Hip Hop
Member
Nope.
It was great,
THUG is also one that was regarded as the best. That was the definitely the peak of the series before the downfall.
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Tony Hawks Pro Skater review thread
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Nope.
It was great,
THUG is also one that was regarded as the best. That was the definitely the peak of the series before the downfall.
I wouldn't even want this shit for free. Even if they fix the bugs it's still a bad game.
Ghost Slayer
Member
Bugs and glitches are worth, i would like to play it via ps+ lol
soxinthebox
Member
Obviously my opinion but I preferred the task list of 1-3 over the NPCs in what followed. Could also be I burnt out on them after 4 games too.
Deaf Spacker
Memb
Is the Skate series backwards compatible on the Xbox One?
The Real Napsta
Member
Haha I noticed that.
Opus Angelorum
Member
The biggest take away here is how Activision have taken a franchise that was both critically and commercially acclaimed and thrown it under the bus.
Absolutely disgraceful.
Absolutely disgraceful.
giancarlo123x
Banned
The fucking things I'd do for a new skate game.. Hell even a remake or straight port of the original on current gen will suffice. I put so many hours into the demo and then full version. At least I still have my good Tony hawk collection on Xbox and ps2.
I think THUG was the last great one. Perfect balance of pure skating and story/exploration. THUG2 lost its shit and they were on a downward spiral from there. Skate took up the mantle nicely.
See, I don't think that quoted bit's any good at all. I don't like Sterlings forced, try-hard, English-twee-critic style. Rock, Paper, Shotgun pull it off - Sterling doesn't.
However, I agree with his critiques across the board and I think he's a great force.
This was definitely the most efficient and skating-focused approach. THUG was the most fun game along with THPS2 and 4 for me, but it definitely lacked that pure extreme sports aspect.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Nope. People have found that this is the final year of the contract that Activision had with Tony Hawk. There's no way that they're going to resign him given that they allowed something as horrible to be released under the one Tony Hawk brand that was near flawless up till this point
Jim Fucking Sterling-Son only says what needs to be said.
THPS5 can fuck off, and on that note, so can Activision as well.
Wouldn't be the first time, and I bet THPS5 won't be the last.
nocturnalis
Member
I feel like THAW looked better on my PS2 in 2005 than this does on the PS4 and Xbox One in 2015.
KDash31987
Member
I wonder who's idea it was to let Robomodo make a main THPS considering the 2 new installments they made were both critical and financial failures.
Tony Hawk: Ride
"Having the lowest ratings and worst sales for a Tony Hawk game, Ride debuted to negative critical and commercial reception. It has been widely criticized by video game critics as the worst of the series. It also failed to meet financial predictions, and led to a severe financial drop that risked cancellation of future Tony Hawk games."
Tony Hawk: Shred
"During its first week on sale in the United States, the game sold 3,000 copies; combined with the negative reception, the Tony Hawk franchise was put on hold."
Yeah that studio would totally be my choice for making a main game in the series.
Tony Hawk: Ride
"Having the lowest ratings and worst sales for a Tony Hawk game, Ride debuted to negative critical and commercial reception. It has been widely criticized by video game critics as the worst of the series. It also failed to meet financial predictions, and led to a severe financial drop that risked cancellation of future Tony Hawk games."
Tony Hawk: Shred
"During its first week on sale in the United States, the game sold 3,000 copies; combined with the negative reception, the Tony Hawk franchise was put on hold."
Yeah that studio would totally be my choice for making a main game in the series.
Glitchesarecool
Member
RIP Gerstmann. The QL of this pile of trash just made me sad.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
It was Activision's decision because they weren't bothered to make a proper TH game. They just wanted to shit something out before the Tony Hawk license expired this year.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
The .gifs and shops in that one thread were good at least
R.I.P. Tony Hawk. THUG remains the highlight of the franchise and is still fun to play today... sigh
R.I.P. Tony Hawk. THUG remains the highlight of the franchise and is still fun to play today... sigh
superNESjoe
Member
This stopped being funny and just became sad. How are they not apologizing for this? How has Tony Hawk and Robomodo said nothing?
Chinbo37
Member
Im willing to guess ...
They were thinking that it would cost more money in terms of dev costs and time to completely fix all bugs than they would make if they released the game in its shit state and a bunch of idiots bought it with the vague promises to fix the bugs which they eventually fix some but not all and by then everyone has stopped playing the game and is moving on to the next bug riddled game they will release.
Am I close?
Harry Stewart
Member
Time revive Street Sk8er.
They thought that they could run a mild current through a corpse and revitalize it.
Instead they did a shit job and shoved a dead body in the game case. Their contempt for the consumers is just insult after injury.
"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".
I asked that a few days ago, you should post 1,2 and 3 scores as well to really drive in how far it has fallen.
They already shut down the Skate studio. What more can they do to compete with Activision in this genre?!
superNESjoe
Member
That's Activision. That isn't Tony Hawk or Robomodo. Robomodo has been sitting on Twitter responding only to people that like the game. Any "issues" they've responded to are still from tweets about how the game is good.
They should be ashamed, how are they ignoring this? The only close tweet I saw was them referencing that Activision released the above statement. They didn't apologize or admit to anything themselves.
Yeah but there must have been some better studio available that doesn't have a track record of making two of the worst games in the series, both financially and critically.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Also:
You know what they (don't) say-you save the worst for last...
You know what they (don't) say-you save the worst for last...
But those may have asked for a higher budget.
LOL is this the worse reviewed game ever???
darkwing-buck
Member
Also:
You know what they (don't) say-you save the worst for last...
Holy Trinity
There's also a THUG2 mod with online, resolution patches and THUG/THPS4 levels thrown in
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1uzala/weve_been_working_on_a_tony_hawks_underground_2
so far worse than Devil's turd and Sonic Boom wow.
Always-honest
Banned
Wow... Dayum.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT IS THIS HEAVEN
Not75Drops
Member
superNESjoe
Member
hehehe
This shit right here man.
Here's a curious thing
If the TH license is expiring this year...
won't that mean the game will be coming off the PS Store/XBL store because Activision will no longer own the rights to the TH franchise and be able to keep it up under their name (and of course will then be under no obligations to fix any bugs if they don't by the time the license expires)?
Just a thought, it may only be up on the stores for another 2 - 3 months if this is the case. And all Activision has to do is keep quiet mostly and they could get away with this without fixing anything.
If the TH license is expiring this year...
won't that mean the game will be coming off the PS Store/XBL store because Activision will no longer own the rights to the TH franchise and be able to keep it up under their name (and of course will then be under no obligations to fix any bugs if they don't by the time the license expires)?
Just a thought, it may only be up on the stores for another 2 - 3 months if this is the case. And all Activision has to do is keep quiet mostly and they could get away with this without fixing anything.