The level design is bland and uninspiring which was really an important trait from the previous games. Is there anything to like? Maybe? I haven’t found it through my sessions. This allows me to not discuss what my online experience could’ve been. I tried to play online the first day and couldn’t get into a successful session without the game crashing. It was nice to see them bring classic things like these back but it’s not enough to justify everything that fell through the cracks. Some of the core elements like collecting SKATE and finding the DVDs and VHS tapes are there and you can do those without a screen prompt. Who thought this was a good idea? I’m not sure why they felt the need to have to load every single challenge individually.

Guess what? There is a 99.99999999% chance that it will not work and you then need to pause the game and select the one you want. In order to start one of the challenges, you need to skate over an icon. The traditional level layout in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 is mediocre at best and every challenge feels tacked on. I know this isn’t my closing statement however, PLEASE DON’T PURCHASE this game. This is indeed the final release, and to make it even better, it’s a full retail release at $59.99. Glitches by God! There were so many bugs in my first five minutes of playing that I figured maybe they sent out early beta codes. In Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5, from the moment I had control of Tony himself, I knew this was going to be a Downhill Disaster. All I have to say is, they don’t have a very good track record and hearing about them working on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 left me concerned. Enter developer Robomodo, who has since been tasked with the last couple of attempts at the series, including the lukewarm HD Remake of THPS. Someone thought it was a good idea to make a skateboard peripheral and a game called Tony Hawk: Ride, and this was the beginning of the end. The series took a more story based direction with the Underground series, then got a bit wacky with American Wasteland, then decided to follow the simulated SKATE experience with Project 8 and Proving Grounds, which is really where I stopped paying attention.

I can’t say the same about most of the other sequels. My personal favorite was part 2 simply because they kept with what worked in the original, and then added just enough new content and features to help the game standout. For me, I was once a die-hard Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater fan. I knew something was wrong when we didn’t receive a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 review copy until launch day.

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