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Tired of Tony Hawk?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I anxiously awaited this game and was not disappointed! Other surf games severely lacked realism. O.K., so most surfers can't pull 720 combos and surf out of them in real life. Yet, I found the basic mechanics very accurate. If you want to accelerate, you have to pump. If you want to pull of a perfect snap turn w/out loosing speed, you have to find some vert. Like T. Hawk's Pro Skater, you can grab, kickflip, and even "grind" a floater. The special tricks are a little easier. Of course, one must still concentrate on staying on the wave. Yes, the learning curve is a little slow, but try real surfing and you will find the same.

The more time you spend on the game, the more fun it gets. Once you have unlocked some new surfboards by winning competitions, you will surf better! The final levels are insane w/ the use of the best board! I even enjoy watching the replays after I have a really sick wave.

Warning- while the "reef girl" is very convenient for bringing you to the wave of choice (there is no need to paddle if you don't feel like it), the screen is hard to watch in this mode. It slows down and looks almost pixelized. Motion also slows down sometimes when there is too much action on-screen. ANNOYING!

The first level, Kirra Point, is boring, but you need to learn somewhere. The game picks up at the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. By the time you make it to Oahu's Pipeline, you are ripping! THIS GAME IS EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE! Levels are easy to restart and choosing a wave can be fast.

Level goals are not all easy! I found it hard to air over the banner at Huntington Beach. And wait till you have to kickflip over floating cowheads! Most of the goals are fairly easy.

Winning competitions is mostly a matter of staying on your board. Beginning a wave with trick combos and finishing with a long, deep barrel is the most effective if you can link everything together. I found that about one minute per wave seems to work out pretty nicely...

All in all a great purchase! Like Tony Hawk, when you win the game with one charachter, you move on to another- unlocking secret codes along the way. Just don't expect to be ripping withing the first few minutes of play- that just wouldn't be realistic, would it!

TRY THIS GAME AND GET SOME STOKE!!

Transworld Surf: DO NOT ride this wave

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: July 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Finally a good looking surfing game. That's mostly all the good I can say about it. When will gaming companies learn that good graphics cannot carry a game?

Surfing seems like such an interesting type of game, only a video game company can screw it up. Plan and simple: It's no fun. I got 4 levels in and was about to take out the disc and stomp on it. Thank god that I only rented this sack of you know what. I was screaming at the television "Why the f--- won't you stay on your god d--- board?". I shut it off and never touched it again.

The graphics are great with the water looking realistic and the sharks, reefs, and characters pushing the polygons. Probably the funniest parts of the game comes when the sharks attack you (without the blood of course).

The sound is a little on the boring side. The sound track is okay but the sound effects are tedious. "AAH", "OOMPH", and other screams are constantly being thrown at you. Not horrible but Tony Hawk did it way better.

The multiplayer is also another part that makes me furious. My girlfriend and me were playing all of the games and found that everytime in the game that you were close to winning the game would chuck a rock or a paddling surfer at you. What is up with that? Also, you HAVE to play with two other AI controlled surfers (unless you have four friends) which makes it unfun because most of the time they win. They are perfect in everyway so to beat them you have to cheat and knock them over while never falling and stringing together impossible combos.

Overall, this game is garbage. It is not even close to fun. I want to return this as quickly as possible. Don't be swayed by some good coments by critics, this one is surfing it's way into the bargin bins.

fun and realistic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this games grafics arent so hot but that doesnt really matter the waves are cool and it is fun. you must play this game.the waves get huge and it gets alot funner.

Breakpoint

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Sincerely, I was waiting for a surfing game that delivered this much realism and energy. If you have some hope that this game will be as good as THPS, then you may and may not get your wish. First of all, it's surfing, not skating, so you better get used to the fact that there is a wave, and that it is moving, and you cannot just get up and keep surfing. If you just take this game for what it is, it is awesome!!The beaches are beautiful, the surfers are cool, and the soundtrack is rocking. I would say, unless Kelly Slater's game proves to be better than this one, TWS is the THPS of surfing...good mode!!!

100 % rippable

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you surf its a must have, if you dont theres always a first time, its just like the real thing pretty amazing!!

Very Awesome--this from a Sponger

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Yes,I believe!!! I thought this game would be all hype, but the water graphics and surfing moves are dead on.....Its a beautigul and fun game to play...My thumbs are hurting!! after playing this game for about a weeks....Take note though, its not an easy game to master..It'll take time to adjust to the moving wave as well as some practice before you can starting busting out some crazy tricks.I'm about halfway thoough the levels with one character and some the tasks are hard to complete...Sure, you can say that the realism of the aerial moves are too-physiccts defying, but there has been no other surfing game that even ccomes close!!!!! I say buy this game, you wont regret it....BTW, this review is coming from a bodyboarder, and this game is truly impressive and worth ever dollar spent.....

Transworld Surf

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: February 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Its the best video game ever made!

A game worth waiting forý

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I preordered TW Surf before it was out, and its being late slightly disappointed me.
But now it's out, and it's totally cool!!!
Surfing:
Riding the tubs, pulling off a snap under the curl, and floaters are awesome.
But as all surfers know "aerial tricks" and "Kick flips" rarely come into surfing, except as a possible finishing move. In this game a majority of the big tricks are focused on aerial maneuvers. Surfers don't let this deter you, this game kicks ... (Can even run into sponges) If anything, I love it for it free ride mode where you can sit and surf without getting wet in 54 degree water. Being fairly busy and living 45min. from the California North Coast I find it a good reminder of why I love surfing, and a reminder that I need to go more. I've been waiting for such a game, and I am pleased. I'd even go as far to say that I think it beats [other game]. The video clippings are also pretty cool too.
Multi-player "Kind of the Wave"
I haven't figured this one out to much... Just a whole bunch of surfing sharing on constant wave...
Should have done a surfer tag game, possibly a hit the sponge game.
Multi-player "Shark Tag":
Pro: it's a cool idea that adds extra fun when playing two players.
Con: the Shark can be a bit frustrating as you learning to attack surfers, and you sometimes end up swimming around for a bit. The shark is the same in every location. Being from California to bad there was not an 18ft great white.
I love how realistic it is... The graphics on the PS2 still look awesome...
The free rides out to the "line up" are a nice touch...
Hope I didn't forget anything...
But, last of all, you are surfing...
And as all surfers know there's nothing better than that...
Have fun, but don't forget about your surfboard it may get lonely.

P.S. Those who don't surf don't get any false perceptions by the game, just standing up can be hard enough let alone do anything else. But hopefully this will inspire you.

Since i wrote this Kelly Slater Surfing came out and Trans World still it the better of the two... Kelly's waves are all to much the same wave over and over... Buy Transworld Surfing already... I still pick it up and play it after a year, mostly because I still haven't completed all of it... what replay value... I recently move to Sacramento 1 Hr 45 Minutes from the ocean, thank goodness i have Transworld :)

Visually stunning...gameplay not so stunning.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First off I give props to all these companies creating these awesome looking games. Now, if they were half as fun as they look we would be all set. Unfortunaly, this game looks great but I spent the first day (3 hours or more) trying to figure out how to actually get in the barrel. I got it by accident but I found out there is no specific way to do it. The tricks are easy to pull off...easier than just trying to stay up. The ride is over in 5 seconds and then start over. paddle...paddle...or call the tow chic. Anyway I dropped ... bucks on this game and once again I was less than happy. These companies need to remember...acool looking game is great but I need kick[in]gameplay!

Surfs up

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Transworld surf makes it easy and tons of fun to hang ten.Grea graphics ausome tricks this is a must have for surfing fans

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