This is everything a remastered version of this game should have been, with a fantastic visual upgrade, thoughtful additions, retaining everything that made the classic games so fun when I was growing up.
Nice to play, nice to look at, & nice to listen to.
The detail and design direction they went with is just about perfect to me. All the parks look phenomenal, the textures are great and the visual clarity is really solid so nothing ever feels to muddy or overwhelming.
The additions they made to the soundtrack are also great, adding bangers from Viagra Boys, ATCQ, and FIDLAR is very welcome, but I could have done without that MGK song.
Also, of course no skating game is complete without being able to drip yourself out, and the clothing selection was pretty spectacular. I was scrolling through hoodies and almost all of them had completely different models, fits and/or textures, and weren't just recolours with different logos slapped on top. Kudos for that. Some of the stuff was still pretty dorky, like the backpacks and skinny jeans and I think maybe some more blank items with some contemporary inspiration would have been nice. Also more SB Dunks, also add more April and Thank You boards, and fuck it, add Yuto Horigome as well.
Overall I had a ton of fun just 100%'ing both THPS 1+2 tours, but I'll leave it at that since the plat doesn't seem fun.. at all.
Hoping they make a THPS 3+4 remake, and then THUG 1+2, then THAW. One can only hope.
Nice to play, nice to look at, & nice to listen to.
The detail and design direction they went with is just about perfect to me. All the parks look phenomenal, the textures are great and the visual clarity is really solid so nothing ever feels to muddy or overwhelming.
The additions they made to the soundtrack are also great, adding bangers from Viagra Boys, ATCQ, and FIDLAR is very welcome, but I could have done without that MGK song.
Also, of course no skating game is complete without being able to drip yourself out, and the clothing selection was pretty spectacular. I was scrolling through hoodies and almost all of them had completely different models, fits and/or textures, and weren't just recolours with different logos slapped on top. Kudos for that. Some of the stuff was still pretty dorky, like the backpacks and skinny jeans and I think maybe some more blank items with some contemporary inspiration would have been nice. Also more SB Dunks, also add more April and Thank You boards, and fuck it, add Yuto Horigome as well.
Overall I had a ton of fun just 100%'ing both THPS 1+2 tours, but I'll leave it at that since the plat doesn't seem fun.. at all.
Hoping they make a THPS 3+4 remake, and then THUG 1+2, then THAW. One can only hope.