Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2 Impressions

[CujoMatty]

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Got to play for about 2 hours last night and i am loving it. I never played much of 1 and 2 got into tony hawk 3 when it came out and on gamecube when i was 12. So adjusting to playing tony hawk on a different system. They where some of my all time favorite games. This looks and plays great just fells like the older games before they started to suck after wasteland. 9.5/10 is what i would give it. My only issue is the newer music is not that good and i love that you can download other peoples levels but it looks like there is no way to do a 2 minute run on downloadable levels. But yeah loving it already want a tony hawk 3-4 and underground 1-2 remake has those games are way better than 1-2 where. So far my highest combo is about 480000. I have not tried online yet may have to check that out.

You touched on my only complaint so far. They should have made it so people could put challenges into user skate parks. It literally would mean endless playability.

I have almost 100% THPS1 now and am going to be disappointed when I've finished this game. User parks are cool but I'm not sure this is the kinda game I want to just skate around in. I need a game thats more realistic for that like Skate, Session, or Skater XL.

[Smallville102001]

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You touched on my only complaint so far. They should have made it so people could put challenges into user skate parks. It literally would mean endless playability.

I have almost 100% THPS1 now and am going to be disappointed when I've finished this game. User parks are cool but I'm not sure this is the kinda game I want to just skate around in. I need a game thats more realistic for that like Skate, Session, or Skater XL.

Never cared for skate at all. It's not even putting challenges into there parks I just want to beable to do 2 minute runs in user parks. Outside of Tony hawk 4 Tony hawk games are pretty easy and short. Tony hawk 4 was really hard too me s long time to beat. It's just so much fun to do runs and try to up your score. I have put so many hours into Tony hawk games just doing that and it would be great to just beable to do runs in created parks instead of just free skate. I hope they add that in a update.

[erickonasis]

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This game is F***** AMAZING. GOTY for me what a total surprise. I can play this game forever. I actually woke up today wanting to play this game which hasn't happened for any game in a while

[erickonasis]

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All you need to know is that if you like Tony Hawk games this is a 10/10. Everything feels just right. So much so that I was trying to hit the pause button where it would have been on a ps2 controller. Played for about 5 hours and i was sucked in the whole time. If I had a complaint is that the soundtrack isn't quite loud enough or it's not mixed very well. Maybe an audio settings issue.

I managed to 100% THPS2. Everything was where it should be. It was slightly easier because the draw distance was a lot better than the ps1 days. To make up for it, grabbing icons seems like it's alot more rigid. Several times you'll swear you got it but just barely miss it.

I got worried when I saw that there's only 1 career for all skaters but then I realized all had their own separate goals to accomplish in levels with high scores and getting stats. Seems like it's gonna be a long game but in a good way.

Animated decks look awesome

Create a Skater is fine. My only complaint is that you don't have different builds. You can have a male body or female body. But the body builds are the same. Tall and thin.

I haven't touched the park editor yet but there's already some really good ones available to play.

There is a store but hopefully it doesn't go the crash team racing route and all microtransactions later on.


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10/10 for me too. GOTY. Why wasnt this game made sooner!!

[Rondo is GOD]

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I haven't touched custom parks yet personally. Didn't underground have at least the S,K,A,T,E challenge in park creator? That's disappointing to hear..

I am thoroughly enjoying create a skater and leveling up. Got my speed, vert and flip tricks maxed ouuut.

If this game leads to more skate or even more Tony Hawk remakes I will lose it

[SmashMan]

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Man, I suck at this game now.

Everything feels just a little faster, which I'm 1,000% sure is actually me just being a little slower on the sticks after 20 years. It's like I know the muscle memory is there for a lot of this stuff, I've just gotta get back into the rhythm of it.

They nailed the feel of the games though. The intro, the soundtrack, the menus, the environments...it takes you back instantly.

[erickonasis]

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Man, I suck at this game now.

Everything feels just a little faster, which I'm 1,000% sure is actually me just being a little slower on the sticks after 20 years. It's like I know the muscle memory is there for a lot of this stuff, I've just gotta get back into the rhythm of it.

They nailed the feel of the games though. The intro, the soundtrack, the menus, the environments...it takes you back instantly.

It will come back to you. I thought the same but this game is perfect for a casual such as myself lol. Best money I spent in a game all year. I set the camera view to far and it worked wonders for me

[VDusen04]

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This game is everything I hoped it'd be and more.

My one concern/bummer is how all the traditional goals for each level can only be completed once (as opposed to each skater getting a chance to complete them all). I know there's tons of individual goals for each skater but I worry those won't feel quite the same.

I'm honestly having so much fun at this point that I'm worried I'm going to be through with the bulk of the experience within a week. THPS 1 is technically 86 percent done already. But we'll see, hopefully the individual goals and gaps keep me going. Just would have been nice to be able to do all the classic goals more than once (and outside of speed round).

[520racer]

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Well, I am loving it so far. I completed all of the goals for all of the levels, and all six comps are all gold with my own created skater. I also unlocked Rodney Mullen and Aori Nismimura's skate videos by collecting all of the stat points with these skaters. I also tried the online multiplayer of the game, most notably the Jam feature. The create-a-park feature was more complex than I thought, but it's still fun to mess around and try to experiment different things. As far as gameplay is concerned, it's almost perfect. One obvious adjustment we all have to make again is the massive difference between the default stats and maximum stats, it seems even more obvious than ever, especially when on flat ground. A couple of my downsides were 1) it's a Shame that you can only complete the level goals once. 2) the hairstyle options for the created skater are passable at best. On the flip side, I love the fact that they added way more decks, Grip Tape, trucks, and wheels than I can ever asked for. The expanded clothing options for the created skater was also a nice addition. As far as the challenges are concerned, I love them, it helps in keeping me busy. In the end, it was 100% worth the long wait considering that I played all of the mainline Tony Hawk games and I am actually pretty good at them.

[sva91]

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Man this game is really fun. I thought it wouldn’t really have same fun factor I experienced when i was younger, but I legit played 3-4 hours straight w friends trying to achieve all the goals. Game looks great, and feels great. I’m really looking forward to dlc stages. Hoping modding community comes through w some good mods.


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[Tomba]

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This game is really something and you REALLY appreciate it more when you go back to skate 1 skate 2 or even skate 3.

They've NAILED the graphics and animations for one.

My ONLY gripe.

The way this game spits out cash is time consuming.


Id rather be able to maybe just buy a microtransaction so i could just buy all the gear and clothing from the start and then just enjoy the game gameplay wise rather than waiting to enjoy it cosmetically.


But i agree GOTY stuff

[Tomba]

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Man this game is really fun. I thought it wouldn’t really have same fun factor I experienced when i was younger, but I legit played 3-4 hours straight w friends trying to achieve all the goals. Game looks great, and feels great. I’m really looking forward to dlc stages. Hoping modding community comes through w some good mods.


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If they add dlc thatd be crazy even crazier would be more create a park locals so that we could REALLY emulate some of them

[Rondo is GOD]

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Id rather be able to maybe just buy a microtransaction so i could just buy all the gear and clothing from the start and then just enjoy the game gameplay wise rather than waiting to enjoy it cosmetically.


But i agree GOTY stuff

I was actually speaking to my friend that I appreciate that they didn't do micro transactions or make cosmetic stuff mess with skater stats and stuff.

It feels old skool. I like unlocking shoes and picking based on what I think looks coolest. Makes the game, at least to me, a lot more appealing long term. I'll be trying to unlock gear long after I beat all the levels.

I dont feel like they want any more money than the $40 (which is already amazing) I quickly handed them upon the games release. Which is super super refreshing.

[Sir Riley Rocks]

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I was actually speaking to my friend that I appreciate that they didn't do micro transactions or make cosmetic stuff mess with skater stats and stuff.

It feels old skool. I like unlocking shoes and picking based on what I think looks coolest. Makes the game, at least to me, a lot more appealing long term. I'll be trying to unlock gear long after I beat all the levels.

I dont feel like they want any more money than the $40 (which is already amazing) I quickly handed them upon the games release. Which is super super refreshing.

Word once you grind thru the levels you'll look up and have 10 grand like it's nothing lol

[inkcil]

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I know there's no "story" mode but do any of these levels feature NPCs in the levels b/c otherwise the levels feel so empty. I know that's how it was back in the day but it would be nice to have some NPCs.