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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD [Review]

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 12:03
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Overall Feeling: 

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD finally is a game that is filled with obvious passion and more importantly has the same addicting skateboarding action we all loved nearly a decade ago. A few things may be different and there’ll definitely be an adjustment period for those who played the original Tony Hawk games for fifty or more hours, but the end product is still one that’s fun and hasn’t lost its edge or appeal in any way.  There may be a few lingering things here and there that will slightly annoy longtime Tony Hawk fans, but in the end Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD is a return to the glory days of the franchise.

The Pros: 

+ Visuals are perfect and so is how the stages have been refined and expanded upon from an artistic perspective.

+ Controls are responsive so busting out tricks isn’t a problem.

+ There may not be a huge amount of levels in the game, but what’s provided is fun and still presents that same addicting desire to do a perfect run or achieve a 140K score.

The Cons: 

- HUD feels a bit cluttered or at least too big during gameplay.

- Not having a direct tutorial mode for any newbies may present a steeper learning curve.

- Multiplayer options are a bit barebones.

ShogunGamer.com Rating : 
8

The passion gamers have for certain things can be so intense that it’s almost unhealthy and a bit unfair to an extent.  Liking something is fine, but obsessing about every minute detail can result in an unhealthy obsession and in turn make it hard for developers to give provide what some people deem as an “adequate” or “faithful” experience.  We should definitely hold developers to a high standard but in the case of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD it seemed like some gamers were expecting the second coming of a gaming masterpiece like the industry receives once every decade.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Screens May Take You On A Nostalgia Trip

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 06:03
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A welcomed surprise that was revealed last month at the Spike Video Game Awards was the shocking announcement that Activision was doing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD.  Skateboarding may not be as overwhelming popular as it once was back in the day, but gamers still yearn for a good video game skateboarding experience.

Tony Hawk Returns For What Could Be The Ultimate Skateboard Video Game Experience

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 09:38
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The skateboarding genre is living on through a somewhat unlikely way: the Tony Hawk franchise.  Longtime gamers and skateboarding fans all know that it was the first Tony Hawk game released way back in 1999 that set off the skateboarding video game craze – something that would go on to last for nearly a decade.  The Tony Hawk games were beyond fun but then the quality began to decline and EA’s competing Skate franchise eventually took the skateboarding crown.

Shaun White Skateboarding [Review]

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Wed, 11/24/2010 - 08:42
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Overall Feeling: 

I don’t know what happened, but even with the talent of Shaun White and the ok base that was Shaun White Snowboarding, the first skateboarding game foray for Shaun White and Ubisoft is a major disappointment. Shaun White Skateboarding does take some risks in an attempt to break from the norm, but ultimately the game is ruined by a rigid mission structure, a story that is neither funny nor silly in a good way and is plagued by skateboard gameplay that isn’t really fun or that engaging. If you’re a longtime gamer of skateboarding game then it’ll be hard not to be disappointed by Shaun White Skateboarding considering it could’ve been something different and a potential successor to the Tony Hawk arcade style of gameplay.

The Pros: 

Visually the game doesn’t disappoint as seeing color and life brought back to the world is at times breathtaking. The city of New Harmony is designed very nicely and doesn’t feel like it was a city built as a skate park. The escape mission blew my mind.

The Cons: 

The story had a lot of potential but just fails miserably. Skateboarding game enthusiasts will probably grow bored with the controls which at times are too casual centric or just feel unresponsive. The mission structure is terrible as it has you doing things like destroying surveillance cameras or zeppelins. Shaun White Skateboarding as a whole doesn’t really stay true to any of the themes of skateboarding, the biggest of which is individuality and creating a style in how you skate. Online mode is dead community wise.

ShogunGamer.com Rating : 
5

Ever since I was a kid I simply adored skateboarding. I don’t know what it was about the sport that captivated me but I just enjoyed the hell out of it whenever I saw it in action. Perhaps it was seeing films like Back to the Future or even the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which both heavily featured skateboarding that served as my gateway to being in love with the sport.  Then once the X-Games rolled around my appreciation for skateboarding reached new heights as seeing pros like Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist and Andy MacDonald do their thing in the half-pipe blew my mind.

First screens of Tony Hawk: Shred

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 02:38
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Since Activision didn’t feel so inclined to properly showcase the game at E3, we now have our first screens for Tony Hawk: Shred. The follow-up to last year’s mega hit (I’m kidding) Tony Hawk: Ride, Shred once again features more arcade skateboarding action but this time gamers can also shred some pow as snowboarding is also included.

Gnarcade combines skateboarding, snowboarding and retro video games

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 04:47
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We’ve seen a lot of videos in the past that have paid tribute to video games or at least heavily feature video game references. Often these videos seem to be trying too hard and often end up being nothing more than a hipster’s attempt at being even more hip.  There have been a few exceptions such as the amazing 8Bit Trip which was amazing on so many levels.  Now we have a new video that combines extreme sports with the retro video games we all love.

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