I have a long history with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Franchise. My cousin brought a copy of the first Tony Hawk game for our grandparents for his playstation and thanksgiving 1999, I could not save money to buy a PS1 fast. From there, I noticed Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and its direct sequel. I continued to play the series through sports such as American Westland, Project 8, and Proving Ground, but those first four games and underground have always been my favorite.
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This is why when Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 came in 2020, I was removed from the quality of the remake and his ability to feel the games that I had given me two decades ago. In my review of that game, I mentioned that the franchise finally felt that it had a bright future once again, but I never imagined that it would take five years to see that possible manifest. When the long -awaited Tony Hawk’s 3 + 4 was announced, I could not wait to get my hand on him. Thankfully, I had a chance this week, because activities and Iron Galaxy invited me to spend hours to play the upcoming Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4.
Inheritance
Inheritance
After the release of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, reports were revealed that the remake of the third and fourth entries was canceled after merging into the icy storm of developer Wichius Vision. Although it was felt that these remakes would never see daylight, earlier this year, the activities announced that it was finally happening with the killer Instinct and Divic Developer Iron Galaxy Studio.
Iron Galaxy, which first crashed bandicoot n. Sen Trilogy and Spiro worked with activities as a support studio on the Remissor Collection like Crash Bandicut, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater plays the lead role in this collaboration with the publisher. Design manager Mike Rossi says, “We clearly won over him that we said what we can do, what we pitched them, and what we wanted to bring to the franchise.” “I was just as amazing when it seemed, like, ‘Oh, so close. Can we get it?” Therefore, I am very pump to be able to bring it out. ,
Once when it was officially making Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, Iron Galaxy started considering how it wanted to make the heirs for the excellent remake of strange philosophy. “1 and 2F — ING stripped it naked; they set the bar,” Rossi says. “Clearly, it was a bit intimidating, to be honest. It was definitely something, ‘Well, we have the foundation that is really solid, so we need to take it, hit it, hit it and cross it.’ So, looking at that and franchise as a whole, I think it is appropriate to say that it is a major place of gaming franchisees.
In particular, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 is praised as one of the greatest sports ever. In that third mainline entry, there are 97 out of 100 agarigate scores on Metacritic (including 9.75 out of 10. Sports information), Tie it for the fourth highest-rated game of all time among other iconic titles like Breath of the Wilde, the Red Dead Redemption, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wilde, and Super Mario Galaxy. Meanwhile, there is no slutch in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4, holding 94 out of 100 on Metacritic (including 9.25 out of 10, including 9.25 Sports information), Alden Ring: Shadow of the Erdri, Batman: Arakham City, and Metroid Prime to tie it with such titles.
Switching trend
Switching trend
The team felt pressure to preserve and honor that heritage. Therefore, when it decided to make adjustments-it was a minute detail in the current park or the fundamental change of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4’s Career Mode of Tony Hawk, to follow the format of the two-minute session of the pre-three game-was carefully admitted to what was the best for the overall product for both new and returning players.
“We saw 1 + 2 and thought that it was really well captured and thought it was a good representation of both of them,” Rossi says. “We looked at 3, and it was clearly considered a very high title in the franchise. So it was, ‘Let’s see 4. It is quite different, but in its essence, it is?’ Here our goal is to create the last package of 3 and 4, so we felt more felt towards 3 formats, as 4 did 4, there was a better representation for a harmonious package that we were making. “
When I drill in the decision to make changes in both sports, Rossi admitted that when the team made a call to change something was always concerned. Nevertheless, he says that the team’s decisions benefited the title as they are present in this upcoming package.
From my hands sessions, most changes are smaller in scope, such as an additional rail to open a new line, or improving beneficial quality-life, such as the ability to combo with skitch, where the skaters catch to achieve additional speed on the back of a vehicle, or to get adaptation time for sessions. And after spending more than 90 minutes on the 4 side of Tony Hawk of this package, I appreciate harmony and convenience equality that this package brings thanks to the format change.
Getting on board
Getting on board
Outside that fundamental change in the fourth game, the most important additional players will notice when they fire Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 + 4, this July will have the first new THPS park in more than a decade. I suspected when I was first loaded in Waterpark; Finally, copying the design conferences while trying to re-create the magic of parks from the original games could easily make them feel like a cheap knock-off map. However, after playing several sessions of this new level, I was impressed by how easily you could assure me how it was a hidden level from the original ThPS 4 that I never got.
“The big thing that I told to the level design team was that it needed to feel that it was left on the cutting-room floor, as the activity gave us some old hard drives from 4 and we got this unfinished waterpark level, and we brought it to modern standards,” Rosie says. “This was always the mantra: Does it feel that it can fit in the original game?”
My hands stood the most for me during the session: Tony Hawk’s Spirit Spirit Spirit Spirit and Early in the early 00s since the late 90s. Whether I was knocking a foreman in water on the foundry, cleaning the branches from the powerline in the suburb, or destroying the high-score goals on the Alkatraz, once I was closely connected with, ‘Heidade flooded for me.
Although I was initially rusted, it soon sank on me how to learn to skate in a thPS game, it’s quite fun like riding a bike. After some quick sessions to regain my bearings, I returned to my top form when I put dozens of hours in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 in 2020. In this package it is great to see the entire skater lineup with that exemplary remake returns, many additional faces also fill the roster. It is also not a count of strong character building and adaptation options that also return to 3 + 4.
Immediate crowds that come from closing a line in THPS, with on-fly planning, rapid improvise, and a light-stagnant calculus of risk and reward, actually join something special. When you are actually in the thick of the great session, it is not impossible to remember this series that this series once you drop into a halfpipe every time or fall from one rail to another.
The announcement of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 did not encourage me in most other game announcements in 2025. However, after re -starting these glory with old digital friends like Tony Hawk, Baki Lacek, Bob Bernquist and Roster, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, it has become one of my most anticipated games of 2025, after resumping these glory days with old digital friends.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch and PC on 11 July, on July 11, this summer comes before release on Switch 2 on Switch 2. In addition to local multiplayer, future skates can expect eight-khiladi online with crossplays in all seven platforms, as well as cross-platform sharing of Creates-A-Park works.
