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Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Skateboard
There are games that can make you feel like a kid outside of a bakery.
Skateboarding, which I liken to ballet dancing en pointe, takes a similar dedication,
training and body learning.
As the dancers say when they get it "it's in the body".
Its the same with the career skateboarders and no amount of looking at the game will make you a skateboarder.
That said, there seem to be the same options of basic controls and advanced controls
which eventually have you controlling both hands and feet while in the air.
This version has three different goals to experience with Career, Hardcore and Rigger.
Rigger is the first and you will have to set up elements so you can launch over three abandoned cars.
For the literally minded "hit the car" doesn't actually mean that Oops.
While the different goals are interesting, they have you selecting and jumping from one spot to another.
In some way, it seems to reflect the aging of the game. Do you really want to be a rigger?
The customization options are in the extreme and would make any Barbie game pale by comparison.
Those not interested in appearance cred can stop now.
To list just a few of the options available: Right hand and left hand accessory gold watch, nixon cannon;
Right and left hand tattoos Skull, dragon flower, some of these are so gorgeous that your skater must go shirtless;
Eye color the usual plus weird contacts; Face color we now get creative with three variants - color,
vibrancy and lightness, yes you can make the Hulk; Glasses why hide the weird contacts?;
Hair many choices, bald, afro dreds and color choices, the same three varient sliders;
Facial hair many; soul patch, goatee, beard plus colors; Torso front and back,
2-color plus logo or bare; Pants jeans or shorts and will probably depend on how fancy your socks will be;
Socks long argyle, plaid, none; Shoes; high tops, and something called "dvs marathons";
Belt es, stitch, leather; Buckle es, silver. And we haven't even started on the skateboard.
I list these only to show that it is not only girls who like dress up games.
Reviewed by: Editor - 11/07
Ages: Teen
Female Factor: Notice, gender is not an option.
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