Neversoft made a handful of the greatest games of all time. Activision had them cranking out a new THPS every single year. They choked the life out of it, then moved on to the next thing. That is what they do.
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Tony Hawk`s Pro Skater 5 won`t even run without the "patch".
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Neversoft made a handful of the greatest games of all time. Activision had them cranking out a new THPS every single year. They choked the life out of it, then moved on to the next thing. That is what they do.
It is like the demo discs that come with your $60 per year magazine subscriptions. Except without the magazine.
bananafactory
Banned
No but it was made by real people with families to feed.
If the game is bad people will speak but it doesn't mean everyone needs to dogpile blindly
They can try and feed their families and people avoid what is being served to them as a product.
Okay? But if the devs made a bad game with hilarious bugs then I think it's okay to criticize the game and laugh at the bugs.
If someone said "I hope Robomodo goes out of business, that's a little different.
So we can't criticize a product for being bad because 'oh no real people made it'? Sounds like bullshit to me!
Doesn't seem like blind dogpiling considering there's two threads about how awful this game looks.
The employees don't need your defense either. It's a company. They'll survive or they won't. Shit happens.
bananafactory
Banned
Spreading negative misinformation is a very good way to help them go out of business. Not saying there IS misinformation out there, but the mob mentality doesn't allow for much fact checking
And I'm not saying you can't criticize the game so don't twist my words. I mocked it on Twitter earlier.
bananafactory
Banned
Hear hear!
BibiMaghoo
Member
It's cool, they all got paid anyway, families are 100% fed.
Of course good or bad they will now be out of a job anyway, hurrah games industry.
Tony Hawk's Pro Hype Deflator.
Stabby McSter
Member
I thought it was good, too. It probably was because you could tell it was on a decline.
Iorv3th
Member
And what does that change? They were paid for their work. The product is shit.
Bobby Kotick is just trying to feed his family (and garage) too, that's why he has to milk these franchises.
Agent_Carnage
Member
How can someone ship a game like that.
Good thing I still have my Tony Hawk games on my PS1 still.
Good thing I still have my Tony Hawk games on my PS1 still.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
We can't criticize a game because people have families to feed now?
Krappadizzle
Member
I mean.... You can just open your eyes and look at what is in front of you or ignore it. People are slinging shit because it deserves it. Did you play the last Tony Hawk game from them?
bananafactory
Banned
You're misunderstanding what I was saying, I just agreed with the person who said there's no need to throw shit at the game for the sake of it. If it's in response to being a broken piece of shit (which it seems like it is), that's fine.
And yes I actually enjoyed THPS HD, despite being a veteran of the entire series from 1 up to THUG
entremet
Member
The game was released unfinished.
I thought the first forza on xbone did this.
Gamezone
Gold Member
A launch title for something that was supposed to be always online. They didn't do it with the games after that.
Krappadizzle
Member
But people aren't throwing at it for the sake of it. Ahh Hell....yeah they probably are. But it's not undeserved.
I've been with the series since receiving a preview demo disk of THPS on PS1 and I couldn't stomach HD. Game just felt bad. Graphics were okay, but controls and physics seemed way off.
CorySchmitz
Junior Member
Ok I tried this & it still works. Still says 7.28 GB fresh off the disc, offline.
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
In June Digital Foundry revisited The Master Chief Collection and the Halo 4 video has this description:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/d...ch-analysis-master-chief-collection-revisited
Piston Hyundai
Member
If shit-talking a game took food off of people's plates, all of Robomodo would've been skeletons 5 years ago.
That will be part of the nostalgia dlc.
Why bother? People buy it anyway.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Doesn't excuse doing a bad job.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
MGSV
Militaratus
Member
I guess we finally found out which game Videogamer was referring to when they said an upcoming game would be released entirely broken.
I expected tons of bugs, not entire game modes that have to be patched in before you could actually play the game.
I very much hope this idea of game distribution doesn't catch on, like that MGSV PC disc that only contains the Steam installer and not the actual game. The reason I buy a game disc is that I can play the game right out of the box without having to download 50GB patches that add the actual game, because PSN download speeds are horrible as they are already without this stuff being forced down our necks.
I expected tons of bugs, not entire game modes that have to be patched in before you could actually play the game.
I very much hope this idea of game distribution doesn't catch on, like that MGSV PC disc that only contains the Steam installer and not the actual game. The reason I buy a game disc is that I can play the game right out of the box without having to download 50GB patches that add the actual game, because PSN download speeds are horrible as they are already without this stuff being forced down our necks.
I was just thinking I could really use a Quick Look for this game...
Thanks, although I'm watching it here...
dang i remember being so exited when i saw that pic.
Project 8 is actually good. It's biggest issue lies with poor technical performance. On Xbox 360 it was reasonably close to being 60fps but slowdown was pretty jarring. They patched in a 30fps cap to "fix" it. The PS3 version was a joke.
Aside from that, though, there was a good game in there. Re-releasing P8 at 1080p60 would have yielded a better game than THPS5.
Outtrigger888
Member
Project 8 was pretty awesome, I recommend it for you guys itching for a tony hawk fix.
Agreed. P8 was actually good. I didn't like it as much as THUG1/2/THAW, but it was more or less the same game with better visuals. The slo-mo trick mode was a cool idea as well. It didn't work out well in actual gameplay, but it had the right idea that Skate eventually took and made an entire game with.
Nervous Sausage
Member
I actually re-bought Project 8 today while I was deciding whether or not to get the new one. I think I made the right decision.
I did the same thing. I mean if anything, this release just made me wish that it actually worked. I'm just going back to the old games, and waiting for a good skateboarding game.
TheVampire
Banned
Im happy to see people liking Project 8 on this page.
I really enjoyed it and love that matrix slow mo nail the trick mode it had.
I really enjoyed it and love that matrix slow mo nail the trick mode it had.
Walter White
Member
Having worked at Activision and seen some things first hand, they have a person that is entirely first party relations liaison. Depending on the game and the issues, when you fail certification this person starts to work their magic to push it through.
Now I'm not exactly sure what goes down. Aside from "promising" patches and whatnot I've heard rumors that they'd toss some cash first party's way too to help grease the wheels. Rumors though, as I never saw or heard anything firsthand about money. But I've been in this person's office in the morning to give them whatever info they wanted about QA on the title and by afternoon our fail turned into a provisional pass.
So pretty much, Activision has the equivalent of a political lobbyist to help push through whatever happens to fail certification if it needs to come down to that for whatever reason.
People need to learn how cert works. If it doesn't kill the console the game is good to go.
Plus they often make deals with first parties promising patches on day 1 to make everything ok.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Yeah its ridiculous cause it's not true. I was able to play it offline, no patch, and unlock and play stage 2 of 8. No patch. Game is rough as fuck but doesn't require the patch to play single player at all.
superNESjoe
Member
This has been debunked many times. This thread should be closed.
Rebel Leader
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I liked 8... I think proving ground was ok but not very great
It isn't on disc dlc, right?