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The Demise of Tony Hawk Pro Skater

03:03 PM - June 19, 2008 by RaychelSnr

When Skate busted onto the scene last year, gamers experienced a fresh new take on how skating could be done on current-gen consoles. The Demise Tony Hawk Pro Skater, written by Matthew DiStaulo, takes a look at this changing of the guard and what gamers can maybe expect next.

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	"By the time American Wasteland was released it was apparent that Activision was going to pump out as many new versions based on the same old premise as possible, as long as people would buy it. They added another awful storyline that no one wanted to play through, with the same old trick system and an outdated graphics engine. I�m not so sure about our readers� feelings on the subject, but frankly when I purchase a game based on skating, I want to spend most of my time actually skating. If I wanted to play a game with a storyline I would try for Final Fantasy or Halo."

Game: Tony Hawk's Proving GroundReader Score: Vote Now
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Member Comments

# 1 yamabushi @ 06/19/08 06:24 PM

EA canada seems to be the 1 non-''aquired'' EA studio capable of putting out some qaulity products (NBA Live? whats that??).

# 2 eDotd @ 06/20/08 01:52 AM

Good read. I definitely feel your pain man. TH2 was one of those games for me that just went on forever. I'd stay up playing it well into the night, and even into the morning when I was playing with friends.

I don't really see what Activision can do now. They're not releasing a TH this year are they? Aren't they only releasing for DS while they goback to the drawing board for the big boy consoles?

Oh well..skate. ftw!

# 3 Blzer @ 06/20/08 11:03 AM

Good article, but I don't recall reverts being in THPS 3. I think they started that in 4.

The big thing(s) with 3 were 1) doubling/tripling up flips, 2) freestyle flatland combos, and 3) online play.

# 4 ezekiel55 @ 06/20/08 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Blzer


	Good article, but I don't recall reverts being in THPS 3. I think they started that in 4. The big thing(s) with 3 were 1) doubling/tripling up flips, 2) freestyle flatland combos, and 3) online play.

You could double and triple up your flips in the first Tony Hawk...and yes reverts were in part 3.

# 5 PaperLantern @ 06/20/08 05:21 PM

By far, THPS2 was the best in the series. I remember the hangar level and the skatepark that was in France or something like that.

# 6 Blzer @ 06/20/08 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by zekey55


	You could double and triple up your flips in the first Tony Hawk...and yes reverts were in part 3.

Wow, can't believe I never knew that.

Oh, the times I could have gained up my point totals, gone for not reverting!

# 7 SeaNNyT @ 06/21/08 03:49 AM

Yea, reverts were in part 3, the part 4 addition you are thinking of is spine transfers.

And to comment on the article, after playing skate I can never go back to the unrealistic style game.

# 8 auburntigersfan @ 06/21/08 05:23 PM

I think that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 was the best of all. 4 and onward just got bad.

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