Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

 PlayStation 4
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1.5

Overwhelming dislike- based on 452 Ratings

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  1. 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!
  2. TheDahaka
    Oct 1, 2015
    0
    How Tony Hawk has fallen from grace. This game looks and feels like a re-skinned Goat Simulator and is possibly the worst game I'v seen since superman 64. Avoid.
  3. 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
  4. InvasiveWaiter
    Sep 29, 2015
    0
    This game is nothing but digital waste. How any company would dare to ask $60 for a game with minimal content and a multitude of technical bugs, I cannot fathom. The only reason they cancelled this game for PC is because of the newly introduced 'refund' option on Steam. No one would have willingly kept this horrible excuse for a Tony Hawk game on his HDD if a refund was still possible.This game is nothing but digital waste. How any company would dare to ask $60 for a game with minimal content and a multitude of technical bugs, I cannot fathom. The only reason they cancelled this game for PC is because of the newly introduced 'refund' option on Steam. No one would have willingly kept this horrible excuse for a Tony Hawk game on his HDD if a refund was still possible.

    Now let me briefly go into the gameplay and presentation: As ugly as the game is, it still suffers from major framerate drops. The "seamless" online interaction is buggy and even the music suffers from hiccups. All the stages are uninspired and could literally be made in the Create-A-Park mode by anyone with 15 minutes to spare. The controls are just slightly less clunky than in Tony Hawk HD but you will probably be to annoyed with technical problems to even notice.

    This game is a disgrace to the Tony Hawk franchise and you should avoid it at ALL COSTS.    … Expand
  5. kingdonutlilac
    Sep 29, 2015
    0
    I cannot believe nostalgia costed $60 plus tax. This game unfortunately is full of glitches and uninspired gameplay. The new mechanic “slam” is terrible and makes the game feel awkward. The fps frequently takes nosedives at certain parts of the game. It feels like it drops straight from 60 to 30 fps. This game feels like it was rushed out due to a deadline. I will take a second look at theI cannot believe nostalgia costed $60 plus tax. This game unfortunately is full of glitches and uninspired gameplay. The new mechanic “slam” is terrible and makes the game feel awkward. The fps frequently takes nosedives at certain parts of the game. It feels like it drops straight from 60 to 30 fps. This game feels like it was rushed out due to a deadline. I will take a second look at the game if it gets patched up. With the game as is it deserves a 0 and I would not recommend to any friends.… Expand
  6. DerpusMaximus
    Oct 1, 2015
    0
    Wait, so the fix patch for this game is bigger than the game itself??!! and it's still rubbish after that...... I WANT MY MONEY BACK PLEASE!

    AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!
  7. Allthat
    Sep 29, 2015
    0
    This game is absolutely boring... the amount of content here is a joke, you'll be done with this within a few hours. The pixel shaded graphics are a stupid idea for a sports game and to make things worse... there's a whole load of bugs and glitches (some of which are pretty funny). And there's no local multiplayer! why isn't there local multiplayer? Was it too hard to include a basic turnThis game is absolutely boring... the amount of content here is a joke, you'll be done with this within a few hours. The pixel shaded graphics are a stupid idea for a sports game and to make things worse... there's a whole load of bugs and glitches (some of which are pretty funny). And there's no local multiplayer! why isn't there local multiplayer? Was it too hard to include a basic turn by turn score based multiplayer in a game that has so little in it. This game however isn't broken... Skating physics and animations are the best yet but what puts me off is the amount of content, or the lack thereof. This is worth 20$ not 60$, the fact that the corporate sh!theads expect us to pay full price for an incomplete pacakge makes me give this game a 0/10... ( a little harsh but i had to bring the user score down, in theory it would be a 1 or 2)… Expand
  8. RodentsTHPS
    Sep 29, 2015
    1
    I give it a 1, because they somehow fooled me and got my money. Physics are terrible and inconsistent across the board. None of the old tony hawk mechanics that made the tony hawk game exist in the slightest, you don't bail from just about anything, there's really poorly crafted goals that are sometimes impossible to beat due to the floatyness of the mechanics. This is not worth the titleI give it a 1, because they somehow fooled me and got my money. Physics are terrible and inconsistent across the board. None of the old tony hawk mechanics that made the tony hawk game exist in the slightest, you don't bail from just about anything, there's really poorly crafted goals that are sometimes impossible to beat due to the floatyness of the mechanics. This is not worth the title of a sequel, I don't care what the graphics look like, they're not amazing still, the online play is garbage. You're forced to play in multiplayer lobbies, and if you choose not to it still loads you back in one the second you finish a goal. Special is broken, you can't customize tricks, customizing a skater is basically modifying existing ones.. it's just.. bad. I would hope they would fix it, but it's not going to happen. I got fooled twice now by buying these Robomodo clones.… Expand
  9. pill0ws
    Sep 29, 2015
    1
    I grew up on the tony hawk games. This game is a regression in the genre. It doesn't take things back to its roots like it suggests. Their has always been local play in tony hawk games. Graffiti and horse. Music control. Flatland tricks are gone, caveman is gone. Anything that made multiplayer fun is gone and they made it pretty much entirely multiplayer. Things were added over the line ofI grew up on the tony hawk games. This game is a regression in the genre. It doesn't take things back to its roots like it suggests. Their has always been local play in tony hawk games. Graffiti and horse. Music control. Flatland tricks are gone, caveman is gone. Anything that made multiplayer fun is gone and they made it pretty much entirely multiplayer. Things were added over the line of sequels from THPS1-THUG2 that were improvements. This game strips away everything that was an improvement on the genre over the years and then claims to be 'taking it back to the roots' without the ability to sit on a couch with a friend and have a good time together playing a video game. I was fooled and fell onto the hype wagon with zero information about the changes. I haven't played since THUG2 and just assumed that each tony hawk game included the cool mechanics from the previous ones. Robomodo and Disruptive games blew it, hopefully they save face with a content patch. All glitchy and bugginess aside, the game is lacking a ton of basic features that are expected. For god sakes what song am I listening to?… Expand
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. bdave04
    Sep 29, 2015
    0
    I have never felt like posting on metacritic until now. This game deserves a 0 straight up. Congratulations to Activision for taking the label of the greediest video game company in existence! This practice of rushing out an unplayable buggy game ONLY for profit is some criminal BULLS**T! In my absolute honest opinion if a game doesn't have review copies sent out at all... give it a 0!I have never felt like posting on metacritic until now. This game deserves a 0 straight up. Congratulations to Activision for taking the label of the greediest video game company in existence! This practice of rushing out an unplayable buggy game ONLY for profit is some criminal BULLS**T! In my absolute honest opinion if a game doesn't have review copies sent out at all... give it a 0! Of course they knew the reviews would hurt their sales but they don't care if they scam even their best fans! This is an incredible slap to the face of all the passionate great fans of this series. I feel bad for all the people that actually did work hard on this game and for that they themselves deserve a 10. Activision get back to making good games because gamers WILL stop giving into your stupid business scams. I'll have the popcorn ready when you fail, it'll be a glorious day for every gamer on this planet.… Expand
  13. Jimmistoffa3
    Sep 29, 2015
    0
    This game is just terrible... It has tons of glitches, the physics are messed up, the game level designs are extremely boring, pulling off tricks isn't fun at all, which is what the game is suppose to be all about. On top of that, theres a 7 (close to 8) gig update on the games release which is just ludicrous. Do yourself a favor and don't buy this game. If you do decide you want to buyThis game is just terrible... It has tons of glitches, the physics are messed up, the game level designs are extremely boring, pulling off tricks isn't fun at all, which is what the game is suppose to be all about. On top of that, theres a 7 (close to 8) gig update on the games release which is just ludicrous. Do yourself a favor and don't buy this game. If you do decide you want to buy it, wait till it's shot down to $10 bucks. I cant believe I spent full price on this, and I intend on taking it back now. I'm not surprised at all that they didn't release early review copies, as they knew they were going to get trashed.

    Trust me, these low reviews are completely justified. I have played almost every tony hawk, and I don't let nostalgia get in the way of my review and score. DO NOT buy this game, and if possible, avoid it at all costs.

    Hopefully one day the Skate series will come back, but unfortunately right now, this piece of crap is the only skateboarding game out. Hopefully this review has helped you decide to save your money. I understand if you are craving a skateboarding game(as I still am), but THPS5 is not going to do anything to satisfy that craving. It's sad, but very true.    … Expand
  14. matzac15
    Sep 29, 2015
    0
    The graphics are out of PS2 and the game controls worse than the originals. Create a park mode is poor and the option for downloading from the community is unavailable. I will be asking for my money back. EA needs to bring back Skate!!!
  15. 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
  16. PrplDragon420
    Oct 1, 2015
    0
    My dog puts out a better quality pile of crap daily. THPS5 must stand for Tony Hawk Piece of **** to the 5th power. I came in with low expectations hoping for just a better looking version of a classic game that had a lot of great memories with friends and got me started skateboarding. I just wanted a classic simple game. NOPE, lags like no tomorrow, crashes every now and then, eternalMy dog puts out a better quality pile of crap daily. THPS5 must stand for Tony Hawk Piece of **** to the 5th power. I came in with low expectations hoping for just a better looking version of a classic game that had a lot of great memories with friends and got me started skateboarding. I just wanted a classic simple game. NOPE, lags like no tomorrow, crashes every now and then, eternal load time for simple missions, glitch controls. How you ruin an already perfect game is beyond me.… Expand
  17. kyler32291
    Oct 1, 2015
    0
    One of the worst games I've ever played. A friend of mine let me share play just to show me how bad it was, and I agree. Choppy frame rate, bad mechanics, nonexistent physics, terrible graphics, and just plain not fun to play at all. Don't purchase or even look at it.
  18. aycizzle
    Oct 3, 2015
    0
    You can buy a second hand ps2 and and the first 8 thps games for less than a retail copy of thps 5 and I can guarantee you will be satisfied with your purchase! Avoid at all costs!
  19. Snowdude
    Oct 1, 2015
    0
    I really really liked the Tony Hawk series but this is just a joke, or just some devs who are firing shots to the skate community.. The game looks like it's on the same engine as the last one. Shame, shame, shame..
  20. pburn883
    Oct 1, 2015
    0
    They got my money. This is the first game where i seriously considered suing to get my money back. I have played some bad games that gave me atleast 5 hrs of okay gameplay. But this was boring after like 3 hours.

    If i can suggest anything ... its dont buy this freaking game.
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. claudionmc
    Oct 2, 2015
    0
    This game is a completely MESS... You cannot pay US$60, US$50 or even US$20 for this game... Absolutely joke from Activision, a waste of space in my ps4 drive, with several GBs of updates in the first day (?)

    Do not buy this, please... It is a disgrace for gamers and we need to let them know it.
  24. theJFKshow
    Oct 2, 2015
    0
    Robomodo may be responsible for the worst letdown in entertainment history. They took any nostalgic remnants fans had left and slaughtered our hopes and dreams of a new THPS game. Do NOT buy this game. Do not support half assed efforts and ridiculous price tags.

    Yes, gameplay is glitchy and graphics aren't great. Combos mysteriously end & bails seemingly happen out of nowhere. Ragdoll    Robomodo may be responsible for the worst letdown in entertainment history. They took any nostalgic remnants fans had left and slaughtered our hopes and dreams of a new THPS game. Do NOT buy this game. Do not support half assed efforts and ridiculous price tags.

    Yes, gameplay is glitchy and graphics aren't great. Combos mysteriously end & bails seemingly happen out of nowhere. Ragdoll physics send your skater flying into oblivion. Missions are copy & pasted. The UI is laughable. Dozens of questionable fonts litter the screen. You're unable to change levels without quitting to the main menu. You're unable to end a mission without quitting to the main menu. You're unable to upgrade your skater without quitting to the main menu. Robomodo loves that main menu. Always-online-lobbies could have been great, but we're forced to view a loading screen between missions which delays gameplay by minutes. It's truly an awful experience.

    However, those concerns are only skin deep. The real crime lies in three offenses:

    1. The levels are lazy, uncreative, small, and flat out boring. They are not fun. They look like something thrown together in Create-A-Park mode. THPS1 had more interesting levels, and that game came out 16 YEARS ago. Robomodo seems to think throwing a few quarterpipes and rails in an empty box is enough to pass for a THPS level. It's not. Warehouse & School 2 are reused yet again, this time even smaller.

    2. Online (and offline) multiplayer is a joke. Local splitscreen multiplayer has been a staple of THPS since the first game came out. Online multiplayer carried the series after the release of THPS3. Hosted lobbies, dozens of rapid game modes, observing other players, etc. Online multiplayer has worked seamlessly since 2001. I logged literally thousands of hours playing THPS Online. I met people I still talk to today on THPS Online. Entire communities were built around the game. Flash forward to THPS5: No local multiplayer. Online multiplayer now matches you up with up to 3 random players to compete in just a few modes, then throws you back into career mode. No observing other players. Trick Attack is the only mode returning from the original series. Oh, and graffiti isn't even in this game. We're playing on PS4 with high speed internet whereas THPS3 (with dial up) had a better online multiplayer experience. That's just sad.

    3. The worst part of this game is Robomodo's ignorance when it comes to THPS gameplay. In a combo-based game, the smallest of features can make or break a gameplay experience. Dozens upon dozens of changes have been made, mostly with no real reason at all. It feels like Tony Hawk vaguely explained the controls, and Robomodo just winged it through development. For example: They've removed the ability to bail while manualing or grinding. You just land. There's no risk. Special meter is awful & pointless, only lasting a few seconds. You can't choose special tricks, nor do they require special button combos. Because specials are now random tricks, you're forced to do a backflip and fall while trying to grab off of a rail. Special is now activated with L1, meaning you can't spin with L1 unless you want to trigger your special. Spinning is now limited to auto-180 degree spins, which makes it hard to perform longer/precise spins. "Slamming" is now a feature activated by holding triangle/grind. Literally everyone holds grind before grinding, but now slam forces you to the ground before getting close to the rail. Grinding is entirely too forgiving, morphing your skater several feet sideways onto the rail. Wallrides are automatic now, which seem to randomly activate when you get close to a wall. Wallrides use to be triangle (which is now slam) so now you slam to the ground when trying to wallride. Reverts no longer lose speed (Since THPS3, reverts slowed you down each time to increase difficulty). Removed the ability to ollie directly after a revert and continue your combo. Now you're forced to manual first (ollieing after reverts, before manualing, was a technique used to conserve speed during combos). Removed the ability to dropdown while grinding with R2 (technique used by advanced players frequently). You now auto-ollie out of quarterpipes. Leveling out mid-air seldom works. Wallplants are assigned to a different button and seldom work correctly. No quick turn feature (technique used by advanced players frequently). No wall push feature (technique used by advanced players frequently). No trick variations by double tapping trick buttons. No trick switches by tapping during grinds/manuals. No rotating during a manual. R2 is push / L2 is break, even though Ollie/Down have been those controls since THPS1 and work better. No ability to customize tricks. Balance meter does not perform the same as traditional THPS games. I'm literally not sure Robomodo has ever played a THPS game.

    No patch can fix this game. Only a new game (with a new developer) can fix this game and series.

    RIP THPS    … Expand
  25. InsaneCupcakes
    Oct 4, 2015
    0
    The Gaming Landscape has changed a lot, but this game makes me questions if it changed for the good. Pro Skater 5 is about a game Publisher that decides to rush a game before there license expires. (Dec. 2015 BTW) It is also about a Game Publisher that decides to release a game that has a Day 1 patch that is bigger than the Game itself.
  26. 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
  27. Diasy_Duke
    Oct 4, 2015
    0
    A game that is brought to you by mountain dew, produced by mountain dew, developed by mountain dew, guest starring monster energy drink, be sure to drink mountain dew to enjoy this game!

    Ps: mountain dew
  28. KingOfAmerica
    Oct 12, 2015
    1
    The game could have easily kept the same controls and core game play from the originals, added new locations, new music, and highly detailed environments and been a 9. But since it failed on the key element of the game that makes it enjoyable, I give it a paltry 1. I wanted the cost of my rental back when I was finished with what I could force myself to play/
  29. 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
  30. 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!
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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 43
  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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