Cool Boarders 4 Review

Well, all I have to say is that I did not like it. Now there are many other reviews out there that are praising Cool Boarders 4 as a vast improvement over what they considered bad game play in Cool Boarders 3. I do not agree one bit. I rocked on CB3! I eagerly had saved my money and as soon as CB4 was released I bought it. Thinking about how happy I had been with 989 Studio's efforts of CB3, I put my CD into the awaiting playstation, watching the intro with a bit of slaver running off my chin. I grasped the controller in my hot little hands, built my own player( one of the few perks I found in this game.), customized my board( perk number two) and was off! Talk about disappointed! The days of numerous tricks are over. I understand that the developers were trying to put in more realism, but gravity like that come from where? Jupiter? I found the game control clunky and slow, and a response time way down, I feel, from CB3. ( To be fair, I asked others that owned CB3 to come and try CB4. The dissapointment they felt rivaled my own.) The learning curve is more dramatic, though the game offers levels that help you pratice the moves.

The graphics were rather nice, I have to say, with far more detail than the previous releases.

I found the music so-so, nothing that jumps out a grabs you. In the end, I turned it off.

Overall, I felt that I did not get my moneys worth out of Cool Boarders 4 and quickly exchanged it at my local Funco Land.

Zafriel's Game Review