Tony Hawks Pro Skater 5 - Flop Or Not?

Redgabester Universe
Dec 6, 2015
2 min read

In late September, 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5' was released. This is the fifth installment to a popular gaming series. Other notable 'Tony Hawk' games include; 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1-4' , 'Tony Hawk Underground 1 & 2' and 'Tony Hawk's Project 8'. All games mentioned were released by 'Neversoft' and were judged as amazing predessesors to 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5', 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2' is currently judged as the second best game ever created (according to MetaCritic) and 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3' is judged as the 12th best game of all time.

'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5' (THPS5) is frowned upon by most critics and I was not fond of the game until I heard news of a patch more than double the size of the original (Day One) game. This patch was released in very late October and I believe that it 'saved the game'. It fixed the majority of 'bugs' and 'glitches' and added two new levels (which I believe to be the best in the game) and five new characters (depending on how you judge these characters).

The new characters are all of the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Tu

rtles' and 'Tyler The Creator' (rapper), while the new levels are judged as the best levels in the game, and include a 'Wild West' level and an 'Underground/Subway' level.

Pro Skater 5 1.03 Patch Notes:

Content

Additional levels have been added (Underground, Wild West)
Additional character campaigns have been added (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tyler the Creator)
Lighting and visuals have been improved for several levels
Ability to regain Special Meter during a single combo has been added
Per-Mission Leaderboards have been added
Added option to "Return to Freeskate" while in a Mission or Mode
Added option to "Return to Freeskate" while search for the other player for Co-op Missions or Modes
Tutorial has been updated
Many Pro Skaters' Textures have been updated
Several Pro Skaters have recived Sponsor update
Create-a-Park Levels have been updated
Increased the total number of Stat points a Campaign can earn from 128 to 150

Gameplay

Several gameplay mechanics within the levels have been updated
Grinds were updated in several of the levels

Networking

The User Generated Content Rating System has been updated
Added Likes/Dislikes to the User Generated Levels
New Challenge UI Flow for matching during FreeSkate has been added
Leaderboard functionality was updated
Several multiplayer modes have been added and updated
Modes added include "Daily Grind," "Skate Hoarding" and "Manual Mayhem"

More options for user preference have been added including:
Double tapping grind button to activate slam
Opt in/out of Global Voice Chat
Several UI audio effects have been added
Misc - minor UI fixes and improvements have been made

Overall, I believe that this amazing patch saved the game and it feels much more natural and less buggy than it was on day one. I never highly praised 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5' until this patch was released. I would now rate the game an eight out of ten - which is much higher than my previous score of four out of ten - and all because of one patch!

Check out our other posts if you enjoyed our 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 Review'! Maybe even subscribe to our newsletter or channel for more epic content!