Remember Tony Hawk? He's back! In current-gen form.
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Well, I mean, it'll playable on current-gen consoles. Some would argue that when it was revealed it didn't exactly look current-gen...
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Maybe there's something that could be done about that? Maybe...throw a quick cel-shading job on it?
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Much better! Not that it matters, THPS has never been a graphical showcase - a slick, consistent framerate is far more important. But I definitely dig the way that looks.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5. The fifth Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game.
After four amazing THPS games (1-4), Tony Hawk's Underground came out. You could get off the board, the death knell of a skateboarding game, and thus began the rapid decline of quality in the series that eventually led to an eight-year hiatus after the woefully bad Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (the ninth Tony Hawk game)
Now, like Days of Future Past came to retcon The Last Stand out of existence, here comes Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 to hopefully make us all forget that any post-THPS4 games ever happened
They announced the soundtrack today
Outside of Death and Skrillex, I've heard of none of these bands, but that's okay, because if THPS games have proven anything, it's that they're good at exposing people to music they've never heard of and will grow to love
Speaking of that, here's a Spotify playlist I made of the THPS1-4 soundtracks. I'll make one for 5 probably later on tonight
QUICK NOTES
- This game comes out in like, a month. September 29, 2015 to be exact.
- Unless you're planning on getting it for PS3/360, in which case it'll be hitting November 10th, 2015
- But maybe don't do that because the last-gen version doesn't have any online multi. Meanwhile, current-gen versions will have 20-person online multi
I have mad faith in this game, almost because, well, I have to. They're calling it Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5. This is their all-in, last chance they get at a true revival of this series. If they fuck this up, they frankly just won't get another shot at it. What I've seen of the game has me convinced, but unfortunately these games thrive on feel, which is something I can't possibly have first-hand knowledge of at the moment. Early impressions on the feel of the gameplay seem to be positive. I'm hopeful.
Well, I mean, it'll playable on current-gen consoles. Some would argue that when it was revealed it didn't exactly look current-gen...
Maybe there's something that could be done about that? Maybe...throw a quick cel-shading job on it?
Much better! Not that it matters, THPS has never been a graphical showcase - a slick, consistent framerate is far more important. But I definitely dig the way that looks.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5. The fifth Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game.
After four amazing THPS games (1-4), Tony Hawk's Underground came out. You could get off the board, the death knell of a skateboarding game, and thus began the rapid decline of quality in the series that eventually led to an eight-year hiatus after the woefully bad Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (the ninth Tony Hawk game)
Now, like Days of Future Past came to retcon The Last Stand out of existence, here comes Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 to hopefully make us all forget that any post-THPS4 games ever happened
They announced the soundtrack today
Anti-Flag - “Stars and Stripes”
Atmosphere - “Southsiders”
Black Pistol Fire - “Hipster Shakes”
Bully - “Milkman”
Cloud Nothings - “I’m Not Part of Me”
Cold Cave - “A Little Death to Laugh”
Connie Price and the Keystones - “International Hustler”
Crass Mammoth - “All 149”
Deaf Poets - “Degenerate Mind”
Death - "Keep On Knocking"
Death From Above 1979 - "Virgins"
Deer Mother - "When The Wolves Come Out"
Doomtree - “Mini Brute"
Fake P - “Rorschach”
Family Force 5 -"Raised By Wolves"
Four Year Strong -"Go Down In History"
Harlan - "Moment To Myself"
Hundred Visions - "Our Ritual"
Hungry Hands - “Highline”
Icon For Hire -"Cynics and Critics"
Killer Be Killed -"Wings of Feather and Wax"
New Politics -"Everywhere I Go"
Plague Vendor - “Black Sap Scriptures”
Ratatat -"Cream on Chrome"
RattBlack - "Skate Rock"
Royal Blood - "Little Monster"
State Champs - "Secrets"
Temples - "Shelter Song"
The Orwells - "Who Needs You"
The Schitzophonics - “Rat Trap”
The Sheds - "Bad Things are Bad"
Yogi & Skrillex - "Burial"
Outside of Death and Skrillex, I've heard of none of these bands, but that's okay, because if THPS games have proven anything, it's that they're good at exposing people to music they've never heard of and will grow to love
Speaking of that, here's a Spotify playlist I made of the THPS1-4 soundtracks. I'll make one for 5 probably later on tonight
QUICK NOTES
- This game comes out in like, a month. September 29, 2015 to be exact.
- Unless you're planning on getting it for PS3/360, in which case it'll be hitting November 10th, 2015
- But maybe don't do that because the last-gen version doesn't have any online multi. Meanwhile, current-gen versions will have 20-person online multi
I have mad faith in this game, almost because, well, I have to. They're calling it Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5. This is their all-in, last chance they get at a true revival of this series. If they fuck this up, they frankly just won't get another shot at it. What I've seen of the game has me convinced, but unfortunately these games thrive on feel, which is something I can't possibly have first-hand knowledge of at the moment. Early impressions on the feel of the gameplay seem to be positive. I'm hopeful.