The draw-in distance is horrible half the level draws itself in front of your eyes and trying to locate the good half-pipes is a mere memory game. It isn’t hard to notice how the franchise has since moved on. It’s appeared on every format made since ollie-ing into the PlayStation park in 1999, and when each game is designed to be built better than the last, playing this eight-year old title is like skating backwards into a time machine.

Tony Hawk’s is probably one of the most ubiquitous franchises of the last decade. 'Tony Hawk’s is probably one of the most ubiquitous franchises of the last decade. Now, let us proceed.Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PlayStation) review Also, even though THUGPro is great, it’s a fan-made PC mod, so it isn’t on here either. We also left off the weird and wild ports of some games to older consoles, like Project 8 on PS2 or THPS3 on PS1. But including all of them would have doubled this already-long list. Yes, some of the portable Tony Hawk titles were great.

However, that developer has a history with the franchise, as it once handled many of the portable THPS ports.įor this list, we are looking only at the main games released on home consoles. Later this year Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 will be released, and it was developed by another studio, Vicarious Visions. Eventually, after Neversoft stopped developing them in 2007 Robomodo would take over the franchise, releasing some of the lesser-loved entries. Neversoft made the first Tony Hawk games, but over the course of the franchise’s history other developers became involved. While the games changed over the years, the basic idea of riding a skateboard, landing cool tricks, and unlocking new levels, boards, and skaters has remained a constant throughout the good and bad entries. The Tony Hawk franchise started all the way back in 1999 and since that first game, the franchise has been chugging along, releasing over 15 games across nearly every platform out there including the PS1, N-Gage, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, and PS4, just to name a few. So here I am, doing everything I can, ranking Tony Hawk games and hoping I don’t anger fans.

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