Surely the upscale factor would prevent this from getting a 10?

10... ehh Ill get back to you ones i have played the game

Originally Posted by DougEdey
Surely the upscale factor would prevent this from getting a 10?

I think this gets a 10 purely for gameplay.. havent stopped playing the demo, off out to get the full game today.. It is a really really good game, first skateboarding game i've every played..

Games don't need to look good to be good.... This game looks great n plays even better..

where can you get the demo from?

looks like a really good game..

i still play on THPS3 on my PS2 from time-to-time and i'll agree is much better than the undergroung series.

anyone know what it's like on the ps2?

Looks like a sweet game from the screen shots, had loads of fun playing previous version of tony hawks on the ps2 with my son, so i may buy this as a xmas present for him (well could be for me aswell).

Originally Posted by hardflipman
anyone know what it's like on the ps2?

I was thinking the same thing as i dont intend to buy a PS3 in a while.

One question:

Originally Posted by article
Tony looks like a munster

What's a munster?

Glad they have got the series back on track - I used to play THPS1/2/3 religiously, but was extremely disappointed with the underground series - returning a copy the next day after purchase.

I think a 10 is a little excessive, but I would agree that the actual gameplay is very impressive. Like most game reviews everything is subjective, so arguing the score is neither relevant or constructive.

It's good to see a developer re-invent a franchise for the next generation instead of just porting a game and adding the now common next generation effects (HDR, Motion Blur etc...)

On this point I can't wait to see the first next generation version of the Need for Speed series. EA are taking a year off to build it from the ground up, and I'm expecting big things from it.

Talking about EA, has anyone seen the footage of their new skateboarding simulator 'EA Skate'? It looks incredible!

rupbert

Wil, disappointed in your skate knowledge! Daewon Song is definitely not a younger face, he was one of the best technical skaters around even back when I was just starting out at like 13 or 14, and also Lyn-Z is not the first girl skater in the Tony Hawk series, Elissa Steamer was at least in THPS2.

AH :D

wow, I am going to get this :D

Originally Posted by ArtificialHero
Wil, disappointed in your skate knowledge! Daewon Song is definitely not a younger face, he was one of the best technical skaters around even back when I was just starting out at like 13 or 14, and also Lyn-Z is not the first girl skater in the Tony Hawk series, Elissa Steamer was at least in THPS2.

AH :D

Picky git! :D

Originally Posted by Lazlow
One question:What's a munster?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsters
the Munsters was an american TV show not unlike the Addams family (only with a family of monsters)

Love it. No X360 here in China. But I do rip every peice of fresh curb... Can't miss the only foeigner in the Capital city of Shandong hangin' on the back of buses and taxi's with my DC's throwin' up the West Sides to the pakistani's ;) . I do play the tony hawk 4 4 the ps2 with the homey's...

I am so buying a PS3 when it arrives, probobly when the ps4 comes out damn China/Japan relations...

Love it. No X360 here in China. But I do rip every peice of fresh curb... Can't miss the only foeigner in the Capital city of Shandong hangin' on the back of buses and taxi's with my DC's throwin' up the West Sides to the pakistani's :| . I do play the tony hawk 4 4 the ps2 with the homey's...

I am so buying a PS3 when it arrives, probobly when the ps4 comes out damn China/Japan relations...

What I find weird is Bit gives this a 10 and just about everywhere else I've seen reviews on gives it a 6 or around that mark.

The average score seems to be around 85% with over 45% of the reviews scoring above 90% - http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages4/932714.asp

Originally Posted by rupbert
Picky git! :D

Yeah, fair comment. As an aside though, this video demonstrates what I mean. It's an absolute classic.

AH

Originally Posted by Blademrk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsters
the Munsters was an american TV show not unlike the Addams family (only with a family of monsters)

Aha! I think I've seen an episode or two of that in the past. Thanks for clearing it up!

Yikes, a 10? Never would've thought of that... I've only played the demo and liked the nail the trick but that's it... *shrug*

Hmm, the number of 360 games that I would actually buy is rising... but as it's available for the vanilla xbox as well I can't see that much point really in getting a 360 yet. When H3 hits, maybe...

Originally Posted by ArtificialHero
Yeah, fair comment. As an aside though, this video demonstrates what I mean. It's an absolute classic.

AH

Absolutely incredible level of technical ability, so many tricks you see and go 'now way did he just do that'. The part were he is handstanding and flips the board back under his feet is astonishing!

Or the bit near the start we he 540s (?) into a frontside manual is

I'm not familiar with the names of these tricks.

Ah Round 2 was one the all time great videos!

Anyway, I'll deffo be picking this up I'm a huge fan of the THPS series (bar the Underground nonsense).

I have completed the game, i wouldnt give it a 10 due to some gameplay issues. 1 of which is really annoying. The skate competition in the school the half pipe seems to have glitches when you get too high. having a 20k score with a 30x multiplier to be destroyed by a random bail cause u hit some kind of artifact that cant be seen is just annoying. Great game tho just some parts seem rushed for no reason at all 9 out of 10