Nah, American Wasteland is where it started going downhill.... (level in PS1 & N64 THPS3)

[@SDK2K9]

Fair enough.

[@-AK-]

@@SquareEyedJak Then it went back uphill for Thpg then dropped a few stories after that?

[@kenterminateddq5311]

OMG, Square Eyed Jak reviewing Tony Hawk's Ride is like seeing AVGN reviewing another LJN game. YOU ROCK, Jak!

[@mistergremm735]

Literlly pissed myself at 12:45

[@TheNathanNS]

9:53 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the reason that people hated it was because that (at retail) the game was like $120/£120? And the fact it's one of the few games (Shred being the other) that use the skateboard control essentially making it a massive waste of money to most gamers?

[@SquareEyedJak]

Might have something to do with it, but its one of those cases where people should vote with their wallet (plus DLC was big at the time so paying more than the day one retail price was a given at this point). Never seen a game store not do returns either way, bet they had to return A LOT of these things!

[@gamerguy425]

it was like Rock Band with all its special controllers except no one bloody liked it.

[@cobaltblu4196]

@@SquareEyedJak they didn’t mention dlc tho, they mentioned that at launch the game was $120. Also, most reviews I’ve seen for this game are for the 360 version, the one you couldn’t even get to calibrate. Maybe the ps3 version works better due to the usb sensor, but the 360 version barely functions. “What is everyone’s problem with this again???” Idk maybe because on 360 the game barely even functions and they paid $120????

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

My local retro shop had one of those boards, they couldn't even shift it for $30 mint in box.

[@Mizticall]

Great video. I have no idea how they put 12:40 into a game, literally the cringiest low effort thing I've ever seen

[@SnizelOfficial]

Watch yourself in the comment section, accidents can ha-

[@ctmc]

That ending was the sickest skate montage ever lmao

[@siloricity]

6:51 this guy just broke his legs 👀

[@FIRE8IRD780]

I loved the board configuration part. You definitely should have turned green when you did the croc pose 😂

[@jpward01]

"Oh, dear! What have I gotten myself into?!" That feeling when you think buying something from Phoenix Games ironically would be funny. Another seriously good review, Jak. I'm getting the feeling I should be binge watching the TonyHawktober 2017 videos followed by the 2018 videos once this series is complete.

[@SquareEyedJak]

Pretty much! And yes... you should do that! I designed these with binge watching in mind! :D

[@grayghost6704]

I was DYING through the SKATE bit with Nyjah😂

[@mcamazed]

I remember having this for the Wii back in the day. I’d play it upstairs on hardwood floor and pissing off my parents with all the banging noises 😂

[@D2MightyDucks]

I'm loving this year's Tony Hawktober! Funny videos and your hard work REALLY shows! You deserve so many more subs. Much love from Somerton, Arizona!

[@SDK2K9]

Oh wow! You actually turn the skateboard peripheral into an actual skateboard. That is awesome!

[@octoisgay]

Another vid from my boi, Jak. Always great when you upload.

[@gamerguyandsomenumbers]

We DiDn'T qUiTe GeT iT, lEt'S tRy AgAiN

[@uzi8822]

I remember my dad buying this game for me when I was like 6 or 7 for his Xbox 360. I obviously didn’t know what I was doing but it was fun to mess around with the board.

[@NightNinja1998]

You know it's sad... When the Wii balance board can pull this off with Skate It better than a propriety piece of hardware made for the game itself XD great video as always Jak, thanks for the reply last time by the way, can't wait to see the next videos!

[@maxwellking9436]

Can't wait to watch this now. Thanks chief. Hawktober has been a blast so far, and it's only just begun. Haha keep it up.

[@LilMousyBianca]

Another amazing video! Keep up the amazing work Jak!

[@RadJordy]

16:50 Look at this mall grab action over here.

[@skinnybane1987]

One the the best reviews I've ever seen mate

[@HassanMostafaHassanAli]

Man, you rock! These reviews are spot-on and precise, you know how to express your thoughts and the reasons for them very well. Actually I would say your reviews are up there with Caddy's, Projared's and Antdude's (that is if not better).

[@SquareEyedJak]

Aw, appreciate it! Cheers! :D

[@HassanMostafaHassanAli]

SQUARE EYED JAK NOTICED ME! MOM GRAB THE CAMERA! Though you are quite close to your subscribers as well, that was something else. Thank you man, cheers :)

[@AzraelDarkness64Gaming]

I Agree with you on that one

[@Spider_Mike023]

Gave it a better review than I expected, I see this game with boards in my local goodwill all the time for like 10$ haha.

[@Killagoose77]

Easiest thing I did all day was clicking and liking the video.

[@sarasaland4709]

12:45 one of the best moments in KZbin history.

[@jamescostin9513]

Haha! My first skate footage put to the public! Such a funny day down at the park dude, spot on review.

[@SquareEyedJak]

Thanks for helping me out!

[@ShOscar]

"HOLLA!" _-Stevie Williams, 2009_

[@MegaCaza1]

Loving this series of reviews so far. Your dedication is amazing, keep up the awesome work :). In future, I'd like to see you review the sponge bob games on the ps2, or have a games testing video with them possibly in them. Keep up the great work mate.

[@AzraelDarkness64Gaming]

Awesome work keep it up Jak

[@xXSilentAgent47Xx]

Great content Jak. Really interesting and entertaining. Plan to make the review of Pro Skater 5 and HD?

[@djtoxicdhg]

My day has been made you made another video thank you

[@goobrious7505]

Now I'm looking forward to the outtakes so I can possibly see you asking skaters to do tricks with the Ride Board.

[@LeafFerret]

Never clicked on a Square Eyed Jak video so fast even in 7 in the morning.

[@tylertheguy3160]

For me it's 4:00 P.M.

[@isaacrodriguez9960]

Agree

[@calvinwoolfolk324]

The sensor skateboard looks like the hoverboard from back to the future 2 lol

[@Sephinova]

Congratulations on 19K! I’m pretty sure you got 100 subs in a day which is awesome.

[@SquareEyedJak]

Cheers, I think I did actually. Peeps keen for Hawktober! :D

[@Sephinova]

I know I sure as hell was/am.

[@Alex-zb7yu]

Ahh another video simply amazing keep it up man

[@shawnberry8052]

Has anyone ever told you what a clean well organized room you have Jak . Mothers across the world approve 😄

[@TriWaZe]

“Almost there. Got it!” Finally... “We didn’t quite get it.” Hahaha

[@themidnightotaku22]

That’s how we do it in my skate park.

[@KilljoyRPMX]

I'm always *P U M P E D* for HawkTober!

[@RacingGamerJosh]

The calibrating part was hilarious!

[@batterymanXD]

I've never played a Tony Hawk game, didn't watch last year's Tony Hawktober stuff and have no reason to watch any of the videos you've released so far.... ...but I've been really enjoying them! It feels like a jump in quality compared to some of your other videos, and the creativity in your camera shots/general overview of the games has been thoroughly entertaining. I might even give a Tony Hawk game a go as they seem pretty similar to Jet Set Radio

[@SquareEyedJak]

Definitely give the classic Pro Skater 2 and 3 a go, then Underground. If you don't like them, you won't like anything else. Definitely, *DEFINITELY* give last years and this years Hawktober a go. This is the most important thing to me I upload to the channel each year so I love knowing people are watching and enjoying. You don't need to enjoy skateboarding or skateboard games to enjoyed Tony Hawktober! :)

[@Atri4]

Holy fuck. It got better... IT GOT BETTER... IT GOT EVEN BETTER! The review was amazing, I really loved the end bit. You fucking maniac, getting people to ride a custom made skate from the video game :D And what the hell were you doing on that skateboard?! Are your knees ok? I know you have problems with them so seeing you do all the stuff had me worried about ya :D You even gave me a different look on the game, I saw a review of it a year or so ago and the reviewer (forgot his name) bashed the skate controller for being horrible. You, actually showing us it works was a pleasant surprise! Oh and one last thing I forgot to mention in my last comment on the first part of THT 2018, respect to your dad for lying on the ground and allowing someone to jump over him with a skateboard, he's just as badass as you :D

[@SquareEyedJak]

Haha glad you enjoyed it, I am particularly happy with this episode for all the things you mentioned. Knees are fine but I wanted some good footage so I let them RIDE it. Safe to say they SHREDed that bad boy pretty well. I only saw a video of this yesterday and just like all the others, played the first level, bashed it and called it a day. But as you know, we don't do that here! Cheers mate! :D

[@hayden1000able]

Been looking forward to hawktober for a long time, definitely not disappointed

[@spiritualcalmality8631]

15:49 Everybody gangsta until Tony Hawk comes for you lmao

[@BranSnakes]

I also remember seeing the ads for this thing when it came out and thought it was such a cool idea. Never played it before but I'd like to try it for myself, even though the game is bad.

[@SquareEyedJak]

Definitely give it a go, it'll only cost like $5 so even if it's shit, you'll come out of it with a cool skateboard!

[@castle6742]

Awesome video man

[@SalotusJChaos]

Haha! That configuration scene was spot on in terms of the comedy, as I'm sure everyone else thought so as well. :D Can't wait to see how it all changes once the quality of the games begins to decline, perhaps we'll get to an Enter The Dragonfly scenario at some point? Can't wait either way! :D

[@SquareEyedJak]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, had a lot of fun shooting it! :)

[@shadowwolfgaming4052]

Your reviews are the best jak. Your better than AVGN. Cant wait to see what you say about pro skater 5. Stay awesome dude. Your seriously my favorite youtuber.

[@shawnberry8052]

Love the Hawktober board mate!

[@joshhamester]

You know what’s funny? Tony made a Xbox live account to play this game online with his fans and I was lucky enough to add him as his friend then he tweeted out “hey guys stop sending me game requests for COD and Halo only playing ride” lol

[@gamerguy425]

got this for christmas on release (and it was mad expensive) then the sensor broke or something and I never played for more than 5 minutes since, but it's still taken up space this whole time. I think... someday..... it at least deserves another 12 minutes.....

[@CxCGaming]

loved this

[@cookimaus1]

That calibration bit gvae me massive avgn vibes.

[@wilbourke4188]

Speaking of that dongle for the PS3 version, does it also work on the 360 version or is it just as needlessly specific as the Skylander portals for their Xbox 360/XB1 versions?

[@trumancallaway1702]

I loved Tony hawk ride. played the hell out of it when I was like 9. always thought it was a great game, and was a decent workout too.

[@VoidEon]

Tony Hawktober is the best holiday in October.

[@keanecoquete4977]

Can't wait for Pro Skater 5!

[@MrDandayt]

Mad review bro covered everything awesome

[@SquareEyedJak]

Glad you enjoyed it, had a lot of fun with this one! :)

[@crisXD2010]

This dude deserves way more subscribers

[@SwiftyStardust]

"You're a fucking liar, Tony Hawk!" would be right at home in a Square Eyed Jak out of context compilation

[@crystalsony1]

I barely found you but good shit bro

[@ShogunGin0]

Doesn't need a Godzilla section to be epic? Excuse me? You practically sold me on the game with that bit alone! Getting to terrorize a mini-Tokyo as Hawkzilla sounds amazing!

[@SquareEyedJak]

It lasts like 8 seconds, literally everything you saw was the entire thing. Not exactly worth the 5 hours it took to reach that point.

[@JuggaloJD420]

Nice. Love Hawktober. But what's gonna happen next year when you are out of tony hawk games to review?

[@JuggaloJD420]

did u see Caddicarus Megaman series? Maybe we can get a Megavember? lol, Keep up the great videos.

[@Yurei.Fox666]

Does anyone remember the name Of the punk song that plays in the commercial for ride? I listened to it religiously in grade school and I hope someone sees this and reminds my old ass of that BANGeR

[@Kirat341]

I remember buying this game for $10 at a pawn shop brand new back in the day, played it once and never again😂 Cool video btw

[@AlyssaFoxah.]

How did you attach those wheels to that board at the end?

[@Mentoid1]

Awesome!

[@m.hreels9822]

You make it look like it’s a lot easier then it actually is

[@charvelred]

Jak was that fc twin on your tv console?

[@grandgojira8182]

I remeber my older brother bought tony hawk shred i think shred os almost the same thing but we couldn't get the board to calibrate so i never played it

[@Rookthabastad]

nice sly cooper piece

[@LizardOfOz69]

the get pumped bit was fuckinghilarious.

[@azraelentertainment3178]

The «You're a fucking liar, Tony Hawk!» line had me bursting out laughing in tears, fucking love it XD

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

Man, I did not expect you to actually like this game, at all. I was expecting a dumpster fire, but no, and I'm pleasantly surprised. Was expecting bad things b/c I remember the brutalmoose/Space Hamster collab way back when.

[@SquareEyedJak]

It's a common theme it seems. That video was great but I was always disappointed it never made it past the opening levels and then I realized, EVERY video ever on this game never makes it past those first stages. They also half ass their efforts at the motion controls which does them no favors either. it's a shame that this lazy format is the respected norm, the game is still quite mediocre but it's entirely playable and enjoyable at times! :)

[@SicSemperBeats]

that was far better than I expected

[@SquareEyedJak]

Appreciate it, cheers!

[@SicSemperBeats]

Square Eyed Jak you’re a star. I love hawktober

[@paulsway]

Where did you get those shelves?

[@geoserenity]

...can you have a hawktober board on just the 2nd year?

[@yinthetrolldoll1838]

Despite disagreeing with you I still love the way you reviewed this game! Love you Jak!

[@chomperelectric2676]

Your TV set up looks updated

[@SquareEyedJak]

No, that's just called "clean"

[@OswaldBatesIIIEsq]

This game made the people who came up with the crazy idea of an analog stick simulating a skateboard geniuses.

[@eddierobinson118]

I knew I've guessed it yesterday. Jak was saying *ride* and I was thinking tony Hawk ride?. Yep i fucking figured it out

[@1George2]

Great review....!!! About to buy a PS3 version for 7.50$ just to try it out....

[@JShoebill]

I had to come to this video. I used to love this game.

[@TxxjacobxxT]

2:53 when your teacher ask you to not talk and you see the rest of the class is talking

[@GundamrussGaming]

Oh dear what have i got myself into bahahahahahahaha dude brilliant video :)

[@cam3626]

The knee gag got me

[@kingtroll1601]

HAIL THE NEW KINGG JAK!!

[@guycooper4546]

Where did you get your bookshelf from?

[@SquareEyedJak]

It's a generic one I found online. Just search up something along the lines of 500 DVD/1000 CD bookshelf and you'll find a lot of very similar ones from all over the place.

[@SpaceyMcSpacer]

Wow Jak can skate like a pro!

[@AnthonyFlick21]

Nice video

[@jetstreamdefalpha5411]

Always wanted to ask, do you watch anime?

[@MBRSims]

Be careful on that board Jak. Accidents can ha

[@TheShowCrow_Main_Channel]

Will there be something special when u hit 20,000 subs?

[@SquareEyedJak]

No but 50,000, yes!

[@scottc3713]

My son and I still play this game and Shred. The controller only works correctly in the same lighting… if not you have to recalibrate the controller