Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, or abbreviated as THPSHD, is a skateboarding video game developed by Robomodo and published by Activision. It is a remake of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater with Levels and features from other games.
It was originally released for the Xbox 360 on July 18, 2012, with a PlayStation 3 release on August 28, 2012 and eventually a Steam PC release on September 18, 2012. The game was delisted on all platforms on July 17th, 2017.
Game modes[]
Online mode[]
Online mode allows up to 4 players to join the host game. Unlike in previous instalment, players are forced to wait for other players in lobby without being able to play (ironically, this is mostly how LAN play functioned in THPS2 on PC). Online play is not available in the PC version of the game.
Levels[]
- Warehouse
- School II
- Hangar
- Mall
- Venice
- Downhill Jam
- Marseille
- Canada (DLC)
- Airport (DLC)
- Los Angeles (DLC)
Pro Skaters[]
- Tony Hawk
- Rodney Mullen
- Eric Koston
- Nyjah Huston
- Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins-Pastrana
- Andrew Reynolds
- Chris Cole
- Riley Hawk
- Jake Harrison
- Emily Westlund
- Avatar (Xbox 360 Version)
- Steve Caballero (DLC)
- Geoff Rowley (DLC)
- James Hetfield (DLC)
- Robert Trujillo (DLC)
Secret Skaters[]
Achievements[]
- Full article: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Achievements
Soundtrack[]
Classic
- Goldfinger - Superman
- Anthrax feat. Chuck D - Bring the Noise
- Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide
- Consumed - Heavy Metal Winner
- Lagwagon - May 16
- Millencolin - No Cigar
- Bad Religion - You
New
- Pigeon John - The Bomb
- Lateef the Truthspeaker - We the People
- Pegasuses-XL - Marathon Mansion!
- Apex Manor - Teenage Blood
- Telekinesis - Please Ask for Help
- El-P feat. Trent Reznor - Flyentology (Cassettes Won't Listen Remix)
- Middle Class Rut - USA
- Metallica - All Nightmare Long (DLC)
Development[]
Announcement[]
In December 2011, Tony Hawk himself made it official at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards that the series would return in 2012 with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD.
This title, upon announcement caused a huge resonance in the community. Franchise fans hoped that Robomodo will use this chance to develop a successful title that will bring the franchise back on the track after two not very successful games.
The developers promised to combine the best elements of original game, upgraded for today with sharp visuals and fresh content.
Level Choices[]
The original tweet.
The level list was a subject to discuss during the development, where Tony Hawk posted on Twitter (now known as X) asking what their favorite levels were from Pro Skater and Pro Skater 2. This led to many "Top 5 Levels" being spawned throughout the fandom.
However, it's easy to spot that every level from the final level roster was already reused once: Venice, Hangar, School 2 in THUG, Warehouse (as Training), Downhill Jam and 3 DLC levels in THUG2, Mall and Marseille in THAW. It is known that Robomodo used THUG2 source code, which might explain the level choice.
Changes from the original game[]
Since this is a remake of the original games, a lot of features from later games were removed. Even though the developers explained the lack of most features using the "classic feel" argument, there are obvious differences between the original games and the remake.
- Levels from the original Pro Skater are missing, like the Skate Park, Downtown, Burnside, Streets and Roswell. Though, several Levels from later games are included.
- The game lacks skater and park editors, originally introduced in Pro Skater 2.
- There are no Bail recovery animations, instead cutting to a white screen.
- There is no local split screen support.
- S-K-A-T-E Letters are displayed from left-to-right, rather than top-to-bottom. This would be reverted in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2.
- Skate videos are not included in the game.
- Manuals and Reverts were added as Tricks in the game.
- The rail Balance bar and lip tricks are not included in the game.
Reception[]
The game received criticism for its bad skater controls, poorly working game mechanics (like Wallride) and lots of glitches. Most of the noted glitches were tracked by players and reported on Robomodo Facebook page, though most of them were never fixed.
One of notable examples was AndyTHPS proposing the way to fix wallride glitch. Players also did not like the lack of revert move without the DLC and threw in lot of negative feedback about it. This game currently holds a score of 67 on Metascore.
Community Mod[]
Since the game is built using Unreal Engine 3, it was found that user can change most of default graphical settings manually, however, no UI was implemented in the game itself. This and the fact that Revert was found in the game code before DLC led to the apparition of the Community Mod that adds a classic launcher and a few game fixes. It is likely that this release forced the developer to come up with a free patch that enabled reverts before THPS3 DLC.
Trivia[]
- This is the first game in the series where Tony's son, Riley Hawk is a playable character.
- This is the last Tony Hawk game to have blood. Future titles would remove the blood entirely, and starting with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, would add a VHS-rewinding effect upon a Bail.
- This is the last Tony Hawk game to have Cheats.
External links[]
- Debut VGA trailer
- THPSHD Launch trailer
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD on IGN
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD on GameSpot
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD review for the Xbox 360 on GameSpot
- Gamespot video review
- Community Mod
Gallery[]
| Tony Hawk series | |
|---|---|
| Pro Skater series | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 |
| Story-based games | Tony Hawk's Underground • Tony Hawk's Underground 2 • Tony Hawk's American Wasteland • Tony Hawk's Project 8 • Tony Hawk's Proving Ground |
| Remasters and Remakes | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X • Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 |
| Spin-offs | Tony Hawk's American Sk8land • Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam • Tony Hawk's Motion • Tony Hawk: Ride • Tony Hawk's Shred Session • Tony Hawk's Skate Jam |