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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is a glitchy mess
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TheSlySoul
Member
Nice, I had many moments where I am right next to a rail and the game goes "LOL NOPE, SLAM" and then I bail.
I also noticed doing a manual near a ramp will also result in a bail most of the time.
Edit: Watching my video, IDK why this happened:
superNESjoe
Member
The grind rails in the space level just straight up don't work. You just drop off them at complete random. It makes many of that levels missions impossible to complete.
SmackAttack
Member
This thread is hilarious. I can't believe it shipped like this.
Well, if you don't consider those crippling glitches all of the hands on have also said:
- Game does not launch on Xbox One. It locks up if you try to launch it. To play the game you have to sign into Xbox One, launch the game, then sign out immediately, then once you get to the title screen, sign back in.
- Starting challenges can sometimes be impossible. you're supposed to "Trick into" a challenge to star it, but it very rarely works
- There is only full speed or stopped speed. Your character never gets up to speed, so if you're stuck in an area that you need a small amount of speed to get out of, tough shit, just bail and start over.
- Online is completely fucked up
Here, just watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIXkRXYbKaI
If you don't find these gameplay glitches, then I'm not sure what constitutes a gameplay glitch. This game will go down as the glitchiest, worst game released in this generation.
Ehh, is he actually bleeding in that glitch?
superNESjoe
Member
I finished the game and only wanted to kill myself like 8 times.
You know what's the worst part? It isn't even the game itself. It's that a bunch of people worked on this for a couple years (?) and in the end this is all they have to show for it. What a horribly unfulfilling experience.
You know what's the worst part? It isn't even the game itself. It's that a bunch of people worked on this for a couple years (?) and in the end this is all they have to show for it. What a horribly unfulfilling experience.
I don't know, but that does look creepy.
xenorevlis
Member
It's just the environment reacting to his "impact" like it normally does when you crash into it, only his body was in it so the particles were a bit packed...
Shift Breaker
Member
I know people are comparing this to Goat Simulator, but that actually seems more stable. I've only seen footage of this but I've got the plat on the PS4 version of GS, and that was designed to be a glitchy mess.
Stormhammer
Member
Was this originally a mobile game that got switched to consoles late in development? I could've sworn I read that somewhere
Patrick Bateman
Member
When I watch these dumb pre-release interviews of Tony Hawk and the developers of Robomodo how much they put into the game, how great it is and that they went for that feel of THPS2 and 3 bla bla bla and THEN watch the real thing and it's just a steaming pile of horse shit I just wanna punch each and everyone of those assholes in their mouths..
Well there was mobile game that was canned but I don't think it's the same game here. Reused assets? Sure.
Unless Robomodo failed miserable at porting thps hd engine to mobiles (it's UE3 after all).
spindashing
Banned
that's not blood ( ͡͡ ° ͜ ʖ ͡ °)
Ah I see, for a second I thought the particles were like blood splattering around or something, which looked very odd(and also creepy like a fellow poster mentioned) because I don't recall that happening in the original THPS.
When you gotta go, you gotta go.
I've covered this. They've made 4 TH games. Two of which were not really tony hawk games (they used the dumb skateboard peripheral.) One was a low budget priced downloadable game that they were given a short amount of time to develop. Their final was a full priced game that they were again given a short time to develop. I don't find it fair to say something like They've been working on Tony Hawk for years, when plenty of those years were spent working on the TH brand, not a true Tony hawk game.
superNESjoe
Member
After finishing the game I am legitimately depressed. That is not a joke. I have struggled with depression for 15+ years, and THPS5 depressed me.
Was it mentioned the absolute shit job they did is probably related to the fact that Activision's Tony Hawk license is expiring by the end of this year?
http://www.craveonline.com/culture/...y-hawks-pro-skater-5-die-license-expires-2015
First, they needed to get this out of the gate, but obviously this shitty title wouldn't stand a chance right at the end of the year among the absolute block busters.
Second, since the license is expiring, they might as well shit all around the Tony Hawk name and won't give a damn, and it will also have a negative effect on any competitor willing to snap the rights, because the IP is tarnished, even if anybody does it, they've probably cut the sales of that by half already with this garbage (and customer reaction may lag by a title)
http://www.craveonline.com/culture/...y-hawks-pro-skater-5-die-license-expires-2015
First, they needed to get this out of the gate, but obviously this shitty title wouldn't stand a chance right at the end of the year among the absolute block busters.
Second, since the license is expiring, they might as well shit all around the Tony Hawk name and won't give a damn, and it will also have a negative effect on any competitor willing to snap the rights, because the IP is tarnished, even if anybody does it, they've probably cut the sales of that by half already with this garbage (and customer reaction may lag by a title)
They had a hand in THPSHD, which THPS5 was supposed to be inspired from, they could have used that as a base or shamelessly copied that and added more maps and people would have been happier than what reaction we're seeing right now.
superNESjoe
Member
Oh yeah. HD was infinitely better than this.
Well, if you don't consider those crippling glitches all of the hands on have also said:
- Game does not launch on Xbox One. It locks up if you try to launch it. To play the game you have to sign into Xbox One, launch the game, then sign out immediately, then once you get to the title screen, sign back in.
- Starting challenges can sometimes be impossible. you're supposed to "Trick into" a challenge to star it, but it very rarely works
- There is only full speed or stopped speed. Your character never gets up to speed, so if you're stuck in an area that you need a small amount of speed to get out of, tough shit, just bail and start over.
- Online is completely fucked up
Here, just watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIXkRXYbKaI
If you don't find these gameplay glitches, then I'm not sure what constitutes a gameplay glitch. This game will go down as the glitchiest, worst game released in this generation.
Absoludacrous
Member
Seriously, they really didn't understand what makes the classic games so special. They're full of life, have no stupid power stuff and varied stuff to do. Whatever engine they used for this looks awful and the maps are barren.
At this point if I was to revive the brand I'd go back to THUG and capture what made the first game special. If it was successful then I'd try for Pro Skater 6 to make up for this mess.
Burgess_101
Member
I'm pretty sure its blood. In THPSHD it has these little blood splatters when you fall off so I presume that is what is going on there.
XAMOEL_ART
Banned
THPS5, Vanellope Glitchy seal of aproval
Narpas Sword0
Member
Fuck
DirtyLarry
Member
I grind all the time. More than anything else. I do however never Slam and try a grab move. That actually does not make much sense to me? I can see doing a grab move then doing a grind, but doing a slam, which is essentially a grind, and a grab move right before landing? Not unless I had major air would I attempt that and even then I would do a sequence of buttons, not press both buttons at once.
Now granted a glitch should not happen because people are intentionally playing the game in a way I believe it is not meant to be played, but nevertheless that sequence of events just does not make sense to me. Pressing Slam & Grab together at the same time? The way the slam mechanic works, that seems next to impossible to me to pull off. Only way I can see that being possible is if you have major, major air, and even then I would press Slam then Grab, not the two together.
I also used to skate, and still do on a very rare occasion, in real life, so perhaps that has conditioned me, hell I know it has, to approach things a bit more realistically than others would.
I played another 2 hours today, I have completed 15+ missions, and I have seen one glitch total, and it was not even really a glitch, just a funky ragdoll slam and I was up within seconds as if it was a normal slam.
And you have things very mistaken. I am not saying it is a great game. Far from it. I am however definitely saying it is not a giant turd. Unless somehow all of the glitches do not start happening until after the first 3 levels.
cobaltorange
Neo Member
Someone needs to take those pre-release interviews and mix it with some of the terrible gameplay posted.
I never said you did.
The general consensus is the game is a turd. It would be even without the glitches. I've enjoyed my fair share of games people thought were bad, but this is not one of them.
Every Tony Hawk game I own I've played the same. Obviously not counting before reverts, etc. The glitches occur doing normal stuff.
We have a response from Robomodo:
"Hey all, been busy, but we are listening!
Disruptive and us are reading all feedback. Thank you." https://twitter.com/Robomodo/status/649364952688525316
Robomodo's website:
"Hey all, been busy, but we are listening!
Disruptive and us are reading all feedback. Thank you." https://twitter.com/Robomodo/status/649364952688525316
Robomodo's website:
Nah, HD was an equal pile of wank, just in different ways. If they got rid of the slam and fixed the bugs, this feels better to play when it actually works. Just a shame the environments are also shit.
I mean, even then it would still be shit. But using anything from HD other than the level design would be worse.
Americanmushroom
Banned
Is there a review thread somewhere?
The publisher didn't supply review copies, so I don't think there's enough reviews for a thread.
Psyrgery ES
Member
Here's one that happened to me.
It's the best #DEAD reaction I've ever seen.
This thread is destroying my sides.
Well I wonder about that. While the multiplayer in Tony Hawk's HD was only 4 players on consoles, it featured some of the same modes already (and others like Graffiti which apparently isn't in THPS5) so it's debatable how much time it actually took to adjust it for THPS5.
Probably still long, but some people are putting it like Tony Hawk's HD didn't have multiplayer at all so that's where all their effort went. But no MP is only true for the PC version.
Activision just issued a one sentence statement: "We are aware of the issues that players have experienced following the launch of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 and are working with the developer to address these so that we can continue to improve the gameplay experience for all of the Tony Hawk fans who have known and loved this franchise for more than 16 years".
Doctor_Thomas
Member
So, a full recall, refund and restart development?
Can't wait for the PR statement that goes like "We really had you there guys. Of course we were just JOKING when we released it in this state"
Reviews haven't really started rolling out yet, no one got review copies. They'll probably start hitting in the next couple of days. Destructoid's is the only one I've seen so far, which you can find here http://www.destructoid.com/review-tony-hawk-s-pro-skater-5-312863.phtml
Only Twitch streamers were sent copies of the game.
Doczu
Member
Here's one that happened to me.
This would make a great Nintendo E3 Hype gif.