HIGH It’s basically Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater with guns.
LOW I couldn’t keep myself from playing it.
WTF I wish we were getting a new Pro Skater.
HIGH It’s basically Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater with guns.
LOW I couldn’t keep myself from playing it.
WTF I wish we were getting a new Pro Skater.
High Excellent flow-state experience.
Low Badly-paced tutorials
WTF A grown man giving another grown man pocket money…
HIGH The intuitive and accessible gameplay is among the best in its genre.
LOW Oh boy, that dialogue…
WTF An acoustic cover of Gangsta’s Paradise?
HIGH: A wonderful throwback to my favorite franchise…
LOW …undone by awkward controls, camera, and annoying physics.
WTF A Weezer-themed in-game event that still has me questioning my love for this band.
HIGH The levels look modern without losing the classic vibe.
LOW Timed fetchquests are still annoying.
WTF Some of these guys haven’t aged well.
HIGH Solid level design and one excellent unlockable skater!
LOW Framerate and screen-tearing issues abound.
WTF Lil' Wayne is a playable skater, but doesn't appear on the soundtrack.
HIGH Winning a four-player game of graffiti by a single "tag."
LOW All these years later, I still suck at the nearly-impossible Downhill Jam.
WTF They didn't just preserve "hobo-bothering" as an objective, they added more of it?!
Back in 1999, when I first got my hands on the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater demo for my PlayStation, I knew that I was in trouble. I played it for hours, trying to improve my scores and seeing what crazy combinations of tricks that I could muster. I'd never ridden a skateboard—and I still haven't—but games like Skate or Die on the Commodore 64, Top Skater in the arcade, and even Street Sk8er for the PlayStation put me in a position where I could actually be that cool guy on the board without breaking every bone in my body.
Good evening all, welcome to the Demo Critic, where I, the titular critic, judge videogames based on the small portions that their developers and publishers see fit to release over Xbox Live Marketplace. Today's subject? Tony Hawk's Proving Ground.
American Wasteland is something of a return to its roots for the series. After the two Underground games and their Jackass-inspired shenanigans, American Wasteland gets back to the heart of the series—skating. Story mode finds players taking on the role of a country bumpkin who hops off the bus in Los Angeles with little more than his board and some big dreams.
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