


Whereas player had it easy racking up points by grabbing the edge of a ramp and switching positions on later versions, this is not the case here. The game-play is tougher and more down-to-earth. The controls are a pain to negotiate with when trying to turn the skater around, when in subsequent games the skater navigate around off their board (leading to farfetched level goals), and there are far less tricks on offer.īut despite it supposed sparseness it doesn’t take long for this bygone PSone title to grow on you again. There’s only a handful of accompanying songs. The draw-in distance is horrible half the level draws itself in front of your eyes and trying to locate the good half-pipes is a mere memory game. It isn’t hard to notice how the franchise has since moved on.

It’s appeared on every format made since ollie-ing into the PlayStation park in 1999, and when each game is designed to be built better than the last, playing this eight-year old title is like skating backwards into a time machine. Tony Hawk’s is probably one of the most ubiquitous franchises of the last decade. "Tony Hawk’s is probably one of the most ubiquitous franchises of the last decade. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PlayStation) review
