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reverts will be available in the tony hawk 3 levels coming as dlc
Feels like there'd be a weird disconnect there
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Those original maps weren't designed with reverts in mind. And you can still do the animation, it just doesn't chain your combos together.
I think it's the best solution, really
It's a travesty
They've somehow taken elements of two of the best Tony Hawk games and made the most unenjoyable Tony Hawk experience yet
Of course, I haven't played Proving Ground beyond the demo, and never played Ride or...whatever the sequel to Ride was
But I enjoyed Tony Hawk 1-8 all more than I enjoyed this, warts and all
I remember when I used to one-shot every single goal in the Hangar on my first run
Now the controls are just so utterly fucked...goddamn
The weird thing is, it's not even something that's easily quantifiable. The reason those eight games are all more enjoyable is that they all have that Neversoft feel. The way Nintendo has gotten that Mario feel down, Neversoft had it with the Tony Hawk franchise, and when someone else tried to recreate it, shit has gone awry.
without reverts it feels like I'm being limited by the game, rather than my skill. I want to keep a combo going, but there's absolutely no way to do so.
reverts, mid-grind trick changes, being able to straighten out off of a vert ramp, spine transfers...
THPS has never been about realism, its about ridiculous combos, and without some of the things that let you do that, the game won't feel right.
Which isn't to say this game doesn't have issues, like the limited selection of levels or the controls or how weird it all looks, but if you were going to pop in THPS and play the warehouse you wouldn't be able to do this stuff either. And now eight scores integrated into the game and shared as tightly as they are, imposing restrictions on the combos makes even more sense
The main problem is at the end of the day they're charging $15 for a product that is far inferior to games they're based on from over 12 years ago
If my PS3 were still working I'd just pop in my copy of 2 right now to wash away that HD flavor
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[Edit] I guess Superman was the only song ported from THPS1. They had one shot and they nailed it.
The first one I played was THPS2, so I never got to play the original warehouse level. My only exposure to it prior to this is on THUG2 Remix, which had reverts and spines and wall tags and basically everything you need to keep a combo going forever.
And thats just the way I like it
Vert's the hardest part of those games because it's nothing at all like the Tony Hawk games. Everything else is roughly analogous but the vert's just totally different.
I love the Skate games so much. The stuff they did with "hey move this here and there! make the world your own!" I could have done without but overall they're so good.