THPS on rollerblades. It plays pretty similarly to the original run of Tony Hawk games (specifically 3 and 4), open levels with no timer, only a "juice" bar that'll fail you if you run out. The goals are along the same lines, score challenges, trick challenges, photos, etc. The level designs are both the best and worst part of this game. Each level contains closed off areas that you need a key to unlock, but the little (or big) side areas are usually pretty fun and serve as both a good incentive to find the key, and to make the levels themselves more expansive. That said, the level design peaks at the second level and gets a bit iffy from there, though each level does have interactable stuff to change the level or unlock additional areas which is always fun. The goals can get pretty challenging, but you don't need many to unlock a new level so it's not too bad. The gameplay is solid, skating around feels good, combos are relatively easy to string together, all of your air tricks are only on one button but there's the standard 8 direction variations in addition to grinds and manuals. I did have some issues with getting cess slides to work consistently, but that could be owed to my old Xbox controller. Soundtrack is also solid, standard mix of punk and hip-hop and a few ska tracks. Overall pretty fun game, I enjoyed my time with it.

Reviewed on Dec 21, 2023


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