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This game definitely brings back memories of the early Tony Hawk games. This is one of the better skateboarding games I’ve seen in the App Store. I love the music too. Now there are some downsides. I hate that the bailing mechanics are not consistent. I would bail on the dumbest things. Also I find myself falling through the world especially when I’m near a wall. Then all of a sudden the screen fades and I’ve responded someplace else. Which that spawn animation kills my time especially if I hit a buggy area. I will say the thing I hate the most is the speed of the character, even though I’ve increased my stats. Also I hate that the player doesn’t automatically kickoff when you respawn. Hopefully these things get changed. Besides all the weird bugs and mechanics I really enjoy the game.

Hi I love this game but when the update came out it is only letting me free skate in the first level of the region even though I beat that region. I like the game but if you could release a patch notes for this update it would be a good thing. I will hope that you can fix this also I saw when you try to gap a channel after you do it trying a combo makes the combo slow down your speed after a few tricks. It is bugging me and the idea that both of the issues are a thing is just annoying me. I hope you guys can fix this like next week cause I don’t wanna wait almost a whole month for the next update. Thank you for responding.

This game is everything I need out of a mobile tony hawk game. Some bugs, like if you perform a grab midair after a trick it limits you to rocket air and air walk and you only seem to be able to perform a Benihana by launching from the ground or from a grind. This makes it ironically and literally impossible to do the objective on tropics level 2 where it asks you to perform an impossible into a 360 Benihana. I can only do an impossible into a 360 rocket air no matter what I do. Realistically I can just move on and get over it but that one objective is really bugging me

So the game is fine but the main layout is cluttered. There’s just so much to look at it, that it is overwhelming, and that’s not even why I don’t like the game. My biggest issue with the game is the controls and the physics. If you’re not sure what I mean, download it and experience it for yourself. I can deal with the trick, Ollie, and grind buttons not always working, but the killing point for me is that when you hit a wall, you bounce right off. It might not seem like a big deal, but put a rail on your other side and you can’t escape. Even that wouldn’t be such a huge deal if that maps didn’t have a time limit, but if you spend 10 seconds trying to turn around or escape for a tight spot, you may as well start the level over right there. All the micro transactions are super annoying too. I honestly am downloading touch grind 2 right now to see if it’s any good. I used to have touch grind 1 back in the day, and this Tony hawk game reminded me that I liked it. I’ll guarantee that at least the buttons will work, unlike this app.

I began this game on day 1. It was god awful BUT now coming back to it now that Tony Hawks making main AAA games again this doesn’t seem as bad anymore and I’d like to think my “don’t support this game so Tony hawk and team will put care and effort into his next game” is why we got the best game of the year so far Tony Hawks Pro Skater remake. Below is my original review for nostalgia: The game is easily one of the worst tony hawk experiences and that’s saying a lot. Tony Hawk should’ve hired professionals and took this to console but instead it’s full of micro transactions and controls that are hit or miss. The levels aren’t designed for what the game is able to do and many times just feels frustratingly annoying since you will jump and immediately fall due to the games late reactions to commands. Don’t support this so that Tony Hawk & team will put care and effort into his next game.

Few things are as exciting as an opportunity to taste that same feeling of excitement when I played tony hawks pro skater. So naturally I was excited to play this game. There are many things to love mainly the nostalgia. However there needs to be an easy way to get rid of adds and pay to play is no bueno. Better boards mean better scores. Disappointed with those aspects. I never thought of tony hawk as a sell out but maybe everyone else was righty the whole time because this seems like the most sell out money grab game he could have made. Also the most importantly the controls feel laggy and smushy and I can’t slide my thumb up to trigger tricks?! This seems so obvious. Work needs to be done. Graphics are also below what I’d expect no days. However I could forgive the graphics if the mechanics were sound.

It’s a mobile game so there’s not a high expectation but the game is littered with bugs, poor controls, and the worst part of mobile gaming returns (micro transactions). The game has an old-school THPS feeling to it, they did well there! Levels seem to be split into about four parts each with their own variation of goals, so there’s plenty of content. Playlist is made of some decent up and coming artists in classic THPS games fashion. The skating itself could use work there’s no way to keep pushing off to build up speed, buttons and thumb-stick can be unresponsive causing bail after bail. If you grind some of the ramps or jump something just wrong it will just fall through the map into grayness. Turning is wide and if you get caught between obstacles you will be in bounce off purgatory. Grinding meter flips quicker than the thumb-stick can correct and the momentum of a combo doesn’t carry over so if you just keep jumping to do grabs or flips between grinds the meter resets center and you don’t have to worry about balance anyway. When you lean back down a ramp or pipe on a grind you still fall, instead of going back down. Quick fix list Push off button or forward on stick to keep building speed. Slightly tighter steering. Wall grinds and the ability to jump up and kick off the wall. Fix the grind meter. Maybe a quick reset drop button to get out of bounce purgatory. Minor bug fixes within maps. Graphics: 2/5 Controls: 1/5 Music: 3/5 Gameplay: 2/5

I was excited for a mobile Tony Hawk game but was let down from the start and it got worse the more I played. Buggy, bad graphics, bad physics, bad controls, and filled with micro-transactions. A sub-par experience that just wasn’t fun. Disappointed but surprised that the TH franchise could take such a nose dive on their first mobile release. That’s when I realized he had parted ways with his old AAA studio to this C-grade mobile studio, smh. I can’t believe Tony even allowed his name to be associated with this trashy game. Casey’s army from his YT channel is the only reason this game has a decent rating. All the 5-star reviews only mention Casey, not the game, lol. Mobile games can be close to console level these days but this looks like someone took a crappy mobile skate game from 5 years ago and put Tony Hawk skins on everything. Not worth the time. Tony please get a skilled studio and do something that is actually innovative.

I grew up on the Pro Skater series! This game however is a part of the tasteless freemium gaming movement. This game is littered with awful ads for other games.. what? Press this button to watch an ad and get the free thing. Pay to progress. Yes there are exceptions of excellent freemium games. They are very rare and this isn’t one of them. The game itself is.. maybe a 4/10. I get it, it’s gotta be impossible to make a skating game feel good on mobile without tactile buttons and thumb sticks. This game feels bad right now (will most likely improve with updates), but will ultimately never feel great. Graphics are from the 90’s but I can dig it. Overall tho it feels soulless. Why? Why didn’t you rerelease a Tony Hawk Pro Skater game? 1 or 2 would’ve ran fine on mobile. I would’ve easily paid $5, $10, or $15 even. Dear Tony Hawk, this game is quantity over quality. Best of luck. I won’t be playing this cash grab. It’s a smart biz play to go freemium, I understand. But your brand needs that high-quality touch. Which might even end up making more money in the long run. Also, consider changing the thumbnail image to a retro-like graphic design from the 90’s. To better match the look of the game and to add some depth.

Even before this most recent update, the game was a mess. As a long-time Tony Hawk fan, I was excited to see what could be done with his brand on mobile. Instead, I found a repetitive, glitchy, gimmicky, and frustration experience, with problems in just about every aspect of the game. Although I did have fun initially, it eventually led to a grind in an attempt to achieve self-set goals, and led to me playing it less and less. Even though this update touts the numerous improvements and fixes, I have found things to only be more frustrating. First off, the fact that it took four months for any information to come out regarding this game is frustrating to say the least. On top of that, many of the problems I see with this game have either not been addressed or compounded. The devs decided to double down on the already egregious pay-to-win elements (the boards that you can ONLY purchase with irl money are particularly insulting in my eyes) with this subscription service, all but guaranteeing that the only people at the top of the “new and improved” tournaments

I can’t believe anyone would legitimately give this 5 stars let alone anything above 3. The gameplay is awkward and the controls don’t come easy. You’ll be going at a jump or rail and hit some invisible object that sends you off in some random direction if you don’t just fall down. Transfers from one quarter pipe to another is impossible and you crash, hard. The micro transactions are totally out of control as this is such a ridiculous cash grab that you can easily see you’re being ripped off. You need 3 different kinds of skateboards and you can buy a version of each at $20 AND $35?! Buying the three $35 boards for $105 could buy you a used ps2 and a couple full Tony Hawk games that are MUCH better, and still have enough $$ for some snacks and soda!! I really hope these games can get back on track because they used to be the best. Tony Hawk, I’m sorry man but you shouldn’t be proud of this fall from grace.

Levels are unlocked by completing objectives. But those objectives are often locked behind certain board types, are frustrating because of the nature of the controls, or are impossible with average stats (Do a 30,000 point handplant). Meanwhile, levels like the army base are so poorly designed that achieving their high scores are more an exercise in frustration than fun, and that’s only halfway through the game. When the special meter, or ‘Hawk meter’ fills you can briefly turn into Tony Hawk, but after using him multiple times he doesn’t feel any different. Character movements are not smooth, and hitting a wall will spring you 180 degrees in the other direction. You’ll be doing that a lot too, because the faux analog stick and jerky animations make navigating the levels a nightmare. Not to mention that with starting stats your character moves slower than any skateboarding game I’ve ever played. Combining this with painful micro-transactions and pop up advertisements leads to a game that not even the most dedicated Tony Hawk fans should play. It’s a shame that this once mighty franchise has fallen so far. Nobody seems to remember how to make a good Tony Hawk game anymore. Do yourself a favor and stick to True Skate. Better yet, find a PlayStation 2 and a copy of Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 so you can wonder where everything went so wrong.

How does this game have 4.5 stars? The only possible answer is the developer is cheating somehow. This is by far the worst skating game I’ve ever tried to play. The controls are so bad, it just makes you want to throw your phone at the wall. This game has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The menus are a mess and difficult to navigate. The graphics look like a PS1. There’s only a handful of tricks, and many of the most basic tricks are missing. The controls are incredibly unresponsive and difficult to use. Tons of in app purchases. The music seems cool when you first open it up, but you’ll grow to hate it because you get booted back to the main menu after EVERY run, even when you try to restart, and you have to wait for the level to reload every single freaking time. It’s really a shame Tony allowed his name to be marred by this trash.

The game would be fun, but the lack of control function makes it annoying to play. The most frustrating aspects are the ridiculously large turns that make it impossible to quickly shift direction and the fact that when you bump into anything you are immediately shot off into the other direction. If you are sandwiched between two objects such as a rail and a close wall, you simply bounce back and forth continuously. This eats up so many valuable seconds making it very frustrating to complete all achievements in the time limits. I see that this complaints have been consistent for over a year and no improvement has been achieved to the game play controls. If you want a fun mobile skating game, that actually works, download Skate Party. This game is a waste of time for now.