Tony Hawk’s Project 8 review video
Tony rides again in a totally redesigned next-gen Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game from Activision. Tony Hawk’s Project 8 challenges players to experience the intensity and pressure of skating against some of the world’s top pros in true to life competitions as they aim to become the #1 skater. With an entirely new gameplay engine, the trick-based gameplay features amazing, detailed character animations that react realistically on and off their boards, a new physics system, an innovative bail mode and the ability to move ramps and rails throughout the city.
Beautiful graphics and some excellent new features make for one thrilling day at the skate-park. Find out more in this Tony Hawk’s Project 8 video review.
Tony Hawk’s Project 8 features are:
* Most Unique, Robust and Realistic Skateboarding Game Experience Yet — Tony Hawk’s Project 8 offers more goals, side-missions and secret areas than any other Tony Hawk game. Track your stats with new in-game record keeping or just skate how you want to skate.
* Innovative, Never-Before-Seen Gameplay Elements — The new bail mode allows players to control the body of the skater during falls to minimize or maximize damage for fun. Trick through photo shoot locations by watching yourself skate through a picture in picture to get the best looking shot while on your way to #1 pro skater status. Do it all in a massive living city full of interactive pedestrians featuring all new AI.
* Enhanced Physics and Responsive Controls — The new physics systems allow for a greater sense of momentum and gravity. Players will want to seek out bigger ramps to gain enough speed to perform bigger air tricks and get to secret areas.
* Next Generation Gameplay Brings Skateboarding to Life — This game is built from the ground up with an entirely new engine for next-generation consoles and features the most advanced graphics ever for a Tony Hawk game, including full 3D body scans of pro athletes and motion captured skateboard tricks.
To quote the video review: “Despite the addition of nail-a-trick, you’ll still find Project 8 to be the same old combo-heavy bliss you’ve come to know and love. You can jump right in and play, but eventually you’re going to want to spend the time mastering its new features.
It’s hard, and sometimes foolish, to reinvent the wheel. Instead, it’s sometimes smarter to make small, incremental steps towards your goal. Neversoft has gone a little beyond that with the brand new nail a trick feature, but it’s also remembered what has made the Tony Hawk series such a success in the past. A lot of the fluff that has plagued the series for the last couple years has been stripped away, revealing a game that fast, furious, and focused almost 100 percent on the play experience. The whopping 56 songs in the soundtrack are just the icing on the cake for a game that will hopelessly addict all kinds of players, regardless of how much of it they hope to complete.”
Story — 7.8
Design — 9.0
Gameplay — 8.6
Overall — 8.8
