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[diffusionx]

I don't think the market for skateboarding games is that big, and the way skate just sucked up the Tony Hawk audience makes me think that maybe there is not room for both types.

It's not like there are tons of arcade racers these days. Most franchises tilt at least a little in the sim direction.

 

[Darkangel]

This is hilarious/sad in hindsight.

 

[Mahonay]

I don't think the market for skateboarding games is that big, and the way skate just sucked up the Tony Hawk audience makes me think that maybe there is not room for both types.

It's not like there are tons of arcade racers these days. Most franchises tilt at least a little in the sim direction.

Can't really say Skate took the audience away from Tony Hawk when there were no big Tony Hawk games released afterward.

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground flopped out of general disinterest in the franchise at the time, Project 8 had came out just 1 year prior. Now more recently when people were actually craving for a new Tony Hawk we got fucking THPS5.

For the record, Skate 1 and 2 are my favorite skateboard games since THPS2.

 

[diffusionx]

Can't really say Skate took the audience away from Tony Hawk when there were no big Tony Hawk games released afterward.

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground flopped out of general disinterest in the franchise at the time, Project 8 had came out just 1 year prior. Now more recently when people were actually craving for a new Tony Hawk we got fucking THPS5.

Project 8 did fine, skate came out alongside Proving Ground, nobody cared about Proving Ground, Activision ditched the series. Obviously we don't live in a world where we can run 1000 experiments to isolate the reasons why PG failed, but I think it's reasonable to say that skate took a lot of interest away from the TH games.

I do think there is interest for a new TH, but I don't think there is some wide well of skateboard game fans to draw upon.

 

[AdanVC]

This is hilarious/sad in hindsight.

Woahh. Neversoft is love <3

 

[toythatkills]

Project 8 did fine, skate came out alongside Proving Ground, nobody cared about Proving Ground, Activision ditched the series. Obviously we don't live in a world where we can run 1000 experiments to isolate the reasons why PG failed, but I think it's reasonable to say that skate took a lot of interest away from the TH games.

I do think there is interest for a new TH, but I don't think there is some wide well of skateboard game fans to draw upon.

I think the problem was that Tony Hawk fans wanted a Tony Hawk game, but Activision wanted to make some kind of Tony Hawk/Skate hybrid to appeal to both markets, and ended up alienating both of them instead.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

This is hilarious/sad in hindsight.

These were some of the most difficult things to do in the old THPS games, too.

 

[Mahonay]

I think the problem was that Tony Hawk fans wanted a Tony Hawk game, but Activision wanted to make some kind of Tony Hawk/Skate hybrid to appeal to both markets, and ended up alienating both of them instead.

This is probably most accurate.

 

[SURGEdude]

So basic functionality like booting up and loading the character easily validates for a 2-3 rating on a 1-10 scale?

Nice, Big Rigs, The Letter, Meme Run and my UE3 project where I made a block you can shoot should be critically-acclaimed then.

Yeah didn't you hear along with Evolve: Buy Me Please Edition 2K is also gonna go ahead with Big Rigs: Best Trucking Sim of November 23 2003 Gold Edition to rake in all that nostalgia money. I hear it comes with a collectors can of 12 year old spent motor oil if you pre-order exclusively at GameStop!

 

[xxracerxx]

The review we have been waiting for:

Giant Bomb - 1/5 Stars: "Don't play this game."

 

[GoldandBlue]

The review we have been waiting for:

Giant Bomb - 1/5 Stars: "Don't play this game."

But why didn't he give it an extra star for working and not blowing up his console?

 

[Nibiru]

I stopped playing games for several years in my late teens and it was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater that got me into them again. To see the series getting the shaft like this is really sad.

 

[Darksol]

Piece of shit game made by piece of shit developers gets piece of shit reviews. Seems fair.

 

[Bgamer90]

This is hilarious/sad in hindsight.

LOL -- This is so great.

 

[Soltype]

This is hilarious/sad in hindsight.

I'll wait for you Neversoft.

 

[gossi]

There's 26 reviews out now: http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/tony-hawks-pro-skater-5/critic-reviews

However, it still only has 32 Metacritic score, which I think is the lowest scoring console game this generation (or actually, any generation).

 

[antitrop]

After renting THPS5, I would fucking love to see the game that Game Informer would give less than a 6.5 to. I guess they gave it 5 points just for the console actually booting up.

 

[TheSlySoul]

There's 26 reviews out now: http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/tony-hawks-pro-skater-5/critic-reviews

However, it still only has 32 Metacritic score, which I think is the lowest scoring console game this generation (or actually, any generation).

Riders to Hell Retribution still holds that crown at 20 and less. It is the worst scoring XBO/PS4 retail game though.

 

[Gurish]

Riders to Hell Retribution still holds that crown at 20 and less. It is the worst scoring XBO/PS4 retail game though.

RTH:R was a full retail game like THPS5 though?

 

[Pillville]

Riders to Hell Retribution still holds that crown at 20 and less. It is the worst scoring XBO/PS4 retail game though.

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing has a score of 8.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing

 

[TheSlySoul]

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing has a score of 8.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing

Oh yeah you are right. I remember the retail release being limited, but it had one.

 

[gossi]

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing has a score of 8.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/big-rigs-over-the-road-racing

It's not console, however.

 

[Gurish]

It's not console, however.

And not full retail either, I think it's a bigger "accomplishment" to get such MC with a 60$ game from a big publisher and a known developer than a no-name developer and publisher.

 

[gossi]

And not full retail either, I think it's a bigger "accomplishment" to get such MC with a 60$ game from a big publisher and a known developer than a no-name developer and publisher.

Even more depressingly when Activision signed their Tony Hawk deal the game was by far the #1 selling franchise. Basically the Call of Duty of the time. So although "Riders to Hell Retribution" got a lower score on 360 and PS3... That wasn't exactly a franchise from a big publisher.