Tony Hawk's Project 8 Comments by John Walker

Better than GoW then?

/coat

No mention of the reported framerate problems then?

Too many games too little money. Euromillion jackpot needed to fund gaming habit.

It would be cheaper to be on the white stuff..

What is the deal with all these reports of some people having framerate issues on next-gen games and others saying it never happens? I mean on the previous gen a game either had framerate problems or it didn't. Is it just to do with what resolution you run at or whether its widescreen or not?

Awesome! Too much money to spend! :(

Is this game any good for a somebody new to the franchise, and or with no knowledge of skate boarding etc.

I've tried the demos of almost all the games in the series (including this one) but never really worked out what was supposed to grab you. Everybody always raves about them so I assume I must be missing something. I have no idea what any of the move names mean, no idea what you are supposed to be trying to do, and none of the games seem to have any kind of tutorial that leads you into the game.

godddamn you Xbox 360 what is with all these good games coming out at once

What is the deal with all these reports of some people having framerate issues on next-gen games and others saying it never happens?

That puzzles me as well as I've never really experienced it on my 360. Could it be down to the resolution you play it at? I play all my games at 720p.

Brilliant use of Captions

I might wait for a reader's average on this one... the general review consensus I got was... 'almost - but not quite.'

Yay! I knew this would be great from the demo :o)

It's your typical November get used to it. :)

Sounds like a return to form just as well then because EA is planning to start a lil competition with their new Skate game.

Have you tried the PS3 version yet? From what I hear it's the laziest of lazy ports:-(

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KG

i havent played a hawk game since underground 1 because they are too easy once you've nailed the skate model and each far too similar, but i feel weirdly 'pulled' to try this one, maybe its cos i havent played a new one for so long.

Best in the series? After letting the perfection of Hawks 3 take over my life for months, that's a claim I'd love to find correct. Bring it!

I can't speak for John directly, but I suspect he ran it on a SDTV, which may account for why he didn't experience frame rate issues.

@ Santino
Agreed.... I think i'll buy this when i get paid next Friday
AND Dustin Dollin is in it =D

Help me. I have a voucher for Gamestation. Just one. Hawks or Gears?

I have F.E.A.R. on the go too.

Enough is never enough.

too much is never enough!

"It would be cheaper to be on the white stuff.."

http://www.thisisnotmy.co.uk/images/sher...

Yum yum yum!

The series just went downhill after 3 or maybe 4. Reading this review has got me interested again... cmon' euromillions!

Tonights winning numbers will be 1,2,3,4,5-6,7

I picked up this and GoW yesterday - love both. GoW I'm intent on going thru co-op (which is fantastic by the way) so this gets played during the day while I wait for my girlfriend and/or mates to get back from work. :D
I played the first 3 THPS religously - yet as with many others my interest dwindled from 4 onwards. I still got them in the hope they'd recapture the "old magic" but they never really did. This is a real return to form - focussing on what it's all about - when feet meet a bit of wood on wheels. The focus is back on the board - quite literally with the very cool (and not really at all gimmicky) nail-the-trick mode.
For the first time since 3 it looks and plays far better than the previous installments. As the review so eloquently put's it - "It's skateboard porn."

BTW - I'm running it at 720P - haven't noticed any framerate issues yet.

@effinjamie

Apparantly its the PS3 version which has the framerate problems, according to other sites.

Any differences between the 360 and PS2 versions?

I could be wrong here, but I think that the VGA input is more prone to framerate issues that Compnent is as is playing on 1080 as opposed to 720.

Also, playing it on a PS3 gives you a much worse framerate (according to the reviews) and no online play. TH3 R3AL N3XT G3N!

Anyhoo: am I the only person who likes framerates around 25? I've got this thingy on my Philips TV that smooths out framerate and, when watching a movie, it looks plain wrong. It's like watching some sickly glossy american sitcom.

Framerate issues are most prevalent on the PS3. The 360 version is fine for the most part.

P.S. Got GOW yesterday and as a die-hard shooter fan I can say...

..that the 8 is about right. Perhaps even generous. It looks amazing, granted, but popping in and out of cover wears a bit thin after a while. It feels almost like a shooting gallery at the fair rather than an absorbing firefight. Enemy AI is a joke compared to FEAR and Halo and yes, all the macho marine stuff wears a bit thin after a while. The controls feel a bit off too: using the green buttin for dashing to cover is a good idea but often you stick to the wrong damn surface: just pushing in the right direction would've been nice insead of the 'auto-cover' that's implememted. I've also had trouble connecting to online games, but I've not tried it yet today. Hopefuly a few more Brits online will resolve that issue. Looking forward to a bit of co-op though.

My personal rank order of recent shooters (offline): FEAR, COD3, GOW. I'm guessing, based on the demo, that R63 will squeeze in between FEAR and COD3.

Either way, 4 cool new shooters can't be bad! Way to go 360:)

Wow an extra GoW review for free... :S Thanks I think.

nowt odd about Jason Lee being in the game, he were a right good skater back in the day

@Rambaldi

Cheers, That's alot of help and I'm reading loads of similar things from other players. Hawks today then and trade in F.E.A.R. for GoW when I finish it (not really playing multi).

Although I do tend to change my mind every ten minutes.

And am I the only one who doesn't play on Live at all? I have Gold but never really got into playing with people I don't know. Maybe I had too many bad experiences with mad foreigners during my first games of Halo 2...

Ceatlan - I'd say yes. A friend of mine who'd not played the previous games was immediately grinding and leaping about. Certainly familiarity with the franchise means it's all instinctive, but for Dew Mode, but this is completely accessible.

"glistening" is quite a stretch for us, non-native speakers, i'll admit that

Any differences between the 360 and PS2 versions?

From what I've read, the game is split into levels rather than one big one, the fancy new trick thing is made easier as it prompts you when to kick and there's no online.

It's region-free, so all you non-pikey PAL dudes wanting a cheap copy can get one for around £23 from here, when they get some stock in. Cheap FEAR as well :)

Wasn't that impressed with the demo (technically), though the skateboard action felt decent. I like the dynamics of these games but i'm NOT into the culture/lingo/image so I don't buy all that hypey-stuff.

As a game though the demo was fun, as skateboard games usually are.

However, it wasn't overly impressive compared to previous skateboard games so maybe a buy when on budget (or rental).

And PS3 version is inferior, go figure, like we didn't warn everyone this would happen! Hopefully by the time the PS3 is in plentiful supply, the game reviews for it will have saved some players ££££ of wasted cash.

Oi, no 360 vs PS3 fights in MY comments threads!

Because obviously the Wii will be best.

Ive played the US import for awhile on my PAL 360 @ 1080i res. have not experienced any framerate issues.

Your headings are of a song i hate. But it does suit skateboarding of which i also hate.

MEH!

I want this game so bad. The review perfectly reflects how I felt after playing the demo.

The 360 has some seriously good games available right now.

Tony Hawk.
Again.
Every time I get one of these... I end up playing 8 hour or more straight for 3-4 days. Then I put down the pad, grab my skate, crash my sorry butt somewhere, and then I come back at home bruised and satisfied. And then the Tony Hawk game is put away somewhere, never to be touched again.
So, what I'm going to do. Oh, f**k
/me places order.

Another Kari fan \o/

Still fondly remember the episode where she gets covered in silver paint from head to toe.

/dreams

got to admit I'm lovin it so far, I know i'm nay a regular as some people here but I posted a pretty scathing review of THAW in that reviews comments, I basically returned it the next morning, I hated it.


This is back to the good stuff, I'm only an hour in but so far very very good.

Anyone fancy a game online add me : Goatmaster12

Better than.... Well better than most 360 games frankly!

My first proper skateboard was one of Jason Lee's vision decks :)
Well first pro deck anyway, first real one was that green face epic(?) one.

/googles to see if he can find it

For gods sake. My list was full for the next two months... I already had games that were going to have to wait untill after christmas, and now this Viva Pinata and FEAR are trying to gatecrash their way into my 'must buy' list. How the hell am I expected to get through these games before Lost Planet, etc arrive early next year? It's a problem, but a good problem I suppose. Here was me moaning about the desolate summer period of gaming on my 360, now I'd give anything for a couple of quiet months, so I can get back on track.

Anyway, back on topic, I only played the first three Tony Hawks games, and have never really had the urge to return to the series, but after reading the review it sounds like its definately worth a look.

This one might bring me back to the series I abandoned after TH:PS4. Couldn't care for Wasteland, but this looks pretty interesting :)

So much games, so little time, so little money. What a shame!

cracking game love it I do love it

Skate boarding games suck ass. Period.

Well I've got GOW and this (and COD3 but lets forget that). I have a feeling when i get home I'll be ejecting GOW... hum