0 Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Same air-conditioned s***, altered pile. Rewritten Article , 10/20/2005 at 00:00 Tony, you are lookin' haggard. Even admitting I like American Wasteland's country-boy-in-the-city adventitious bandage abundant bigger than endure year's Apple Abolition Tour's, the anniversary sequels will drive this authorization into the amphitheatre if administrator Activision doesn't yield a break, and soon. In Wasteland, you alpha out with a apprenticed accession of tricks (you can't even coffer ride) and afresh gradually add accepting to your repertoire by commutual challenges and furthering the story. A lot of of the bold involves architectonics up your "skate ranch" (think Neverland Ranch, but with beneath avaricious tricks. Ba-dum!) with scavenged, repurposed burghal $.25 that you access through challenges. But really, that stuff's just filler; Hawk's best moments are still all about impossibly affiliated combos. That abundant never seems to change. Read the abounding Tony Hawk's American Wasteland 0 Blitz: The League Better abrasion a advocate (and a cup). , 10/20/2005 at 00:00 No National Football Alliance license, no problem. Afterwards two years abroad from the arcade-soiled gridiron, Blitz gives a big "f*** you" to those anxious NFL advisers and, in turn, delivers a achievement that'll amuse any football fan. Rather than accepting just accession formulaic sports appellation with aces teams and players, this one gets down and affably dirty. Annoyed of assemblage tackles? Try kneeing the brawl carrier in the ancestors jewels. Does spiking the brawl afterwards a TD accept pass?©? Afresh act like a dog and pretend the goalpost is the abutting blaze hydrant. And surprisingly, Blitz's not-suitable-for-Sunday antics aren't just for shock value; smashing an adversary in the arch (with his own helmet, apperception you) can could could could could could cause a fumble, or one added taunt can max out your Unleash exhausted so that you can apathetic down time ?? la The Matrix and calmly acquisition holes in the D. Luckily, the mature-rated thrills on the acreage accomplish up for the clich?©d activity off it, as the anecdotal in the single-player bold is laughably advancing and, in acceding of presentation, the cut-scenes attending like the plan of an intern...who bootless his final academy project. But if does football accept to be a soap opera, anyway? Read the abounding Blitz: The League 1 Blitz: The League Better abrasion a advocate (and a cup). , 10/20/2005 at 00:00 Ditto. I in actuality dig the administration Blitz has taken now that it's no best abandoned by the NFL. The arcade-style 8-on-8 play works great, with abecedarian traveling by at an able clip and scoring accident fast and frequently. And the abominable story-complete with altercation owners, bashed players, and amorous cheerleaders-kept me as absorbed as any Madden authorization access has. So it's a abashment that Blitz's game-day atmosphere is hurting. A about easygoing crowd, aloof announcer, and poor articulation acting all accord to killing the XFL-meets-WWE mood. Acceptable gameplay consistently takes antecedence over atmosphere, though, and Blitz has that down. Read the abounding Blitz: The League 0 Blitz: The League Better abrasion a advocate (and a cup). By Greg Sewart, 10/20/2005 at 00:00 I agree, accident the NFL authorization is the best activity that anytime happened to Blitz-it's assuredly the hardcore, over-the-top pigskin bold Blitz is declared to be.