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Look Its a Panda
10-21-2006, 06:28 AM
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Title: Tony Hawk's Project 8
Developer: Neversoft
Platforms: PlayStation 2, PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP
Releasedates: 8. November (USA), 17. November (Europe) (a bit uncertain, ToTheGame says 17. Nov, Wikipedia (as reliable as it is) says 27. Oct)
Web: TonyHawksProject8.com (http://www.tonyhawksproject8.com/)

Reengineered from the ground up for Sony and Microsoft’s next-generation consoles, Tony Hawk’s Project 8™ immerses players in the definitive skateboarding experience using ultra-realistic graphics, enhanced physics and extremely responsive controls that simulate the feeling of skating with every trick and bail. The game challenges players to experience the intensity and pressure of skating against some of the world’s top pros in true to life competitions as they aim to become the #1 skater and establish their town as a skateboard destination. Delivering continuous skating action in a free-roaming living environment, Tony Hawk’s Project 8 incorporates the series’ most popular features, all of which have been enhanced with next-generation technology.

Next Generation Gameplay Brings Skateboarding to Life: Tony Hawk’s Project 8 is built from the ground up with an entirely new engine for Sony and Microsoft next-generation consoles and features the most advanced graphics ever for a Tony Hawk game, including full 3D body scans of pro athletes and motion captured skateboard tricks. Gamers have the freedom to progress through the game in multiple ways and decide the type of pro skate they want to be.
Most Unique, Robust and Realistic Skateboarding Game Experience Ever:
Tony Hawk’s Project 8 offers more goals, side-missions, secret areas and mini games than any other Tony Hawk game. Players track stats with new in-game record keeping, switch characters mid-game to accomplish a goal, or just skate how they want to skate.
Innovative, Never-Before-Seen Gameplay Elements: Featuring new gameplay mechanics, Tony Hawk’s Project 8 challenges fans with the most goals ever in a Tony Hawk game. Players interact with pro skaters who teach special tricks and show paths to secret areas. New elements include:
Filmer and Photo Goals – On the way to #1 pro-skater status, players must trick through photo shoot locations, or follow a filmer with a video camera and complete his instructions while keeping up with him.
“Picture-in-a-Picture” – Player can watch gameplay unfold on the main screen while observing the action on film in a superimposed video box.
“Movable Ramps and Rails throughout the city” – Place ramps and rails to set up amazing lines and/or gain access to secret spots.
“Impress the Locals” – For the first time ever, players must impress in-game citizens and pedestrians to build up respect. The pedestrians watch players perform tricks, laugh at brutal bails and punch players in the gut for knocking into them.
Enhanced Physics and Responsive Controls: The new physics system introduces advanced grinds and bails that allow players to control falls and minimize or maximize damage for fun with the innovative new ragdoll bail mode. A greater sense of momentum and gravity is impossible to miss, and provides the most realistic virtual skate experience ever.

Screenshots, videos og previews:
Gamespot.com (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/tonyhawksproject8/index.html)
IGN.com (http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/803/803274.html)
ToTheGame.com (http://www.tothegame.com/game.asp?id=5055)
GameTrailers.com (http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?fs=1&id=2662)

Thought I'd make this thread since the THP8 demo just popped up on Xbox Live Marketplace, 342.53MB. Woop woop.

RandomHero
10-21-2006, 12:41 PM
The control demonstration was good, but they might ruin it with the overly comic aspects.

Could be a decent game and a new start for Mr.Hawk

Dizzydude
10-21-2006, 03:14 PM
It looks pretty good, I saw a behind the scenes on an OXM disc and it looked good. I'm glad they rebuilt everything from scratch since the other games were getting pretty ridiculous.

Look Its a Panda
10-23-2006, 12:37 PM
I played the hell out of the demo this weekend, Nail The Trick is a really cool new feature. It's about time that they add something new to the series, and this doesn't feel as tacked on as a lot of the other stuff they've done.

It's also nice to see that they've gone away from the Jackass/Viva La Bam style that Underground 2 (and somewhat American Wasteland) had, and that they're back to a more oldskool style. The graphics is also pretty sweet, though the lipsync looks really weird.

r33hash
10-23-2006, 02:22 PM
Is there a demo on Live yet?

I love how they've turned away from the sketchy skater-esque style and come back to more realistic stuff.

Look Its a Panda
10-23-2006, 02:47 PM
Is there a demo on Live yet?

I love how they've turned away from the sketchy skater-esque style and come back to more realistic stuff.The demo was rolled out on Saturday, but since Marketplace is still suffering a couple of bugs since the Live upgrade earlier this week it might not show up in the list of new demos.
Anyways, the demo is awesome, just one pretty tiny level that you can play for 20mins before having to restart it, but it will still give you a nice preview of the new gameplay elements.

Iris
10-23-2006, 03:18 PM
My sister and I always used to have tony hawk competitions with the graffiti thing and i would always win :D

It should be a fun game. :D

Kelpie PMS
10-23-2006, 03:34 PM
I didn't think I would like it, but I played the demo and I think I'm hooked.

r33hash
10-23-2006, 04:00 PM
Nice. I gotta check it out tonight then.

RandomHero
10-23-2006, 04:11 PM
I thought that all flip tricks were done with the double stick thing, but that is just if you want to get extra points or something. Hopefully online play will be better than the last game.

KilloWertz
10-23-2006, 04:47 PM
I'll have to check it out too. I haven't played a Tony Hawk game in a while.

Look Its a Panda
10-23-2006, 04:56 PM
Hopefully online play will be better than the last game.The problem with the multiplayer in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is the fact that you'll get achievements for playing multiplayer on each map. This pretty much means that people create online games for themselves, only to change through all the maps, making it almost impossible to find a game where someone's actually playing.

Apoth3osis
10-23-2006, 05:13 PM
Im totally hooked on Project 8, and after playing it (the demo) im wondering to my self, why the hell didnt they do this earlier (go back to straight up skating)? The last TH game I enjoyed was Underground 1, and even then I hated the few missions that required you to do stuff other than skating.

I am officially psyched for this game.

Apoth3osis
11-08-2006, 05:43 PM
Has anybody gotten this yet? Im curious to hear what people say bout it.

H2O Xyanyde
11-08-2006, 05:44 PM
I bought it on the way to work... cant wait to get home to play it. I also got gears of war though... so I dont know what I will be up to tonight.

I probably logged 10 hours of play time on the demo alone, come to think of it.

Look Its a Panda
11-09-2006, 12:18 AM
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/tonyhawksproject8
82/100, based on 9 reviews. Seems like it's so-so.

Love Angel PMS
11-14-2006, 09:15 AM
It looks way much better than the previous one and it IS on Tony and skating.
I am not going to let it pass.

RandomHero
11-14-2006, 09:58 AM
Seeing as I have COD3, MUA, GoW and probably Viva Pinata to play I might wait until the price drops a bit before buying it.

Not the smartest move releasing it on the same day as Gears of War though.

Look Its a Panda
11-14-2006, 10:03 AM
Seeing as I have COD3, MUA, GoW and probably Viva Pinata to play I might wait until the price drops a bit before buying it.I've just bought Call Of Duty 3, but I'll be picking up both Gears of War and Tony Hawk's Project 8 this Friday. I'll be all set for 2006, that's for sure.

r33hash
11-14-2006, 10:18 AM
Surprisingly, I'm craving some CoD3 online right now.

Tony Hawk looks great. But I typically got bored with earlier franchise games pretty quickly.

Shiankhi
11-14-2006, 08:36 PM
I'm getting this.
Deff.

Apoth3osis
11-27-2006, 09:38 PM
This game is mad wizard funzor

Wheeeeeeeeeeee :yahoo:

Black Capone
11-27-2006, 09:46 PM
I.....must........have.........my Precious........

Look Its a Panda
11-28-2006, 09:28 AM
I've been playing this quite a bit, and the framerate is just horrible. I'm using the VGA-cable, and the framerate is all over the place, often so much that it will cause you to bail.
Hopefully it runs better with the regular cables.

r33hash
11-28-2006, 09:46 AM
I'm waiting to see how Skate turns out.

Apoth3osis
11-29-2006, 12:36 AM
I've been playing this quite a bit, and the framerate is just horrible. I'm using the VGA-cable, and the framerate is all over the place, often so much that it will cause you to bail.
Hopefully it runs better with the regular cables.


With regular cables, this game is still pretty choppy. I havent tried comparing the two, but the game has a noticeably choppy framerate with the standard component and composite cables.