GamePro has put up a short blurb with an update on the sequel to Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground. The story focuses on a few lines from a USA Today feature on Tony Hawk — the man, the myth, the legend. The story discussed Hawk’s storied career in skateboarding and his widespread influence, which has been helped immensely by Activision’s Tony Hawk games, of course.
Part of the USA Today story listed Hawk’s varied business pursuits, the first of which was his eponymous videogame series. Apparently, Hawk still has a hand in the franchise, as he’s helping Activision to “reinvent and bring new thrills” to future entries in the long-running series.
It seems that the overwhelming success of EA’s skate. — it sold twice as many copies as Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground — has also invigorated Neversoft’s competitive drive. The article quoted Will Kassoy, Activision’s Senior Vice President, who introduced the “Tony Hawk Innovation Plan” by name only; no further details were given.
Destructoid’s readers already expressed their opinion exactly three months ago in a Game Debate to the Death, but does this four-word statement leave you guys with any hope for the future of the Birdman’s games? If not, well, good luck trying to pull off The 900 in skate.
[via
GamePro &
USA Today — thanks, Justin!]
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4:24 PM on 03.11.2008
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I have yet to play skate though, and I keep hearing great things about it. Either way, I hope they do something special with the Hawk series. I would love to see something new from them.
They've milked this series so much, powdered milk is being produced. Enough..let the series ride into the sunset with some dignity.
Plus the GBA Tony Hawks were da bomb. Polygons? On a handheld? Neva!!!???
Just shut up, cut the BS, and admit that skate evicted your asses to the curb.
Honestly, Tony Hawk can never recover unless they completely copy Skate.
Also, 900's are easy to do in Skate if you are at the mega ramp. On a regular half pipe, I got 720 once.
Being a fan of the Tony Hawk games ever since its release back when I was in the 6th grade (1st year Uni now), I think back to how awesome the franchise use to be. THPS1-THUG were all excellent games in my book. However, after THUG2, things did start to fall apart, and all that was being added to the series was useless mechanics and toilet humor.
THP8 and THPG were decent attempts to return to what the Hawk games use to be, but they were just getting old. skate., as everyone has already said was a fresh experience. It wasn't goofy, it was just skating... a well needed change from what was currently on the market.
You just need to change it up Neversoft, make things fresh again, dare I say... make it more about the skating? No need to check people a thousand feet, or race RC cars. Just... skate.
Everyone who actually skateboards got behind Skate, and with good reason. It finished exposing the Tony Hawk series for the joke that it is.
see: copying skate.
I was a huge fan of Tony Hawk 1,2,3,4,THUG, THUG2. I even liked Project 8, but like I've said on Destructoid once before - when I'm doing a 720 Method backflip off of a dragon into a darkslide onto a rollercoaster...and I'm bored, then the game has stopped being fun or innovative. Skate brought back the innovative feel. Tony Hawk began to feel like just a game, skate feels like you're skateboarding.
The king is dead. All hail skate.
Wait a second....
change?
change?
Oh shit, playable character:
seriously though, i don't think i can go back to a Hawk game unless they indeed copy the control scheme of skate; at least somewhat.
But who didn't walk along the street after playing too much THPS and look for the lines, railslide along the chainlink fence, up onto the gutter, 1080 kickflip back flip off the top of the house. Yeah, it got all the same pretty quickly.
i agree with king3vbo, thps has its place, as the tedios button masher with just ass rapingly hard challenges. thats what its best at.
skate. is my go to game whenever i can't figure out what to play, i can just tool around for hours.