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This game Nails the Trick . Period.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: February 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game has got a lot of negative criticism. I agree with the criticism for THP8, but the good things are good enough to take a look at it.

Pretty predictable plot going here, you're some skater, and you're going for something (this time Project 8), and you have to complete a lot of goals to do it. This part will be familiar (and a little boring) for any Hawk nut. However, the goals THEMSELVES have been changed dramatically. Here's a rundown:

Am,Pro and Sick- Instead of picking a difficulty level to begin with, you are given the chance to get a better rating based on your performance. The good news is that if you are new to the game or you just can't get a particular type of goal down on Sick, you can go back to it when your skills have improved or when your character is better.

Bailing- This part is so funny. The first time I actually flew while I bailed, I was literally laughing so hard I thought I was going to tear my ribs. Think about how I felt whe nI got the "break 15 bones" achievement! Best of all, purposely bailing has actually been integrated into the game (A few goals require you to bail through gates, on a target, etc.). This game's physics are SO horrible, you might end up flying across the entire city on a single bail.

Brand New Classic- Instead of having a classic mode seperate from the story, now Neversoft has seamlessly integrated Classic Mode into the story's goals. The good news and bad news is that you have to do at least some classic goals if you want to get onto Project 8 and beat the game, because Classic impacts a lot on your fictional rank.

Nail the Trick- the crown jewel of Project 8 is Nail the Trick. It allows you to go into a slow motion (a la Max Payne) mode where the movements of the two sticks controls the skaters feet as they maneuver the board. If you really know what you're doing, you can string these together in a combo for huge points. Getting what you usually get in THAW should be no problem with this new feature.

So, there you have it, Tony Hawk's Project 8 is yet another game in the great skateboarding series. They keep getting better every time, and this one is no exception. How long will it be before THP8 finally bails? We will never know.

VERY FUN!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Graphics are incredible and the new levels are fun to skate. You can laterally skate/grind/slide just about everything possible. Some of the goals/challenges are pretty hard but if like the Tony Hawk series you definitely love this one!

Great game. Very fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: February 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my 15-year-old nephew for Christmas. He loves it, told me it's "really fun."

Best Tony Hawk game yet.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's been awhile since i've played a tony hawk game and i've got to tell you this is the best one yet. They have captured the right blend of real skating and arcade feel. It's graphics are top notch and I highly recommend this game.

u got to check out Tony Hawks project 8

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: February 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

awesome very well made just the special can not work sometimes.

Kind of... Don't Know

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: February 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I play'd the demo it blew me away, then one of my homies told me to get it he said the Graphixs are much better than the demo so I bought it, but can't play it becuz 360 is broken...damn :(

Wide-open entertainment

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Much like the other versions of Tony Hawk, you can skate anywhere without being restricted to missions. I've played for many hours at a time without realizing the time of day from beginning to finish. Online is fun, but the global interest has apparently diminished so you pretty much have to invite friends to play, rather than join existing skates.

Tony Hawk is back.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Tony Hawk Project 8 simultaneously captures the feel of the original games, while adding many new tricks, features, and challenges. The graphics are great, and the gameplay is fun for both beginners and experienced players. Two player splitscreen mode allows two players to skate together, challenging each other in several gametypes, or just free-skating. This game is a wonderful addition to my xbox360 collection, and I recommend it.

Tony Hawk going down?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is great, really fun and full of your average skate stupidities with new ones such as seeing how much you can hurt yourself LOL. Really good game and really good tricks and gameplay. Theres only one thing wrong with it, it doesn't really have a storyline like all the other tony hawk games. The point of the game is to rank up all the way to the top eight and you start out at like 180 so yeah. Just complete objectives and get to the rank. Besides the storyline, thats the only con.

Better then the last few for sure

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 18 / 20
Date: November 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Yes this is the 8th entry in the Tony Hawk series. Does it actually do anything new? Yes it does.

New Features: The nail the trick mode is simply the best addition and Im suprised no one has thought of this before now. Also new this version is the bails, which are used for some challenges (bail and break this many bones or bail and rack up this much of a hospital bill). This feels like a copy of Amped 3, but works semi well and adds some new variety to the series. Also new is the classic mode integrated to the story, which is my favorite new feature.

Graphics: The graphics are amazing, specially when you compare it to Tony Hawk American Wasteland. The graphics are smooth and I have not seen any slow down that some reviews have mentionned.

Sounds: The sound is good and the track list is varied and good. Out of 50 some odd tracks I think I knew about 4 bands. In a way I wish they would have thrown in a few more well known bands, but the unknowns (to me anyway) are decent and a few tracks actually made me want to look up the artist.

Character creation: Unlike other reviews (ign for example) I disagree that there are not enough options. You pick from 5 or 6 basic models and each then has options to modify them. There are a few things I would have added, like being able to change my guys hair color for the hair I chose instead of it only adding highlights to the black do or being able to change the shirt under the leather vest I wanted to wear. But over all I think the creation should make most fans happy.

The cons: A lot of reviews have mentionned that create a trick was removed (IMO replaced with the much better nail the trick), create a park mode was also removed...but I never used it. The graffiti portions found in American Wasteland were also removed...but I found that to be boring and a waste of time anyways. My main negative comment to make about this game is that it has some collision detection problems (I've gotten stuck near a wall and had to switch to walking to get away) and the VERY unrealistic bails. It annoys me when I'm trying to get a line or beat a challenge and bail and litterally fly all the way accross the section I'm in...It's a bail, not a superman impression... I really hope they patch the bails to make them more realistic, because currently it's too awkward half the time to be fun, it's unrealistic..it's not even remotly funny at the minute.

Over all: The game is loads of fun (hence the 5 stars). If you are a fan, pick this one up it will remind you of the good old days. I gave this a 4 overall because of the few issues that diluted the game a bit for me. It is still a fun game that you will spend hours playing despite the few problems.

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