I only played the PC version so that is actually what I had thought. Thanks for clarifying.
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is a glitchy mess
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I only played the PC version so that is actually what I had thought. Thanks for clarifying.
GankzyMcfly
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Tony hawks pro skater died the day the original skate came out... Skate should be considered the standard for all skateboarding games. I remember tony hawk looking better on a gamecube
Nah, they're completely different. It's possible to enjoy both series.
No, it's good to have both series. Project 8 and Proving Ground were pretty good too. These games can be great again if you have a capable developer that knows the series.
They're both very different games, so I disagree.
skate is boring to me. It's more of a regular sports game and is just completely uninteresting compared to the arcadey TH series for me. two totally different things.
User 479360
Banned
I made it to the final level with only one crash. Then, after I'd gotten to 11 stars and decided to try making a skate park for a bit, I had another crash and my save got corrupted.
Fucking game.
I guess I can say I beat it, though?
Fucking game.
I guess I can say I beat it, though?
bronk
Banned
You definately beat it. Dont put yourself through that again. You make it obvious how bad it was.
FrankHowley
Member
A hardcore THPS fan on Reddit wrote this great critique that looks past the bugs and attacks all the failed mechanics and missing elements that should have been essential to the game.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/3n96jx/bugs_glitches_are_not_the_problem_an_experienced/
I haven't played it yet, but going through all the core gameplay changes is staggering. Did anyone at Robomobo grow up playing these games?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/3n96jx/bugs_glitches_are_not_the_problem_an_experienced/
I haven't played it yet, but going through all the core gameplay changes is staggering. Did anyone at Robomobo grow up playing these games?
GGNKovalski
Member
I like this. He nails everything. I think this is a combination of a rushed product (less than a year? 6 months maybe?) in order to squeeze some money out of the series before the contract expires and a developer that just doesn't get it.
Doctor_Thomas
Member
I won't lie. I kind of want to get this game out of morbid curiosity.
Stevey
Member
Wow, that sounds terrible
GGNKovalski
Member
I'm this way about games. After there's a massive price drop, go for it. It will blow your mind. In all the wrong ways. I'm still in shock that this is a $60 product....
Hyrule Warrior
Member
Do what I did, just use a free rental code for redbox from this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1119854
User 479360
Banned
Thanks
Yeah, I guess so. I didn't get any credits, but I guess there aren't any.
I was going to consider it beaten at 15 stars.
Dramatically different games.
User 479360
Banned
THPS 1-4, THUG and Skate 1 and 2 are all really good skateboarding games. The others...
(This isn't counting the odd handheld THPS game, because I only played 2 on GBA and it was really solid.)
That is like saying Mario Kart died the day Gran Turismo came out. Hawk is arcade-y and Skate was more sim based. Both can, and did, stand on there own in the same market.
spindashing
Banned
I am curious but not at 59.99.
The worst part is that this game was a self fulfilling prophecy. The traditional stuff got stale for people, so Activision made Ride and Shred, which were worse. Skateboarding isn't experiencing the big boom it once did during these games' prime combining with dwindling returns meant that Activision didn't want to invest the necessary resources and the THPS5 was doomed before the name "Robomodo" even came up again.
The interest in the brand was definitely back, based on all the talk, but they thought "playing it safe" meant hiring an abysmal developer and giving them no time or resources. Putting out a quality product would've cost more but given them steady sales, rather than trick a few people during launch week and that's it.
Activision is horrible for cash-grabbing and ruining franchises. They did the same thing with Transformers by killing Rise of the Dark Spark when they bookended another Cybertron game with cheesy movie content and the whole thing was a disjointed, outdated mess.
The interest in the brand was definitely back, based on all the talk, but they thought "playing it safe" meant hiring an abysmal developer and giving them no time or resources. Putting out a quality product would've cost more but given them steady sales, rather than trick a few people during launch week and that's it.
Activision is horrible for cash-grabbing and ruining franchises. They did the same thing with Transformers by killing Rise of the Dark Spark when they bookended another Cybertron game with cheesy movie content and the whole thing was a disjointed, outdated mess.
Wait, you can't bail while grinding or manualing at all? Are they absolutely positive about that? Because in the old games you could grind on a halfpipe or do a manual and lose your balance in one direction without bailing (you would instead just fall into the halfpipe or land your manual). Maybe that's what's happening to them? If not, that is such a crazy design decision.
User 479360
Banned
I feel horrible for unknowing people who pay $79.99 Canadian for this.
In the prerelease videos that was the first thing I noticed, players can fall off a rail or a ledge from messing up the grind meter and they always land safely.
dead souls
Member
I don't know why anybody would pay full price for this. It has "sub $20 by Black Friday" written all over it.
User 479360
Banned
I'm curious about others' thoughts.
Would you say I'd beaten it if I made it to the last stage and had 11 stars?
Would you say I'd beaten it if I made it to the last stage and had 11 stars?
Thanks for this by the way. I got Until Dawn thanks to your tip off and its been awesome so far.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Was watching the IGN review when I noticed this
The hell is going on down there.
MissingNo Appears!?!
Oh man poor Octodad devs...probably thought they got great publicityWas watching the IGN review when I noticed this
The hell is going on down there.
Yes, you're good.
I wasn't able to beat Dark Souls, because I ran into a glitch where my character would perpetually fall through the world and die at the last bonfire before the final boss. So I just say I beat it, because fuck going through a 60 hour game again just to beat it, lol.
Many of the changes they made make it sound like they were trying to make the game casual-friendly. You don't bail from grinds and manuals, you can't control air turning with the thumbstick and D-Pad, you auto-manual after a revert, you auto-ollie out of quarterpipes, and you control your speed with the triggers. These aren't features that can be explained to come from ignorance or time constraints, these are deliberate design decisions that they made for no reason other than to make the game easier. So much for making the game play like the classics (which were in no way too hard or beginner-unfriendly).
In fairness - they didn't have the same game engine as before, so everything was a change.
They had the THPS HD engine and from what I've seen even that game didn't have any of those changes.
User 479360
Banned
Yeah, those changes were weird and unnecessary. I noticed I couldn't bail off of a grind and was wondering why.
They did this, yet made some rather crazy time limits for missions.
Dreadx_Jecht
Banned
Please understand.
Solaire of Astora
Death by black JPN
A second playthrough wouldn't even come close to 60 hours now that you know what to do and have the skill to beat the enemies/bosses up to that point.
You really should give it another go. Strange glitch, btw. Don't think I've heard of that happening to anyone else.
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
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Damn it, I wish this wasn't a cash in. We'll probably won't have a good skateboarding game for a while. Thing is, I want this arcade style of skating. I want underground 3. I want cool crazy stuff like playing as ben franklin. Put obama in there, that'd be hilarious, with the objective being to destroy trump tower.
That's what happens when you grind near the shore, brah.
Frozenprince
Banned
I wanted a new skating game to be good so bad.
But I think the genre is just dead now, nobody seems to care enough to put out a decent game, maybe Tony can license the franchise to someone like 2K but I doubt it.
But I think the genre is just dead now, nobody seems to care enough to put out a decent game, maybe Tony can license the franchise to someone like 2K but I doubt it.
LookAtMeGo
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They censored the dolphin nudity.Was watching the IGN review when I noticed this
The hell is going on down there.
smashballTaz
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Frozenprince
Banned
Downloading a ROM of OG Underground now to get muh quality Tony Hawk fix.
Cheeseman Battitude
Member
The ragdolls are my favorite thing about this game.
Oh God, the leg. LOL!
Lol. I laughed way too hard at this!
funkystudent
Member
Am I crazy or does THPS HD actually look better?
5 has a few things going for it but over all I think levels in HD are more detailed looking
5 has a few things going for it but over all I think levels in HD are more detailed looking
Frozenprince
Banned
If you remove the cel shading this honestly looks like a high end PS2 game.