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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4


8.5

based on 25 reviews
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GAMES:

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

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]

PUBLISHER:	Activision
DEVELOPER:	Neversoft Entertainment
GENRE(S):	Extreme Sports
PLAYERS:	2
ESRB RATING:	T (Teen)
RELEASE DATE:	October 23, 2002

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

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.

100

GamePro

The speed has also been cranked, so that skaters fly through the levels at an insane velocity. [Nov 2002, p.50]

100

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 year’s best games. Period.

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.

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.

GameZone

An extreme skateboarding masterpiece.

Operation Sports

The best gets better. No doubt about it. The guys at Neversoft got pushed by the competition and they responded.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

GamerWeb Xbox

Digital crack, plain and simple.

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.

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]

Team Xbox

Full of major improvements that really warrant a purchase if your last THPS was number two. I don’t feel it is SO different that you would feel compelled to purchase it if you just got three.

Total Video Games

So the game is mainly a case of refinement to the point of perfection, but the problem is that if you’ve already got Tony Hawk 3 there’s very little reason to pick this game up.

Maxim Online

Freed from time constraints, you now accomplish level-specific goals—like outmaneuvering skater-busting cops—to advance while on the lookout for secret minigames.

EuroGamer

A tough one to score then, but still unquestionably excellent.

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]

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.