Burstrick Wake Boarding!! [U] ISO
Description :
Burstrick brings the popular extreme sport of wake boarding to the Sony
PlayStation game console for the first time. Navigate through six hairy
obstacle courses, picking up points while pulling gravity defying wake
to wake tricks. Run through the Trick mode tournament to prove you are
the trick master!
This game sort of showed up out of the blue. There wasn't that much
coverage of it anywhere on the net and I only found the name under the
March releases on a reliable site. A few days ago I was passing through
the local Electronic Boutique and saw it sitting on the shelf. With a
price tag of $9.96 I figured ten smackers wasn't too much for it. After
getting home I popped the game into my trusty piece of Sony produced
hardware.
Graphics-9-10:
The first thing you are greeted with is a Natsume logo and then the intro FMV kicks in. The mountains in the background are a little grainy but the water effects are pulled off well. Then you see the game's 5 immediately selectable riders on the water pulling off tricks and stunts. Pretty well done Natsume!
Once the game starts you have some crisp water designs, yet not as well as Nintendo's Wave Race 64. The rider's all look smooth and are easily recognizable. The backgrounds are smoother than in the intro yet still a a little lower than what we see in other extreme sports titles. There is a plus here, all the games 50+ tricks have perfect animation. Even without the subtitle name of the move on the screen it is recognizable by fans of wake boarding.
Control-8-10:
This is where things drop down a little. The riders respond well to the controls yet it's hard to pull off sharp turns, this has screwed me over several times in the tournaments. As for the tricks themselves don't expect ''Tony Hawk on Water''. Tricks are performed by pulling the rider beside the wake (waves created by the boat)once outside press the square button and a box appears. Hit the correct commands in the box before you hit the wake and you pull off the trick. There is also a bar above the commands which is your jump meter. If you build up the bar before hitting the wake the rider jumps higher thus adding more points.
Gameplay-9-10:
The game is fun, it follows the arcade style take on extreme sports like Tony Hawk and it is good. The only problems I had was the lack of levels and options. You choose between Obstacle which is six courses with three laps where you hold L1 to accelerate the boat and ride thru the course. Each lap requires so many points to be accumulated to pass,these points are made by collecting rings and riding ramps. There are three colors here, Yellow (500), Green (1000) and Red (1500). Then there is the slider which a large ramp, go up this and you get a freebie share of red rings. This mode is easy at first until the last three tracks where the sharp turns come into play.
Next is Trick Mode. You choose a rider and hit the water once more. This time you perform as many tricks as possible in under 45 seconds. You get 1 Run for each of the three levels and each Run consists of 4 passes. Score the desired points for each pass and continue. The game plays fine once you have the hang of it.
Sound-6-10:
There isn't much of this. There are no liscensed bands and you have the same song for every level. Ofcourse if you complete the level you get to listen to the game's opening theme while your rider celebrates. The game does have an announcer but he doens't talk much and when he does it's hard to understand him.
Closing Thoughts-
Nothing in this game is liscensed. Boards,riders and levels are all purely fiction. The only easter egg in the game is one that only fans of wake boarding will notice. In the two modes you are given a list of the other nine people you face off against. Look closely at the list and you'll see the names
Parks
Byerly
Darin
Murray
Gator
Let me explain. That would be Parks Bonifay,Scott Byerly,Darin Shapiro,Shaun Murray and Gator..yet just Gator.
I enjoyed the game since it's a good pass time for me since it's too cold to hit the real lakes and rivers. For the gamer looking for the next Tony Hawk stay away from this because you will be disapointed. But if you are the gamer looking for a fast,fun trip down the river until Spring pick this baby up.
Graphics-9-10:
The first thing you are greeted with is a Natsume logo and then the intro FMV kicks in. The mountains in the background are a little grainy but the water effects are pulled off well. Then you see the game's 5 immediately selectable riders on the water pulling off tricks and stunts. Pretty well done Natsume!
Once the game starts you have some crisp water designs, yet not as well as Nintendo's Wave Race 64. The rider's all look smooth and are easily recognizable. The backgrounds are smoother than in the intro yet still a a little lower than what we see in other extreme sports titles. There is a plus here, all the games 50+ tricks have perfect animation. Even without the subtitle name of the move on the screen it is recognizable by fans of wake boarding.
Control-8-10:
This is where things drop down a little. The riders respond well to the controls yet it's hard to pull off sharp turns, this has screwed me over several times in the tournaments. As for the tricks themselves don't expect ''Tony Hawk on Water''. Tricks are performed by pulling the rider beside the wake (waves created by the boat)once outside press the square button and a box appears. Hit the correct commands in the box before you hit the wake and you pull off the trick. There is also a bar above the commands which is your jump meter. If you build up the bar before hitting the wake the rider jumps higher thus adding more points.
Gameplay-9-10:
The game is fun, it follows the arcade style take on extreme sports like Tony Hawk and it is good. The only problems I had was the lack of levels and options. You choose between Obstacle which is six courses with three laps where you hold L1 to accelerate the boat and ride thru the course. Each lap requires so many points to be accumulated to pass,these points are made by collecting rings and riding ramps. There are three colors here, Yellow (500), Green (1000) and Red (1500). Then there is the slider which a large ramp, go up this and you get a freebie share of red rings. This mode is easy at first until the last three tracks where the sharp turns come into play.
Next is Trick Mode. You choose a rider and hit the water once more. This time you perform as many tricks as possible in under 45 seconds. You get 1 Run for each of the three levels and each Run consists of 4 passes. Score the desired points for each pass and continue. The game plays fine once you have the hang of it.
Sound-6-10:
There isn't much of this. There are no liscensed bands and you have the same song for every level. Ofcourse if you complete the level you get to listen to the game's opening theme while your rider celebrates. The game does have an announcer but he doens't talk much and when he does it's hard to understand him.
Closing Thoughts-
Nothing in this game is liscensed. Boards,riders and levels are all purely fiction. The only easter egg in the game is one that only fans of wake boarding will notice. In the two modes you are given a list of the other nine people you face off against. Look closely at the list and you'll see the names
Parks
Byerly
Darin
Murray
Gator
Let me explain. That would be Parks Bonifay,Scott Byerly,Darin Shapiro,Shaun Murray and Gator..yet just Gator.
I enjoyed the game since it's a good pass time for me since it's too cold to hit the real lakes and rivers. For the gamer looking for the next Tony Hawk stay away from this because you will be disapointed. But if you are the gamer looking for a fast,fun trip down the river until Spring pick this baby up.
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