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Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam   Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Amazon Price: $19.99
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Release Date: June 4, 2008
ESRB: Everyone
Publisher: Activision Inc.
User Rating: (127 Ratings)
Amazon Customer Rating: (19 Ratings)
User Status: 50 currently playing of 260 owning the game
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165 posts
62 Miis
Really fun. Takes a while to get old.
3 posts
COMPLETED
perfer to play ssx
Love this game ^-^
It is soooooo cooli
when i get stressed and want to relieve my anger 'so to speak' lol it is perfect cuz you can hit everyone that gets in your way instead of hitting the person getting on your nerves..
7 posts
13 Miis
Much underated, fast smooth gameplay, varied levels, lots to do and very addictive.
This game is pretty cool if your a tony hawk fan and played all the tony hawk games too... you can make your character and race downhill the stages with other skaters.
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511 posts
15 Miis
Like Raving Rabbids... Fun! But Short.
Great gameplay, and graphics simply amazing.
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1 Miis
Really Fun Game...But After Awhile It Becomes Just Very Repetitive!
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4 posts
10 Miis
Bad.
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99 posts
49 Miis
Great Game

Multi-player is good too
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2 Miis
Just got it today and on first impressions it looks and plays pretty well. Shame it doesn't do EDtv - only 50/60Hz.

The mrs and I will give a it a 2 player bashing later and i'll base a final decision on that.

So far so good though.

Update:- I've just increased my rating for this to 4 cause I've played the hell out of it and really like it! I haven't even put Zelda into the Wii since i got this.
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3050 posts
43 Miis
Not the greatest Single player but fun Multiplayer
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18 posts
19 Miis
its a very fun game, like all other tony hawks. only problem is that teir (level) 10 is difficult, but could just be me.
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117 posts
12 Miis
Didn't like this game, even though I didn't really give it a big chance...I'm getting tired of Tony Hawk. I traded this one to EB, not worth it to me, so store credit was good enough.
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121 posts
1 Miis
Graphics: Intensely Amazing

Great graphics are complimented by the huge sense of speed (which is very well handled).


Play: Great and Easy

Easy to control and extremely fun to play.


Length: Long

With very many challenges and so many unlockables, you'll be playing for a while.

Over All: 5/5
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3 posts
3 Miis
Hard But Fun!
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65 posts
25 Miis
A little easy and disappointing.
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1 Miis
Good, but a stretch from the series.
Honestly, I do enjoy the feel of swinging a blunt object through the air, and supposedly cutting something in half, but sometimes, it just doesn't cut it.
Downhill Jam being a fine example.
A good game by itself, but in the middle of such an awesome series, it just doesn't belong. It's too straight forward, and not turn-able-enough. What I'm saying is, make large areas, but don't utilise the Wiimote as a steering wheel in every game possible. It'll get old soon enough. We need new, out of the ordinary ways to utilise the Wiimote, and I really don't want to wait two years for the equivelant of "Touch Generations". We need to think outside of the box... Use the 'Mote in new ways... Remember how the DS was used for the first year-and-a-bit? The same Menu/Map navigation touch screen, and normal, button movement on the top screen.
Then things like Clubhouse Games, Brain Age/Big Brain Academy, and Elite Beat Agents came out.
Nintendo recognizes this, and have been some of the only people to properly utilise all the possiblities presented by the 'Mote with games like Wii Sports and Wii Play.
On the flip side, we also need the classic button'd games, like on the VC, but also newer ones (Presumably the upcoming SSBB).
Back to the point, it was an alright game on it's own, but I'm used to being able to hit ^^A-^B and doing a Boneless to Pop Shove-it, not *yank* 2-^1, that's all.
Rant over.
Today's Experiment... Failed.
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17 posts
62 Miis
I can play this game for hours! The controls are super easy to get used to and the music is rocking!
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9 Miis
There is a nice selection of boards and characters.
Tony has strayed too far from his roots, and the controls are all but user-friendly
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22 posts
13 Miis
It's okay.
Bout' as fun as all the other Tony Hawk games have been. So it was repetitive, and had punked music. This game did use the wiimote well, so ill give it a 3.
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1135 posts
112 Miis
awesome game, great replay value.
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94 posts
33 Miis
This was a good game, but they forgot about track maker.
1 posts
controls can get some what frustrating at points other than that it is a great game
3 posts
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam on the Wii is a solid game.

Story: Rip, grind, and smash your way to the bottom 1st. Pretty simple.

Gameplay: The controls are very easy to manipulate and make it extremely easy to pull off complex combinations without having memorize a book full of different moves. A plus.

Graphics: Everything you'd expect from the Wii. The graphics are smooth and I especially like the use of the motion blur when you use a speed boost.

Areas for Improvement: My biggest complaints with this game is that there is no place (that I've found anyway) to just head down a course without some sort of challenge. Like a free-play mode. Even a big pool you could just sit and practice on would be nice.
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95 posts
67 Miis
I wish this game was wi-fi then i would of gave it a five star but other than that it was good
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1 Miis
Most fun I've had playing a TH game since the original. Good control, excellent level design, awesome characters. I love a game that makes me laugh.
really cool game
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1 Miis
Grafik und Gameplay gut. Leider gefällt mir der neue Spielmodus nicht besonders, die alten Tony´s haben mir da deutlich eher zu gesagt ....
Adore this game :P
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189 posts
66 Miis
it was ok
fun but boring
I love Tony Hawk games but I didn't like this one. The heart of the Tony Hawk series was gone. It was gimmicky and I struggled with the controls all the time. Constantly grinding wasn't that fun for me, and I was constantly wanting to be inside a familiar Tony Hawk game so I could have some fun.
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121 posts
1 Miis
Not nearly as fun as the other Tony Hawk games on the other platforms.
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5366 posts
212 Miis
The worst Tony Hawk Game ever. Irresponsive controls, bad frame rate, just about everything you don't want in a game.
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20 posts
4 Miis
It's pretty good, but it'd be better if it actually had a story line...
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11 posts
2 Miis
Good racer out of the ones that were otu at the time.
Nice character selection.
I was disappointed that you can onyl make one custom profile at a time and not use it in multiplayer.
I liked the other TH games better.
No simple practice Race mode is also disappointing.
I don't like having to redo events to do races.
Also a lot of the slaloms are crazy hard.
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118 posts
13 Miis
I like this game because you can race downhill and hit a bunch of crowds.LOL- hit someone and they hit a car.
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9 posts
1 Miis
I've always liked skateboards, and I've never played a Tony Hawk game... until this game.
It is a pretty good game and fun to play. The controls are really simple and easy to do. I was hoping for a good soundtrack, but there was only 1 song that I liked. Other than that, the game is great to play and I would reccommend it to anyone who likes skateboarding games.
good simple tony hawk gameplay
pretty good graphics nice cheats
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38 posts
2 Miis
its ok it is fun but not the best tony halk game and it is pretty easy to beat
still getting used to this
15 Miis
Terribly boring game, although I haven't given it much of a chance yet. Will give it more time and see if I like.
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1 posts
2 Miis
Divertidísimo si usas los trucos, está que te cagas, pero a lo mejor te aburres de tanto hacer lo mismo, ir en monopatín...
1 posts
its cool but its kind of hard somtimes
1 Miis
pretty fun, its better with 2 or more people
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1 posts
10 Miis
Its got humour, action, excitment, requires skill and all that. Just lacks that extra oompf.
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3 posts
36 Miis
This is a fun game to get into but the storyline of single player is so retarded though it is the a good game.