So when did Tony Hawk games stop being good?

[Kanova]

So what your trying to say was tony hawks was trying to be realistic? I agree with Nin, your missing the point completely. Tony Hawks came out around a time where realism was really possible, I mean, look at the fifas of that era as a perfect example. Everyone who played tony hawks knew it was over the top crazy fun, I mean, cmon, like you said in your first post, you do insanely stupid stuff, no one could actually think it was realistic.

Yes skate is a more realistic game, but sometimes realistic isnt always great. I mean, I know when I play a game I want to do over the top stuff, If I wanted realism, I'd go outside... on a skateboard... and learn to skate

Saying Tony Hawk was the most realistic before Skate. So I played Tony Hawk.

 

[elcamino41383]

Tony Hawk 3 is when it started getting stale for me, but 4 was when it went "bad." I honestly didn't play any after that. They are bringing out 1 and 2 in a special HD collection on PSN and XBox Live. Last I checked no confirmed date, but they are changing the roster to reflect more current skaters. I sure hope they keep some old ones though. I liked Bucky Lasek. And they better have Spider Man in it still!

Sorry about the second post but just to say that when I heard about this I jumped for joy (a little bit).

Fresh, HD graphics but the same gameplay and levels? Yes please!

It may not be quite as good if they get rid of all the old classic skaters (Bucky in particular) and all the old soundtrack - which they have said will not be totally intact.

All I need is Goldfinger's "Superman", The Ernies' "Here and Now" and The Dead Kennedy's "Police Truck" and I'll be right back to the glory days of 1999!

Yeah I geeked out when I heard about the HD versions. And yeah, I definitely agree about the soundtrack and skaters. Keep the old stuff and just add a bit more!

 

[Denariax]

American Wasteland was where it started to go downhill. Don't get me wrong, the game's fun, but there was a noticeable decline to realism. And in games, realism is boring. So Tony Hawks Underground 2 was probably the climax of the series as a whole.

 

[RoBi3.0]

I personally always thought they were horrible, but I realize that this was a minority opinion until recently.

I preferred Thrasher: Skate and Destroy over the first Tony Hawk game and well after that they others just seemed lame. Then Skate came out and well I think most everyone agrees that at the very least the first to were awesome.





Disclaimer: I don't particularly care for Tony Hawk in general..... as a brand. I am sure he is okay as a person.

 

[Something Amyss]

Probably the last good Tony Hawk game I played was American Wasteland. I tried out the Wii game that had that skateboard controller. Didn't think much of it.

Also I remember reading that his last game barely got any advertisement. Which resulted in very poor sales.

The game not being all that good probably didn't hurt either.

 

[Exius Xavarus]

Pro Skater 2 and THUG were my two all-time favorite Tony Hawk games. For me, THUG is where they peaked, and just went downhill from there. What I would give to be able to play it again.

 

[GamerKT]

Project 8, I think. I didn't play American Wasteland, but I found Project 8 to be especially lacking at the time.

 

[Sun Flash]

I got bored at pro skater 3, but then Underground added a (imo, good) narrative to it and Underground 2 was pretty good fun despite having Bam Margera in it. My favourite was probably American Wasteland.

Things got sucky around Project 8 and I gave up half way through Proving Ground. After AW, these two felt like a step in the wrong direction.

I like madcap wacky hijinks dammit!

 

[Naqel]

2 and 3 were some of the best times I had with a single player experience EVER.

Then it went downhill IMO.

 

[flying_whimsy]

but i think since i've played one of them i think i've played all of them

Very much this ^^ If you've played any TH game after 2 you've pretty much played them all.

I played them all through american wasteland; at which point the series' attempt to be mtv's jackass was getting obnoxious and they ran out of new skating tricks to shoehorn in. It's a shame, too, as I really loved the game and over-the-top the skating could be. On a side note I could never get into skate with all the stick flicking.

 

[Terramax]

Got boring after the 2nd one for me. 'If the record ain't broke, don't fix it' an all that. Didn't like no 3 for the unremarkable levels and stupid people they put in some of the levels.

I think I played an underground one and they had some sort of stupid RPG thing going, where you spent half the time talking to people?!

I guess overall though they got Tomb Raider syndrome. One release pretty much every year. Nintendo get away with it. By releasing a sequel every 4 - 5 years.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

In my opinion, the series stopped being good or fun after American Wasteland, although even then it was starting to feel a wee bit stale. I think maybe the last great one was either Pro Skater 3 or 4. Regardless, after American Wasteland the games were rubbish.

 

[lord.jeff]

Not so much sure it got bad as it got stale, but I cant really say I haven't played much of the later games.

 

[kasperbbs]

I loved 2nd and 3rd, didnt care much for underground and the rest was garbage.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

The last one I played was T.H.U.G. 2 and I loved it to be honest. I never played Wasteland, Ride or, Shred so I have no experience with those but the original 4 and the two Underground were all games I absolutely loved. I can't wait for the HD re-releases of 1 and 2 to be honest but I wanna wait for a price announcement before I make a buying decision since I can grab the original 4 used for about the price of a pizza and, still have the first T.H.U.G. somewhere.

 

[lobster1077]

You are missing the point completely. Tony Hawk has never ever been a "realistic depiction of skateing" its the Saints Row of skateboarding games. Thats what made it fun. No one wants to just "chill and skate as if it were real" the people who would do that would simply go out and skateboard. EA's Skate is a boring mindnumbing mess of a game.

Nah man, it is because that was the only skating game. I didn't know of a different skate boarding game that was even slightly realistic, so Tony Hawk it was. Now there is Skate, and it is the superior. Soooo yeah.

Yes, Huzzah! lets all present a completely unfounded bias completely lacking any supporting affirmation. Heaven forbid that Tony Hawk was actually fun ya wonky pineapple.

 

[Joshimodo]

Tony Hawks Underground 2, as far as I recall.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Probably American Wasteland. I wasn't really the biggest fan of that game. The addition of bikes just seemed desperate.

 

[00slash00]

tony hawk 4 was the last one i played. i thought it was pretty good and i liked how you could just skateboard around as much as you want, if you didnt feel like doing missions. i heard tony hawk underground was decent too, but kinda easy

 

[Lev The Red]

the last tony hawk game i remember being fun was project 8 for the psp. it played, to me, like an older one and had a decent soundtrack. BUT it was preceded by a bunch of bad games. *cough*DOWNHILL JAM!*cough*

tony hawk games stopped being REPEATEDLY fun after Underground 2.