Best Boat For Wakeboarding Article

If I look at this game purely from a gaming standpoint, it's so brilliantly crafted, you should try it. Looking at it from a cultural standpoint: It's wakeboarding. And only 11 people care.

At the very least, you should play this solely for the soundtrack. I'll go out on a limb and say this is the best soundtrack I've ever heard. Vice City's musical array is vast, but it has a few turds in the mix, and Hawk 4's tunes are inconsistent. But Wakeboarding's rhythms will keep you tied to the game without complaint.

Another of the game's best features is that everything is at your fingertips. If you want to upgrade or start a new challenge or go for a load of gaps, you can access all of it without dealing with loading screens. That kind of accessibility is a first for an action-sports game.

But this game does have one real pain-in-the-butt, can't-be-fixed problem. Let's say you're trying to grind the one "secret" rail—secret, even though you know exactly where it is. You putz toward it, and because the boat is tugging you along, it takes 32 seconds for you to get to the challenge. Then you miss your two-second window to get on the rail. Restart and it's 32 more seconds of waiting. Bo. Ring.

If the . government outlawed wakeboarding tomorrow, it wouldn't change anything in my life. And I think the masses are with me. Still, this is a really pretty game with eye-catching water, really vast and inspiring environments, and some pretty nifty challenges that'll keep you locked in. Plus, there are boat races! And the two-player mode is absolutely rockin'.

So, while I say it's great, and while I keep stopping what I'm doing to play the game, I'm pretty sure you won't stop what you're doing to play the game. But you should. Especially since it's illicit, since maybe the government outlawed it? Not sure, though, since I really couldn't care less.