Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

 PlayStation 4
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Overwhelming dislike- based on 452 Ratings

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  1. DoUEvnLft
    Oct 3, 2015
    4
    The game isn't awful, but it isn't good. The gameplay works *most* of the time, and when it does it can be quite fun. The characters initially control quite sluggishly, but that is improved as you play the game and unlock stats.

    That said, there are some glaring issues with the game. The character 'creation' is extremely limited, making you edit already existing skaters with new heads    The game isn't awful, but it isn't good. The gameplay works *most* of the time, and when it does it can be quite fun. The characters initially control quite sluggishly, but that is improved as you play the game and unlock stats.

    That said, there are some glaring issues with the game.
    The character 'creation' is extremely limited, making you edit already existing skaters with new heads and bodies, instead of making your own skater from the ground up (which has been a feature since the first games). Another huge issue with the game is the level design, which is arguably one of the most important parts of the Tony Hawk games. All of the levels are completely forgettable and feel lazily cobbled together in a few hours by someone using the in-game park creator. On top of this, the game doesn't look all too pretty either. The cel-shaded graphics kind of saved it in this regard. Without them the game would look like an early 360 game. And despite that, the game runs like **** it aims for 60fps but rarely hits it, by dropping down to lower than 30 at a lot of points, which can lead to physics-based glitches such as falling off of rails and losing your combos due to your skater inexplicably falling down. And yet another problem with the game becomes apparent, the glitches. The glitches I've experienced aren't quite as bad as the ones reported, with people reporting constant crashing and sometimes even game corruption. Luckily, the glitches I've experience lie only in gameplay, such as getting trapped inside scenery and getting thrown off my board mid-combo for no reason.

    Overall, the game isn't good. It's very disappointing for a long-time Tony Hawk game fan like myself. The gameplay still holds up moderately compared to the other games, and is a slight improvement over Pro Skater HD's clunky gameplay, but these rare moments of satisfaction are far overshadowed by the mediocrity and sometimes outright awfulness of the rest of it.

    Avoid Pro Skater 5 until it drops down to $20 or less.    … Expand
  2. ReallyCoolNamr
    Sep 29, 2015
    4
    You I'm a THPS veteran. I've played them before I could even talk. I've played almost all (Ride and Shred are the only ones I haven't played). This one sadly does not meet with my expectations. This has to be the worst main THPS title I've ever played. Most of the gameplay is fast, which is good, but it also feels unnatural and downright annoying at times. The physics are still veryYou I'm a THPS veteran. I've played them before I could even talk. I've played almost all (Ride and Shred are the only ones I haven't played). This one sadly does not meet with my expectations. This has to be the worst main THPS title I've ever played. Most of the gameplay is fast, which is good, but it also feels unnatural and downright annoying at times. The physics are still very strange and unnatural. The music is amazing, no lie there. I enjoyed every song in the soundtrack. But, it doesn't tell me what song is playing, so I have to take wild guesses as to what's playing. Create a Park is amazing. I loved it. But, create a skater was basically replacing an existing skater over, which I find very lazy and boring. Even worse, you only had preset heads and clothing. And most of the clothes is just recolors. Level design is okay but feels boring, most notably School III and Bunker. It feels old and not in a good way. Graphics are okay, but it doesn't really matter. Slam button is really annoying and special bank is not very good. You can basically never bail now. Leaned too much to the left, you just end you grind and so on. Basically, the only way to bail is if you land sideways. I feel like this game was a cheap, pandering, lazy, cash grabbing, uninspiring idea that Activison probably only did this for the money and nothing else. Robomodo fails once again to give us the game all THPS/THUG fans have been yelling at them to do for the last 8 years. And Activision got our money again. If Robomodo/Disruptive Games do indeed fix all the bugs, put a bit more effort into the game, hell, even use the same engine as THPS4/THUG, they could make the series great again, but I doubt it. If they were to release a THPS 6, it'll probably be filled be the one to destroy all THPS fans. I rather play THUG Pro (a THUG 2 PC mod) than this really terrible sequel to a used-to-be amazing franchise. What Tony Hawk should do is play THPS4 and THUG1-2 and feel the controls and then make sure that their next game feels like those games.… Expand
  3. HybridStones
    Oct 4, 2015
    4
    I can't state anything that hasn't already been said, but the main problem i have with this game so far is the single player. Whenever a game is started in "Private" mode it stays like that, until a challenge is started or left. Whenever that happens, it automatically puts you into a an online lobby, which is rather annoying. Maybe this game will help EA and possibly another skate game
  4. winningfreak
    Oct 1, 2015
    3
    The game it's self isn't so bad.

    Online mode is horrendous. The old THPS games allowed you to join a lobby and play with people who wanted to do similar game types. Tony Hawk 5 does no such thing. You are in a random room with 20 random people who are doing there missions or free skating. When you wanna do a trick attack or other game mode you have to enter a separate lobby for that.    The game it's self isn't so bad.

    Online mode is horrendous. The old THPS games allowed you to join a lobby and play with people who wanted to do similar game types. Tony Hawk 5 does no such thing. You are in a random room with 20 random people who are doing there missions or free skating. When you wanna do a trick attack or other game mode you have to enter a separate lobby for that. Sadly because no one knows why anyone is playing I have yet to find a game with anyone in it for any mode. With this new online system the only people you are see the free skaters.

    Until there is an update avoid this game. There are only 8 in house levels and create a skater consists only of editing an existing skater.    … Expand
  5. TheLastofMe
    Aug 4, 2019
    3
    When all is said and done, this game doesn’t deserve to be called Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 and most certainly shouldn’t make its way onto your download queue. I feel like Activision withheld it from early reviews because the company knew it's a butt of a game. I know it’s tempting to give this one a go, especially after the years of awesomeness the Pro Skater franchise has provided in theWhen all is said and done, this game doesn’t deserve to be called Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 and most certainly shouldn’t make its way onto your download queue. I feel like Activision withheld it from early reviews because the company knew it's a butt of a game. I know it’s tempting to give this one a go, especially after the years of awesomeness the Pro Skater franchise has provided in the past, but it doesn’t match up to today’s standards. Avoid this one like the Black Plague.… Expand
  6. bveracka
    Sep 29, 2015
    3
    Why does this game even exist? Simple: Tony Hawk and his enormous enterprise realized--with the success all the low-budget remakes of games recently--they likely figured they could make a ton of money off of building a bare-bones game so small & simple it could probably run on PS2. THPS5 is one of the most blatant cash-and-grabs of 2015. No doubt within 30 days Activision and Robomodo willWhy does this game even exist? Simple: Tony Hawk and his enormous enterprise realized--with the success all the low-budget remakes of games recently--they likely figured they could make a ton of money off of building a bare-bones game so small & simple it could probably run on PS2. THPS5 is one of the most blatant cash-and-grabs of 2015. No doubt within 30 days Activision and Robomodo will try to save face and make some lame excuse(s) as to why the quality of the game is so terrible.
    In case you're wondering, I played the game for a little more than an hour last night & early this morning, and I have to say I'm just angry with Tony and his team for even making this game. It's such a slap in the face to every kid like myself who grew up loving the original games and has been waiting for a better version to come out. The final word is this: EA skate 3 on PS3 is a way better game in every conceivable way, period.
    There's one thing I can't stand about this game, aside from the downright awful graphics (and I mean awful; I can't believe this game was made in 2015 for the "New Generation" of video games), the number-one thing that gets me about THPS5 is the gimmicky feel of how the game plays; everything has this comic book -like feel to it that just ruins the experience. Whether it's the overly float-y graphics, or the ridiculous wisps of light and sparks that your skateboard leaves in its wake. Skateboard trucks do not spark when you grind against anything, so why should they in a game that's supposed to simulate skateboarding? As with just about everything in the game, it just doesn't make sense. Another thing that doesn't make sense is buying this game when there's EA's Skate 3; Skate 3 is almost 5 years old and it's simply a better game all-around, and it's more polished! Sorry Tony, I've been a fan of your's for years but this was a total "Swing and a Miss". 'Nuff said!    … Expand
  7. Datamari
    Nov 3, 2015
    3
    One word. WHY.

    Why did this have to happen to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater? We all love the series, it's fantastic! Pro Skater 1 and 2 was fantastic! Pro Skater 3 and 4 was great! But this game is easily the worst in the series. I was hyped for this game, a Tony Hawk Pro Skater game on the PS4! But NOPE! This game was a complete waste, and it had so much potential! The key thing that    One word. WHY.

    Why did this have to happen to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater? We all love the series, it's fantastic! Pro Skater 1 and 2 was fantastic! Pro Skater 3 and 4 was great! But this game is easily the worst in the series. I was hyped for this game, a Tony Hawk Pro Skater game on the PS4! But NOPE! This game was a complete waste, and it had so much potential! The key thing that Activision wanted was to include online-interaction. Surprise, it sucks. There is no option to play on your own, messing up your single-player experience. It's hard to pull off the Glendale Grind when you see some skater in the distance getting his board stuck in the wall. Speaking of which, this game is buggy as crap. You are going to have glitches happen at least once in your playthrough. The developers said they were aware of the bugs, and that they were going to fix it. Which will make the game at least playable, but even cleaning up the game won't solve it's many problems. The level design is bland, and there is zero physics when it comes to playing this game. All-in-all, THPS 5 is not good, it's very bad; the skating mechanics are still enjoyable, for the most part, but the constant FPS drops, the choppy gameplay, and the fact that there is almost no connection to the original games makes this game bad.

    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 gets a 3/10.    … Expand
  8. 5un5eeker
    Sep 30, 2015
    3
    A Big Disappointment.

    I was so excited for this game, that I went to the bother of pre-ordering it. I have to say it's a big disappointment. I'm not going to rehash what most have written here. (The glitchy game play, dropouts, weird graphics,etc, it's all valid) What I dislike the most is the lack of customization options. Robomodo completely ruined the "special" feature, it's just a    A Big Disappointment.

    I was so excited for this game, that I went to the bother of pre-ordering it. I have to say it's a big disappointment. I'm not going to rehash what most have written here. (The glitchy game play, dropouts, weird graphics,etc, it's all valid)
    What I dislike the most is the lack of customization options. Robomodo completely ruined the "special" feature, it's just a button you press now. And you cannot chose which special moves you want to use. There's no create-a-skater, which IMO was half the fun. (You can change preset designs around, but they are all variations on a few generic designs)
    Not a huge deal but I was sad to see that Rodney Mullen was not a part of this game. That being said I can see why he wouldn't want to attach his name or brands to this atrocity. Speaking of Rodney Mullen I was really hoping they were going to bring back flatland tricks...but again, disappointed.
    I've previously enjoyed the majority of the music chosen for the series, but unfortunately THPS 5 is a big exception, the soundtrack in the game is god awful, save for about two tracks. Obviously that's a subjective issue, but it would be a nice option to be able to choice music from your own library.
    As a loyal THPS fan who's been playing the series since 2000, I really wanted to like this game, but Activision and Robomodo really s*** the bed on this sequel. I haven't lost complete hope yet, maybe some patch updates could fix the frame rate issue, add a real create-a-skater, add flat land trick, the ability to use your own music and and some DLC levels from the previous games (or alternatively make some new ones with missions more relevant to skateboarding!) But I certainly won't be holding my breathe for that to happen anytime soon. If your a big THPS fan I would stay away from this, it might ruin the series for you.    … Expand
  9. ZiltonReviews
    Oct 11, 2015
    3
    Game Rating (3.5): Like you've got to be kidding. Is this some kid of joke? Someone please tell me cause this is the most basic and simple Tony Hawk game since the first two Pro Skater game. Such a shame that you call this next gen.
  10. DontBeNasty
    Oct 1, 2015
    2
    you pay 60 bucks. What do you get. Early 7th gen graphics, bugs, crappy physics. It could have been nice a as a budget game, but no, we are not stupid.
  11. ItaJohnson
    Sep 29, 2015
    2
    Well, its out. I am a MASSIVE fan of the tony hawk games, they rank up there with metroid and phantasy star to me as my most beloved franchises, so it pains me to say this. WITHOUT NEVERSOFT THERES NO REASON FOR THIS FRANCHISE TO EXIST ANYMORE! There its said.

    Robosucko or any other company simply isnt capable of making these games the way they deserve to be made. I am sure several    Well, its out. I am a MASSIVE fan of the tony hawk games, they rank up there with metroid and phantasy star to me as my most beloved franchises, so it pains me to say this. WITHOUT NEVERSOFT THERES NO REASON FOR THIS FRANCHISE TO EXIST ANYMORE! There its said.

    Robosucko or any other company simply isnt capable of making these games the way they deserve to be made. I am sure several people already have gone through the laundry list of things worng with the game, so im going to skip that. Instead im going to point out the things that bothered ME the most.

    1. They put lil waynk in the game! I mean as stupid as octodad is to have in the game this 1 move says everything about how seriously they take game development.

    2. The soundtrack is generic rubbish. Usually a hallmark of tony hawk pro skater games this time it seriously all sounds like garbage they found on soundcloud.

    3. Slamming sucks! At first i thought it was a neat mechanic, but oh no.. it DESTROYS all your muscle memory from the previous games, you essentially have to re-learn how to play and do combos (more on that in a minute). I think the mechanic itself is part of the developers lack of ability, they couldnt get the physics to work properly so they added a way to force gravity.

    4. In a move pretty common among older franchises (::ahem:: elderscrolls! ) they have made alot of mechanics retard easy for the learning impaired children of today. For example it used to be when you lost your "balance" in a manual or grind you FELL, not anymore, nope you just skate right out of it and lose your combo. Maybe its to make up for the asinine slam mechanic being so unwieldy or something but you cant chain tricks together like you used to because theres some sort of "safety" animation in there.

    5. No more custom specials. As with #4 they nolonger feel players need to perform quick combos to do special tricks, instead you hit the bumper and you ARE special (kids these days are so "special" it make me want to vomit).. everything you do will AUTOMATICALLY BE a special. I find it insulting, you also cant customize what these "special" tricks are for the record.

    6. The art style doesnt fit. Its some sort of hybrid cell shading and it really just looks like sloppy filth i have been seeing on pc for years.. why develop a game using the unreal engine if its going to look and behave like some piece of trash some indie devs made with effing unity?

    7. The menu buttons are in the wrong place.. (im inclined to call them start and select) yea, you hit the menu button on the left and it pulls up a menu pane on the right and vice versa. So the question becomes did a mentally deficient person design this game, or did they just not listen to playtesters AT ALL? While its technically a separate gripe entirely in just going to shoe-horn in here the fact that the voice chat is also OFF by default when in free skate.. yes you have to go into the options menu and turn it on.. IDIOCY!

    8. Menus. As you go through the game sometimes you will want to add or remove stats to complete objectives (more grind, speed, or manual), to do this you have to COMPLETELY leave the session you are in and go to the main menu and then edit your skater. Since everything is online this means load screens which means a pain in the ass because you then have to go back INTO the map you were just on and choose the mission to do. You also cant simply switch maps.. oh no.. you get to make that trip BACK to the main menu to choose another level.

    9. The physics are just plain sloppy. Some times you have to hit balls out of a pool for example, but there seems to be no real rhyme or reason to how far they go when hit at a certain speed. Alot of the times when trying to initiate a tight grind you end up doing a lip trick or cheesing it entirely (because of the asinine slam mechanic). Its just not FUN anymore at this point, its frustrating. Again as a fan of the franchise i am VERY used to frustration, but when the problem isnt my skills but wanker coding its a very different feeling.

    10. Generic everything, but especially skaters. Why have any more than 1 skater if they are all going to essentially have the same stats and since skins are unlockable? Theres really no reason FOR It! BUT they went through whatever they went through to put lil waynk in the game.. i hope they dont pay that assclown for anything.. if anything i hope he bankrolled the entire development. The skins you unlock are also less than impressive, be it stickers or heads, bodys or boards theres just variations on 1 thing or another. Several snow man heads, several bucket heads, several cop uniforms, several logos with different color backgrounds. THERE IS NOTHING SPECIAL HERE!

    Having typed this all out i hope it helps somebody. i was going to give it a 4 when i first started typing, but having actually spit it all out its getting a 2. No really, thats all it deserves.. i didnt even cover the gimmick poewerups. Positive reviews lie!    … Expand
  12. partyintheback
    Oct 1, 2015
    2
    Slow as molasses frame-rate at times, levels that are clearly rushed and poorly structured, amateur user interface, and hardly any content for the asking price of SIXTY DOLLARS. Skating around can feel great at times, but the rest of the game is bad that it doesn't matter.
  13. SIPPIO
    Oct 8, 2015
    2
    As a Lifelong Skater from late early 90's trust me when I tell you Tony Hawk is only liked OUTSIDE the skate community..
    ---Onto THPS- No wonder all The Skate-3 fans are screaming for Skate-3 to be released on Playstation Now or be XBOX One Backwards Compatable.. probably gonna happen now..and probably gonna postpone Skate 4 or whatever newer skate game by over a year..
    ---I am not    As a Lifelong Skater from late early 90's trust me when I tell you Tony Hawk is only liked OUTSIDE the skate community..
    ---Onto THPS- No wonder all The Skate-3 fans are screaming for Skate-3 to be released on Playstation Now or be XBOX One Backwards Compatable.. probably gonna happen now..and probably gonna postpone Skate 4 or whatever newer skate game by over a year..
    ---I am not concerned about the cost of this game. If it were fun then BETitUP ill pay the $60 and smile..But this would anger me if it were $10 bucks..
    -usually my gaming time is th emost valuable to me..in this case it was me wanting a next gen Skate game.
    -Whats funny is how many people are thinking about theyre PS2's right now.....

    --how could this happen?
    --I feel th eowrse for the NON-SKATERS hwo looove THPS. Because theyre childhood memories just got dumped on..
    --THPS is responsible for a resurgence of young skaters learning to skate back in the late 90's and I was sooo naïve to think it was gonna happen again.

    ---Can this be patched or DLC'd or updated/repaired with creat a park etc????    … Expand
  14. marvelousmighty
    Oct 2, 2015
    2
    After playing this I think I'm going to go apply for the game developer. Do I have experience or know what I'm doing? NO! But I'm pretty sure neither do they!
  15. thehenman
    Sep 30, 2015
    2
    Update, as I just want to say a few words on this game. Firstly the graphics are terrible for a next gen game, the seem like a a ps2 game at times. The sound and music are just crammed in and totally uninteresting. The missions and gameplay are the same mini games over and over. At best this game is worth say, 10$, AT BEST. It's a cheap digital game that belongs on a tablet. But this is aUpdate, as I just want to say a few words on this game. Firstly the graphics are terrible for a next gen game, the seem like a a ps2 game at times. The sound and music are just crammed in and totally uninteresting. The missions and gameplay are the same mini games over and over. At best this game is worth say, 10$, AT BEST. It's a cheap digital game that belongs on a tablet. But this is a full price game!! FYI I try to give balanced reviews and not or never have been a fan boy of any type. This game is genuine garbage. Is it a coincidence that the publisher is activison. I think not. Yes this make good games sometimes, but they are also known for being somewhat dodgy. This proves it. It's a total rip off. Please do not buy this game.… Expand
  16. ToFewViews
    Nov 1, 2015
    2
    Fans of the Tony hawk series will probably look back at the old games and remember all the goods times it brought them, with it's great humor, solid level design and understandable controls....for the most part. But Pro Skater 5 is very different....It has it's moments of enjoyment when playing it but there are to many other horrible problems that ruin the experience. Constant glitchesFans of the Tony hawk series will probably look back at the old games and remember all the goods times it brought them, with it's great humor, solid level design and understandable controls....for the most part. But Pro Skater 5 is very different....It has it's moments of enjoyment when playing it but there are to many other horrible problems that ruin the experience. Constant glitches with physics and collision detection make landing tricks and getting around the map horribly difficult and aseptically a chore. The map design it's self is a step back from the old games, The old Tony Hawk games had interesting maps with hidden parts, Interesting Gaps and just felt all around immersive. The new maps feel just slapped together without to much thought and the parts that do feel thought out aren't that unique.There is a small list of skaters you can choose from and also customize your....sort of. It's more like you slightly alter other skaters into your own, witch is somewhat of a horrible why to handle character creation. Music to the game almost felt like everyone who worked on the game all picked some songs and put them on a playlist, some songs feel extremely out of place. If your looking for a good Skateboarding game For PS4/XBone I must say your out of luck at the moment, Skate 2-3 still hold the crown for console Skateboarding games.… Expand
  17. willlerner
    Sep 29, 2015
    2
    I have a question for the developers: why? We told you about the bad physics (you can't even grind two rails in a row without bashing down), terrible cast (added amateur woman skaters just because they couldn't find enough professional ones and had to remove rodney mullen, chad muska, bob burnquist to balance it, which is awful), and bad game design.

    You had plenty of time to fix it.    I have a question for the developers: why? We told you about the bad physics (you can't even grind two rails in a row without bashing down), terrible cast (added amateur woman skaters just because they couldn't find enough professional ones and had to remove rodney mullen, chad muska, bob burnquist to balance it, which is awful), and bad game design.

    You had plenty of time to fix it. Why didn't you do it? I'm taking this game back to the store. I honestly don't know who's the target audience. I just hope Tony Hawk never trusts Robomodo again.    … Expand
  18. justdoit
    Sep 30, 2015
    2
    When the best thing you got in your game is Lil Wayne, that says something
    And speaking oh him, this game has more glitches than the amount of tattoos he has
    #rekt
  19. Glaciel
    Oct 16, 2015
    2
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 sadly fails to capture any of the fun or engaging gameplay elements that once made the series great. It's buggy, the controls feel clunky, and the game just lacks fun.

    First and foremost, the game does not deserve to cost $60. There are a total of 9 maps, all of which feel small and thrown together without much care for their actual enjoyment levels. Nothing    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 sadly fails to capture any of the fun or engaging gameplay elements that once made the series great. It's buggy, the controls feel clunky, and the game just lacks fun.

    First and foremost, the game does not deserve to cost $60. There are a total of 9 maps, all of which feel small and thrown together without much care for their actual enjoyment levels. Nothing about any of them feel charming or noteworthy, instead feeling like 'The token school level' or 'Let's go to space, I guess'. None of them feel like something I'd want to play, given the choice.

    The UI is flawed and spends a lot of time sending the player through the same clunky menus over and over for no real practical reason. The addition of a new mechanic, the 'slam', might have been interesting had it not been bound to the grind button. As it stands, all it's good for now is throwing off your combos.

    Lots of elements of the older games are missing, such as the ability to shift your grind and manual type mid-move. Additionally, a significant number of techniques are locked behind the special meter now (such as pretty much every special manual like the handstand and most grinds beyond 'tailslide'). Because the bar doesn't fully register being full until after your combo ends, you get one special bar per combo, making it very difficult to create high-scoring lines at once.

    The new powerups (such as giant skater, flaming board, and double-jump) are level-specific and feel incrediby gimmicky without adding much to the game.

    Various bugs make the game hard to play too. Grinds breaking for no reason, bailing instead of landing a vert... it all makes it very hard to play the game.

    Gameplay is nothing more than an endless string of "Get huge combo in X area". "Get huge combo to stop your head exploding" (oh right, for some reason bighead is now a game mechanic? Odd decision), "Get lots of points by grinding", "get lots of points from manuals", before moving onto the next area and doing it all over again, but with bigger numbers as the objective.

    Just rent it. Probably no more than two nights, really. That's all you'll need to get tired of it.    … Expand
  20. ppsh171
    Nov 6, 2015
    2
    Probably the most disappoint game of the year in 2015, and it probably will kill the Tony Hawk Franchise. This game is a blatant cash grab and no one cared about this game
  21. Dreadsmite
    Jun 16, 2016
    2
    This game is an example of what will happen when Publishers decide that they not only want to manipulate peoples soft spots and nostalgia for a huge series like Pro Skater that hasn't gotten a sequel in years, and try to turn this nostalgia factor into pure revenue. This idea, just as well, would be if the developers/Publishers decided to skip BUG TESTING. THERE IS SO MANY BUGS IN THISThis game is an example of what will happen when Publishers decide that they not only want to manipulate peoples soft spots and nostalgia for a huge series like Pro Skater that hasn't gotten a sequel in years, and try to turn this nostalgia factor into pure revenue. This idea, just as well, would be if the developers/Publishers decided to skip BUG TESTING. THERE IS SO MANY BUGS IN THIS GAME, THAT I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF ANY OF THE DEVELOPERS OR PUBLISHERS TESTED MORE THAN THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS AT ALL.… Expand
  22. Pixelatre
    Oct 8, 2016
    2
    The levels are bland. Let me start off by saying that. They feel open and don't give you that 'exiting Tony Hawk feeling' that you get from the older games.It's just the little things, like you automatically do a wall ride if you hit a wall, but, in the other games you had to press a button while you were hitting a wall. This takes all the skill out of some of the tricks, adding to theThe levels are bland. Let me start off by saying that. They feel open and don't give you that 'exiting Tony Hawk feeling' that you get from the older games.It's just the little things, like you automatically do a wall ride if you hit a wall, but, in the other games you had to press a button while you were hitting a wall. This takes all the skill out of some of the tricks, adding to the bland feeling that this game gives off. Also there is one other thing that really annoys me. Let me explain: in the old Tony Hawk games restarting was easy. You thought: 'oh, i'm not going to complete this mission in time'. You hit start, press down once or twice and hit restart. The load times were minimal or none and you were back in the game, skating along. In the first Tony Hawk game It took me about 5 seconds to restart and finish loading. In Tony Hawk 5 however, to restart you have to hit Start, press down 4 times, hit restart. Then it comes up with dialogue saying 'do you want to restart?' Then you had to hit 'yes', wait for it to load and FINALLY you were back in the game. After a while this gets aggravating, and makes you want to scream. Also they messed up the placements of items. In the old Tony Hawk you would have a certain amount of minutes or seconds to get however many objects, that were scattered around the map. In this game you might have to get a large number of items, maybe 50, for example, and they are all grouped in one place. Oh, here is 15 right next to the spawn! Grind over here and get the other 35! Now let's look at the multiplayer aspect. Collision? No! You are in a small space with a bunch of other skaters doing... nothing. Sure, you can turn on voice chat, but i'd rather play singleplayer. Actually, I wouldn't! BECAUSE IT SUCKS! I give this a 2/10. Note that this is an above average score. Don't buy this game, not even if you want to complete your Tony Hawk collection. 60 dollars is waaaay too much to pay for this piece of crap. There are conspiracy theories that Activision's contract is running out with Tony so they wanted to make their probably final game in the series so bad as a punishment to curse the next company that might end up with it. Personally I think this is not true. Cos' it's just a sh*t game. End of story.… Expand
  23. 13Impossible
    Jul 28, 2020
    2
    Лучше бы и не пробовал играть. Графика вырви глаз, про физику вообще молчу.
  24. elMORRO
    Oct 1, 2015
    1
    Robomodo strikes again!
    And probably with the finishing blow to the series that they so methodically and expertly been trashing and leeching off for all those years since the Neversoft was shut down.
    Thanks you guys! Keep those Awsome games coming!
  25. wade22fan
    Nov 17, 2015
    1
    Tony Hawk is finally back after all these years. It’s been a while since the Hawk has been in top form. THPS3 and THPS4 are hard to top, everyone knows that. Of course, you also have the stellar Underground series and the great American Wasteland. Both games hit all the right notes and had all the right pieces to make a top shelf skating game. They had great career modes, lots of proTony Hawk is finally back after all these years. It’s been a while since the Hawk has been in top form. THPS3 and THPS4 are hard to top, everyone knows that. Of course, you also have the stellar Underground series and the great American Wasteland. Both games hit all the right notes and had all the right pieces to make a top shelf skating game. They had great career modes, lots of pro skaters, excellent and addicting gameplay and tons of cool levels. Never soft is no longer in the picture, but Activision is still here. They’re doing it all this time around. But the results may not be what fans of the series have come to expect.

    TH5 1

    THPS5 is not what you think. It’s not the amazing, fun and beautiful game you thought you would get. When I first heard this game was getting released, I thought it would be very similar to the old games, but new, fresh and creative. We don’t get that here folks, we just don’t. It deeply saddens me to say that THPS5 is merely a thrown-together, ugly and barebones mess. I have many complaints with this game. First of all, $60? That is one of the biggest rip-offs in the history of games. It should be about $5. One of the biggest disappointments are the visuals. It looks like a bad PS3 game. The character models are a mix between realistic and cel-shaded. The environments are very bland, open and empty. It’s all just hideous. The frame rate drops often and there are several glitches. It is just poorly developed to be quite honest. The audio isn’t any better than the visuals either. There are only a few songs and they are quickly repeated, meaning you will get sick of the music very quickly. The game is full of irregularities and inconsistencies. There are camera issues, the difficulty is uneven and the gameplay itself is very dumbed down and bland. I can go on and on about this game’s flaws, but let’s get to the point. This is not true Tony Hawk Pro Skater. There are several glitches. The levels are empty and boring, not to mention the lack of NPC’s or any other form of life is completely absent. The visuals and sound design are poor. I am just very disappointed that the developers didn’t spend more time on the game. This is a very respected series in gaming and to have the name tarnished like this is immensely sad. If you are desperate to play THPS5 for yourself , give it a rent. That is about all it’s worth anyway.    … Expand
  26. JaymesKeller
    May 18, 2016
    1
    Just a quick note: This review will be based off the latest version of the game that has been released. With that out of the way, though, it's still not worth the asking price of around £15, or £30 with some small DLC thrown in. From my own experience, I have not been able to reproduce some of the more serious glitches and errors in the game, so for some, it might be enough to like it.Just a quick note: This review will be based off the latest version of the game that has been released. With that out of the way, though, it's still not worth the asking price of around £15, or £30 with some small DLC thrown in. From my own experience, I have not been able to reproduce some of the more serious glitches and errors in the game, so for some, it might be enough to like it.

    As for me..well, what do you think, eejit?

    I have played a good portion of the THPS games throughout my childhood and teenage years, and I found them addicting, and every now and then, I go back to them to relive the good days. This game, however, makes me feel a little bit miffed. Here's why.

    Imagine Robomodo stripping out all of the stuff that made the games, like living, interactive environments, create-a-skater, building your own special trick setup, and took it to the bare minimum possible. Now, stop imagining it, it's real, and it's THPS5.

    Where to start? The glitches notwithstanding, the game feels really bare and more of a beta build of the older games. The controls are really confusing, to add to that. To keep your speed up, you press R2. That was never a thing in the older games, so why now?

    While I'm on that subject, why change Triangle for being Grind to a slam? You have a good chance of screwing up a combo thanks to the slam. You can make it so you have to double-tap the button, but a better option, would be to bin it entirely. Even worse, when you're doing grind and manual tricks, you can't bail.

    Now, the graphics. They seem flat and boring, as if 20 years of graphics technology was thrown out just for the sake of saving space. Everything has the cell-shaded look that appears to try to hide how bad it looks.

    As for content? Where is it? There's around 8 levels of boring, basic parks to play, and even trying to build your own makes you feel like you're being strangled. It's all very restricted and controlled. As for skaters? You have around 12 or so, with no ability to make your own. Well..that's not strictly true, you can make some awful amalgam entity with the limited customise function.

    All that alone makes it bad, but, let's throw in some of the glitches that I've ran into. You can end up partly buried in the level geometry when you bail in the right conditions. I found out that you can grind on the edges of certain pits even when you cover them with parts of a quarter-pipe in Create-A-Park. Oh yeah, and QP corners, when you bail, seem to have no collision planes at all, so you go through them.

    So, with all that, do not, under any circumstances, buy this game. It's not worth £60, it's not worth £45, it's not worth £30, it's not even worth £15, £10 or even £5, you would have to pay someone to take this game away.

    Do you know what I recommend instead? Take your £10, buy a copy of THUG2, and install THUG Pro, a mod for the game. The mod has access to nearly all levels from every game, and even one game that's based off the same engine. Those guys took time and energy to create the ultimate THPS game, but Robomodo got it so wrong, and they're supposed to be pros. Don't buy the game at all, it's a waste of space, and I want Activision to suffer badly because they let it get published.    … Expand
  27. RedRice
    Sep 29, 2015
    1
    Ok I take it back. This game is terrible. It was fun for the first few minutes but on my second play through the fun wore off. I feel ripped off. This is buggy, unfinished and a complete waste of money.
  28. Meganubis
    Sep 30, 2015
    1
    It baffles me why major publishers don't do external QA to check if a game is up to polish with the public. there is buggy and then their is baddy design, broken and appalling.

    The game has an array of problems and is constantly crashing, the new stomp move stops the combo momentum like a brick wall. The graphics are grubby with constant mipmap problems, the game has an online    It baffles me why major publishers don't do external QA to check if a game is up to polish with the public. there is buggy and then their is baddy design, broken and appalling.

    The game has an array of problems and is constantly crashing, the new stomp move stops the combo momentum like a brick wall.

    The graphics are grubby with constant mipmap problems, the game has an online feature with no create a character, so prepare to have a crowd of Tony Hawks and Little Waynes on your screens.

    If you thought that Ride was the death of THPS then this is definitely the nail in that coffin.

    This Review was brought to you by Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Dr Pepper.    … Expand
  29. Evae
    Oct 7, 2015
    1
    Would be better with a Bill Nye DLC

    BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL
  30. WARCHILD
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    I gave it a 1/10 because it reminded what the industry is still capable of selling us. This is only the extreme example of what is being pumped out every month. I can't help but think about endless concourses of talented young men and women slaving away to make these worthless piles excrement for companies that clearly don't know what their customers want -- Instead they make what theirI gave it a 1/10 because it reminded what the industry is still capable of selling us. This is only the extreme example of what is being pumped out every month. I can't help but think about endless concourses of talented young men and women slaving away to make these worthless piles excrement for companies that clearly don't know what their customers want -- Instead they make what their customers are willing to tolerate.

    Now somebody pass me the brain bleach...    … Expand
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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 43
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  3. Negative: 38 out of 43
  1. CD-Action
    Dec 16, 2015
    25
    I had an impression that the developers intentionally butchered Tony Hawk’s classic formula in every way imaginable. For the last couple of years Activision has been trying hard to finish this series off and it seems it finally succeeded. [12/2015, p.58]
  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Dec 15, 2015
    20
    This Hawk has had its wings clipped to the point where it resembles an ugly-looking, flightless dodo that deserves its own extinction. [Christmas 2015, p74]
  3. Yahoo!
    Nov 18, 2015
    50
    Most egregiously, this game costs $60. That’s about $50 too much. A better choice? Go crank Goldfinger’s “Superman,” fire up your old PlayStation or Dreamcast, dig up a copy of the original game, and relive the glory days the right way.
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