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Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™

Play the fully-remastered Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ & Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ 2 games in one epic collection, rebuilt from the ground up in incredible HD.

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Existas got it right, it seems.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

March 4
3/4

THPS 3/4

Hallelujah. He has risen, indeed!

 

[Sethbacca]

Existas got it right, it seems.

What are we thinking here? THPS 3+4? I missed that rumor but that seems the most likely candidate after 1+2.

 

[March Climber]

It was leaked recently during a radio show interview with Pro Skateboarder Tyshawn Jones.



He said "I'm coming out in a new [Tony Hawk] game coming out. They got a new one they're remastering that's about to come out, and I was in the last one."

 

[adamsapple]

What are we thinking here? THPS 3+4? I missed that rumor but that seems the most likely candidate after 1+2.

Yeah, the rumor is that it's a 3+4 remaster collection.

The one thing it seems like he got wrong is that he said it will be a shadow-drop in MS's June 'e3 equivalent' showcase stream.

It's not that hard to imagine that these very public 'leaks' caught Activision's eye and they're just saying 'fuck it, announce it now'.

 

[N0S]

 

[Seomel]

adamsapple Didnt extas just said there will be xbox event shadowdrop wlwith 3+4 remaster? And he also only popped off because first that musician mentioned being in new game

 

[adamsapple]

adamsapple Didnt extas just said there will be xbox event shadowdrop wlwith 3+4 remaster? And he also only popped off because first that musician mentioned being in new game

Yes, he said it will be a shadow drop in their June showcase stream. That's the main part he got wrong. But it could just as well have been that Activision / Toys for Bob (or whoever is developing this) saw the same leaks and decided to announce it now, since the cat is already out of the bag.

 

[splattered]

Ewww yucky another Microsoft published game?

 

[Hookshot]

Is 3 the one with the airport and the cruise ship?

 

[MMaRsu]

HOLT SHIT

 

[MSduderino]

Is 3 the one with the airport and the cruise ship?

Yes

 

[MiguelItUp]

Okay, NOW I can get hyped about this, lol.

LFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

 

[Hookshot]

Yes

I don't think I've played 4 then. 3 was fun so I'll probably get this.

 

[yogaflame]

THPS in Ps1 is OG. I hope this will not be disappointing.

 

[Skyfox]

Excellent news

 

[March Climber]

Okay, NOW I can get hyped about this, lol.

LFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

I am glad that both Skate and Tony Hawk fans are about to get what they wanted.

Hopefully I will see my own remastered collection dream come true one day:

 

[MiguelItUp]

I am glad that both Skate and Tony Hawk fans are about to get what they wanted.

Hopefully I will see my own remastered collection dream come true one day:

I'm genuinely surprised this hasn't happened yet. I never really got to check out the series. I told myself if it were to happen I'd definitely check it out this time.

 

[March Climber]

I'm genuinely surprised this hasn't happened yet. I never really got to check out the series. I told myself if it were to happen I'd definitely check it out this time.

I'd argue the SSX franchise is up there in fun factor and personally feel it might be the greatest extreme sports series of all time, with Tony Hawk being a close second.

EA would need a complete upper brass change, especially the CEO, for them to ever look back on all of their 'Extreme' Era of content (and this includes Burnout too).

EA does not like looking back in general and only does so when they see actual numbers involved. It literally takes other companies like Sony and Microsoft both doing their BC programs to make EA throw us a bone or two.

It's why I don't think people realize how monumental the greenlight for Skate really was, because I can bet that literally no one higher up was even remotely caring about that I.P. Even to this day I'm still nervous that it could be cancelled at any time.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I'd argue the SSX franchise is up there in fun factor and personally feel it might be the greatest extreme sports series of all time, with Tony Hawk being a close second.

EA would need a complete upper brass change, especially the CEO, for them to ever look back on all of their 'Extreme' Era of content (and this includes Burnout too).

EA does not like looking back in general and only does so when they see actual numbers involved. It literally takes other companies like Sony and Microsoft both doing their BC programs to make EA throw us a bone or two.

It's why I don't think people realize how monumental the greenlight for Skate really was, because I can bet that literally no one higher up was even remotely caring about that I.P. Even to this day I'm still nervous that it could be cancelled at any time.

The whole Skate thing blew me away honestly, but with it being the greenlight I was hoping it'd make room for Burnout, SSX, and more.

 

[bender]

I am glad that both Skate and Tony Hawk fans are about to get what they wanted.

Hopefully I will see my own remastered collection dream come true one day:

They can keep the last one (never tried Blur) but I'd kill for a remaster of the rest.

 

[KGun]

Super stoked, hope it's not a letdown of something other than 3+4 Remaster.

I still have the PS2 versions of THPS 3 and 4. May have to pull them out and take them for a spin again to get ready.

They can keep the last one (never tried Blur) but I'd kill for a remaster of the rest.

Really just give me the top 3. The rest were less than meh

 

[bender]

Super stoked, hope it's not a letdown of something other than 3+4 Remaster.

Really just give me the top 3. The rest were less than meh

I only played around with On Tour at Gamestop kiosks but the "one big run" was fun.

 

[March Climber]

The whole Skate thing blew me away honestly, but with it being the greenlight I was hoping it'd make room for Burnout, SSX, and more.

EA is treating Need For Speed as their golden boy. It was always their golden boy. It's why I hate that Acclaim went under, because Burnout was technically Acclaim's until they went bankrupt and EA scooped up the property, only to put it in a vault after giving us a few good entries.

EA Big also didn't deserve the death they were given after pumping out hit after hit on a consistent basis when they should have been given time to breathe instead of being treated like a yearly Madden/Fifa company. If you want to know another reason why people voted EA as worst company for multiple years(among the many, many reasons), their extreme sports/racing collapse between late PS2/Early 360 gen to mid PS4/XBO gen is one of those reasons why.

 

[bender]

EA is treating Need For Speed as their golden boy. It was always their golden boy. It's why I hate that Acclaim went under, because Burnout was technically Acclaim's until they went bankrupt and EA scooped up the property, only to put it in a vault after giving us a few good entries.

EA Big also didn't deserve the death they were given after pumping out hit after hit on a consistent basis when they should have been given time to breathe instead of being treated like a yearly Madden/Fifa company. If you want to know another reason why people voted EA as worst company for multiple years(among the many, many reasons), their extreme sports/racing collapse between late PS2/Early 360 gen to mid PS4/XBO gen is one of those reasons why.

It will be interesting to see what lessons, if any, EA will learn from the latest NCAA. I fully expect them them to put the series back on the yearly release hamster wheel until the run it into the ground. The one good thing about most games taking so long to develop now is that we inherently get "time to breathe" between releases.

 

[March Climber]

They can keep the last one (never tried Blur) but I'd kill for a remaster of the rest.

Really just give me the top 3. The rest were less than meh

That's why I want a remastered collection of the whole series instead of just 3 or 4 games, much like what is slowly happening with these Tony Hawk games. Even if one person claims they don't like Tony Hawk 3+4 or they don't like THUG 1 and 2, it shouldn't matter as they should all receive a second chance from gaming audiences (and for preservation sake).

I've heard good things about On Tour as the 4th entry and I always saw that game's release as 'wrong time/wrong place' just like SSX Blur, considering they both released on older gen systems (with one being exclusive to Wii) during the early years of the PS3 and 360.

It was the wrong call by EA, one that resulted in two franchise games not selling well and us having to wait all the way until 2012 for another entry.

It will be interesting to see what lessons, if any, EA will learn from the latest NCAA. I fully expect them them to put the series back on the yearly release hamster wheel until the run it into the ground. The one good thing about most games taking so long to develop now is that we inherently get "time to breathe" between releases.

The lesson should be one or two games per-generation with paid roster updates and cosmetics (the latter being a necessary evil to satisfy the suits), but I think you're probably going to be right in the end. It makes me curious how the younger generation, who are being raised on more free-to-play experiences, will adapt to EA's old school model.

 

[bender]

That's why I want a remastered collection of the whole series instead of just 3 or 4 games

That's a LOT of work though. And after how THPS1-2 turned out and how reasonably priced it was, I'm fine with the approach of a smaller scope.

 

[March Climber]

That's a LOT of work though. And after how THPS1-2 turned out and how reasonably priced it was, I'm fine with the approach of a smaller scope.

I'm hoping it wouldn't take too long, because SSX kind of has a small cheat code when it comes to remastering them: Around 70% of each game is just snow textures, rocks, and rails.

 

[bender]

I'm hoping it wouldn't take too long, because SSX kind of has a small cheat code when it comes to remastering them: Around 70% of each game is just snow textures, rocks, and rails.

That's a good point. I wonder how much of an obstacle relicensing all (most) of the music would be. I'm also a little rusty on the mechanical progression between the titles (another reason why segmenting THPS1-2 and THPS3-4 makes some sense).

 

[OGM_Madness]

Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™

Play the fully-remastered Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ & Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ 2 games in one epic collection, rebuilt from the ground up in incredible HD.

tonyhawkthegame.com

Existas got it right, it seems.

 

[rubenburgt]

That's nice to show a counter till my birthday. I'm not sure what it has to do with skateboarding though.

 

[March Climber]

That's a good point. I wonder how much of an obstacle relicensing all (most) of the music would be.

I think this would be one of the biggest hurdles, especially for SSX Tricky as the music was integral to the experience.

I'm also a little rusty on the mechanical progression between the titles (another reason why segmenting THPS1-2 and THPS3-4 makes some sense).

From everything I have played and know, SSX 1 through 4 control the same on PlayStation 2 (I can't account for changes on other platforms but this was widely known as a primarily PS2 series based on the bumper/trigger gameplay), so those 4 could go together easily enough. The only thing SSX 1 was missing was the 'Tricky' feature, which essentially was the trick modifier that gave the series it's own identity from part 2 onwards.

I guess I always considered THPS 1-4 to be similar enough to bundle together and I would separate everything afterwards, but I can kind of see why people would separate 3 and 4.

 

[RoboFu]

Ehh I think they can't make a good unless . Games are just too complicated these days. They will try modernize it and lose what made it fun.

 

[keefged4]

I wonder if they've learned from their mistake last time and will release it on Steam at launch. Here's hoping, otherwise it'll be another year odd wait for me

 

[amigastar]

I think Tony Hawks Pro Skater should make a comeback but more realistic like the Skate series.

 

[manfestival]

part of me wants to see this series come back but then the other part of me just views this like... would they even be able to pull one off these days?

 

[Mattyp]

Ehh I think they can't make a good unless . Games are just too complicated these days. They will try modernize it and lose what made it fun.

Huh? The 1&2 Remaster was brilliantly done and what a remaster should be exactly.

Cannot wait for a gamepass drop on this.

 

[Larxia]

Amazing if real (which it seems to be at this point), but I'm cautious with it being made by Iron Galaxy istead of Vicarious Visions like the last time...

I am glad that both Skate and Tony Hawk fans are about to get what they wanted.

Hopefully I will see my own remastered collection dream come true one day:

That's my dream, I'm so sad SSX is dead. I really didn't like On Tour however, awful uber trick system, boring game.
SSX 3 is one of the best games ever to me, and I also really enjoyed SSX 2012, never understood the hate.

They can keep the last one (never tried Blur) but I'd kill for a remaster of the rest.

Nah SSX 2012 was amazing too, super satisfying gameplay, pure fun, pure adrenaline.

I think Tony Hawks Pro Skater should make a comeback but more realistic like the Skate series.

That would completely defeat the purpose of the series, and it would make it really boring honestly.
I like EA Skate, but... it's more of a "casual" game, it's nice to free roam and relax, but there's not really any challenge, progression or skill involved, it's more of a chilling game, which is fine, but it's not what I want from a scoring game like Tony Hawk and SSX. The skill ceiling in Tony Hawk is much, much higher than in Skate. I played it for decades and there's still stuff I know I'll never be able to do when I see what some other people can pull off, and I still learn new things every now and then. Tony Hawk has a lot of depth and it's an amazing scoring / combo game. Perfect "easy to play, hard to master" arcade game example.

 

[SkylineRKR]

I don't really care for 4, but on the other hand, I think its actually a very good combo. 1 and 2 remake were 2 identical games, especially since the gameplay of TH1 was updated to that of 2 (or rather, both had been updated to 3). TH3 is the game where this gameplay comes from, with the revert etc.

This pack has both TH3 (which is structured like 1 and 2), and TH4 which was open world.

 

[Paperboy]

Huh? The 1&2 Remaster was brilliantly done and what a remaster should be exactly.

Cannot wait for a gamepass drop on this.

It's not the same developers. Before Tony Hawk 1+2 there was Tony Hawk HD and Tony Hawk 5, neither were praised by the players. Let's hope they get the physics right once again and that it turns out great.

 

[Larxia]

It's not the same developers. Before Tony Hawk 1+2 there was Tony Hawk HD and Tony Hawk 5, neither were praised by the players. Let's hope they get the physics right once again and that it turns out great.

Realistically I guess we can hope that they simply build on top of what was already created for 1+2. The hardest part was recreating the physics and gameplay properly in unreal engine with 1+2, and that's done. Now they have to add some new features, tricks, levels, and career mode for thps4. Let's hope they can do that correctly and keeping what was good in 1+2...

Another thing I'm worried about is the online. It was absolutely trash in 1+2, but I actually expected it to be like this before it even released, because it just follows how online modes are made nowadays.
No lobby system, no custom room, no text chat, nothing. It felt incredibly dead, people couldn't chat, people couldn't even pick the map or game mode they wanted, it was just auto matchmaking and you had no choice. You couldn't even play alone while waiting for other players to join, it was stupid, you had to sit on the main menu and wait.

In comparison, this is Thug Pro, a mod for Tony Hawk's Underground 2, still fairly active on PC.
You select online mode, here you can view the list of currently hosted rooms, with what maps and modes people are playing, and who is in the room. You can also host your own room, with the map and game mode you want. It's as simple as that.



I don't get why online modes aren't made like this anymore, this was so much better than all the auto matchmaking we have nowadays.
In thps 1+2, if you want to play something specific, you just have to hope for this to come into the rotation...

 

[MMaRsu]

Ahh for fucks sake, Iron Galaxy is involved in this remake.

The Last Of Us Part 1 PC Port was done by Iron Galaxy Studios, They did the Arkham Knight Pc Port before.

 

[N0S]

 

[Dazraell]

Some fans seems to speculate the blurred image on this teaser might be showing Skater Island from THPS3

 

[N0S]

 

[MMaRsu]

 

[Hudo]

I am glad that both Skate and Tony Hawk fans are about to get what they wanted.

Hopefully I will see my own remastered collection dream come true one day:

The only EA Sports IP that was good.

 

[SkylineRKR]

EA is treating Need For Speed as their golden boy. It was always their golden boy. It's why I hate that Acclaim went under, because Burnout was technically Acclaim's until they went bankrupt and EA scooped up the property, only to put it in a vault after giving us a few good entries.

EA Big also didn't deserve the death they were given after pumping out hit after hit on a consistent basis when they should have been given time to breathe instead of being treated like a yearly Madden/Fifa company. If you want to know another reason why people voted EA as worst company for multiple years(among the many, many reasons), their extreme sports/racing collapse between late PS2/Early 360 gen to mid PS4/XBO gen is one of those reasons why.

I beat Homecourt a year ago on PS3. While it was very bare bones in terms of content, its an absolute blast to play still. Tongue in cheek, stylish moves.. game is quite a rush once it clicks.

Its just too bad SSX and NBA Street are gone. And Def Jam was seriously fun too.

 

[CuNi]

I wish we'd get underground remastered too, but i bet too much controversy around all the other characters from that series.

 

[OGM_Madness]

Some fans seems to speculate the blurred image on this teaser might be showing Skater Island from THPS3

The puddle of water and the ceiling all makes sense. Since that level, you can break a wall and go outside and skate on a pirate ship.

Oh man, we getting it, aren’t we?

I remember THPS4 being more “open” structurally, so I wonder how they are consolidating both games into one package. But man, I’m so hyped!