Thread 717205623

Just think - if Ocarina of Time didn't exist, this would be the highest rated game of all time.

okay snoy

That's fair.

>>717205894
A stupid skateboard game does not deserve to be the gold standard for video games.

>>717205623 (OP)
we had this thread yesterday.
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/717138252

>>717205995
It's not, right now it's the silver standard.

>>717205995
it's actually gameplay focused therefore yes much better than this overrated toddler shit

>>717205623 (OP)
I sitll don't get why it was fun when I was a kid
Chopper Drop wasn't bad at all but like School 2 had the weird fuckery of the tape, France/Mexico/Skatestreet were just the same shit, get a high score.
New York wasn't too bad for most of it imo but had some weird fuckery like the fountain
Venice is probably the worst level in the fucking entire series
Philly wasn't too bad but had a lot of shit moments

Yet it was fun

THUG 2 was way better tho

>>717205623 (OP)
>this would be the highest rated game of all time.
Just goes to show how shitty "game journalism" is. Granted, I don't think OoT should be the highest rated game either, but that's just my opinion.
TPS2 was a lot of fun, but I wouldn't put it on my top 20 of Gen 5 (including PC games from 96-2000).

>>717206090
No one cares

>>717205767
I played this endlessly on N64 you console war tard

>>717205623 (OP)
>>717205995
Mario 64, OoT, and the Pro Skater games might as well be the trifecta of "this is how 3D games should be done" at the time and they're still brilliant. It's fair.

>>717207076
>he played the inferior version
Kek

>>717207236
I was too poor to have both N64 and PS1 at the time.

>>717205623 (OP)
Why were these games so fucking good? They still hold up

>>717207508
>he was poor
Kek

i never understood why blood brothers was never used as a single instead of broken home

>>717207518
I think it's because they had cycovision

>>717205767
THPS2 was on everything retard

>>717207508
Kek
Anon I grew up poor as fuck
Like the PS2 is out so now the PS1 is cheap enough to buy for us level of poor when it was like $99 or some shit

Now I pirate nearly everything despite being in the top 15% of my country's income (west europe so not poor)

>>717205623 (OP)
Weird. It's a far better game than oot which isn't even a good game.

playing this on the non backlit screen GBA at the beach during summer camp saved my life, the other kids were playing megaman battle network and yugio

>>717207567
Hey fuck you kid!!

I just don't get it. It's not the fact that these games are fun. It's the fact that they're some of the most fun games ever made. How is that even possible? They're just skateboarding games. What sort of scientific formula did Neversoft discover when creating these games?

>>717207981
THPS proves the most universal truth of video games, which is that the foundation of a good video game is in fun movement.

>>717205767
I played it on Dreamcast

>>717205623 (OP)
It's super fun. Can you say the same about your favorite game?

>>717205995
you clearly never played those games

>>717207981
What don't you get? THPS2 is a masterwork. It's only surpassed by THPS3. That you don't understand just goes to show how many more games you need to play to be taken seriously about your opinions on video games.

>>717208176
>It's only surpassed by THPS3
*ahem*

>>717208169
My favorite game is Elden Ring

>>717205623 (OP)
I have much love for the original (and recently replayed it), but replaying THPS1+2 remake was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my life. It's what I consider a PURE game experience. Shame how THPS3+4 remake turned out.

Recently Replayed:
>THPS3
Aces
>THPS4
Double Aces
>THUG
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
>THUG2
My unapologetic favorite in the franchise.
>THAW
I haven't beaten this yet, but I have a soft spot for it. Super soft spot.
>Project 8 - PS2
Garbage.
>THPS HD
Hot garbage.
>THPS1+2
Kino.

>>717208689
>THPS3
>Aces
>not Ace of Spades
fake fan

That has to be the most trailer trash game known to man on the most trailer trash console called PS1

>>717208817
tony hawk has pure video game appeal even if you don't care about real life skateboarding. wrestling and sports games are worse.

>>717205623 (OP)
Doubt it dude, also fuck you for not even liking video games for saying such a stupid opinion, THPS2 is great but chill, like wtf. Theres a lot of games that are better, I could name Wind Waker and Sunshine so fuck you if you dont think these are better.

>>717208817
I always associated the N64 with trailer trash, dirty cartridges of wrestling games and south park shovelware scattered among mario 64's with torn labels and never returned rentals of slop like iggy's wrecking balls and mortal kombat sub zero.

>better timeless artstyle
>better actual dungeons so 5 year olds will struggle to complete
>better enemy ai that can pose some kind of challenge
>money isn't completely useless
>actual upgrade mechanics that let you build up your character's gear how you want
>better sidequests (helping the wheelchair girl is the most soulful quest in all of vidya)
>much better developed and more fun characters such as tron bonne
>more appealing character designs instead of some gay fairy people
>much better plot
>voice acting
>can skip cutscenes
>running around is immediately responsive instead of running in an arc to the direction you're pressing
>can jump at will
>dedicated button for aiming and lock on
>strafing
>can rotate camera whenever you want
>release date: 1997
when did you realize oot is a crappy mm legends clone that gets by on brand recognition and legacy alone? for me it was when literally every oot clone gets immediately forgotten in the public eye

>>717209121
>Wind Waker
>Sunshine
Both wish they were as good as THPS.

>>717208903
sometimes a good modern nhl or fifa is better than pretending thps2 is the apex of gaming

>>717209287
go back to your trailer, cleetus.

Too much. Too often.

>>717209460
Deep.

>>717208408
ugh. I'm sorry.

>>717208817
not when bmxxx exists

Final Fantasy 7 is better than Ocarina of Time.

>>717207981
Skateboarding is inherently fun and radical by nature. Skateboarding games when done well take what's already fun and radical and add the extra layer of fiction, allowing you to do fun and radical in ways not constrained by reality or criminal law.

>>717207981
they were doing kickflip contests in the offices, imagine a modern dev team doing shit like this instead of outsourcing to india and over zoom meetings with HR roasties monitoring every word and action

>>717205623 (OP)
we had this thread yesterday
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/717138252

>>717208086
>which is that the foundation of a good video game is in fun movement.
Yet, everyone hated Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League.

>>717213917
we had this post two hours ago
>>717206090

>>717207981
The formula is something you all laughed at Miyamoto for when he used it to create another 10/10 banger: Star Fox Zero
That formula is ARCADE-STYLE GAMEPLAY. Period. THPS plays well because it's an arcade-style experience. The best game designers know their roots. What modern games are missing is the art of the HIGH SCORE. They forgot where they came from.

>>717205623 (OP)
>I RIP ROCK AND GRAVEL WHEN I TIME TRAVEL

>>717205623 (OP)
that's kinda wild. played it to death at the time but it's just a 7/10.

THPS has no lasting influence on modern games

>>717211383
Exactly. Tony Hawk games are pure distilled fun, like grabbing a can of Surge and ollieing through a mall at midnight. Modern games are too busy holding your hand or wasting your time with crafting menus and 40-minute cutscenes. THPS just drops you in and says, "Go be awesome." It's like a playable Mountain Dew commercial and I mean that as the highest compliment.

>>717215982
that might explain why modern gaming is so fucking garbage

>>717216084
Why does your post read exactly like a Grok AI response lmao dude

>>717215982
Doesn't need to be influential. Crazy Taxi wasn't particularly influential either, yet it's still as fun to play today as it was back when it first came out.

>>717213763
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K33l07LMrj4

>>717216218
I downloaded Flycast the other day and I have gotten shamefully addicted to Crazy Taxi (again). The DC-specific map is ass, the sequels are mediocre, but the original San Fran loop and gameplay? I could play that shit all fucking day. And have. The perfect cycle of "just one more run, come on, I was so close how the FUCK do people not run out of time, holy shit LOOK AT THOSE TIPS"

>>717215982
Modern games are intentionally made with a completely different mindset, but that would also explain why so many of them suck now.
Time to go back to arcade sensibilities with little fat and high skill ceilings.

>>717207236
>HOT STUFF COMING THROUGH

I'LL OPEN UP A CAN ON YA CREEP