Tonk Hawk is a legendary skateboarder so it only makes sense that he has a legendary series of video games, right?
In 1999,Tony Hawk’s Pro Skaterwas released for the original PlayStation and it introduced fans to the extreme sports genre, and for players such as myself that had no clue whatsoever about skateboarding, it made us feel badass as we pulled off Hawk’s iconic 900 manoeuvre.
Take a look at some gameplay in action below.
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2would be met with widespread critical acclaim across all available platforms and would even earn ascore of 90 on Metacriticreceiving the ‘Must-Play’ accolade. What’s more, fans on Reddit have been sharing their love for this awesome collection of remakes.
“In retrospect, what’s the best remake we’ve gotten so far?THPS 1+2is the clear winner for me,”said RDDAMAN819, opening up the discussion on the thread. “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2is my favourite as well. It’s the best I’ve played, and I’ve played it a ton,” said a reminiscing TiredReader87. “THPS 1+2probably wins it for me,” agreed ElMaridoDeNanner.
Of course, there were many other fantastic remakes that the Reddit thread spoke of, such asResident Evilfor the Nintendo GameCube, (my personal favourite),Shadow of the Colossusfor the PS4,The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakeningfor the Nintendo Switch and more.
In ourreview ofTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+ 2, we said it’s “about as good a remaster as we’ve ever had, staying as close to the originals as possible, and only veering off slightly where it spots a chance to improve on the source material.”
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At the time of writing, Activision has no plans to release any further remakes for the Tony Hawk series.Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2is available now for PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.
Topics:Tony Hawks Pro Skater,Activision
