Mechanically, this represents the moment the core gameplay of the THPS franchise was perfected. THPS 1's general trick structure, THPS 2's manual to link together big combos, and now with THPS 3 the introduction of the revert finally allows the addition of vert tricks into these combos without ending the chain.

This is the PS1 version though, and I'd still rank it below the other two simply because you can tell it's cut-down from the original. The maps are still good, but 1 and 2's are much better.