Pro Skater 3 is considered by many to be the gameplay peak of the series, thanks to the introduction of mechanics like reverts to the game, which allows players to link together combos in new and creative ways and online play.
However, Pro Skater 3 is far more well-remembered for its single-player gameplay and amazing level design. The PlayStation 2 version of the game is one of the most well-reviewed PS2 games on Metacritic, with many reviews finding the game to be nothing but an improvement over the previous games, especially when it came to the combo system. Later games in the series would benefit from Pro Skater 3's achievements.
Reverts alone would open up a world of new tricks while levels like Canada and Warehouse became iconic. An upgraded engine on the PlayStation 2 and GameCube versions would also help make the game's skateparks be much more dynamic. It's pretty difficult to come up with a real criticism against Pro Skater 3 , with some critics even going as far as to say that it's a perfect game.
If there's anything that could be raised against Pro Skater 3 , it's that there are some pretty wild differences between the multiple different consoles this game was released on. Some releases had specific skateboarders, some had unique levels, others featured mechanics from older games and others lacked these mechanics. Fans tend to side with the next-gen versions of Pro Skater 3 as the ones to play. The series hit its peak when it came to the time limit-based arcade gameplay of the Pro Skater games and would slowly start to open things up a bit more with later games.
Everyone played it. Everyone owned it. And everyone loved it. And with that success Activision just kept going at it, putting out one rad game after another on an almost yearly basis, until… Until what? But this series was intense back in the day and it left its mark on gaming history. And it only succeeded in making game-play complicated and uncomfortable.
It was supposed to be about the peripheral, and while it may have been fun to try at first the novelty wore off quickly and left you staring at a poor attempt at cashing in on the motion-control frenzy, and an insult to longtime fans.
The next game developed by Robomodo was essentially the same as Ride, except it now had some snowboarding content. But the whole concept behind the game remained the same flawed attempt at reviving a franchise through gimmicky controls. The game that finished off the franchise. For Activision, this was simply a last-ditch attempt to cash in on the Tony Hawk name one last time before their rights expired at the end of The graphics were mediocre for a next-gen title, the combo system is basic and uninspiring, and the stages few of them as they were were also bland and painfully simplistic.
This lets the player control their character by twisting and turning the handheld. Not only that, but the team at Creat Studios put all of their resources into developing the add-on and control scheme instead of crafting content for the game. The only reason I put it higher on the list than Ride is that you would have wasted way less money on this than on the skateboard peripheral.
It has colorful graphics, acceptable controls, and can be a lot of fun… as much fun as any other racing game can be. Truth be told, you probably can't. This encouraged players to explore more, a feature that would become more of a focus in later titles, but took something away from the frenetic, point-scoring nature of the first three games.
There were some hilarious unlockable characters, though. What do you make when you begin to run out of ideas? It was also the penultimate game that developer Neversoft would work on before handing the rails to Robomodo, who sadly drove the franchise into the ground.
Tony Hawk's Project 8 might not have been a commercial success, but it's 'Nail-the-trick' mechanic was an interesting idea. However, that developer has a history with the franchise, as it once handled many of the portable THPS ports.
For this list, we are looking only at the main games released on home consoles. Yes, some of the portable Tony Hawk titles were great. We recently wrote about this very fact. But including all of them would have doubled this already-long list. Now, let us proceed. Note: Anyone viewing this on a desktop can move through the slideshow by clicking the arrows down below. Tony Hawk: Ride was a skateboarding game that shipped with a big skateboard accessory. To play, you stood on this thing and tried to mimic skateboarding actions, like ollies and manuals.
Yet in a clear case of sunk-cost fallacy, they decided to make a sequel that would also use the misbegotten skateboard controller. Why is Tony Hawk: Shred ranked above Ride? They both suck. That said, I will give Shred some credit. It tried to tighten up the gameplay a bit and added snowboarding.
But it sold worse than Ride and ended up forcing developer Robomodo and publisher Activision to give the series a break and try something different, which would result in a few more games.
Thankfully, none of them used the skateboard controller. Wanna know something weird? They were never good. Anyway, someone decided to take these bad levels and make a game focused on only this type of gameplay. Gameplay consisted of extremely fast downhill races in which players could do tricks and knock other skaters around with melee attacks Which could have worked, but everything was bland and the skating was clunky, making it a chore to play.
Go back to the basics, focus on pro skaters and smaller levels, and remove a lot of the bloat and garbage the series had picked up over a decade of annualized releases.
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