http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/20/tony-hawk-we-are-working-on-a-new-game#

So a new Tony Hawk game is in development. Little is known about it yet, but I hope Activision is gonna go back to the roots of the franchise. I think it's time to "reboot" the franchise, take out all the bullshit that made the later games in the franchise straight up bad (they'll never try to sell that skateboard controller again at least!).

Even though I, like everyone else, got tired of the franchise after Activision milked it dry, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is still easily on my top 5 favourite games of all time. So here's hoping!

Wait..... I've heard this before. To me Tony Hawk 3 is the greatest game of all time, I was so excited for Tony Hawk HD but it just turned out to be a turd.

If they do it right with the sort of madness of Tony Hawk 3 with the 2:00 time limit again and the move set from Tony Hawk 4 (which I think was the last one before the extra moves became a hinderence) we could have something special. I have very low hopes though.

It's been long enough that I could see it actually being good. Of course with the track record you absolutely have to wait for reviews. That second game that uses the peripheral was apparently good, so I can see the THPS HD guys making a good game on their second try as well.

THPS HD wasn't horrible but it also didn't feel like a pro skater game either. That is what they didn't nail was just the "feel" of the characters. Its hard to really describe but the ones in THPS HD felt "stiff"

10 MORE YEARS, 10 MORE YEARS!

I really loved the first two Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games.

That said, the franchise has about 0 credibility with me in 2014. But man, those first two games were something. They date that era for me.

You didn't like Tony Hawk 3? That's the best one, man! Just ask Jeff.

It was fine and it's probably the smoothest playing, but I was kind of put off by the escalation of the absurdities in it. It had its moments before (grinding a helicopter!) but that was the game where I felt it took a hard left into crazy town. My favorite levels were School 2 and city areas. Skating around an empty warehouse, an empty hangar, cool. Skating around an active foundry? In hindsight I guess the maps were really important; my best memories are not of skaters or tricks, but certain areas on the maps.

The Skate games had me interested, but I found how they control to be no fun at all.

Another problem with THPS HD is that the course selection had some clunkers. Tony Hawk may be the only human on Earth that actually wanted Downhill Jam in the game.

Frankly, I'm surprised that Activision isn't just sitting on the license until it expires. They're wringing blood from stones at this point.

YAAAAAAY! THPS4 was pretty much one of my favourite games when I was younger. Hopefully they won't fuck it up like they've been doing for the past while

I would agree with you, if they actually included multiplayer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would love to play next-gen Tony Hawk game. Unfortunately, I'm not sure where they could really go with the setting anymore. It'd be pretty awesome if they could connect a mini-model of Dragon Age's type of setting. Just have a bunch of amazing trees, and mountains setting that connects over to Philly and L.A. You could skate over giant dragons and teleport over griffons in the sky. Huge rails skate over dragon skeletons..

Cuz really, if all they do is Airport III, or some shit. That shit better be the best damn remake Airport level remake ever. Real world settings would really have to be just epic, enough to have people not care that its the same type of game again. No create a trick, no level creator, maybe get off the board I guess. Next-gen only.

Neversoft isn't gonna do it, huh?..

I wonder how many people there are like me who loved THPS 4 a little more than 3. I mean 3 is fucking great, but I think the removal of the timer was a great addition and I loved the larger maps. They weren't quite as good as the maps in 3, but they were still a lot of fun to explore. Also spine transfers and flattening out in midair allowed for some pretty ridiculously endless combos. and recovery from stupid mistakes.

I liked playing Big Head Survival in THPSHD and then scaring the everliving daylights out of one of my friends by going backwards through Mall with my 80-something percent head.

Also the only games in the Tony Hawk series I have actually played were the PSP version of Project 8 and HD, and I thought both of them were pretty okay, so I'm sure my opinion means nothing here. But I guess I would be down for trying another Tony Hawk whatever.

@mikkaq: I really really enjoyed 4. For a long time I considered it better than 3. Eventually, going back and playing them both I think 3 is the better game. Unfortunately THPS4 is the only game I've ever owned that had the disc become no longer readable. And then they both got stolen.

Basically I think Airport and Los Angeles are the best levels in the series and the timer forces you into picking a goal ahead of time and planning a perfect run. The larger levels and lack of time restrictions resulted in runs that weren't nearly as epic because they were planned on the fly and had less pressure.

Do people even skateboard anymore?

THUG 3: The return of Eric Sparrow

THUG was awesome. The skateboard controller wasn't that bad, you just have to be drunk with friends to enjoy it

When skateboarding games are done right they're the most fun video games that money can buy.

AWESOME, I am ready

I was in love with this series up until the Underground games at which point I felt like they starting losing it. I even at one point almost had the world record on Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3, which is just how much I played that game. I thought I would have been totally in love with the HD game, which I ended up not being. That game felt totally off and was a huge letdown for me.

I would love it if they could capture the FEEL of the old games in a new game. All they have to do is make it play the same and I would be totally down for whatever else they throw in to it.

loved ye old tony hawk and really liked skate but I feel the sun has set for me on this genre.

ehhh but that's probably just my feelings. I'm sure if I actually played a sweet skateboarder it'd be fun.

no Vita so haven't tried Ollie Ollie but everyone says it is the new Hawkx.

I would totally play a new Tony Hawk game.

In my circles there's a pretty solid trend. People either played tons of 1 and 2 and consider 2 the best or they played tons of 2 and 3 and consider 3 the best. I think 1,2 or 3 could be fairly argued into any G.O.A.T. argument.

Little faith, high hopes. I'm not convinced we're going to see any meaningful innovation or iteration to how they control, and I feel like that was a big part of what made these games (Tony Hawk, 1080, Wave Race, etc.) so incredible.

its probably just for people who played the old games based on this thread, that is who seems excited about this.
i recently played tony hawk hd, which was pretty garbage but it hit some nostalgia spots.
i would play another good tony hawk

i used to love the old tony hawk games, i totally forgot about them! this would be a lot of fun

It's been 10 years since it was last popular. It's due for its 4th comeback.

it's a mobile exclusive game lol

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/451376/new-tony-hawk-game-is-for-mobile-devices/

@bigjeffrey: That Tony Hawk game on the N-Gage was surprisingly good, but oh boy.

"cue fart noises"

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Never mind then! Just fucking.. Never mind.. Egh.

I still pop THPS2X into the 360 every now and then and fuck around at school 2. One of my favorite games growing up and always good to go back to, shame the new game is only going to be on mobile, though.

My favorite Tony Hawk game was definitely THUG, I got it for the gamecube and I was INSANELY good at it. At the time I could get a 4 million point combo easily, and man I just loved skating around and messing things up in that game. Not to mention you could create your own parks that resemble the older games... Man that game was great.

Well shit.

Edit: And yes, that Tony Hawk HD game was garbage. What a waste of money.

Goddamnit.

You had one chance, Activision. One fucking chance

Actually, how many chances have they given Tony Hawk? Because at this point any resurrection of that license is like reanimating a corpse.

They do, but it no longer automatically makes you "cool" anymore.

And thank god for that. I used to skate, but those kids in high school were complete assholes, and I didn't hang out with them.