Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Retrospective - How Bad Is It?

Today I discuss the HD remake that isn't THPS1+2.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:45 - Levels and Characters
3:58 - Technical Setup
5:34 - Graphics
6:17 - Controls
7:34 - Gameplay, Bugs, and Issues
10:23 - Other Game Modes
11:30 - The Verdict

[@KafeJake]

Comment addendum: I forgot to mention Big Drop in the script for this video. The Big Drop mechanic blows so hard it could push a camel through the eye of a needle. This feature was introduced in THPS2 and discarded thereafter in THPS3, where you'd fall off your board if you landed from a high enough altitude unless you held down the Ollie button. Why Robomodo decided it was such an important feature to bring back is beyond me as it hinders you especially in the THPS3 levels the DLC includes. Tack this onto the myriad of other things wrong with this wet fart of a game. Still not as bad as THPS5 though.

[@UnjustifiedRecs]

I thought this was fine when it came out, didnt quite understand the hate, and looking back on THPS5 this is practically a AAA masterpiece

[@theconductor20]

For me it was because of how off it was from the originals in speed and physics. If you didn’t play 1 or 2 on the ps1 or hadn’t played them in years it might not not have been so noticeable. But I remember hitting the half pipe in the warehouse, flying over the “T” and landing on the other side of the taxi. And trying to get a hard hat on the billboard in downhill jam but jumping over it again and again

[@allthegoodnamesweretaken9109]

To think that they actually made a THPS worse than this one baffles me

[@Eleven17Studios]

Good job on grabbing the THPS 3 dlc, I didn't even know that existed.

[@printisdead1983]

If you come off of transition and are gonna slam....tap both l2 and r2 or l trigger and r trigger together and it will level you out so you dont slam and still keep your combo , its a og trick

[@plexyglass429]

This has a nice feeling to it, the video I mean. Please keep making stuff :)

[@KafeJake]

More coming very soon!

[@pchtommy1268]

Impressed that there is no mention of the hated Big Drop feature returning (this feature was removed since pro skater 3 main version)

[@OneCentWonder]

I remember playing this game around the time I heard about pro skater 5 coming out and I was interested in playing Tony Hawk games again. I was no longer excited to play pro skater 5 after playing this game, but the interest for these games stuck and I'd eventually get into THUG Pro

[@uncleurda8101]

It's a miracle that I've finally found a youtuber that can say Marseille correctly

[@HipToBeeSquare]

You can really FEEL the full ass put into this video. Excellent video and very informative! TBH didn't even know this game existed lol

[@KafeJake]

Thank you! Yeah I didn't even know it existed until a few years ago and I had to try it lmao

[@Mediocrityexe]

They should have given the license to shaba

[@14141313]

THANK YOU

[@Rizzonomics22]

nyjahs last name is pronounced hyoostun

[@k.c.r.5974]

It's Husston stop trolling

[@larajanesen8795]

Hueston.. like the city or state or whate ever it is (Im not from the usa)

[@Kzxhy]

oh, the camera's on.

[@KafeJake]

The camera's been on the whole time huh

[@revolverocelot3741]

*leans in* Lets get this idiot outta here..seriously some people ack ack ack

[@bettybuttcheeks]

good shit dude.

[@Kanzuki]

I'm struggling to complete all the goals for this game atm. I'm only on the School level and I can't even get the secret DVD because I'm unable to get enough height to reach the building

[@MonsterJuiced]

I really loved this HD version of the game. The music grew on me too

[@xBeepz]

Great video, didnt know the steam version was still purchasable via Amazon, I might have to pick it up. Rlly sucks the DLC is sold out tho :/

[@exploringhorrorhuey]

subbed i need more tony videos plz

[@KafeJake]

More coming soon!

[@exploringhorrorhuey]

@@KafeJake appreciate you 😩

[@TheNiteNinja19]

This was funny and informative, good work. I just recently picked up the 1 and 2 remaster for the Nintendo switch, and I was actually very impressed at how well that turned out.

[@KafeJake]

Thank you! I've been meaning to get 1+2 on the Switch for a while, looks like a pretty good port.

[@BeamStreamTv]

I played that remaster on ps4 then got it on my steam deck. Runs pretty well on it honestly.

[@jeremyrafuse5330]

The one for PS4 is dope. It does the original games justice.

[@griffinkelly8694]

I remember being in college and either downloading the demo or full out buying this thing when it came out. I was so disappointed. As someone who was still actively playing THPS 4 at some point every week, this felt absolutely nothing like an original Neversoft game. The physics were way off. This may not be the most succinct way to describe them, but the skaters somehow felt both too heavy and too light. The muscle memory players had built up to that point did not serve them while playing the HD game.

[@fatfurie]

if youre still playing thps get THUG pro.

[@scottfromderby]

That last minute lol

[@WhatInTheActual]

I definitely noticed the lack of revert ability in the otherwise great Tony hawk HD

[@richiezombie531]

You missed out on the biggest gimmick this game had to offer. If you had a 3D monitor, you could play this game with 3D glasses. If you grew up playing the old school graphics and then tried it in 3D it was kinda cool. Nvidea stopped putting the drivers out so I can't even play the game like I wish I could. It's fine, those glasses gave you a headache anyway.

[@spo0nofficial]

as someone who has never played a tony hawk, this video is still pretty interesting jake! are you interested in vcing during the pixar stream?

[@Custer_X_Of_The_DAU]

Im surprised you didn't mention the big drop mechanic. Square Eye Jak talked about in his review of this game. He made good points about it like why did they bring it into the THPS 3 levels when it was not made for those levels?

[@KafeJake]

I completely forgot to mention that in my script. That pissed me off a good bit in playing the game so I'm disappointed in myself that I left that out. I put a little addendum in the pinned comment about big drop. Thanks for bringing that up man 👍

[@wes773105333]

I bought the steam version as soon as it came out and thought it was alright at the time. I do remember the physics being janky, but I think I gave them a pass for trying to recreate the first 2 games. I started with THPS on ps1 and played every Tony Hawk game through American Wasteland. I tried proving grounds and project 8 but could never really get into them like the older games. Neversoft might have been fatigued on making the games but I think fans were Tony Hawk fatigued aswell.

[@BMPK]

Never knew this existed

[@chesteradams7423]

The first two THPS games getting remade washed the bad taste out of my mouth that this game left behind lol. You could tell there was love and care put into those remakes...this not so much.

[@NL-D]

I remember buying this game as a kid on Steam and wondering why was the skating so ass. I always thought it was just me. It was like I could land a trick then I fall face first into the ground

[@billydee6103]

Does anyone know how i can get thps hd on my pc?

[@fatfurie]

did you need to buy the revert pack? i dont think i ever paid for the DLC but i know i have it.. i bought this game the day it was released.. the the lack of revert was my biggest complaint.. but i didn hate the game.

[@KafeJake]

Yep I had to buy it, I remember having the game for about a year before I bought the DLC and I didn't have the THPS3 levels.

[@fatfurie]

@@KafeJake ah i proably bought it and just forgot....it was 10 years ago lol

[@archive803]

They patched in revert without the need to buy the DLC, on 360 back in the day I used revert all the time without buying DLC. If you look at the questionably legal ways to get the game online the versions that exist are launch day vanilla, base game patched version, and base game + revert edition (thps3 levels with a couple extra chars)

[@IMHUSTLNGAMIN]

i use to fuq with Tony because i used to play skate or die on NES now a days I dont

[@l0nlym1lk17]

Really well researched man. Also 1:27 sounds like you are spitting some bars.

[@KafeJake]

Thanks man! 👍

[@Custer_X_Of_The_DAU]

I just watched Square Eyed Jak review on this game. Apparently, This was built on the Tony Hawk Underground 2 engine. If, so they butchered a good engine.

[@marchatesyou1]

pizza hut demo disc...goldfingers superman on repeat and always picking kareem campbell and rocket-air-ing off every surface.....all night on sleep overs

[@im.weasel]

They didnt even add a revert animation! It looks like they recycled the stance change animation and called it revert lol.

[@fsdfgasgfisd]

7:41 Saw that

[@k.c.r.5974]

Yeah but why cant I play online thps 1 & 2

[@alanjohnsonbmw]

Still have this on my 360. Recently tried it again and it's so terrible and laggy!

[@TroyVault]

Great video friend! Remember buying this game the day it came out and being so disappointed.

[@you_tube6733]

thps2 1/2 was good. and the first remake they made for xbox and ps2

[@slarbiter]

Tony hawk RIDE really lowered the bar for me, this game was pleasant

[@LTJfan]

You right. It had potential, but plays and feels like a letdown

[@sk8rocker999]

I have this one, no double flips. So annoying. It was downgrade

[@sonicfan653]

I got this on PS3 and it's kinda bad, I even deleted it because of the weird physics. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 on Switch I got is wayyyy better and modern.

[@MAHIM2000]

Well, the switch version of THPS1+2 doesnt even need internet connection unlike the PC version. And with Emulators like Yuzu and Ryujinx, and HD Textures + 60FPS Patch that makes the Switch port closer to the Console and PC version in terms of graphics, THPS1HD doesnt even have THAT reason to be played on Steam Deck or even on a Desktop anymore. Great Video btw! Subbed 💕

[@KafeJake]

Thank you friend! Getting that running on the Steam Deck might actually be a video I do soon 😎

[@davion4777]

it is pretty bad. The engine feels so slow and sluggish to play. I wouldn't say it's a terrible game but it's kinda bad. Also it doesn't have all the stages from THPS1&2

[@TheGudboi]

i cant believe someone else has the same thought process as me with the steam deck mention to play THPSHD. how badly I wish they brought 1+2 to steam

[@BeamStreamTv]

It just sucks that they requires the always online connection....for a mostly offline game.

[@andremalerba5281]

This game totally sucks but TBH I really prefer the aesthetics of the remake levels from THPS HD than 1+2

[@dairylives]

Good lord the presentation, menu design, and general general vibe is genuinely some of the worst I’ve ever seen. That title screen is rancid

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

Ok general general person

[@dairylives]

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259what do you mean by this

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

@@dairylives "general general vibe..."

[@dreamer72]

Wish I knew it was on Amazon. I bought it off a sketchy website that tried to put me on a subscription without telling me. Just because I wanted to play it on my Steam Deck.

[@myyoutubepage199]

the game was not bad, i loved it, i have it for pc .on the new tony 1+2 it has no reason to level up the hangtime cause when you do a grab, he falls very quickly and and you cannot jump as high as the original PSX and the HD version . Another thing is the soundtrack is alot better on HD. Graphics are ok, you dont need that much on a skating game. Sometimes gameplay is alot better than graphics. I just dont know why your version looks like trash lol. Mine looks nothing like that, are you on XBOX? You also have to learn how to play it , If you have trouble in downhill jam you obviously never played the original game or mastered it , I can score 2million point combos on the original psx and def can score the same points on this one.

[@Oblivion9111]

Yes it sucks ! But i hade nearly 400 h in this game! I play Tony hawk Games with the keyboard and it was not even possible to change the keys! But at this time it was the only skateboardgame on the market

[@flexicodibiase]

I got this on ps3 this game is definitely trash.

[@obieonebologna9710]

Horrible jokes couldn't finish the video

[@mal.mp4]

uTonical 😀👍

[@VilifiedOne]

Have do disagree, the HD version levels are superior to 1+2. HD's mall is the best rendition so far, 2nd is THAW.

[@SuperLarrythompson]

Opinion doesn't mean shit if the idiots go buy the game. If you buy the game and then bitching about it afterwards it doesn't matter you still bought the game.

[@blahblah6140]

What i dont understand is why yall expected something different... Its thps...its dated...people wanted more simulation so it died... Them "remastering" shit wont help...

[@Mike_Oxlong07]

Since Skate series dropped THPS has aged like shit filled milk