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gets boring soooooo fast

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i played thps2 for about a year.. it was so fun for abour 10 months,,,then it got boring... then i thought that this game is gonna bring the fun back to it. NOPE. once u bored urself with a tony hawk game nothing is gonna change that. I played this game for about 3 days then stopped..

1. this game is easy, i beat it with kareem kamble, geoff rowly, and bucky lasick, each took me about 2 hours.

2. u can do double kickflips and other tricks u cant in thps2

3. neversoft made it so with each player the stat points and stuff are at different place so u will play it with every player, didnt work.

4. dont buy this game if u already played thps2

5. Those 2 stars are because of the level canada which is awesome

Pretty good for a computer game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this is one of the best computer games i have played. unfortunatly that doesn't mean much as i tend to be pretty disgruntled with games despite the fact that i remain fairly obsessed with them. i played this one maybe 90% of the way through with one skater before becoming sort of fed up and losing interest. but for awhile there i was quite a fan. on the plus side alot of the game is nicely constructed. on each level there are all these goals to accomplish and lots of rewards for doing it- this is true of most games (though too few sports games), but most importantly for much of the game you feel like you're improving- and you really are! it looks neat and has a wonderful feel to it and i loved all the scoring and the detail of the scoring. i liked how it all broke down into little 3 minute or less runs, it sort of combined some of the enjoyable qualities of the traditional (or i guess old) arcade games with all the modern graphics and style. i really liked this. it felt unique too. i mean sometimes every computer game, even across genres, can feel all the same to me, but this felt like a new thing to me.

now the negatives: it doesnt really include anything more than the most rudimentary few instructions. it has a tutorial which was fairly incomplete and deadly confusing at times as it referred to playstation controls or something so it took me a long time to figure out (i am not great at this, but i only play on a computer and am not an idiot or anything). even very late in the game after many hours of play there were some things i was just not entirely clear on how they worked (lots of key combinations). i have read people suggesting you get a, um, i forget the word, one of those play pads or something, but this game is for a pc and does seem to work fine with the keyboard so why not just tell us how it works on that? also there's alot of stuff about different skaters and customizing that was pretty uninteresting to me (but that stuff usually is- at least this game wasn't half skating half "fantasy skate league owner" or something like all those lousy ea sports games out there), and even if it were interesting to me you couldn't really do much interesting- like you could choose alot of tattoos for your skater but they're all kind of the same idea of a tattoo. the boards too you win for your skater are pretty boring. finally, big complaint, towards the end it just gets too hard. for me theres challenging, which is fine, but it just gets to be like work eventually- you got 200,000 pts. now get 400,000. especially in the last half of the campaign i felt it didn't ever let me revel in the skills i had. i realize there are all these people getting millions of points and people are always writing about this or that being too easy, but i must admit i find most games a bit harder than i like. this is especially true in sports and strategy type games where easy is never all that easy and usually bunches up pretty close to the other difficulty levels. still, perhaps a difficulty setting would have been nice here or just, i don't know, in tony hawk i think the idea is you play through lots of skaters. why not have some be lots better than others (rather than just having variations of talents). oh, also, theres a kind of fog when things are far away which can make it sometimes challenging to locate things at a distance (which is important), and there was a stat point i could not jump up to no matter what i tried, and despite the exact descriptions of what should work not working (this was in tokyo, don't know if others ran into this).

thats about it. i recommend it certainly for 5 or 10 bucks.

not to bad

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: June 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

its really bad graphics = bad game dont no why it is teen!

I like this game. but not the lyrics and the nosebleeding...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: October 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Just like the name this is a cool skateboarding game(Sport game). And I suppose you'll wonder why this game is rated `Teen' instead of `E'. Well, I'll explain this later but first I have to say this is an cool game.

If you seen on TV people do cool tricks with their boards and you probally want to try those tricks least once(even if you don't know how to spell `skate'-just a joke). This game can grant that wish in a few days(or few hours). control in this game is simple than you think. you can almost do some extreme tricks if you just memorize about 7~8 keyboard keys. So you can do some massive combo tricks quite easily. Which is very cool to look at. And map creater and the skater editor keeps the fun from escaping.
And the places you skate are places that you want to skate for real(Want to skate at a airport?). And there are goal you have to achived to get other stages(which is very challenging and it's more than just doing skateboard tricks.)

BUT.... this game has some downsides that parents should consider before purchasing this game to kids.
The songs in the game are good, but the lyrics are well...uh about bad things. And when your skater gets a good hit on the ground they get a nosebleed(leaves some blood on the ground). The amount of the blood is not much but it doesn't disappear unless you quit game. And some more contents may not be right for young children. So I guess these thing made this a `T' rated game. but except those things the game is fine.

And if you have PS2 try THPS4.

Tony 3 ROX

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

THSP 3 is another great addition to the THPS line. With enhanced multiplayer modes like Graffiti, Trick Attack, King of the Hill, and Slap!. Career "checklist" changes for what trick style your skater has. A better create-a-skater to change gender, height, and change more about the pros. They took out Bob Burnqust(I think that's how you spell it) and added Bam Margera. You can do different combos like double and triple kickflips, heelflips and impossobles. You don't win money, but, like in #1, there are stat points and new decks. There are many more special tricks to choose from, also. The reason I gave it 4 stars is because the skate park editor is really a step backwards. There are not as many options as THPS 2. Regardless, this is a great game!

I am really looking forward to this...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 16
Date: March 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am really looking forward to this game. It will take the tony hawk's 2 and make it extremely better. however, the demo i've seen had some major freaking choppiness and almost ruinded the experience. The keyboard is also no excuse for a dual shock 2, and that really makes the playstation 2 version so much better. However, the computer edition is still a must-buy. Huge interactive levels, online play, and a park editor. damn fine.

This Is A TIGHT GAME!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 16
Date: April 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Man I've Played this game on PS2 and it kicks THPS2, in the you know where! I own THPS2 and when I played THPS3 man I was like man this one leave all others in the dust. The Created Players R so much better than the one's on THPS2! The graphic R tons better! In Skate boarding games this one beats all! And The Cheats ROck!!!! Also, Be on the look out for Grand theft auto 3 It's awesome!

FINALLY!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 17
Date: March 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

YEAH!!! Finally! It's here! I've been waiting since last July, when I heard it would come out Spring 2002. (I didn't get it yet, but it's Wednesday, March 26, and I'm getting it tomorrow)
I don't feel that PC gamers get enough respect and credit. There are more PC gamers than console gamers, but we are still shunned by others. And games come out like....a year later than console games. They should all come out at least within the same month!!! Anyway, I'm going to buy an XBox in the summer, so I shouldn't worry. Anyway.....
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 is the latest installment of a predicted 10+ series of top-notch skateboarding. It was a first for boarders, and it has convinced people, including myself, to start skateboarding. In a couple of years, it will be the biggest (i can assure you) gaming franchise.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 for PC has a lot more cool features. Because of computer capabilities, there is a GIANT Park Editor, and many more options and modes for multiplayer. Also, it has the BEST graphics EVER for ANY game ever made!!! About 1400 by 1200 pixels, and 30 screens per second, or something like that.
If you want any more information about new advances for Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 for PC, or just THPS in general, go to Planet Tony Hawk. It is an excellent site, with lots of information and links to other sites.
I rate Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 a 11 out of 10, and I will make another rating after I get it! See ya....and WHAZUP!!!

This is a great game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: September 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Its fun its easy and its cool.

This game is gonna kick...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 19
Date: March 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have THPS1 and THPS2 for Dreamcast, and I am renting THPS3 for PSOne, but I gotta say it's not that good compared to PS2 and Gamecube. But if TH3 for PC is like the 1 for PS2 its gotta be good. I also bought the attachment 2 plug a PS or PS2 controller 2 your computer so I can pull off some awesome combos w/out the trouble off pressin' keys. It will be just like PS2, if not better. This is a definite buy!

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