The GameCube version skates home with 13 internationally known pros, including the legendary Tony Hawk. Other features include eight massive interactive levels, an improved Skate Park Editor, a Create-a-Skater now including female skaters , a kickin' sound track, and hidden goodies all over the place.
But since the GameCube is a new platform for the successful franchise, questions of game play and control loom large. So, how does this version stack up? Well, grab yer skateboard, and let's ollie on over to the rest of the review, shall we? If there's one consistency about the Tony Hawk franchise that puts most other games to shame, it's the replay value that the game has to offer.
Trust me when I tell ya, this version keeps that string going, and then some. There's so much to do in this game, I'll give you a quick word of warning'don't play this game unless you're willing to put the rest of your life on hold for a while! Tony Hawk himself. Each skater has his own bag of tricks, but if you so desire, you can edit each pro skater's list of available tricks to your liking.
There are different goals and bonus locations for each pro skater, giving the game a ton of replay value. So, if you want to complete the game with each pro skater, it'll be a different ride each time. Single Session allows you to choose a level and skate for a period of two minutes, where your goal is to set high scores and claim new records.
If you choose to play in this mode first, you'll find only one level available, The Foundry. However, as you complete the given goals in Career mode, you can gain access to the other levels. Free Skate enables you to choose a level and practice to your hearts content, skating and pulling off trick after trick until you've mastered them all.
If you're anything like me, you "need" this mode. It's a blast to play and it's the perfect way to prepare yourself for competition'I call it "skateboarding therapy. Experienced gamers may want to pass up these two modes and go straight to the Career Mode.
This is the real meat and potatoes of the game for several reasons. The first and most obvious reason is that, by completing the goals of each level, you'll be able to unlock subsequent levels of competition. Each level is massive and highly interactive with objects appropriate to the location, such as cars, birds, pedestrians, storefronts, rooftops, ice cream trucks, and working escalators.
Needless to say, there's much more to see, and you'll find each level offers a living, breathing environment that perfectly captures the essence of the locale. As an extra incentive to playing in Career Mode, if you perform up-to-snuff in each level, you'll be able to increase your stats and learn new tricks as you go.
Perhaps the greatest feature of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is its killer combo system for pulling off various tricks and chaining them together to maximize your score.
It is this area of the game that'll have you coming back again and again. Grinds, grabs, ollies, nollies, wallrides, manuals, and flips to name just a few can now be linked together with the newly added revert'a quick degree spin of your board as you land. With the revert maneuver, you'll be able to continue your combo, seamlessly stringing together trick after trick like never before.
The potential for pulling off different combos is practically limitless, especially once you begin to realize the number of different tricks the game has to offer'mind-numbing! But, be warned, the number of tricks and combos you execute are matched by an equal number of controller button combinations which you must learn to master in order to be successful. After a little practice, this reviewer found the GameCube controller to be up to the task.
If you find yourself having problems, check out the options menu, where you'll be able to adjust the controller configuration to your liking. When you create a skater, among other items, you'll be able to customize your skater's body type, trick style, stance, clothing, gear, and even stats, which increase your skater's performance. Using the 3D Park Editor, you can create the skate park of your dreams with ramps, rails, pools, quarterpipes and other obstacles'all in real time.
At this point, I've touched upon what I feel are some of the significant qualities and features of the game. There's hidden locales and skaters throughout the game waiting to be discovered. There's so much more to say'the list goes on and on. Suffice it to say, the most important feature of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is that it's flat-out fun to play. As a complete package, the graphics in the game are very good. The skating environments are huge, and each offers a distinct look and feel, displaying clean and colorful textures.
As mentioned in the previous section, each level offers a generous amount of objects and buildings to skate in and around, which are modeled with an acceptable level of detail. There's a decent draw distance with only minor pop-up, however, considering the power of the console, I was surprised to see any.
In addition, in certain levels, the frame rate staggers and stutters from time to time, and while it may not necessarily upset your timing during crucial maneuvers, it is bothersome nonetheless. The player models are adequately detailed, but the real star of the show is the manner in which they animate.
Skater movements are as smooth as glass, with an added emphasis on a seamless blending of transitional animations from one trick to another. Player movements are also somewhat more realistic than in previous versions. Your skaters will take to the air with body parts twisting and gyrating like you've never seen before. Even the wipeout animations have received an upgrade, as you'll now notice slops and spills that look more painful than ever.
And when you do wipeout, you'll even see a splattering of blood on the walls and ground On the whole, I'm very satisfied with the visuals that the game has to offer, and I'm sure you will be too. Considering it's the first of its kind for the platform, I'll keep my complaints to a minimum.
Having said that, the graphics are very good, but not great. With plenty of room for improvement, in both environmental object detail and frame rate, here's hoping next year's version takes full advantage of the console's horsepower. If ever there was a game that delivers an audio experience, which properly compliments the game play, it's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
The music from bands like Xzibit, Alien Ant Farm, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, perfectly matches the style of game play, consistently pumpin' out a raucous and rowdy sound track that gets the heart pumpin' and the adrenaline flowin'.
Throughout each level, you'll hear realistic environmental effects from birds, cars, crowds of bystanders, and a host of others. Along with the sounds of your skateboard sliding and grinding about, is an announcer who's always there to remind you of your progress or lack thereof. As a complete package, the game's audio delivers big time. Unfortunately, this year's version lacks online support Oh well, maybe next year!
Nonetheless, grab a buddy, plug in a second controller, and get ready for a dazzling array of all-out multiplayer mayhem. My two favorites are Horse and Slap. Horse is a one-on-one best trick contest, where you perform a trick and then sit back and watch as your opponent tries to repeat it.
Your rival must successfully match or beat your score. If unsuccessful, he or she is given a letter. Slap is exactly what it sounds like.
Skate around, pick up speed by pulling off some tricks, and slap collide into the other skaters. The faster of the two skaters survives the collision and earns a "slap", while the slower one bites the dust. The one with the most slaps wins the game. For all of you proud GameCube owners out there who are looking for something really special to feed your new console, buying Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is pretty much a no-brainer.
With a slick combination of pleasing graphics, awesome music, huge environments to explore, and a killer combo control system, the game's replay value flies over the ramp and off the charts. Sure, there's still room for improvement, especially with the aforementioned frame rate issues.
Nonetheless, you skateboarding diehards are gonna love it. And even if you're not into skateboarding games, after playin' with this sucker for a while, trust me, you will be!
Tony Hawk, aside from creating one of the most successful skateboarding career's in history, has also forged one of the most popular sports game franchises of the last few years. Starting with the original Tony Hawk for the PSX, there have been many incarnations of his 'Pro Skater' titles, the latest, Pro Skater 3 appearing on six different platforms itself.
Intent on delivering an experience to top the previous one, each game has featured improved gameplay, graphics, and physics'all meant to let you skate like the pros, watch them suffer terribly during each wipeout, with gameplay just unrealistic enough to make the game entertaining.
No storyline. I personally consider this one of the many convenient features of most sports titles. Focusing purely on gameplay, Tony Hawk lets you choose from a variety of real world skaters, all chosen from some of the most impressive names today, like Tony Hawk gee, go figure , Bucky Lasek, and Elissa Steamer. Along with the actual pros, you can unlock many different 'unusual' skaters later on, like Wolverine , Darth Maul, and even the Neversoft Eyeball man that shows up in the opening credits.
Each skater has a balance of different statistics, like balance, speed, and tricking ability that all go into how good they respond with the controls when you're actually playing. Create your own skater, and you'll have the ability to customize their entire outfit, boarding style, and once you've actually started, even their deck.
For impressive skaters, you must have impressive terrain, and the designers of Tony Hawk 3 have taken careful note to make each stage just that. With an eye for design that can only be called absurd, this title takes you from an iron foundry to a wintery Canadian skate park, and even to a massive cruise ship level. With as much as the game gives you to do in the career mode, it doesn't really matter that it can be beaten fairly easily, using just a few hours of your time.
Controlling your rider is fairly simple. You've got movement, grinding, and even buttons to pull off a board flip trick. Pull out a skater dictionary, and you'll likely be able to perform any move that they mention, up to and including jumps that'd break any real skaters legs, or at least leave them in traction for months. The analog sticks let you control the movement and pace of your rider, whom you'll want to keep moving the entire time.
With a little practice, you'll get the hang of building up your speed and then grinding onto and off of any of the various edged surfaces in the game, one of my favorite techniques. In order to pass through each stage, you'll need to complete a series of objectives.
Aside from three ranks of points you can score on each stage, each progressive increase scoring you another objective, you've also got environmental challenges. Stuff like, "grind from this point," "knock object A into person B," and so on. Collect these objectives and you'll be able to go to the next stage. As you progress, you also find Stat points on each stage, as well as new decks with which to ride.
Both items increase your effectiveness while playing, and make your rider that much easier to control. There's a ton of skaters to choose from, all leaders of the industry with Tony Hawk among them, so your choice for skate style and overall stats are pretty good. Later on, as your stats get better, you may just end up sticking with one rider, carrying them all the way through to the end of the game. As you go through, you'll occasionally be able to unlock secrets, like hidden skaters such as the ever famous Darth Maul, or the Neversoft Eyeball, although at the time of this writing, there still aren't any reliable codes, so you'll need to beat the game a few times to unlock them.
Along side the career mode and custom skater options, you can also create your own park. With as much versatility as the first editions of Tony Hawk, this version works even better since the Xbox has a very very large internal hard drive on which to save your custom compositions.
Recreate your favorite real world park, and play it, Tony Hawk style. Playing with friends hasn't been easier now that it's on a system with four built in controller ports, making for an easy to play experience. Requisite for a game with an impressive pedigree on such a new system, Tony Hawk 3 features improved graphics that do it justice on the Xbox. Bloodstains appear more realistic, the framerates are consistently high and free of stutter, and there's next to nothing in the way of graphic artifacts to get in the way of your gameplay.
There are plenty of little options available for those interested in creating a custom skater, and once you've beaten most of the levels, there's a plethora of extra movies and behind the scenes material to watch.
I'm personally amazed at some of the torture their skaters went through to help capture the real essence of every fall and twist. It's amazing what you can bear about a game when it features lots of good music. Even better, since the Xbox can rip CDs for you, count on being able to use that music in the game. One of the few games to feature this ability, you can use the songs you've put on the Xbox hard drive as a soundtrack while you're playing. My only complaint is that you've only got something like two minutes for each stage in career mode, so you don't get to hear much of the music.
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