Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

 Xbox One
Metascore
39

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 11 out of 18
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  1. 3DJuegos
    Oct 13, 2015
    45
    It's a pity, but THPS5 is a step back for the series.
  2. Sporting News
    Mar 2, 2016
    40
    Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 is not a complete disaster. The majority of its flaws and maybe even some of the problems could be overlooked if the game were simply more fun to play. However, even had that been the case, THPS5 comes nowhere near justifying a full $60 price tag. It’s disheartening to see a once proud series come to its likely end in such a fashion.
  3. Games Master UK
    Dec 1, 2015
    32
    A disgrace. When double jumps aren't the worst part, something's gone terribly wrong. [Dec 2015, p.78]
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  5. TrueAchievements
    Dec 16, 2015
    30
    It is impossible to look past the constant problems and bugs. Most of these don't make the game unplayable, but still cause a lot of bother along the way.
  6. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Nov 15, 2015
    30
    Despite some noble efforts to take Tony Hawk's back to its roots, Pro Skater 5 is ruined by glitches, sluggish movement and dull, lifeless levels. What might have been a glorious return ends up an unfortunate swan song. [Issue#130, p.78]
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  7. GameSpot
    Oct 6, 2015
    30
    The soundtrack in THPS5 is good enough, but the game is riddled with technical glitches and design missteps, making it a huge step back for the series.
  8. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Oct 2, 2015
    30
    One of gaming's greatest series bails horribly, loses its high score and sinks to a depressing new low. Truly awful.
  9. MondoXbox
    Oct 18, 2015
    20
    THPS 5 is a real cold spike in the franchise lover's hearts: all the good things this series had have been blown away by wrong design decisions, bad gameplay and poor controls.
  10. Giant Bomb
    Oct 7, 2015
    20
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is a mess of half-cocked ideas, astoundingly poor execution, and technical woes that layer a little insult on top of injury.
  11. Arcade Sushi
    Oct 2, 2015
    20
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is a failure in almost every way a game can be a failure. Terrible level design, rampant glitches, minimal content, janky gameplay, and a complete lack of polish all mar what's (hopefully) the final entry in a previously great series.
  12. DarkZero
    Oct 5, 2015
    10
    It is such an all encompassing mess that a publisher with any morality at their core would have never allowed this disguised vomit to hit market.

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User Score
2.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 136 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 136
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 136
  3. Negative: 105 out of 136
  1. 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 technicalThis 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 too 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.    … Full Review »
  2. Mathematical
    Sep 29, 2015
    1
    I went into the store today planning to pre-order something but I saw that the new Tony Hawk was out and I might as well check it out - theI went into the store today planning to pre-order something but I saw that the new Tony Hawk was out and I might as well check it out - the worst thing that could happen is that I return it with my satisfaction guarantee and just put down the money on the pre-order anyways. Turns out, this is exactly what happened in the first morning that I had it.

    The "honest" review seems to not at all take into account any of the negatives and gives points for things like "I can have Octodad's head on a robot body" which puts priorities.. rather out of order. From top to bottom the game is a mess and I think if you honestly had the chance to ask anyone who worked on it, they'd say the same thing.

    1. The style of game that we're looking at here is the old style, numbered Tony Hawks. That is alright in a sense, that was hot stuff when it came out and even on the HD release people were loving it. But here's the thing, and it has been pointed out before - the levels are in no way as creative as ANY of the other levels from the numbered Tony Hawk games. They're kind of sad, barren and sterile and they absolutely do look like they were just made with the course creator that comes with the game. That is a huge disappointment.

    I feel like in general, people wanted Tony Hawk back but they wanted back the THUG or American Wasteland type game. One where you started out as someone who has aspirations of making it big, you get sponsorships, you get new gear, you skate in actual location with people around. That isn't a big stretch and older Tony Hawk games had that. It's nothing anywhere near the people who'll tell you "this isn't a Skate game" because the Tony Hawk that I knew and loved had complex levels, a decent story and more to do than "get points and get letters" in different combinations.

    2. The graphics are bad and they were changed last minute so "even if you had 20 people online, the frame rate is going to stay at 60 FPS". You read that? That is an actual quote from the developers and going to this pseudo-cel shaded look just pushes another point more - this should be FAR less than a full priced title (80 dollars + tax in Canada) and it should be up for download only. Besides that point, the frames drop anyways when I am playing ALONE - and this is regardless of the day 1 patch that is double the size of the actual install of the game.

    3. Very little in terms of real customization. The relatively small roster of guys is complimented with a few others but the lack of a create your own skater is really thrown off here.

    They really could've had something if they made this game a downloadable title and just slashed the heck out of the price tag - because honestly, it would be fun to play for spurts here or there and it basically is the feel of the Tony Hawk games which always felt good. But with the idea of a reduced price in my head, I've soured on this a lot. The levels just aren't fun, it's repetitive, it's buggy and it leaves me with a huge feeling of what could have been instead of what there is in front of me.    … Full Review »
  3. 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 graphicsThis 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)… Full Review »
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