Then Vicarious got kinda absorbed and they were looking for other developers and it was over…the truth of it is they were trying to find someone to do 3 and 4 but they didn’t really trust anyone the way they did Vicarious. Even up until the release date of this, we were going 3 and 4. Activision is going through all their stuff so I don’t know what’s next.” Hawk said on stream. “I wish I could say we had something in the works, but Vicarious Visions got kinda disbanded. Hawk was asked about the status of a Pro Skater 3+4 and he explained how the merger of Vicarious Visions into Blizzard eventually led to plans for a sequel getting shelved. Recently, Tony Hawk appeared on a Twitch stream with streamer andyTHPS. Unfortunately for us fans of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, it sounds like that’s exactly what happened. We never heard about any more remakes or sequels after that, and it was assumed that the merger ended any chance of a sequel ever happening. Unfortunately, despite the success of Pro Skater 1+2, the developers of the franchise - Vicarious Visions - were later merged into the Blizzard umbrella of Activision Blizzard. Those of us at UPROXX loved it so much we made it our Game of The Year for 2020.Īfterwards, the immediate question on everyone’s mind was if the other two Pro Skater games, 3 and 4, would get the same treatment. The result was a game that both longtime fans and newcomers to the franchise could play and enjoy. The remake of the first two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games managed to perfectly find that ground between how we all nostalgically felt the games should play, while also modernizing itself to feel really good on modern day consoles. Amateur architects all over the World were spending hours crafting the skate-park of their dreams, and many didn't even bother to play the game much, so good was the park editor functionality.Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is one of the best skateboarding games ever made. If, for some reason, you became bored of the levels packaged on the disc of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, you could design your own. His inclusion as a playable character in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 was a big draw for the game, and of course, his unlockable highlight video was fantastic.
Some were story related, some were tough to find, all of them were great.Īs we mentioned earlier, 'Jackass' was absolutely massive at the turn of the century, and Bam Margera was one of the most popular characters.
We've been on about the fantastic design of the levels before, but all of them also had a secret area that you could unlock. It was unanimously decided that Rodney Mullen's was by far the best, although they were all fantastic. Unlockable real-life pro skater highlight videosĪlthough the game itself was incredibly fun to play, one of the favourite features of real skateboarding fans was the unlockable highlight reels that could be viewed after accomplishing certain tasks with skaters in the game.
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