It's a really good game overall, but falls slightly short compared to the better entries in the series.

The highlights for me are the improvements to the movements and the additions of the 'spine transfer' which allows you to be much more creative when going for big combos. It's a good thing too because the maps in this game can be huge!

On the maps, it's another mixed bag. It starts off in one of the best maps in the series being 'College' with the real world 'Kona' being another favourite of mine. There are a couple of duds in here though like 'Alcatraz' and 'London', the latter of which seems a little small in comparison to the rest of the maps.

The biggest turn off for me though is the inconsistent difficulty. Alcatraz for example, being only the third map in the game has some missions that aren't just difficult to complete, but difficult to even reach the mission giver! This inconsistency is present throughout the rest of the game too.

It's a fun game with a great soundtrack and the controls are the tightest yet, but it misses the mark in too many places for it to be one of the best Tony Hawk games.