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If I could, I would give this game 100 stars!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 95 / 104
Date: September 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The legend continues as Activision brings out it's newest installment in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. Unlike it's predeccessor (don't think I spelled that right), the latest installment has a HUGE gap between #4 and #3. In this version, when you start career mode there is NO time clock what so ever! You are free to roam the level as much as you like, but when you stop and ask or talk to someone, they give you an objective to complete, THEN the time clock starts. The goals varies, sometimes it's to stop a security guard from busting all your skate buddies to copying another skater's tricks to the infamous S-K-A-T-E or C-O-M-B-O goal. And the level design is VERY realistic. no more is there a perfectly smooth sidewalk, now you can see that there are scratches, bumps and even scrapes and openings in the sidewalk. The levels also are very realistic as well. There won't be halfpipes and ramps all in the middle of the road. For example, in the College level, there are no (like I said) halfpipes or ramps or rails right smack in the middle of the street. The game is based on real life. And when you get all level goals for a level with a character, they bring in their own ramp or halfpipe or object to add to the level. And the cheats...well you have to find them out yourself. To sum this game up, a perfect ten, no flaws what so ever. If you want a good sports game this year for Christmas, this is it. Strap on your helmet and pads, it's gonna be a bumpy ride...

Best Yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 24 / 27
Date: December 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This Winter, two games were released I had been looking forward to; Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (of course), and this, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. After playing Tony Hawk 3 over and over and over again on Free Skate (I had beaten everything on Career), I was getting pretty sick of the same levels. FINALLY, number 4 has come.

The second release of this series for the "new generation" systems, Tony Hawk 4 once again expands itself seemingly as far as it can go; at least until 5 will arrive. A few minor additions have been made; stiching cars, busses, ect, massive, literally massive levels, new secret characters (such as Iron Maiden's Eddie and a "hot chick"), a few new moves, and more. The most noticable change, however, is on Career mode, and I'm sure you've already heard about it. NO MORE TIME LIMITS. You now have to go and find people and they will give you missions to do, and you are usaully timed on just those mission in particular. And another thing: once you have 90 Pro Points, you have a Pro Challenge to complete. I have reached mine with Bam Margera, and on his you have to skate down Alcatraz Island in a shopping cart. Sounds easy? It's not. Hard. Frustrating. Tiring. Good words to describe it. Anyway, moving on...

The game's system is like the second game; you get cash and spend it at the skate shop. You can buy hidden players for 9,000, secret levels for 1,200, boards for 400, movies for 400, and so on. Once you have gotten every piece of cash and completed every single objective, you have enough money to unlock the "hot chick". I'm pretty far from that.

The levels are:
1. College-FUN FACTOR-5/5
2. San Francisco-5/5
3. Alcatraz-3/5
4. Kona-5/5
6. Shipyard-1/5
7. London-5/5
8. Zoo-5/5
9. Chicago*
10. Carnival*
*=You must buy these levels for a great amount of money

Now, to end my review, I will list some of the songs off the soundtrack, as I am always curious to hear the new songs off games like these:
1. Iron maiden: "The Number of the Beast"
2. The Offspring: "Blackball"
3. Sex Pistols: "Anarchy in the UK"
4. Run DMC: "My ADIDAS"
5. NWA: "Express Yourself"
6. AC/DC: "TNT"
...and there's A LOT more, more than 30. But I don't want to waste room. Hope I was helpful. Later.

Best Hawk Game Yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 26
Date: November 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

In each of its four Tony Hawk titles, Activision has brought something new and innovative to skateboard games. Like many others, I was wondering what this company that revolutionized skateboarding video games could bring to a fourth title. There are three things I have to say about this game that make it such an awesome game.

First, although the gameplay and controls of THPS4 are the same as the previous game, you will notice a change in the format of the game right away. Instead of starting a level with two minutes on the clock to complete as many goals as possible, you start the level with no time limit. You can skate around freely, collecting cash, loooking for gaps and cool places to skate and when you feel like completing some goals you simply skate up to a person with an arrow above their head. They will give you a goal and a time limit. You will find that this format of gameplay really gives you a lot more freedom.

Second, the creativity of this game is just amazing. There are mini-games hidden in some of the levels that allow you to earn extra cash. Some of the goals were so crazy they left me staring at the television in awe of the coolness of the game. Also, you are now forced to perfect every type of trick in the book. There are many goals that force you to use a certain type of trick. For example, there is one competition where you are placed on a floor with no ramps to do tricks off of or rails to grind. Your entire run will consist of manuals.

Third, the amount of gameplay in this game exceeds any of the previous games by a great deal. THPS3 was short and simple. Once you get the game down, you can beat it in less than an hour. The gameplay hours were extended by being required to beat the game with all 21 skaters in order to unlock everything available. THPS4 is much longer. There are 190 goals total, some of which are insanely difficult. And you don't have to go through the monotony of beating the game with every skater. As you progress through the game with one skater, you progress with them all.

These are the three things that really make THPS4 stand out as the best skateboarding game ever.

This game came along at the wrong time...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 20
Date: November 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Because I'm trying to graduate college. I've been hooked ever since I bought it. I've been a fan since Tony Hawk 2. I completely massacred 2 and 3. Within a week, I had finished up all the goals.

Tony Hawk 4 is different. Its HARD! Well, let me rephrase. Some of the tricks I used to bust out to impress my friends are now REQUIRED to complete a task. You used to have to be really good to hit a million point run, but now on some levels, that and more is required. The challenge is welcome.

There is a downside to this though. You will spend hours upon hours trying to complete some objectives. In Alcatraz, there is one task where you have to collect 33 items before the timer runs out. You pretty much have to take 20 turns just to figure out a line. Then you have to take another 30 just to perfect it. On some goals, there is little if any room for error.

Casual Gamers may find this a tad difficult, but if you've been a fan of the genre for some time, this will be a welcome challenge. Just don't break your controller in disgust.

Improved graphics, the elimination of the 2 minute timer, bigger game levels, and more goals make this a game you'll play for a while.

As stated earlier, the downside is that its extremely hard, and probably only the hardcore Tony Hawk Pro Skater fan will be able to finish it.

Bought it for my fiance, now I hog the game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: January 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I haven't played very many video games, and frankly the sports games are not my style. So when I picked this one up I figured it'd be fun to watch for a day, and then my fiance would be on his own. Well...that didn't happen. I've played it more than he has! The graphics are amazing, the skating is awesome and easy to learn if you read about the controls, and I love that I can create my own skater (although the only options for the women's body controls are stick thin or anorexic, and large ... or VERY large ... My fiance says it's due to the commercialism of the video game industry, but if you can make a fat male skater, you should be able to make a female skater who looks like she weighs more than 98 pounds).
There are so many great features to this game. Everything is totally customizable, from being able to make your own skate park, to changing the preset controls for tricks (I'm picking up skate language too!), to altering your characters looks and abilities. And when I say customizable I mean like...to the smallest detail.
There is blood in the game, although you can turn it off. And I like that when the skaters fall, you can tell it hurts (REALLY hurts. Even if the blood is turned off and doesn't splatter when the skater fals, he or she will yell and grab whatever appendage was hurt and usually stay on the ground for a moment). I think it discourages kids from running out and trying whatever they thought looked cool when the video game character did it. And, like any beginner, you do fall A LOT in the beginning. I've just gotten to the point where I can judge my landings and land on my board most of the time.
There's no limit to what you can do in this game. That's part of the fun. In real life, no one can skate on grass or grating or wallride all the way up a huge 20 foot wall. And you won't have to chase down pink elephants for a hallucinating drunk (you have to meet certain goals to open up new levels. This happens to be one that opens up in the first level after you've met a few goals already). But the fantasy of it is fun. The places you get to skate and the stuff you can skate on is great. Nothing slows you down surface-wise. And you can grind on anything and everything. The people walking around are funny too. They get quite angry if you skate too close.
All in all, this is a great game. I'm a book person. Give me a book and I'll have my nose in it for as long as it takes to finish. But I haven't cracked any of the books I got for Christmas because I've been too busy playing this game! I love the fantasy of it, and the challenge. Plus the goals are fun, and so is making your own character. I'd say it might be tough for kids, but I watched my fiance's neice and nephew play and they picked it up right away. So if you're even thinking about it, it's definitely a worthwhile purchase. And hey, if you hate it (and I seriously doubt you will) you can always sell it to the kid down the block. I guarentee there'll be one who's dying to buy it from you.

Best Tony Hawk Yet!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: November 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing TH since the first one. I liked parts 1 and 2 the best because they forced you to improve in the game in order to beat it. Part three for PS2 I did not like because it was way to easy to anyone that played the first two games. Part four is what I've been waiting for. Once again this game forces you to improve your skills in order to beat it. If you've been there since the beginning this is the complete package. If you are a beginner you may want to start with part three, then move on to four.

Improvements:

-When you earn a stat point for the character you are playing with, all other characters get a stat point.

-They have expanded on the manuals (flatland tricks). You can switch manuals without jumping, and not only that but you can swith to about 15 different manual tricks.

-Trick system overall has been greatly improved upon. Each trick command has a secondary, more intermediate trick attached to it, which you can execute by pressing the button twice. This goes for grinds, lip tricks, manuals, air and flip tricks.

-Levels are now massive, easily three times the size of the biggest levels in previous games.

-Skating environment is now much more realistic. You skate around the town or area you are in, in free skate mode basically, until you decide to start a mission by talking to someone with an arrow over their head.

-Online play

-Twice as many goals as were in previous games

-Once you complete enough of the regular goals you unlock five harder goals for each level.

-There is now a Pro Goal for each character that has something to do with their skating in real life, which can be unlocked by completing enough regular goals with any character.

-Secrets/Unlockables section is yours to choose what you want at any time, by buying something with money you've earned in the game.

-Different missions teach you new things about the game, and different and fun ways to try different tricks together in different ways.

Flaws

-First-time TH players might have difficulty completing all the goals in the game.

-No unlockable Marvel characters

The qualities of "Tony Hawk 4"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: October 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The good:
-You are not going to get bored in this game world
-New way to activate codes

The bad:
-Unfortunately, you are trapped in this world forever

The strange:
-What's with a couple things in Create-a-Skater mode

The awards for:
-Best new move: Skitchin'

The overall:
-WARNING: DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME UNTIL YOU HAVE FULFILLED ALL OF YOUR IMPORTANT TASKS. WHY? BECAUSE THIS GAME IS TOO GOOD, ONCE YOU ENTER THIS GAME WORLD, YOU WILL BE TRAPPED, FOREVER(unless you know you have to go to bed, etc.; or if someone makes you)

the best skating game ever made!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this has to be the best game this year. i played the demo on Kelly Slaters Pro Surfer, and this game is awesome. its so different from thps3. now you can skitch on cars, bust new tricks, and even talk to people. when you talk to certain people, they will give you an objective. you have a time limit, but it goes away when you finish the challenge. so career mode is like a free skate, but career mode all the same. there is also a pro challenge mode, where you start off as an amateur and as you do more things you become more popular. like i said before, this is going to be the best game ever.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For all of the hardcore gamers out there, get ready... on THPS3
you would have to be really good to get a 1,000,000 points in a single run. But now in THPS4, it is required! This game would far by be one of the best. But if your not that great of a gamer and a dependant on defeating video games you should back off. What makes this game a skaters dream game is that it offers more of a challenge and it will take much longer to beat. All of the original pro's are in the game (Hawk, Callabero, Mullen, Lasek, Margera, Steamer, Campbell, Thomas, Burnquist and Renyolds) along with a veriety of new tricks and levels. The graphics havent changed a bit but the sound and chalenges are much better.

Great Skateboarding Game! Great Replay Value!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the newest Tony hawk Pro Skater game (Not counting Tony Hawks Underground)

In this game you get to play as one of the following: Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Rune Glifburg, Eric Koston, Bucky Lasek, Bam Margera, Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska, Andrew Reynolds, Geoff Rowley, Elissa Steamer, and they even brought back Bob Burnquist! You can also play as a custom player. (My personal favorite is Rodney Mullen)

Unlike the first 3 THPS games, in this one you don't have a time limit to do the objectives! Instead, you just skate up to people and press circle around them and they will ask you to do something. If you don't complete the objective you just press start and choose "Retry Last Goal" and you can try it again, saving time and not having to restart the level.

I really like the levels in this game. they are challenging and fun. I love the music in this game too, in fact, one of the songs is by my favorite band!

There's not much they could do to make it better. It's got great replay value, because you'll want to beat the game with each player! And you could just go for a free ride if you dont feel like doing objectives. I think this is the best THPS game so far.

10/10

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