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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

Universal acclaim
Based on 25 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Neversoft Entertainment
Genre(s): Extreme Sports
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: October 23, 2002
Summary
Build your skills, earn respect, and show that you've got what it takes to Go Pro. 190 progressively harder goals. No time clock, no constraints. Pro-specific challenges. Evolving levels. Interact with other skaters. Multi-player modes. Customize your game...Your career is what you make of it. [Activision]
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What The Critics Said
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G4 TV
The new career mode adds a considerable amount of depth to the overall game, while a quick session has more twitch factor than ever before.
Read Full Review >GamePro
The speed has also been cranked, so that skaters fly through the levels at an insane velocity. [Nov 2002, p.50]
Read Full Review >Play Magazine
Where else can you skate to Iron Maiden, AC/DC, De La Soul, Public Enemy and the Sex Pistols? "Evolution Skateboarding"? Yeah, right! [Dec 2002, p.76]
Armchair Empire
Not only is this the greatest THPS yet, but as always is one of the years best games. Period.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
While titles like "Aggressive Inline" and "Mat Hoffman 2" come close to competing with THPS3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 blows them out of the water...[but i]t seems very strange to me that this game didn't have official Xbox Live support.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
The deeper single-player and improved multiplayer modes makes Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 the most tightly-packed installment in the series to date, and the slightly refined gameplay is still unmatched in the action sports arena.
Read Full Review >Operation Sports
The best gets better. No doubt about it. The guys at Neversoft got pushed by the competition and they responded.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
This seems to be pointed directly at the veterans of the series rather than new gamers, and I have serious doubts that anyone who hasn't played the earlier versions will stand much of a chance at making it through this one.
Read Full Review >Yahoo! Games
The effect of these changes is hard to overstate. The gameplay is much more laid back, and without having to restart levels over and over, it flows better.
Read Full Review >Electric Playground
While it's a shame the Xbox Live stuff never materialized, Tony Hawk 4 still manages to top its previous outing on the Xbox.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
Addicting as hell. [Dec 2002, p.137]
Adrenaline Vault
All in all, Pro Skater 4 isn't a massive leap forward for the series, but a massive and refined expansion upon its original premise.
Read Full Review >IGN
By far the best skateboarding title around...I just don't think there's enough newness here for a casual Xbox gamer to drop another $50 so soon after buying "Tony Hawk 3" and we're still not playing the Hawkman online yet.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine
Better graphics, better environments, more options, and most importantly of all, a massively overhauled gameplay structure, exactly what the old dear needed. [Dec 2002, p.138]
Cheat Code Central
THE innovative and indepth product that I was hoping THPS3 would have been.
XGP Gaming
It contains all the elements that made the first 3 so great, plus improved controls, graphics, and many more goals.
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
"Polished" is the best way to describe THPS4 for the Xbox. The visuals, the sounds, the gameplay, the interface, everything is about as good as it is going to get in this generation...I really feel the series has plateaued.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
With timeless beats like De La Soul's "Oodles of O's" plus pre-Mortal Kombat combos (which don't require memorizing 56 moves), you'll forget you actually bought this game for your kid. [25 Oct 2002, p.83]
TeamXbox
Full of major improvements that really warrant a purchase if your last THPS was number two. I dont feel it is SO different that you would feel compelled to purchase it if you just got three.
Read Full Review >Total Video Games
So the game is mainly a case of refinement to the point of perfection, but the problem is that if youve already got Tony Hawk 3 theres very little reason to pick this game up.
Read Full Review >Maxim Online
Freed from time constraints, you now accomplish level-specific goalslike outmaneuvering skater-busting copsto advance while on the lookout for secret minigames.
Read Full Review >Xbox Nation Magazine
While there is no questioning the game's ability to sap huge portions of your life, we'd dare say there may be better ways to spend said portions of said life until next year's edition hits Xbox Live. [Winter 2002, p.92]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 20 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Blue Falcon gave it a10:
I agree with the person below. This is more fun than underground 1 and 2. It's also one of my favorite games of all time.
[Anonymous] gave it a 10:
This is my favorite game in the series.
Tommi R. gave it a 10:
Some people compare this game to THPS3 and complain that only few improvements have been made and therefore they give low scores. Shame on! THPS3 was already good, but THPS4 is even better!
Andrew W. gave it a 9:
If you don't own the other THPS then buy this one... however, if you have three... hmmm or even the legendary first one i would rent it to see if it's worth your $28-$50 (canadian that is, eh)....
Lazy Lewis gave it a 6:
I am a huge fan of this game! I remember the days of the original on the play station! But come on! You would think that the game would have improved dramatically by the fourth sequel right? Well it really hasn't! When you buy a sequel at number 4 you are expecting a lot! And I was! Until I walk away from the console in disbelief that they had just churned out another copy of the original! Shame on your activision! Shame, shame, shame!
The Game Man gave it a 10:
I don't Know what Josh is smokin' (ooo That is right it is the cheep shi*) But i do know that this is the best game ever made in a series. I have never played any game that is so intence & so extreme that my wife hates it because i can't stop playin' it.
T. Davis gave it a 9:
Wicked game, insanely realistic scenario's, gnarly tricks and sweet skaters...the best THPS yet.
