Customer Reviews

Tony Hawk's Project 8

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

If you're reading this review, you're probably a Tony Hawk fan who's hesitant about purchasing Project 8 for the PS2 because you're quite aware of the PS3 version. You're not alone, and you're absolutely right to hesitate.

The PS2 version was obviously created to appease Tony Hawk fans who are holding off on buying a PS3 for a while - and unfortunately, it shows. It's a sloppy, buggy, and pretty significantly toned-down version of its PS3 counterpart. Specifically, it's missing the famed "Nail The Trick" option, it is split up into levels like the older games instead of one big level as it's supposed to be (and was in the previous "THAW"), and the pedestrians give tips to the player that are obviously meant for the PS3 version because they just don't exist here.

So overall, thanks to Activision for the attempt to keep the fans happy, but you needed to put a few months more work into this version first, because this feeble knock-off is insulting to the fans.

It seems every year that another Tony Hawk game rolls around that isn't really all that different from the one that came out the year before. And here we are, holiday time, and another Tony Hawk game. Tony Hawk's Project 8 is about what you'd expect from the long running skateboarding series: lots of skaters, comic relief, easy to pull off tricks, nicely sized skating areas, minimal loading times, and zero innovation. The game has pretty much the same graphics and look that the past few Hawk games have had, but this time around they're getting tiresome and showing their age on the good 'ol PS2. Not to mention that there are some noticable graphical glitches to boot. The tricks and combos are as simple to pull off as ever, with some minimal new features thrown in that don't really change the overall gameplay. Not to mention that many of the skating areas seem more recycled from past arenas in previous games more so now than ever, giving you a feeling of deja vu as you grind and skate around. The soundtrack is decent enough, but this time around the comical elements are getting tired, and the ridiculous physics are growing tiresome as well. For being the eighth game in the series, the Tony Hawk franchise is getting Madden-ized: the same game gets released year after year with no real changes or improvements. The last time I played a Tony Hawk game that really wowed me was way back with Tony Hawk 2 and 3, and that seems like forever ago. All in all, if you're a longtime fan of the series, you'll probably give Project 8 a look, but chances are that you'll know what you're getting here, and you'll dig it anyway. As for Neversoft and Activision: come on now, next year give us something different and better.

Okay, I've been a fan of the tony hawk series since the very first one came out for ps1. Since then I've counted the days down til the next installment in the series. All of them have been amazing. Project 8 in comparison to the previous titles is HORRIBLE.

This game feels like something that Neversoft threw together in 20 minutes so they could make some quick cash. The majority of things that made the past titles great, have been taken out. Wtf??? NO create a park mode. Almost no mini-games. The create your own skater mode has been toned down too. You have to earn almost all the tricks you're gonna use. The levels are uninspired and boring. The graphics aren't the best either. The only new thing they added is the slow motion effect where you can flip the board in slow motion. Thing is, it's REALLY HARD to land any of these tricks!

There aren't that many levels either. And they only include ONE level from the early series. Buy this ONLY if you're OCD and have to own EVERYTHING that tony hawk has put out.

I had seen the ads for this game, and I was a Tony Hawk game fan so I went out and got this. The graphics were o.k. but the thing was that it's not like the THUG games because it has no story line. It's like just free skate the entire game. If you are a THUG fan I doubt you wil be satisfied with this game. It's your choice. And one last thing: the commercials make it look MUCH better than it is.

This game is a joke. I've played all of the Tony Hawk games up unto this one, and this one is absolutely awful. They must've thought, "Hey - how can we make the worst game possible? Let's take out EVERYTHING that made the games fun, and insert as many advertisements and glitches as we can!"

Gone are the multiple camera angles, create a skater options (you get about 5 hairstyles - bald, mohawk, dreads, nothing NORMAL, 3 faces, a couple shirts, and a few name brand jeans), I could go on but it's not worth it.

Added are glitches galore. Since when are frontside 180s BACKSIDE 180s? And vice versa? The frame rate is horrible, the graphics (except for the cutscenes) look straight out of a PS1 game. Everytime you land, the board swaps around under your feet. I couldn't play for more than 10 minutes, that's how frustratingly terrible this game is. I was looking forward to it and ignored the terrible reviews, but I was duped just like the rest of the fans. If you're a fan, you will be disappointed, probably angered like me.

Bottom line, don't buy it, don't even RENT it. If a friend tries to give it to you, stomp on it till it bleeds.

Overall I think this is a fun game, which may or may not piss you off frequently. I have to agree with many of the other reviewers who claim this game is glitchy. This is VERY true at least for this PS2 version. I now cannot count how many times I have had to restart the system because the game had froze. Maybe the PS3 version would better support this game, I don't know. To sum it up though, it is fun and time consuming and will be sure to keep you playing until you finally have to tear yourself away. (Unless of course it pisses you off first ;) My best advice would be to wait until it goes down in price if you just can't bear to spend X amount on a glitchy game

This game was junk it didn't even get to play it. The thing wouldent even work I guess it was too good to be true to be so cheap.

This is actually a really great game if you have it for XBox 360 or PS3 but for the PS2 version they past the game on to some other developers who gutted a lot of the games functions and gave you the bare essentials to play Tony Hawk in a not-so-fun way.
No Manual Push (Auto Push Only)
No Creat A SkatePark
Graphics arent as good
But if you don't care about any of that then you can get this game for under 10 bucks brand new that's about the only pro.

I can't believe all the hype about this game, I finally get it, and it's a huge dissapointment! Underground is 100x better.
Here's the things I don't like about this game:
The camera angle makes me freekin' sick to my stomach!
Your skater goes WAY too fast.
Graphics are worse than Underground.
Goals are stupid.
Areas are complicated and crowded.
Creating a skater is saddening because it dosen't have nearly as much clothes, hair styles, and faces.

Stick to Underground and don't waste your money.

Tony Hawk continues to amaze us all with this series of games. I Started off with Tony Hawk 1 and have been hooked ever since.