10 Video Games The Critics Were DEAD Wrong About

10. Tony Hawk: RIDE

The Tony Hawk's series was renowned for its soundtracks, daft storylines and physics-defying skills and tricks. It may not have been realistic, but it was fun.

So why would making players stand atop a plastic skateboard and take any of the craziness out of what made the games great?

Well, because Activision had made millions from Guitar Hero, and set their sights on expanding.

Cries of it being "just like real life" and "the evolution of skateboarding games" came forth to an unsuspecting public. People crave immersion, after all.

Except it wasn't. It was hot garbage wrapped up in an expensive gimmick, which certainly didn't help the legacy of the already-declining franchise.

What could make this travesty worse? Only a bloody sequel! Oh, but this has snowboarding in it too. Hallelujah.

It was like putting out a garbage fire with more garbage fire. Which you could take as a metaphor, or something you could literally do with the board.

But from a distance, obviously. Burning plastic and all.