Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1372 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2007-11-02
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Platform: Xbox 360

Amazon.co.uk Review

Tony Hawk is thirty-nine now and yet already nine of those years have been spent appearing in Activision’s yearly skateboarding sims. As such he has nothing at all to prove any more but in this game you do, as the series takes a turn away from the action adventure gameplay of previous titles and recalls the glory days of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2. Not only does it include real world landmarks from the older game, such as FDR Skatepark and the Love Park, but it also sees the return of favourite features such as Create-a-Park.

In the main single player mode you create your own skater and then follow their entire skateboarding career in one of three classes: hardcore, rigger and career. Hardcore skaters aren’t interested in competitions or trophies, career skaters are and riggers prefer to invent tricks and layouts out of ordinary environments. The control system expands on the Nail the Trick concept from the last game, which essentially creates a kind of slow motion bullet time that zooms the camera in closer to your board. Proving Ground adds in Nail the Grab and Nail the Manual which work in a similar way. New moves include the turbo boosting Aggro Kick and Skate Checking, which basically amounts to knocking people out of the way. Like many new game at the moment the online community will allow you to upload videos of your endeavours as you attempt to prove you’re the best, at the best new Tony Hawk’s game for years.

Manufacturer's Description
In the largest and deepest Tony Hawk game yet, gamers are now in total control of their skating destiny in Tony Hawk's Proving Ground. Set in the streets of Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., the title empowers players with the freedom to define their character, story and style based on the choices they make, the paths they select and the style of skating they want. The game delivers deeper customization than ever before, including a full-featured video editor to create epic skate videos and a completely customizable online Skate Lounge, where players can skate with friends in the ultimate pad. Gamers also have the freedom to skate from single player to online seamlessly. Tony Hawk's Proving Ground also features an arsenal of amazingly detailed Nail the Trick moves, and new gameplay mechanics like skateable terrain building and Bowl Carving to deliver the most personalized and immersive skating experience ever.

Customer Reviews

Shame
I found this game second hand for a fiver so i thought I'd buy it and try it compared to SKATE instead of taking peoples word for it. Now, after playing SKATE for 9 months and being a skateboarder myself, I know what I expect from a skateboarding game, and for the past 6 years Tony Hawk has delivered. Unfortunately in the old games I got sick of lowering my stats to try and make it more realistic, such as having like 2 stats for ollie height so it looked nice when I kickflip, even though I could still ollie a bus with it......Although some of the level design is nice in THPG thats about all it has to offer, this game has nothing on SKATE and I had to turn it off after 10 seconds. Literally. I did a 360 flip and just didnt like the feel of diagonal down + double tap flip. its so much smoother on SKATE. Wanna kickflip to grab on THPG? Try Left+flip+left+grab. Want to do the same on SKATE? Flick your foot off the side of the board and when the griptape comes round, grab that sucker with your hand! It couldnt be more real. If you are a skater dont buy this game, it just sucks and within like 3 missions you are required to clear a 40ft gap just by pushing, no ramp, no drop in, no skitching, just your feet......real huh? Sorry Tony, your games are just too unrealistic and lame now, they dont feel like you're on a skateboard anymore, you just tap buttons, theres no technique......SKATE requires skill and practise to get tricks and gaps and combos nice, not an ollie+down+down+left+flip+up+grab etc.

skate-worthy
The TH series is in its tenth year now, and this si the ninth installment. American Wasteland, brought in the revoluntionary "no loading" of an open ended world to skat in. In P8 Activision and NS re-built the game from the ground up, and it was a slight dissapointment. Then skate. arrived on the scene withs its flick-it controls, and became top dog. Although many people say skate is better, there realy isnt that much difference between these two games. PG has most of the features skate does, if not more. Skate and PG, both, beleive it or not, share the paralell goal challenges, and what i mean by that is, in PG u can be a career skater, hardcore, or riger, and in skate. u can get coverage from thrasher (hardcore) and the skateboard mag (career). PG's nail the trick is pretty mcuh flickit, but simpler, and more creative. The idea of boh games is to get sponsors. They both have open ended worlds, they both share the smae graphics quality. They are both good games.


now about PG

Pros

Fun
Easy to pick-up-and-play
controls are the same as always
customisation is ok, big bands, textures are awesome
other things i cba to mention

cons

controls are the same-still the Th trademark button mashing, and unrealistic airs and grinds and combos
not much change-except in "story" mode


overall...

skate. and THPG are both good games, and i own both, skate is probably okay for a bit, but if, like me, you cant use the flickit very wel, and it is hard to get used to, then get PG

i think we can say, we have to wiat for Tony Hawks 10 (and there is going to be a 10th one) and skate. 2 (and there is going to be thataswell!!)

good game but gets old to quick
one of my first games i got for my 360 and i loved it,
but its time for something new from tony hawks, it gets old to quick for me.
but this is still a good game