New Tony Hawk Game “With A Twist” Revealed This Week

wow. Tony Hawk's looking super old

I've set my radar for fail. It's Activision.

You would think with all these rumors surrounding the next Tony Hawk, someone would've already found the secret tape and let us know whats what!

Nothing is going to make me happier than when this totally bombs after Activision has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars manufacturing shitty plastic skateboards that no one wants. These guys just do not get it.

iblowtrees

If this in ANY WAY can somehow lead to an XBLA release of Top Skater, I am fucking in.

Otherwise, you better do something to surpass the fun that is Top Skater, ATV.

@NeoStarr: Wow, I really didn't notice how long I went on for there...

@supercrap: Yeah, but which Jam would you rather spread on your toast?

@Rompehamster: I liked THUG the best because all the important stuff was in place (reverts, manuals, etc), it had an insanely detailed character creation system, and for the first and best time in the series the game had a really good story that put you on a quest for recognition rather than some actual pro. Also, getting rid of the two minute time limit was a good idea until they ruined it by making missions totally inconsistent in the following games.

After that, I would say THPS 3, because Canada is my favourite level of the whole series, and because I won a GameCube hat at a Nintendo promo exhibit the first time I ever played. Originally they were only giving the hats away for good Wave Race players until they saw how awesome I was at THPS. I still have the hat, and everytime I wear it hot chicks come up to me and say "Damn, you must be really good at Tony Hawk". Actually, that's only half true (I don't have the hat anymore).

THUG 2 on the other hand... well that was just fucking awful. I mean, occasionally you get one or two weird specials in a THPS game, usually they can only be performed by a secret character or member of Jackass... but man, when grinding a shark around the rim of a UFO is a standard move... well you know your game is going in the wrong direction.

Overall though, easily one of my favourite series of all time. These days I usually wait until they drop in price before I buy them because they're not that challenging to me anymore; usually doesn't take more than one sitting to complete them. Still better than Skate, in my opinion, since flicking thumbsticks around strikes me as a failure in attempting to create realism. Tony Hawk never had any problem with it's arcade style and occasionally made passive jokes about it later on in the series; but it made for a really simple, solid control scheme. Even "Nail The Trick" mode in Project 8/Proving Grounds was much more realistic and enjoyable than Skate's controls. I'm kind of sad to hear rumors that this set up is likely gonna be replaced by a peripheral in the new game; which makes it sound like it's gonna be a Skate It, which isn't so bad since I enjoyed Skate It on a balance board much more than the actual Skate, but I'd still like to see more games that use the original controls and maybe still employ a classic mode. I loved those controls man. I guess there's always handhelds.

@Rompehamster: I'm a fan of open world games, so I found the classics to be tedious and annoying. And damn I hated that N64 controller

@Curse_Lily: The series started to go down after THUG2, but it dropped exponentially when they tried to copy skate

I like my arcade games to be arcady and unrealistic, and with button mashing

THUG1/2 were about the only PS2 games I could play with my dial-up collection so I loved them

You'll be jumping over Bam whilst shooting rocket launchers at Chefs running towards you throwing tomatoes in this one, Oh did I forget to mention that your board is a banana? Yeah.

I thought THPS4 and THUG were the last two really fun Tony Hawk games. I was impressed by Proving Ground though and I believe if it had a bit more time put into it it could of been just as good as the two I mentioned. I liked the fact that you had to know how to play the game in order to be good at it, once you reached this level you could literally just demolish friends who had played it for under the required time.

@Rompehamster: 1 was ok, 2 was the best, 3 was terrible.

MDX

@Rompehamster: For me, 4 was the best. It made me so happy to get rid of that annoying timer. Just skating around was fun, which is probably one of the reasons why I love Skate 2 so much.

DukeOfPwn

@chuffhoncho: ZING!

DukeOfPwn

This is where video games start to lose me and become a young persons game. I'm 36 and a hefty guy. You don't expect to stand on anything do you?

@vid3oman64: took the words from my mouth

LTJPunkass

@vid3oman64: That would preclude 360 and ps3 versions, which Activision wouldn't do. And if the other two platforms force you to buy an extra peripheral, you can bet they'll make you buy it on the Wii as well.

Cloral

@BallPtPenTheif: Much funnier, but somehow not any more stupid than Boom Boom Huck Jam. Probably less stupid, since Butt Fuck is an actual thing.

@I_Like_Rabbits: There's no chance of me buying this game if the peripheral requires me to jump or stomp about in any way. Multi-level apartment living makes these types of things a living hell with complaints from neighbors. The Rockband 2 drums caused a problem for me with the bass pedal.

You won't be playing the next Tony Hawk with a controller in your hands....because you'll be busy playing Skate 3 with a controller in your hands.

@Black-Dog-Howls: Let us hope for a two minute Tour.

@chuffhoncho: After 2 everything was "Meh" for me but when i play THUG well let's just say i was crying in a corner holding what was once a good game.

They will probably have the "special edition" (they will prolly call it the "Pro" edition) come with the peripheral and also have a regular edition (possibly called the "Am" edition) which will just have the game.

For the love of God, no more Jackass humor. Please.

i thought project 8 was alright. it was more like the classics.

@Cloral: spot on. 3 was the best. besides 3 was basically 2 with a revert and better graffics. although my friends and i used to make a ton of courses in THPS2 but we never really kept it up on 3. i don't know why the course editor wasn't that different, but we ended up playing 2 more than 3 because of that.

@Rompehamster: Wow, I actually agree whole heartedly. Cruise ship level FTW!

ssoltero

Keighley = mr. excluuuuusive.

MoeB

@BallPtPenTheif: That made me laugh pretty hard just now. Well done.

CherryIcee

@vid3oman64: I'll put down $5 on that bet.

Hmm a twist?

Zombie Rampage perhaps?

nightwheel

@Rompehamster: I hated THPS3. You skate way too fast. I'm with the majority, number 2 was the best.

@Curse_Lily: I swear I was gonna post the exact same thing. Ever since number 3 where they made you skate at 90mph, I hate the series. THPS 1 and 2 were classics, now the series sucks imo.

@Rompehamster: While it's true that the games kept getting better, it was the first one that was genre defining. Nothing like it had come before and we were all like, "wow".

(THPS2 was my personal favorite.)

@Noctis:

Oh c'mon.. it was a play on words and a joke about the ridiculous nature of subtitles. I don't log onto this thing just to drop F-bombs all day.

@BallPtPenTheif: I lol'd heartily for some reason.

LiamR

@chuffhoncho: My sentiments exactly. THUG2 was "meh", American Wasteland had some potential but ultimately I got stuck having to do one impossibly long manual which I never did pull off, and after I got to the point in the Proving Ground demo where I had to do the leg-push speed racing crap, I just walked away and went back to the demo for skate.

The twist?

YOU DON'T RIDE SKATEBOARDS BUT HOVERBOARDS.

:OOOO

Oh.

I was interested to see what they did with this to rival what Skate did for skating controls. I assumed it would be something along those lines ... but a whole new peripheral? Just, no thanks. No thanks at all.

It sounds really dismissive but ... I just don't want to any more. I just want to sit down and play a fun game - Skate managed to give a very nice experience which game a good feel to the skating lark. I don't want to stand up on some bit of plastic or roll some tiny skateboard round the floor with my fingers just to play a game and waste some time.

Never mind, I'll say RIP for the most part, and keep a tiny spark of hope alive. It's a shame, as Tony Hawks 2 detonates such a massively awesome nostalgia bomb in the minds of so many people I know - that might be all we have left!

woons

@Rompehamster: I am. Most people here seem to think 2 was the best, but the lack of a revert made it imbalanced. All the high scores came from grind and manual lines and not from vert. 3 corrected this imbalance.

Cloral

@BallPtPenTheif:

*sigh*

"Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huck-a-Fuck Butt Fuck Jam"

that's my vote at least...

@Steffanic: Basically, they are looking to turn this into Skate Hero. They want to make people feel like they are skating without actually knowing how to skate. Also, they want to peddle another giant plastic peripheral.

Personally, I just wish they would try to make the game fun again, but what do I know about business?

Uhm, Wii Balance Board anyone?

vid3oman64

@Keith_e_fresh: Hmm...I guess you got a point. What i mean is, it'll get to a point where it can't get any more like the real thing, without actually being the real thing :P

Steffanic

"real skateboard" gaming was done with that old (awesome) top skater sega arcade game.

it worked there... in 5 minute increments. and the way you did trick was totally fake, but still fun.

can't see this working.

you're not going to be playing Tony Hawk with a controller in your hands. No, but you will be playing it with a controller under your feet.

BarbeQueQ

Skate hero tonyhawk anyone?

Ackers

@Curse_Lily: Eh, I liked 3 and 4 just fine. THUG was the last one I enjoyed.

@Ted: Yes, as a matter of fact, I do mind.

@Curse_Lily: THPS2 is the PERFECT skating game. Sure, the later additions added the spine transfer and revert, but other than those, nothing can surpass 2.

@Steffanic: for the same reason people play Guitar Hero/Rock Band: the real thing is expensive, takes time to learn, and isn't instantly gratifying

Keith_e_fresh

cus skateboarding is dangerous!

@Steffanic:

Rockband has words with you..

GtheMVP99

Sometimes it's a lil confusing. If the consumer wanted to play a skating game using a form of input that's CLOSE to the real thing...Why not just try the real thing?! >.<

Steffanic

Maybe we're looking at some Xbox 360 motion sensor bar action here?

Skateboard Hero: Pro Tour: Tony Hawk Edition

Black-Dog-Howls

THPS was OK.

THPS 2 was awesome.

THPS 3 was the the best one!!

Who's with me?

Rompehamster

@Curse_Lily: I liked THUG. But I would agree that the series has been mostly downhill since 2.

I_Like_Rabbits

@I_Like_Rabbits:
Activision will stop at nothing to pack an overpriced chunk of plastic into every game they sell from now on. Want to buy Prototype? Pay $50 extra for this giant fake plastic blade arm you have to wear while playing. Want to play Call of Duty? Well, they have this big chunky toy gun you have to use to control it.

Seriously, when people stop buying into Activision's insane marketing stunts, the industry will breathe a sigh of relief.

Good Night, Sweet Prince.

emwurst

Here is a twist for them MAKE A GOOD GAME i am sure as hell I'm not the only one who think THPS2 was the last good game.

@BxB402: I REMEMBER!!!

@BxB402: that would be great! If slightly annoying finding a decent surface to play on

Mind skating?!

It's a glove you wear and use your pointer and middle finger to simulate legs...and it comes with a tech dek skateboard.

Yawn. Since we won't be doing actual kickflips, ollies and any upside down tricks with it, why?

I'm sure the peripheral will add extra cost.

So sad that this franchise has lost its way. Just 5 years ago it was the only game in town. Now it's Joe Namath on the Rams.

I_Like_Rabbits

@Rompehamster: 3 did add some cool stuff but it was WAY too easy, 4 is where the free roam starts, 4 is the best one.

I liked Project 8 myself and beat the shit out of it, but then a couple months later I got my 360 and skate and it really doesn't compare.

Man, Tony Hawk is getting old. The oldman side grey hair is really kicking in, and the droopy skin. I'm not trying to criticize a great skateboarder, but when will he retire, or at least get some lipo...yea ok I'm pushing it.

Anyways, the game might be great, but if a peripheral is needed then this game will just fail miserably.

here is what it will be like...

[www.segaarcade.com]

I bet it will just copy Skate's control scheme or something...

celark

1. Ram franchise into ground
2. take year off
3. release new version same as old one with needless plastic junk that adds more cost
4. ???
5. Profit?

Mal-Content

@saulpimpson: agreed. 8 was ok.

themissing

@chuffhoncho: cause some of us who used to skate back when Tony was a young kid, are in our mid thirties now and sprained ankles hurt worse when you're old lol. seriously.

themissing

@Pitchswitch: me too!!! LOL...fingerboards would be so awesome.

themissing

I HATE HATE HATE this peripheral add on bullshit. I dont play my Wii for two reasons, lack of good games and I dont want to shake my hands around to play a game.

I even less want to stand on a board or whatever it is and move around. If I want to do that, I go out and skateboard on my actual skateboard which is more fun and rewarding.

I am hoping for this games sake you dont need a board to stand on, I would be more content for them to just rip of skates control scheme and then have them fix what skate 2 did wrong.

meh.... once i played Thrasher: Skate and Destroy, the THPS series wasn't the same to me anymore. Then skate. came out and it had that thrasher feel to it... it was awesome.

@BxB402:
I'd play that.

Blah8

@themissing: I ended up hating 8

@Smash88:

Lipo? really? that's for obese people. He is older, but in great shape. By the way he retired from pro skateboarding or at least in comps almost 10 years ago. Do some research before you start bashing someone than is probably in better shape than you.

plankton88

@Rompehamster:
yup me too once they added the revert allowing unlimited combos that was pretty much it for me.

everything after that was pointless (car driving, trhowing stuff, graffiti. BS)

but then skate came along and iv never looked back :)

evilweevle

@Rompehamster: Maybe it was just Spider-Man but I really thought THPS 2 was the best of the lot.

@McDollar: Was thinking the exact same thing.

Plus, the last thing I want is yet another plastic controller taking up space in my living room. Between all the guitars, drums, and wii BS... why add a skateboard to the collection?

Can't we just go back to the days of the controller?

lolomfgisuck