Tony Hawk Upset With Ride’s Critical Reception

With Metacritic as a guide, Tony Hawk: Ride’s PS3/ 360 score is floating just under 50, with the Wii iteration sitting at 61. This apparently displeases Tony Hawk, and the professional skateboarding legend has spoken out on the matter.

“Most snarky critics had their minds set before ever seeing/playing the game,” says Tony Hawk via his personal Twitter. “I'm proud of what we created; it's innovative, responsive & fun”

We may not all be professional skateboarders here at GI (except Nick, who reviewed Ride, he competed in the X-Games twice), but we know a bad skateboarding simulator when we see one. From my time with the game, "responsive & fun" as a description is a bit of a stretch.

What do you think? Does Mr. Hawk actually have something to be proud of, or is this just his investor’s remorse coming out sideways?