{"id":280,"date":"2025-07-11T00:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/?p=280"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:42:54","slug":"tony-hawks-pro-skater-3-4-review-birdman-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premiererealtymarketers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/tony-hawks-pro-skater-3-4-review-birdman-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater 3 + 4 review \u2013 Birdman forever"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Activision<\/a> remake two more of the original PS1 and PS2 Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater games, adding in new content and taking away some of the original music.<\/p>\n

Tony Hawk<\/a> is easily one of the planet\u2019s most affable and unassuming celebrities, regularly recounting tales of his own failure to be recognised in public places and gently refusing to take part in any form of social media outrage. However, despite illustrious early outings, the skateboarding video game franchise that bears his name hasn\u2019t had quite such a mellow ride.<\/p>\n

The first Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater came out in 1999 and up to 2012 received annual sequels that gradually got less and less inspiring. The series\u2019 nadir arrived with the unmitigated disaster that was Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater 5<\/a>, after which things went quiet until 2020\u2019s excellent remake of Pro Skater 1 + 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That was made by Vicarious Visions, who also worked on several of the earliest and greatest Tony Hawk games. Unfortunately, and despite the critical and commercial success of 1 + 2, Vicarious Visions \u2018merged\u2019 with Blizzard<\/a> and effectively disappeared forever, leaving development work on Pro Skater 3 + 4 to Iron Galaxy.<\/p>\n

Very sensibly they retained the structure and mechanics of 1 + 2, which means you get a broad roster of skaters, both old school and new, along with the ability to play either of the games whenever you like. As in the originals, you start with a single skate park, unlocking the others by completing goals.<\/p>\n

These goals are warmly familiar and involve hitting high scores, finding the letters S-K-A-T-E, grinding your way to a hidden VHS tape, and a clutch of other nostalgia-triggering area specific objectives. Once you\u2019ve completed all the missions in a park, a fresh set of Pro Goals becomes available, which will stretch even the most finely honed virtual skating skills.<\/p>\n

This is a remake, so technically it\u2019s a completely new game and not just a remaster, but thankfully the finely judged controls and difficulty remain the same. Getting to know how to grind, ollie, and do tricks is just the beginning. Those moves and their button combinations have to be committed to muscle memory before each park\u2019s more esoteric goals become accessible.<\/p>\n

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Every area has been lovingly recreated to create as many lines as possible. This encourages you to combo tricks together, linking them using manuals – the skateboard equivalent of a wheelie – and reverts, which let you continue a combo when you land from a half-pipe or ramp. With the addition of those two moves you can effectively extend combos indefinitely, provided you have the balance and dexterity to continue chaining further tricks.<\/p>\n

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