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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 for GameCube Videos >>
Summary I've now found one of my favorite games of all time. I was hesitant at first to buy THPS4 despite the rave reviews it was getting. Never really being a huge sports fan I couldn't see myself enjoying a skateboarding game, was I wrong. Thankfully I made the leap of faith and bought a used copy. Don't be frightened by the skating aspect of THPS 4, even if you sincerely despise sports games for consoles you will enjoy THPS 4. I don't even consider it a skating game, it's more like an adventure game with skating in it.Sound When I first listened to the sound track I thought that it could never top off the past THPS's, which I had loved. But the songs have the ability to grow on you. Within about 5 hours of playing the game I was in love with the songs. The play list is absolutely enormous (probably around 30-40 songs) and features popular bands which range any where from rap to metal. As usual sound effects are high quality and top notch.Gameplay Mindblowing. The developers have taken everything from the previous THPS's and improved on it. You are no longer limited to a time period and are allowed to explore the levels at your own pace. It now features a linear mission system where you can play each level for any amount of time and get missions from characters placed throughout the level.It doesn't matter if you have played every THPS from the past, this one offers a new experience like never before. They developers were relentless in adding a brain numbingly massive amount of gameplay elements and features. I would wager that THPS 4 has a near endless replayability factor. Each map is enormous (probably 3-4 times as big as any other level in the series) and has a total of 21 missions in them. There are nine maps (2 are bonus) which amounts as 189 missions!Expect unique scripted events in certain missions (I won't spoil it for anyone). Adding even more to the replayibility factor of the game are the hidden characters,tricks,gaps,and more. Very impressive work Neversoft, you have done it again. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By EL PARRoFrom California Review Date 05/31/2003 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary This game is awesome. I recommend it to anyone who can afford it, whether you like skateboarding or not. It uses seven blocks of memory.Sound The sound effects are o.k. There's nothing special about them, but the best thing about the sound is the music. The music is awesome. If nothing else, buy this game for the music. There is both rock and rap, so there will always be some music on here that you like. You can even turn off all of the songs that you don't like.Overall, this is an excellent game. I can't think of a single significant complaint about it. Even if you don't care about skateboarding, get it anyway. You won't regret it. Gameplay Gameplay has been improved somewhat. There are more tricks and the levels seem to be a little bigger than in THPS3. Not having a time limit until you start one of the goals is great, because it gives you a much higher level of freedom. You also don't have to beat the game with every single character. I just wish that there were more skaters to unlock. A four person multiplayer would also help.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This game is good for many different reasons. The first being that its on a new console, it has better graphics,it has more space for features like bigger levels. It really tops of the tony hawks games. I belive it won't be the last. This game is amazing.Sound The sound is great. Now it appeals to me because im a punk rock fan so im like this kind of music. To pop fans i dont think it would really appeal to them. There are R&B songs and rap. There are no really popular songs in terms of pop but on the rock side there are bands like Less Than Jake, Goldfingure etc. I think its the best sound track yet. There are over a hundred songs to choose from so there should be something for everyone. The voices that you hear the other skaters say are really ther voices.for example when mat hoffman shouts you over its really his voice.Gameplay he gameplay is very addictive but can become stressful at times so dont play on it for too long. I would recomend about 4-5 hours a day.(have plenty of breaks). The levels start of fairly easy and you can practice tricks because there is no time limit on the career mode. This element of freedom makes you fell like your actually skating.There are other skaters,BMX and bladrs all riding about with you which is one of the first things i noticed when i first played the game. There are lots of levels (two of them you have to buy) and they are massive. Now the levels are big and not just area wise but they are higher meaning you can go for example on alcatraz level that you can go about 4 floors up and jump to the bottom. The lines on each level are kool because now your combos will reach very high scores. The tasks on each level incluse thing like the collect skate from the old skool tony hawks games to new like photo shoots and help the prioners escape. You can also buy cheats,characters,levels and boards. On this game you have to earn your stat points by completeing tasks. You can make your own park and the create a skater mode is on this as well. Each career is differnt in that some of the tasks change.I recomend this game to anyone.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Im tired of the same game alreadySound The sound is not as good as THPS1 and 2, but better than THPS3. Effects are ok as well.All in all, this game is fun for about 2 days then you just want to trade it in and get Evolution Skateboarding after you will say EVO Skate sucks. So if you are going to buy it just stick with it and after a week you would possibly want to play it again. If I was you I would only rent this game. Go out and buy Kelly Slaters Pro Surfer or Velocity X. You will thank me later that I reviewed this game. Gameplay A REMAKE OF THPS3 but with better levels and more of a trick system. If you like the 3rd title for the series then you might want to buy it. I personaly think Kelly Slaters Pro Surfer is better but, in the skate department this game rocks! I have only one problem with this title. LASTABILITY!!!! You will get bored of skating around and doing tricks, and eventually you will just throw the game case down because it is so so so so BORING... Its the same as THPS3.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Nintymad Nintymad (again!)From England! Review Date 04/14/2003 Overall Rating  4 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Now, you might think this: Oh, it's another boring Tony Hawks game, lets all go and buy it, who-who! But, despite all of that, this is one rad game! From the new tricks, to the new soundtracks. This game has everything that you can shake a stick at for a skating game. All of your fave skaters from numbers 1, 2, &3 are back: Tony Hawk, Bam Margera, Bob Burnquist, Steve Caballero, Rodney Mullen, and others, with all of the skater's companies: Birdhouse, DC, Etnies, and many more. The skaters have all of their specials, and they have their unique skating style. Activision O2 really have done a great job!Sound The new sounstracks are better than ever. The like's of AC/DC, System of a Down, Muskarade, Iron Maiden, Niggaz With Attitude, and much more great sounds to bump and grind with!Gameplay The gameplay is a new style from other Hawk games. Remember when you had to do loads of goals on just about 2 minutes a run? Well now, you don't have to. In every level, which includes the Death Row prison called Alcatraz, you get 21 goals buy pressing Y to talk to locals and other skaters. There's two secret levels to buy for 9,000 bucks, and four skaters to buy also. There's loads of other cool stuff like movies, cheats, and tricks that you can purchase as well.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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