![]() ![]() I can't help but wonder what the developers were thinking and if they eventually got to a point where they just stopped trying. The graphics are terrible, the controls feel like I'm riding in my grandmother’s wheelchair, and the replay value is pretty much nonexistent in the rehashed game modes and challenges from yesteryear. My initial reaction was a mixture of shock, disappointment, and confusion - sprinkled with a dash of anger and regret for my fellow gamers that waited so long for this title to launch, just to flush their $60 down the drain. I’ve played every single extreme sports title that drew on the name of the man that revolutionized skateboarding and I’ve never been disappointed by any offering within the series, until now. I fully immersed myself into video gaming culture following the endless hours of gameplay spent shredding up the streets of Pro Skater’s Chicago and the forbidden grounds Roswell’s. Pro Skater absolutely changed the way I viewed video games as a whole and was essentially the spark that led to my eventual position as a reviewer. I’ve been a huge fan of the franchise since the initial title debuted on the Nintendo 64 back in the spring of 2000. That’s exactly how Pro Skater 5 made me feel, and I can’t help but think Activision doesn’t care one way or another. Instead of finding the shades of your youth in awkward pictures and weathered old mementos, you find a large pile of dog poop, perfectly centered in the box as if someone wanted you to find it this way. Imagine heading back to your folks' house, years after you’ve moved out and made something of yourself, to stumble upon an old box in the basement with your name scribbled in capital letters and the words “childhood memories” etched in equally terrible hand-writing just below that. There’s a perfectly reasonable explanation behind why Activision neglected to provide review copies of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 to any major press outlets, because the game is straight up awful. ![]()
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