THPS: Remember when it was good?

[Raoul Duke]

I wish they would come out w/ a new Tony Hawk game that does'nt suck balls. The last good one was THUG2. Did anyone else play on PS2 online back in the day?

[P. Gorath]

:rofl: :rofl: PS2 online was "back in the day" ? what are you, 12?

the last good tony hawk was part 3

[gauze]

yea seriously, you're probably still in high school if you feel nostalgic over a tony hawk game

[ElderGOD]

Did anyone else play on PS2 online back in the day?

Back in the day video games didn't exist.

Back in the day people used to go outside.

[Geese Pants]

Remember back in 2008, when there were no such things as 09 members...............those were the days.

[platinum_pinoy]

I only played the first one, and everything since then seemed like the series was going downhill.

[Raoul Duke]

Well THPS3 came out in 2001. I was 20, now i am 28. Just seems like a long time ago to me.

[.meducation.]

yeah i use to play it online.. was terrible

what about this new one with the freaky foot controller its a monster, but it still looks terrible

[Endaeias]

I'm not exactly "nostalgic" for a THPS game; but I did like the first two. I played them like crazy. Nothing was cooler than playing Spider-Man on a fucking skateboard. The franchise started going down, personally, after THPS3. I'm twenty-five but I played the hell out of them (ironically, in high school [lol @ gauze for irony]) when I had them. Last time I really ripped on a THPS game was when I had ran away; traded a bunch of crappy games on PSX in West Virginia for THPS2.

[Strike_Prime]

THPS 3 was where the series ended for me. Doing those 500 million point combos were too fun.

[gl0ry]

IMO THPS started sucking after part 3.

THPS actually got me into skateboarding, ended up doing it for about 5 years until injury. I think SKATE is a great game and you can actually appreciate the game mechanics if you've skated before. THPS just started getting too whacky. It didn't even remotely simulate skating after part 2.

[Raoul Duke]

yeah i use to play it online.. was terrible

what about this new one with the freaky foot controller its a monster, but it still looks terrible

They started cramming to much shit into the game. I feel they should have left the gameplay alone after THUG2 and just concentrated on creating games with new levels.

[MiLky]

:rofl: :rofl: PS2 online was "back in the day" ? what are you, 12?

the last good tony hawk was part 3

Yeah the online community was really strong on PS2 and PC for part 3, CTF on PC was godlike on the airport level at a high level. Part 4 was good, but the robot lines for points sucked ass and ended up pushing the community to improv lines and to make no manuel lines (whick I actually loved doing) since scoring was so boring. THPS slowly killed itself by making the points so easy to get and the transfers in lines easier and easier to do as the series went on. I played the THPS religiously for years in between arcade fighters and when we finally started to get reasonable online for fighting games.

I would love them to put out an online THPS collection, like parts 1-3, with online play and updated graphics. Would be great and I know alot of us would come back to the series. Ride looks gay.

[Dhalsimowns]

:rofl: :rofl: PS2 online was "back in the day" ? what are you, 12?

the last good tony hawk was part 3

So true. I played 1-3, tried 4, played thug cause it was $12 at gamestop, and they were all hashed out after 3. Thug, or the bam margera ones or whatever were just horrible. Havent played a skate sim since.

Now, if anyone knows, Matt Hoffman's bmx for PSX was A+ gaming.

[Raoul Duke]

Yeah I rememer everyone who was playing San Fran. in THPS4 would just go over there and robo whore the line by the water. It was fun tho

[Kojiro]

American Wasteland was the last good title for me. I halfway enjoyed the little bit of a story, and it was the last one that was truly fun.

[Raoul Duke]

American Wasteland was a dissapointment to me. I hated that damn bert slide, and the load times going between the lvls.

[Endaeias]

American Wasteland was the last good title for me. I halfway enjoyed the little bit of a story, and it was the last one that was truly fun.

American Wasteland was "Okay". I don't think I can really say that it was the last good one. THPS 2 was probably my favourite. I remember playing THPS3 online a few times; just never hoarded it out. AW had its moments, I'll admit. It was kind of goofy but it wasn't overly done like THPS4 was in regards to "over complicating" the tasks. Easy to perform, but what the hell man?

The only PS2 game that I connected to the 'net all the damn time was probably EverCr...EverQuest (Champions of Norrah). Sue me, I was addicted to EverQuest back when it first came out. I played Ultima Online too.. but that's a totally different story altogether.

[rsigley]

i liked 4 a lot though it wasn't popular

the new one looks stupid with riding a skateboard in your house

if i wanted to ride a skateboard i'd just go outside

[Nemesis00]

"THPS" would have to have actually been good for me to remember it being good. Ya dig?

[Raoul Duke]

^Yeah, Neversoft is'nt even making the newest one. I guess they gave up.

[dirzzt360]

THPS was great. I remember my friend kris had a demo of it and we played that shit for days/hours. Then THPS 2 came out. It had everything that made the first one great (controlles, graphics, sound track, etc.) and it added in the manual. That one move made the game wonderfull. After that I lost interest in THPS games.

[Raoul Duke]

^THPS always did have good soundtracks.

[final_cut]

I've played most all of the games, but honestly only because I was a fan of the skateboarders and wanted to see their parts in the game. I think the only one I really got a lot out of was THPS2, with that skate heaven level - that had all the best spots in it!

I never appreciated how over the top the game was after playing the Thrasher game, Skate and Destroy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qidlFMMoYio). That's still my favorite skateboarding game after Skate/Skate 2. When it comes to skateboarding games, I just can't hang with the arcade style gameplay.

And if I understand correctly, the new Tony Hawk game is 'On Rails'??? Is that true? You have to use a skate deck to control it, and you can't TURN AROUND?

[Stuart Hayden]

Series sucked after THPS3.
1-4 had crazy good soundtracks.

[maxx]

lol tony hawk sub games like tag and skate were fucking broken online. holy shit.

[Raoul Duke]

^ I was always more of a graffiti guy. HORSE with a friend can be alot of fun too.

[Kousen]

Yeah THPS 1 & 2 where my favorite. I used you play it all the time with friends we would try to see who could get the highest score. Good games 3 was the end I would have to agree.

[final_cut]

It would be sick if they made a new one that had 1-4 combined into one or something.

[Endaeias]

^ I was always more of a graffiti guy. HORSE with a friend can be alot of fun too.

Graffiti was probably the best multiplayer game when it came to THPS. It was just fun chasing your friend around re-tagging his trick areas and hitting some of your own in the same process.

[Raoul Duke]

^ That would be sweet. In THUG2 they had some lvls from previous games airport, canada, school, and philly they were fun to play.

[SwmmrManShen]

Agreed with all who liked THPS3. too much fun, and killer soundtrack.

[Raoul Duke]

Graffiti was probably the best multiplayer game when it came to THPS. It was just fun chasing your friend around re-tagging his trick areas and hitting some of your own in the same process.

I loved doing like a 2 minute combo all over the lvl and stealing all the tags!

[shoo]

I only played the first one, and everything since then seemed like the series was going downhill.

lol i see what you did there

[Sasmasta]

I liked THPS. I still have a PS1 copy somewhere around the room. Soundtracks were dope.

Misheard Lyric: SMELL LIKE CADDA!

Bad speakers mang, but good times.

[Raoul Duke]

I liked THPS. I still have a PS1 copy somewhere around the room. Soundtracks were dope.

Misheard Lyric: SMELL LIKE CADDA!

Bad speakers mang, but good times.

I have a copy of THPS signed by Tony Hawk himself. I treasure it. Had him sign it at a THUG tournament.

[MiLky]

I do miss the old THPS community, up until about midway through 4 it was real tight. I still talk to a lot of those fools to this day. In fact we still have a txo (old thps website) fantasy football league we play every year. Was some good times for sure.

[Raoul Duke]

^I remember txo. The community was great i miss it. It was so laid back and fun.

[Biolink]

THUG 1 was the where it ended for me.

The newest game is about 200 bucks. Uses like a motion sensing skateboard controller. Right idea, but game looks like hot garbage

[Infernoman]

^Yeah, Neversoft is'nt even making the newest one. I guess they gave up.

well duh people say activision is evil but notice the 2 big series have been made with neversoft drilling it into the ground.

after 3 THPS just came out every year with another game cause it made money. they dropped it once Guitar Hero began to make money. I'm sure GH will get dropped once the next big thing is created.

I beg everyone here though PLEASE do not buy Ride. I DON'T want to deal with yet another peripheral and a real skateboard is actually cheaper than this game.

[Black Chanler]

2 was the best, but 3 had by far the best soundtrack.


I really didnt appreciate when they took the tony hawk formula and tried to apply it to surfing and bmx.

[SickNasty]

THPS was great. I remember my friend kris had a demo of it and we played that shit for days/hours.


Did it happen to be the Pizza Hut Demo you got for ordering the NEW YORKA pizza?

I played that demo FOREVER

[tharimrattler]

I used to be on this series hardcore on thps 1-3. I even remember playing the hell out of the thps1 demo that came with psmagazine. I won a thps3 tournament and got an copy of thps3 signed by tony hawk himself in like 2002ish.

[wakeupdead]

ahhhh i remember the first THPS for playstation.. i was like 11 when it came out, good times. i love the soundtrack
THUG2 is good too i recently played it and it wasnt that bad its just that the series got burnt out after like the first 3 games

[Luc]

I wish they would come out w/ a new Tony Hawk game that does'nt suck balls. The last good one was THUG2. Did anyone else play on PS2 online back in the day?

THUG2 wasn't skateboarding. It was Jackass mixed with douchebaggery.

THUG was the last "best" one, but I've had the most fun with THPS2.

[MezzoForte]

First three had such great soundtracks. And when THPS2 came out with the level edit everyone was like OH SHIIIIIT.

[Teen*Idol]

The best ones in the series in my opinion were parts one, two, and three. They kept true to the original and didn't go over the top with stupid shenanigans like Steve-O in a mechanical bull. The first ones also had the best soundtracks. Lots of oldschool skate punk. Even though I never really got into it, I know alot of people also really dug on the create a skate park in THPS 2 more than any other entry in the series as well.

Sadly though I have to admit, I have indeed played every single game in the series so far. I'm sure as hell not going to bother with "Ride" though.

[final_cut]

THUG 1 was the where it ended for me.

The newest game is about 200 bucks. Uses like a motion sensing skateboard controller. Right idea, but game looks like hot garbage



I beg everyone here though PLEASE do not buy Ride. I DON'T want to deal with yet another peripheral and a real skateboard is actually cheaper than this game.

Actually, the new game is 119.99. That's more than a new skateboard DECK. If you are buying a complete skateboard, you don't want the one that costs 119.

[raeli]

no.

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[ArugulaZ]

Man, you have to go back all the way to the Dreamcast to remember when Tony Hawk was good. All right, I'm being overly cynical... the third game was fun too, and American Sk8teland on the DS was more enjoyable than its console counterparts. Nevertheless, I think the series was on the road to ruin the moment they divorced it from two minute runs and tried to inject adventure elements into it. I don't want to talk to non-player characters and find their stupid trinkets... I just want to skate!

Also, Activision trying to turn THUG2 into Jackass: The Game smacked of desperation. Someone should have told them that nobody likes Bam Margera... not Jackass fans, not skateboarders, not even his parents.

[Ki Shima]

the unique visionary experience of virtual skateboarding died off, that's what happened.

[orochizoolander]

I didn't even know thps2 had online...damn I missed the boat and if there were any leaderboards I'm sure I'd be up there somewhere I spent countless hours on that.

1 Elissa Steamer's primal grind was broken lol 3 was the best for including revert which basically doubles your points if I remember correctly bt i like 2 the best it has one ofthe best soundtracks in all of gaming.

Lights out guerilla radio!
I'm running in a cyclone!
Here I am getting older all the time!

Sooo many afternoons I wasted on it rushing home fromschool after spending the day thinking what new shit I could add to my levels, I remember a premade level named fongs basement heh always reminded me of the chinese bot from reboot.

[Tone!]

I never appreciated how over the top the game was after playing the Thrasher game, Skate and Destroy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qidlFMMoYio).

I used to love running from the cops in that.

That was what introduced me to ragdoll physics, as well. Lots of fun.

[drunkninja42]

3 was the last game I played. It was also the first console game I played online (I actually happened to have one of the few USB modems that worked with the game, so I was able to play online even before the official Network Adapter for PS2 came out).

[ReXXXSoprano]

1 and 2 were the crack

3 and 4 were cool.

After that, who gives a fuck.

THPS 2X on XBLA with some online...I'd actually fucking purchase that.

[chopperbyrne]

THPS 2 is probably my most played PS1 game ever.

Unfortunately no newer entry to the series has improved on it.

Anyone know if it's on PSN?

[final_cut]

THPS 2 is probably my most played PS1 game ever.

Unfortunately no newer entry to the series has improved on it.

Anyone know if it's on PSN?

It isn't. I think what made 2 the best one is that you didn't have any real reason to use quarterpipes and vert ramps. It was all street because of the manuals, basically all you needed the quarterpipes for was for the ender. Flying through the air in that game just wasn't as fun.

[Raoul Duke]

I didn't even know thps2 had online...damn I missed the boat and if there were any leaderboards I'm sure I'd be up there somewhere I spent countless hours on that.

1 Elissa Steamer's primal grind was broken lol 3 was the best for including revert which basically doubles your points if I remember correctly bt i like 2 the best it has one ofthe best soundtracks in all of gaming.

Lights out guerilla radio!
I'm running in a cyclone!
Here I am getting older all the time!

Sooo many afternoons I wasted on it rushing home fromschool after spending the day thinking what new shit I could add to my levels, I remember a premade level named fongs basement heh always reminded me of the chinese bot from reboot.

THPS3 on PS2 was the 1st was the first in the franchise to be online.

[final_cut]

I forgot! My friend martin was in THPS 4 - He owns Kona Skatepark. His park was one of the levels. Haha, they made him look like a total wierdo. And his mom was in it too! Unfortunately that level was not fun to play. It's the worlds oldest privately owned skatepark, and probably the most fun. It's like a waterpark for skateboarders. Here's what it looked like in 83' (http://www.konaskatepark.com/Portals/0/Images/kona1983.gif).

[Raoul Duke]

^ I enjoyed playing Kona. Snake Run Slalom!

[Biggzy]

:rofl: :rofl: PS2 online was "back in the day" ? what are you, 12?

the last good tony hawk was part 3

LOL damn I remember PS2 online. When SOCOM came out I would play that shit non stop, so much fun.

[SickNasty]

LOL damn I remember PS2 online. When SOCOM came out I would play that shit non stop, so much fun.


Don't even get me started on SOCOM. That series is the shit.

[Biggzy]

Don't even get me started on SOCOM. That series is the shit.

I never played 3 or Confrontation I think it was called, unless that is 3. But man, the first one was just incredible. I loved playing Abandoned, that level was great. Never really got in to the second one felt a little different.

[SickNasty]

Desert Glory, all day everyday.

That and Rat's Nest. I fucking hated Abandoned lol.


After everyone switched to Socom 2, I jumped up the leaderboards and finished ranked #17.