In 2023, the first Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater turns 21. During this time, a lot of metamorphoses occurred with the series and skateboarding itself – good and not so. On the one hand, the discipline received the Olympic status, on the other, it lost its cult status. Against this backdrop, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 seems like a good idea to bring the sport back to the public eye., but did developers breathe new life into the franchise, keeping the magic of the original?
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Pro Skater’s initial success is easily attributed to the time frame. In the 1990s and early 2000s, skateboarding was not only popular, it was a true religion for teenagers. All the cool heroes of the films skated on skateboards, and almost half of the music videos on MTV were dedicated to them. The ability to stay on the board automatically made you a legend of the school, and the ability to perform at least one simple trick raised you to divine status.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was aimed at both avid athletes and those who were not allowed to skate on the board by their mother, a congenital lack of balance or dug up asphalt near the house. Now the situation is somewhat different – skateboarding is no longer so popular, and it will not be possible to leave on its glory. The remake will have to rely solely on its own strength, although not without the help (and maybe despite) nostalgia.
Longer combos don’t show the site’s limitations, not my low skill, honestly
In the gaming industry, there are several approaches to reprints. Some developers limit themselves to simple remasters, which only bring the game to modern technical standards – tighten up the resolution and add support for new hardware. Others are actually creating a new game, updating not only the graphics, but also the gameplay, and sometimes even the plot.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 in this regard stands exactly in the middle – this is almost an exemplary remake. The game has been completely redone, but at the same time, in essence, it remains completely the same. Even some gameplay innovations did not affect how it is perceived. There are noticeably more tricks in the remake than in the original – they were added from later parts. Some of them, like the reverse, make it easier to build long combo chains and, accordingly, earn more points.
Skateboarding fans will be delighted with new professional athletes to play as, and for customization lovers, a character editor is available – not the best in history, but you can still create someone close to yourself in spirit. As you progress, you will be able to further expand your alter ego’s wardrobe – and without donations, but exclusively through gameplay mechanics!
For those who consider any innovations a crime against the good old eternal, there are settings that allow you to bring the remake as close as possible to the original. For example, you can manually remove all unwanted songs or put the classic modes from THPS or THPS2, in which you can remove new tricks. It is impossible to return only the graphics from the first PlayStation – but this is unlikely to upset anyone.
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