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Tony Hawk's Project 8 Comments by John Walker

17 November, 2006

Sick. Er, the good way.

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Penguinzoot
17/11/06 @ 10:54
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THPS3 was the highpoint in the series for me, but I may be tempted to give this one a look. Problem is, there are too many great games around at the moment, and not enough money :-(. After GOW, FEAR, SC:DA. And still R6:Vegas and Viva Pin(with the quiggly thing)ata to come!

Argh! Curse you Microsoft! Why couldn't these be spread out over the summer!

/shakes fist

mingster
17/11/06 @ 11:05
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so better than the PS3 version then
Santino
17/11/06 @ 11:11
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much better than the PS3 version obviously, frame rate is all important especially in a game like this
Eighthours
17/11/06 @ 11:16
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What happened to EG's uber-strict scoring policy they keep telling us about? ;)

Nah, I do really rate this game. Not as good as GOW though, in my opinion.
Zuiyo
17/11/06 @ 11:27
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"Skate boarding games suck ass. Period."

Then endure in the noble practice of removing crabs from your balls. After all, that's a fine sport you might be quite good at after having spent all your life training.
Santino
17/11/06 @ 11:28
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Zuiyo
i would like to applaud you for the greatest posted comment in the history of the universe! haha
jimbob101
17/11/06 @ 11:31
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Why no screenshots of 'Glistening Dew mode' to go the review? Very odd.

Just got Skateland on the DS from swapgame, very impressed by the graphics. Can I have 2X on it please!

My THPS history.

THPS Demo that came with girlfirend's PS (Probably my most played demo)
THPS (PS)
THPS 2 (PS) on launch
THPS 3 (PS) on launch (Draw distance of about 5 meters but still manged about 90% complete)
THPS 3 (GC) 2003
THPS 2X (XB) earlier this year

Der_tolle_Emil
17/11/06 @ 11:34
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Finally! A good game that I am not interested at all. There would not be that strong feeling of saving money if it was crap anyway.
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bonker
17/11/06 @ 11:42
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Blimey, another stormer for the 360 - looks like MS's plan (I assume) of nuking the PS3's November launch with a ton of top quality games is coming together nicely ...

Who needs GOW or H3?!
Sky Blue Sam
17/11/06 @ 11:51
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And oddly, Jason Lee is a major character, involved in acquiring you sponsorship, and alerting you to new competitions appearing around the town.

Why is that odd?

He was a pretty highly rated pro-skater before he turned to acting.
spongebob
17/11/06 @ 13:12
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But how's it on the old Xbox? (Which is what I have. And I don't have the money to buy X360 right now.)
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Vin
17/11/06 @ 13:17
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Holy shitballs.

SOLD.
crazyhorse174
17/11/06 @ 14:10
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Did I read something about "nailing a Dew" in that review...?

Thank God there was a D in there...
pjmaybe
17/11/06 @ 15:08
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Not one mention of slowdown?

Not one?

Peej
krudster [mod]
17/11/06 @ 15:50
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Presumably, Peej, because he didn't experience any.
pjmaybe
17/11/06 @ 15:52
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"Presumably, Peej, because he didn't experience any."

Perhaps some sort of hint to what setups were used to test games might be in order then? No?

Peej
botherer
17/11/06 @ 15:52
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I had no idea Jason Lee was a pro skater. No! My uncoolness revealed!

Erm, quick, er, I'm going to do a kick-flip into manual and then pop shove-it! Phew, coolness restored.

Thank goodness I removed the tasteless "Nail Kari" joke.
spongebob
17/11/06 @ 16:55
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Seriously, is this game ok on the older generation consoles?
Les
17/11/06 @ 16:55
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Wow, this game gets bashed everywhere. One of the few times EG rates a game higher than Americans do...
Pho-Zoon
17/11/06 @ 17:02
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To be perfectly honest, I thought that review was pretty badly written.
bloodflowers
17/11/06 @ 17:22
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I used to play the old games quite a bit - found the demo controls to be nearly impenetrable now! Spent most of my time doing a single trick, poorly, and falling off a lot. Like riding a 5 bikes at once.

As for people who can/can't see frame rate issues - I'd kind of expect 720P to be the smoothest as there's no scaling involved. On the other hand, I thought there was a dedicated scaler so this shouldn't happen. So, I talked to my friends. Ones with SDTVs, like me. Some claim certain games are smooth, and I know they aren't. It's all down to perception in the end, I think. Some people are dumb as rocks, visually.
titaniumapple
17/11/06 @ 17:39
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WHERE ARE THE 'CREATE A...' MODES??????!!!!!!!!!!!!





I WANT TO BUILD MY OWN SKATEPARK GODDAMMIT!!


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botherer
17/11/06 @ 17:45
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Oh, you can reshuffle loads of the areas when you see a floaty hammer. It lets you design your own parks, etc. It's just a bit boring, so I didn't mention it.
JackB
17/11/06 @ 18:05
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Do people actually make a purchasing decision based upon Eurogamer reviews? I feel sorry for those that do, but then again it's like gaming Darwinism. Anybody dumb enough to believe Tony Hawk is a better product than Gears of War and Resistance deserves what they get.

This is the only European review site I visit. Are there any other decent choices?
Escape
17/11/06 @ 18:44
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"The Live aspect is less overwhelming, offering mini-games, rather than my mad desire for Test Drive Unlimited on skateboards."

Mad reads obvious to me.
Did you know Jason Lee is a long-time Scientologist?

krudster: what with the Double Agent disgruntlement, is there no chance of using a uniform 360 review setup?
Suppose the SDTV thing is because John's freelance?

Why don't tags work by the way?
krudster [mod]
17/11/06 @ 19:34
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We'll try and offer transparancy with review set-ups, and test games on both SDTVs and HDTVs where possible, but you can only go so far. We don't do this in a lab, thank goodness.
Les
17/11/06 @ 20:37
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"Better than GoW then?"

Would have been amazed if it had turned out to be worse...
ali-uk
18/11/06 @ 04:23
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I'm really digging this installment. Feels kinda 'new', but also reminds me of THPS3/4 (level design is pretty damn good this time around). Characters all look good, mocapped tricks are pretty nice, and the game is genuinely challenging to do - at least on the sick level. It bodes well, as long as they add in a Create a park and make the Create skater not suck.

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