User Reviews (1 - 11 of 26)

Show these reviews first:

Highest Rated
Lowest Rated Newest
Oldest Most Helpful
Least Helpful

Should have supported xbox LIVE...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...It doesn't support LIVE although it does support the other...third party online play. If you have a PS2 its a good game. The graphics aren't great but the gameplay is good. If you don't plan to play it online...go for it. Seems like a pretty straight forward game. If you liked the other THPS games...you will like this one.

Good, but not the best of the series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm one of those rare people who get every action-trick sports games, granted some I wait on, and others I will get day of release, and well I waited on THPS4 and glad I did.

First off the game went under major reconstructive surgery for this incarnation, pretty much throwing away the 2:00 clock. I have serious problems with that, it's what made THPS, trying to do the goals within the time frame. Also out is the tape system, and again I'm seriously upset, just like I was for the arrival of THPS2.

The gameplay is THPS without a question. Its a little dulled down from the sharpness of THPS3, but gives a little more realism to the game, but if I wanted that, I'd go out and pick up the deck and go skating. Many of the challenges are excrutiatingly tedious. Actually about 90% of them are tedious, I like the races, and the traditional collect SKATE of find 5 whatevers in 2 minutes, but then the competitions don't have the skate park feel to them. The levels are big, but fairly unimaginative (Chicago from Mat Hoffman 2....I won't say more)

If you're looking for a THPS game, I would go 3 and maybe even 2x before 4, but if you're looking for new levels and don't have 4, pick it up now that it is at a platnium price, and be glad you didn't spend twice as much on it.

Tony's Back

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Tony Hawk 4 is a great game but c'mon honestly the series is old. It still brings all the fun of bustin huge air with ultra-realistic graphics. The new free roam environment is great and the levels are getting great. This is the best skateing game and is fun but i was dissapointed by the multiplayer and lack of online for x-box. All in all the game is great and seems to be ageing well. If you like this genre then buy this not the copy-cats out there. Also Ollie the bum has the funniest phrases in the world and his voice is great!! good game so if you want buy it.

funniest game I ever played

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is the funniest game ever if you havent bought it yet by it NOW!!!!!You can olley over a hobo and he makes these moning noises.You can be a kid,or be in matrix mode where you flote in the air.The best part is if you earn 15,000 dollars you can by a level.They are a white trash carnival and Chicago from Matt hoffman 2.If you like ladies or are a womam with a sense of humor you can unlock a woman.Or you can unlock a starwars guy or a zombie.But dont worry parents this game is allright for youir kids.It has one cussword out of the whole soundtrack.

Ridiculously Difficult!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: October 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Pros:
- The levels are much bigger, brighter with alot of added (and much needed) detail (the 1:1 scale Alcatraz level is graphically stunning to say the least).
- Skating/Combo lines are plentiful to keep the tricks coming.
- Objectives are fun and fresh, progressive, not all at once.
- No stage time limit
- MANY UNLOCKABLES & MINI-GAMES!

Cons:
- Stupid hard! (this game is definately not aimed for beginners or newbies to the THPS series.)
- All the objectives are timed (this is not totally a con, but the time limits are VERY restraining for some objectives)
- If you've played them before, there's not too much new to see other than a couple of added tricks, levels, and movies.

tony hawk pro skater 4

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

the game is cooler than the other series of tony hawk games. must buy.if you like tony hawk games you should buy this one.this game is GREAT!have fun!gameplay-this game is fun.graphics-great graphicsdifficulty-sometimes hard sometimes easy.

Fun Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game was so much fun!! Compared to Tony Hawk 3, this one is 100 times better. There's more interaction in this version. Instead of have specific goals to meet, you have to find people to talk with and they will give you a task to complete. This game provides hours of fun!!

Keeps getting better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Just when you thought that they couldn't possibly make a new Tony Hawk that provided original gameplay, Activision came out with this awesome game. The best addition to this installment has to be the way that they revamped how you achieve objectives. In previous versions, you had to keep retrying the level, suffering through annoying load times just so you can retry the objectives. Now, there is no timelimit on the levels, and you activate objectives by talking to people on the board. Fail the objective? No problem. Hit start and select "retry objective" from the menu.

Other than that, the graphics have improved, yet again, and the replay value is even higher than it was before. Can life get better? I thought it couldn't, but Activision proved me wrong!

Here is what we do know...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 25
Date: September 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Tony Hawk 3 is one of the greatest games for the Xbox, and Tony Hawk 4 looks just as promising. Since Amazon really doesn't have any information about TH4 up yet, I thought I would offer some info courtesy of Gamespot.com:

The game features a totally redesigned career mode, one that takes away the standard two-minute time limit and instead applies time limits as you discover and start goals. Level goals are hidden in the new game, and some goals appear on the level only after certain previous goals have been completed. Also, the game will have multiple tiers of goals. Completing all of a level's amateur goals will unlock a pro challenge. Each skater will have a different pro challenge that is suited to fit that skater's career. The pro challenge is designed to be much more difficult than the standard goals. One of them will have a skater moving around to different parts of the level, doing a specific trick on a piece of scenery, all within a certain time limit. Once this challenge has been completed, a new set of pro goals will open up on the level.

The twist in Tony Hawk 4 is that you won't have to complete every goal with every single skater. Outside of the pro challenge, completed goals are counted so you could conceivably go through the game once with one skater, then go back and complete the pro challenges with every other skater to complete everything the game has to offer.

The San Francisco level featured the same type of goal structure as the rest of the game, though it didn't seem to be as beginner-focused as the first set of goals in the college level seemed to be. In San Francisco, you'll have to skate around and find five packages, save a man from four hungry seals, manual all the way down a pier, and of course, accomplish the standard score and spelling goals. Portions of the level's look and design are inspired by Fisherman's Wharf.

Great, challenging fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: March 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Skateboarding is a fun sport - and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 lets anyone master the cool moves and spins from the comfort of your couch.

Let's start with the huge amount of customization available. You create your character, male or female, giving him a name, home town, age. You then can choose his hair style and color, shirt, pants, shoes, hat, logos, tattoos on ALL parts of the body.

For each item (say a shirt) there is a HUGE range of styles, colors and logos available. You can even tweak the various body parts to make them bigger or smaller! I was extremely impressed with how well you could really customize your player.

Next, there's a full skateboard park creator. You can build your fantasy park with ramps, benches, stairs and much more in it. Then you can have fun cutting loose! There are many sample parks included to play on or to draw inspiration from.

Now, on to the game. There's a Career mode that lets you move through a series of levels, accomplishing tasks on each one. You start out on the college level, zooming around, avoiding the cars on the streets or grabbing on to them for a ride. There are people hanging out around the college to talk to. One wants you to rip down signs promoting the local cop. Another wants you to search for letters. A third wants you to harass the frat boys that are causing trouble. There are a bunch of different missions, each one different, each one helping you to learn a different aspect of gameplay.

You can play single missions to, or against friends if you wish. It can be a bit tricky at first to get the hang of skateboarding, just like in real life. You tend to land sideways and go SPLAT on the pavement, little blood drops flying (you can turn off gore if you wish). But soon you get the hang of it and are doing cool tricks off the railings and walls you come across.

The levels are well laid out and very interesting, with fun scenery to interact with. The various challenges test different parts of your skills and help you learn new ones as you go. The soundtrack is great, with a wide selection of bands. You can turn on and off different songs if some don't appeal to you.

Highly recommended for sports fans!

Review Page: 1 2 3 Next 

Actions