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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is a glitchy mess
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ElRenoRaven
Member
You know what saddens me though. If I were Tony Hawk and I was putting my name on something I'd damn well want the product to be a quality product. Since Robomedia and even before the franchise started going down the crapper. Now it's to a beyond insanely crappy quality level of bad yet he's still there shilling it. I remember him talking about how awesome each game is going to be and then it comes out being a piece of shit yet he doesn't seem to give a shit. That's what saddens me.
Brian_FETO
Banned
He's a businessman, not a pro skater
Man please don't say that. Really feel sorry for the people who were not informed and bought it.
TheSlySoul
Member
I got it as a free 1-night rental, I want my coupon back. Maybe Mad Max won't suck...
XenogearsX
Banned
It looked like garbage when it was shown on Conan. Not surprised
Tetsuo9999
Member
OlliOlli2 is going to get so much free publicity and kudos from this, even though it came out six months ago. Roll7 should get the rights to this franchise if they ever want to continue it after this disaster.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
So when's the next Jimquisition?
bananafactory
Banned
OlliOlli series is so fucking good. I'd be fine if they were given the reigns but honestly they don't deserve to have their reputation tarnished by being associated with what this franchise has become
JigglesBunny
Banned
My heart is actually aching for Tony.
old manatee
Banned
Every Activision game on the horizon looks like a total hunk of crap.
You won't be greatly disappointed if you only pay 5$ for it out of a used-bin. For maximum disappointment buy it now at full price.
Mad Max doesn't suck. It could have been a lot more, but it's like a solid 7.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
I don't have a dog in this fight so I think this whole thing is hilarious.
What a disaster.
What a disaster.
activatethesmile
Member
What the actual bloody fuck.
DirtyLarry
Member
I just played for an hour and did not see a single glitch.
What I did see was clunky controls and awful lag because of the forced online, but I did not see a single glitch.
I actually think it is pretty faithful to the original games. I think people have some kind of weird nostalgia with the Tony Hawk games and remember them being better than they actually were. This feels like a Tony Hawk Pro Skater game.
Honestly the only thing that seems really off to me is the whole Slam button now also being grind. It just breaks up the fluidity of things that was not present in the other games.
Everything else, from manuals, to flip tricks, to grab tricks, feels like previous games.
Also the forced online is awful. Really bad. I get what they were trying to do, but they failed miserably.
I paid $25 of my own cash thanks to Reward Zone certificates and Gamers Club unlocked at Best Buy, and I am not angry that I spent that much.
I would be if I spent $60 though, no doubt.
The last thing I will add is the graphics are ass. Really, really, ass. It is amazing how bad they are for this generation.
It is not worth $60, no doubt at all about that.
EA needs to do a new SKATE already. The market is there I would say. This should have been a $20 budget title without any online and also without the Slam button being grind as well. Other than that, it is Tony Hawk Pro Skater with no evolution whatsoever. And I think that is probably what is most upsetting. This could have been a PS2 game. That is exact what it feels like.
What I did see was clunky controls and awful lag because of the forced online, but I did not see a single glitch.
I actually think it is pretty faithful to the original games. I think people have some kind of weird nostalgia with the Tony Hawk games and remember them being better than they actually were. This feels like a Tony Hawk Pro Skater game.
Honestly the only thing that seems really off to me is the whole Slam button now also being grind. It just breaks up the fluidity of things that was not present in the other games.
Everything else, from manuals, to flip tricks, to grab tricks, feels like previous games.
Also the forced online is awful. Really bad. I get what they were trying to do, but they failed miserably.
I paid $25 of my own cash thanks to Reward Zone certificates and Gamers Club unlocked at Best Buy, and I am not angry that I spent that much.
I would be if I spent $60 though, no doubt.
The last thing I will add is the graphics are ass. Really, really, ass. It is amazing how bad they are for this generation.
It is not worth $60, no doubt at all about that.
EA needs to do a new SKATE already. The market is there I would say. This should have been a $20 budget title without any online and also without the Slam button being grind as well. Other than that, it is Tony Hawk Pro Skater with no evolution whatsoever. And I think that is probably what is most upsetting. This could have been a PS2 game. That is exact what it feels like.
Oh my lord the texture on the big beach balls..wow.
It looks like nobody on any level of the design and production of this game are good at their job.
I know people are always ready to blame the suit that wanted to con everyone with this game but there are decisions that make no sense regardless of how much time or staff they had to make it.
I know people are always ready to blame the suit that wanted to con everyone with this game but there are decisions that make no sense regardless of how much time or staff they had to make it.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
So this is destined to be THE infamously bad game of the generation, right?
djplaeskool
Member
I think so. I can't see Activision fixing it ACU-style, so the game is pretty much doomed.
Giving Devil's Third a real run for its money. Let's see how it all shakes out at the end of the year when Devil's Turd gets released and reviewed in the U.S..
EDIT: I forgot about Afro Samurai 2.
I think the jury is still out whether this is worse than Arkham Knight on PC..
djplaeskool
Member
He just needed a little Faygo.
This is as much on MS and Sony... this shit should have been rejected.
Please save us EA!
Insane Metal
Gold Member
Lol that's my exact quote I said in a thread here earlier today, somebody stole it!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=180249428&highlight=#post180249428
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Activision continuing their crusade to dethrone EA for worst company
AdaWong
Junior Member
When you're bored to death playing this crap but still have to play some more to justify the $60 you just spent on it:
GrayChild
Member
That is some survival horror level of mindfuckery right there.
Who plagiarizes NeoGAF posts
fluffydelusions
Member
/dead
You know what, I don't hate this game. The only complaint I have is slam and I'm used to it now so I don't even really get messed up by it at all anymore. I'm grinding with precision and having a lot of fun. Only at the second level but if I'm having fun, good enough for what I was expecting.
The game does have glitches and while I'm not making an excuse for a poorly developed game (and it is), in this type of game the glitches don't really bother me. They are quick, and usually funny. This series has always been arcade-y to me so it's not making me upset or anything to see the glitches because they aren't very annoying.
The game has crashed twice though, and that sucks and is awful.
The game does have glitches and while I'm not making an excuse for a poorly developed game (and it is), in this type of game the glitches don't really bother me. They are quick, and usually funny. This series has always been arcade-y to me so it's not making me upset or anything to see the glitches because they aren't very annoying.
The game has crashed twice though, and that sucks and is awful.
Agent X
Gold Member
It's tragic, really. Despite the poor reception that the last few games received, Activision still assigned this project to the same group that has been dragging this once-adored franchise into the proverbial toilet.
I'm sure Robomodo took the work on the cheap, but I wonder if Activision understands that this blatant disregard for quality reflects poorly on their own reputation as well.
I know Tony Hawk himself feels somewhat obi\ligated to support this product, since it bears his name, but years ago it seemed like he was more actively involved in the games' development. Didn't he have any say in this one? Couldn't he refuse to sign off on the game if it wasn't up to snuff? I don't know what his contract entails, but he should have made sure there was a clause in there that says he needs to personally approve it.
It would have been better for the game to have been cancelled, rather than to release it in such horrible condition that it sullies the reputation of everyone involved with its creation.
It doesn't feel like a $60 title in any way.
I feel bad for saying this but I'm actually having a bit of fun with THPS5 just from chaining combos. I could see myself putting in more hours into the game than other $60 titles (Destiny is probably the most recent example I can think of) but the game is still very sloppy and has absolutely no polish. All of the Tony Hawk games from the early 2000s have more polish than THPS5.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Sadly it's not true. I purposely didn't download the patch and opened up the second level just fine.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Does that count? Isn't Platinum Games taking care of development on Transformers?
Does Activision own RoboModo? I thought they were independently owned.