According to a forum post I made when I was a kid, I not only had this game but I rated it a 6/10. I think that's a bit generous but I don't feel like revisiting this atm so I'll go what what I said way back when in January 2007.
I'd be cute and say it was all downhill from here but THUG2 was the start of the Tony Hawk decline in my eyes so this game doesn't even have that going for it.
I'd be cute and say it was all downhill from here but THUG2 was the start of the Tony Hawk decline in my eyes so this game doesn't even have that going for it.
The game is huge mess but I just can't help but love all the super silly dumbass characters. The progression is a bit wack but the core gameplay is honestly not bad. It's not Tony Hawk in the slightest and is pretty clear about that. That being said it's insanely shallow (as is everything else in this game) but it's not the biggest waste of time?
Downhill Jam looks and plays like a gimmicky motion-controlled racing game built for the Wii launch. It's overtly trying to mimic EA's SSX series but displays a lack of comprehension for the genre.
The game was ported to Playstation 2 six months after the Wii release. One would expect it would play better with a standard controller, but the port just further highlights how poorly the game controls.
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The game was ported to Playstation 2 six months after the Wii release. One would expect it would play better with a standard controller, but the port just further highlights how poorly the game controls.
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This DS Version of this has very high highs and very low lows. The main thing here is that the 6 downhill levels here don't make any sense at all for any gameplay besides racing. Score attack, other such things, these modes just don't work. However, I loved the fuck out of the racing/time trials modes. Doing tricks to gain boost and then zooming downhill was so much fun. I played so much of the online I was #2 on the leaderboards for a time. This game man, real land of contrasts.
A failed attempt to marry the Tony Hawk Pro Skate and SSX concepts. Whipping around the corners is a fun novelty once you get used to it, but the maps with all their shortcuts and alternate routes lack the scale and openness of the SSX mountains, creating layers of frustration as I keep running into walls. Game just doesn't have much depth, either. My least favorite game with Tony's name attached that I've played.
Simply amazing work. This game has a personality that only so little of the games can achieve. Characters, style, gameplay and MUSIC. I still listen to the soundtrack to this day. It's one of the first PS2 games I have ever played and I feel nothing but love. It has some bugs that are similar to 3D Sonic titles, majority of them caused by the speed. This game could be so much, it makes sad.