Pro Skater 3+4 has been lovingly restored by Iron Galaxy, a different developer than the Pro Skater 1+2 remake (which was handled by Vicarious Visions) – and not the same people who made the 2000s games either. But somehow they’ve captured the feeling and nuance of those heady originals where it was as much fun laughing your head off at an audacious failure as it was pulling off a breathless sequence and landing on your feet.
It’s really easy to nitpick THPS 3+4, but that’s because the games it’s pulling from are so memorable. However, those issues are rather small when looking at the whole picture. Against all odds, Iron Galaxy created a solid follow-up to THPS 1+2, and one that I know I’ll be playing for hours on end. It may not be a faithful recreation of two of the best video games ever made, but whether you’re a long-time fan or newcomer, THPS 3+4 is absolutely worth playing.
While Pro Skater 4’s shift away from its open-world structure may disappoint fans of the original, and the soundtrack misses some iconic tracks, there’s no denying Iron Galaxy put in the work to make both games feel cohesive. In the end, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 offers two more chances for players to relive their skating heyday while offering a new generation a piece of history through a modern lens.
If you can live with the differences, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is a highly addictive and thus an exceptionally entertaining skateboarding title for both us old-timers and new players alike. It offers enough new content to make up for the missing stuff, so I personally didn’t find the omissions all that bothersome.
Like the real sport, it’s about perseverance and repetition: when the combos started to flow again for me after a few hours, it felt so freeing. I still don’t think there’s a better skating game out there than old-school Tony Hawk’s, even after all this time – and there’s certainly no better time capsule of this pivotal moment in the history of the sport.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is a phenomenal game of skate, one that fans would flock to without hesitation if it weren't for some of the strange decisions regarding the game's Career mode and THPS 4 levels. Some of the changes feel needless, and overall, THPS 4 just doesn't fit as well into the same structure as the original three games. It's also disappointing that newcomers won't be able to experience the fourth game the way it was originally intended. Once the initial disappointment fades, however, you're left with a remake that still handles as well as these games ever have, and that's something that's worth playing no matter who you are.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 takes the easy route by delivering a game that feels almost identical to the previous remaster, but falls short due to a number of choices that cut back on the original content. With nearly unchanged gameplay, little to no meaningful innovation, trimmed features, and underwhelming visuals, the overall experience ends up feeling diminished.
Very good,I found it to be an incredible game, graphics, gameplay 10 out of 10, just like they did with the old games, very faithful and absolutely cinematic
More of the same from 1+2, honestly shouldn't really be a separate game. It feels like a longer DLC version of 1+2, which i really enjoyed and rated 8/10. 3+4 is really fun thought and I hate to give it a 7/10 but I really feel like they could've improved on 1+2 instead of giving us essentially the same game with a different skin.
Obviously any old fan of the original games will still prefer the originals, but that does not mean this remake wasn’t still fun. My favorite part was getting to play multiplayer on these classic maps with the updated controls and game engine. The game is fine. Yes, a lot of things from the originals are missing. My message to Tony Hawk and the game developers: ENOUGH WITH THE “REMAKES!” We just want Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 6 or Tony Hawk’s Underground 3. Do something new. We all know you have it in you.
The game is decent but could be so much better.I'm a player of all the older THPS games, both career and **** game could have had the maps of the older THPS games but with slightly more modern mechanics. It has a wallplant, but no caveman. It doesn't make much sense. The career could have been a thousand times better. This career mode is simply a classic mode, with no replayability. Once you've finished the career mode, there's no point in playing it again. If it had even had the old tasks that certain characters gave you, it would have been much more interesting. The online mode is very mediocre and offers practically no incentive, neither for solo play nor with friends. You can't watch anyone after the timer runs out; the game just keeps going, which takes away the excitement. Combo challenge? Is there really a game mode where the first person to reach that score wins? and the scores are very low, normally anyone can do it in 5 seconds, there are no game modes like slap, king of the hill, you can't even see other people's custom skaters, this game is very poorly executed
This game hurts me deeply on the Switch 1. I would actually normally give this game a solid 8 but i'm rating it a 3 because while the switch 1 version is decent, the lack of anything on cartridge is a huge deal breaker and needs to be fixed. All that is on cartridge without the update is the guide level and foundry. I will give this game an easy 8 and real review once atleast all of the singleplayer content is on here like in THPS 1 2 on Switch. Activision and developers, please stop treating cartridges like a joke. I'm so tired of these half download cartridges coming out and I feel like I've been fighting against these releases for 8 years now and no one has learned a thing. Unbelievable.
SummarySkate the original content rebuilt from the ground up joined by new skaters, parks, tricks, music, and more, including enhanced creation tools and New Game+ to keep the grind going. Skate through two challenge-filled tours in Career, chase high scores in Single Sessions and Speedruns, or take your time nailing tricks and exploring each p...