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Cotton_Eye_Joe
08/10/24 7:56:43 PM
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Tony Haw 4 maybe

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ClayGuida
08/10/24 7:57:46 PM
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3 was perfect. 4 is when it started going downhill, but 4 was still a fantastic game.

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dameon_reaper
08/10/24 7:58:28 PM
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Personally, 2.
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pedro45
08/10/24 7:59:43 PM
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Underground.
Underground 2 went too far. The series got better after that but then skate swooped in, took over and basically ruined skateboarding games being mainstream and big.

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Guide
08/10/24 8:01:23 PM
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For me, it's 2 or thug. Manuals changed everything.

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solosnake
08/10/24 8:01:49 PM
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thps2

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GuerrillaSoldier
08/10/24 8:03:13 PM
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2 but 3 was just below it


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pretzelcoatl
08/10/24 8:04:46 PM
#8:


Tony Hawk's American Wasteland remaster when???
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ViewtifulGrave
08/10/24 8:06:08 PM
#9:


pedro45 posted...
Underground.
Underground 2 went too far. The series got better after that but then skate swooped in, took over and basically ruined skateboarding games being mainstream and big.
How did Skate ruin skateboarding games?

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Garioshi
08/10/24 8:07:30 PM
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THAW, although the entire time between 3 and THAW is the "peak". I love everything that came before THAW, but THAW is so goddamn fast and it feels like you're playing underwater going back to any other game.

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Winnsock
08/10/24 8:51:18 PM
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My favorites are 4 and THUG. I like the classic style of 1-3, but manuals, spine transfers, reverts and shit all come together to create perfect gameplay.

Im currently replaying THAW and despite the story being awful, the game still plays great.

Im really thankful we got one last great game in 2020 even though Activision had to be awful and disband the team.
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DragulaRULEZ
08/10/24 8:51:41 PM
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Which one had a zoo in it?

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Gobstoppers12
08/10/24 8:58:05 PM
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In my personal experience, it was 4. I played that one more than any of the others. A big part of that was the fact that Jango Fett was an unlockable character and I loved him.

DragulaRULEZ posted...
Which one had a zoo in it?

That was 4. At least, I think that's the only one. It had a cool aquarium and such. And an elephant.

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nocturnal_traveler
08/10/24 9:01:26 PM
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2 for me. I never played 3, but I heard it was good.

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Krojen
08/10/24 9:08:00 PM
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THUG. Like obviously.

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Jupiter
08/10/24 9:22:38 PM
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THPS3 and I say this only because I didn't get to play 4 or the THUG games. >_>

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_____Cait
08/10/24 9:24:14 PM
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2 was amazing.
3 polished everything from 2.

4 is where I started feeling bored of it, and the weird mission structure didnt do it for me. I quit there.


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Persona
08/10/24 9:26:56 PM
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thug but that was the first one I owned, everything after felt worse

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Dakimakura
08/10/24 9:27:38 PM
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3
4 was a huge drop off but the ones after that were near as good as 3 just never reached that same peak.

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Robot2600
08/10/24 9:32:47 PM
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The 1+2 remake is the best one, so they are on the up still, imo.

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myusernameislame
08/10/24 9:39:32 PM
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THUG 1-2 were the best overall packages, with THUG maybe getting the nod for the story and lack of Jackass baggage. Project 8 is criminally underrated though and if they had given it more time instead of clinging to the annual release cycle it could've put the series on a great trajectory (although Skate still probably would've killed it because the market fatigue was already a lot to overcome even with a year off.)
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RasterGraphic
08/10/24 9:45:36 PM
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3 is the game my mind always conjures.

THUG was a childhood favorite.

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ultimate_reaver
08/10/24 9:53:37 PM
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THPS3. There are good games after that but 3 is the formula in its purest form with no dilution. Every game after that tries new things that are sometimes fun but ultimately take away from the core arcadey gameplay

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Touch
08/10/24 9:57:35 PM
#25:


Tony Hawk Tua

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a-c-a-b
08/10/24 10:16:01 PM
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I loved the first couple Tony Hawk games at the time but when Skate came out on PS3 the Tony Hawk games became irrelevant.

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VRX3000
08/10/24 10:20:22 PM
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Glad 3 is getting a lot of love.

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ClayGuida
08/11/24 2:37:22 PM
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VRX3000 posted...
Glad 3 is getting a lot of love.
Gamespot hasn't given many games a 10/10. It's one of them.

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FL81
08/11/24 2:38:57 PM
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I've played THPS4 and THUG1-2 and loved them

tried out 1+2 remaster and they kinda suck

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pedro45
08/11/24 2:43:14 PM
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ViewtifulGrave posted...
How did Skate ruin skateboarding games?
We had yearly games. Now we don't.
It wasn't profitable to try to compete with Skate, and once Tony Hawk stopped, Skate basically stopped.

I loved the direction Tony hawks proving ground was going with the nail the trick controls and adding aggro kick. I'm still bitter.

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HBKick18
08/11/24 2:43:22 PM
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probably 3 but i have the best memories with 1 and 2

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TendoDRM
08/11/24 2:46:04 PM
#33:


THPS4

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Phoro
08/11/24 2:46:31 PM
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GuerrillaSoldier posted...
2 but 3 was just below it


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ClayGuida
08/11/24 2:49:14 PM
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pedro45 posted...
We had yearly games. Now we don't.
It wasn't profitable to try to compete with Skate, and once Tony Hawk stopped, Skate basically stopped.

I loved the direction Tony hawks proving ground was going with the nail the trick controls and adding aggro kick. I'm still bitter.
That doesn't mean the series stopped due to Skate. It stopped because they ran out of ideas.

They could just make a live service game now and probably do well. Releasing new maps, skaters, and missions every few months.

I feel like having a dozen skaters skating the same course at the same time could be incredibly fun.

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Southernfatman
08/11/24 2:50:52 PM
#36:


THUG 2 for gameplay and freedom. Say what you want about the Jackass/Viva La Bam story, but the gameplay was the peak. THAW felt "off" and maybe too easy. I can't really put my finger on exactly why that is.

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Chadawah
08/11/24 2:53:44 PM
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American Skateland because I added Hank Hill sounds.

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wackyteen
08/11/24 3:16:46 PM
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I started with 4. I also played 3 and THAW. Missed THUG and THUG2.

going back to 3 after starting with 4 always felt like a weird step back. Not a bad step back just... a jump

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Hexenherz
08/11/24 3:19:17 PM
#39:


3 or 4. Only played a demo of THUG and by that point it felt too... targeted instead of just being a game.

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ellis123
08/11/24 3:20:32 PM
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Never played past 2.

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TomClark
08/11/24 3:22:06 PM
#41:


2's the best IMO, but 3 is also amazing.

4 was still a blast, but it's the one that start to introduce things that dragged the series down for me, like the more open-world design and the move away from purely timed runs, so I guess the downward trend starts there for me, even though 4 itself is still good

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myusernameislame
08/11/24 3:27:47 PM
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The thing is, the timed run structure was only really gone for 4 and THUG1. THUG2 and THAW had classic mode, and P8 and PG made timed runs better than ever by actually creating incentives for trying to get all goals in one run (which is also true of 1+2 adding the speedrunning mode with leaderboards).
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ai123
08/11/24 3:28:36 PM
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2-3.

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ClayGuida
08/11/24 4:13:40 PM
#44:


TomClark posted...
2's the best IMO, but 3 is also amazing.

4 was still a blast, but it's the one that start to introduce things that dragged the series down for me, like the more open-world design and the move away from purely timed runs, so I guess the downward trend starts there for me, even though 4 itself is still good
Yea, 4 became mini games.

I liked the classic style of trying to do 10 objectives in a 2 minute round.

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accord
08/11/24 4:17:59 PM
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honestly the best part about 2 was i actually had friends to play with, and we played it almost everyday along with dave mirra's bmx and other cool dreamcast games. i never played the campaign, just the multiplayer. i bought 3 or 4 years later and i couldnt last 10 minutes on single player, its just so boring doing challenges and stuff.
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Dakimakura
08/11/24 6:09:29 PM
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accord posted...
honestly the best part about 2 was i actually had friends to play with, and we played it almost everyday along with dave mirra's bmx and other cool dreamcast games. i never played the campaign, just the multiplayer. i bought 3 or 4 years later and i couldnt last 10 minutes on single player, its just so boring doing challenges and stuff.

The competitive nature of the online play is what makes 3 stand out above the rest to me. I thought I was great at THPS 3 playing offline then I tried out online and was getting smoked. Shit was crazy. I got so much better just from learning and competing against others.

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itcheyness
08/11/24 6:14:03 PM
#47:


The two Underground games imo

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DragulaRULEZ
08/11/24 6:38:19 PM
#49:


When XBOX stopped letting people burn CDs for games it killed a little of my Pro Skater heart.

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Gobstoppers12
08/11/24 7:55:55 PM
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The thing I liked most about 4 (other than the Jango Fett unlock as mentioned above) was the quasi open world level design. It wasn't so much about rushing along and stressing yourself out, it was about the joy of exploring, skating around, finding secrets, etc.

I think 4 had great level design, too.

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