Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (Game)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

GAME » on October 23, 2002

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The fourth installment of Tony Hawk's skateboarding series features a new free-roaming Career mode and a new assortment of tricks, challenges, and mini-games.

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Overview

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 is a skateboarding game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision (Company) (under their Activision o2 label) for the PlayStation 2 (Platform), Xbox (Platform), and GameCube (Platform) in North America on October 23, 2002 and in Europe on November 15, 2002. The PS2 version later received a Japanese release by Capcom (Company) on May 27, 2004 under the title Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2003.

The fourth installment of the long-running Tony Hawk (Franchise) series and the sequel to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 features a revamped Career Mode where instead of completing goals through time-limited runs of each area, players skate around each area with no time limit (similar to Free Skate mode of previous games) and find goals to complete. It also adds a new assortment of tricks, including Flatland Tricks, Grind and Lip Trick Extensions, skitching vehicles, and Spine Transfers (which allow players to switch between connecting quarter-pipes or self-right themselves to exit quarter-pipes without bailing). It is the last mainline game in the series to bear the "Pro Skater" name in 10 years, before Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5.

It also received conversions by Vicarious Visions for the PlayStation (Platform) and Game Boy Advance (Platform), released alongside the original releases. The PS1 version is notable for running on a modified Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 engine, while the GBA version uses the same isometric viewpoint as the developers' previous ports of the series. It also received a release for the Zodiac (Platform) in 2004, using a similar isometric perspective, and received releases for the PC (Platform) and Mac (Platform) by Aspyr on August 2003.

Keeping in tradition with the series, the game features multiple hidden crossover characters, with this game including Jango Fett (Character) (a bounty hunter from the Star Wars (Franchise) media franchise) and Eddie the Head (Character) (the mascot of the band Iron Maiden). Porn actress Jenna Jameson (Person) also portrays the hidden skater Daisy.

Gameplay

The core skating mechanics are mostly unchanged from previous games, but one major new feature is the spine transfer, which allows players to either switch to a ramp on the other side of a vert, level off when launched away from a ramp, or land correctly into a ramp if entering from a flat area.

Also new to the game are pogo tricks, performed during manuals by tapping one of the face buttons. Depending on the trick, the skater will perform a handstand on the board or stand on the side of the board. Extensive use of the pogo system is effective during combos.

The way goals are received is much different from previous games, adopting a sandbox-style system where goals are given by characters around the level. Completing a goal is rewarded with stat points that can assigned, and sometimes special trick slots. The game also reintroduces the concept of money, which was present in THPS 2 but not 3. Small amounts of money can be found throughout the level, usually by going up a ramp or grinding rails.

Each skater, including the custom skater, has a unique "end" goal, which is often very elaborate. Completion of the goal nets a highlight video of the chosen skater, if using a pro skater.

A limited version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2's currency system returns (by completing objectives and special mini-games, as well as collecting cash pickups, players can buy clothes for the Create-A-Skater mode, decks, movies, cheats, secret skaters, and hidden levels).

Characters

Initial Characters

Hidden Characters

Eddie (Iron Maiden Mascot)
Jango Fett (Character)
Mike Vallely (Person)
Daisy
Little Person (resembles an Oompa Loompa - PS1 version only)
Frycook (GBA version only)
Mindy (GBA version only)
Momo (GBA version only)
Roger (GBA version only)

In the game's Create-a-Skater mode, apparel can be unlocked to create Officer Dick and Ollie the Magic Bum from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.

Levels

College (Location)
San Francisco (Location)
Alcatraz (Location)
Kona
Shipyard (Location)
London (Location)
Zoo (Location) (unavailable in the PS1 version)
Carnival (unavailable in the PS1 version)
Chicago (Location) (from Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2, unavailable in the PS1 version)
Sewers (PS1 version only)
Little Big World (PS1 version only)

Soundtrack

Song	Artist
T.N.T	AC/DC
Labor	Aesop Rock
Bloodstains (Darkness Version)	Agent Orange
Simple Song	Avail
Manthem	The Bouncing Souls
Bad Dream	City Stars
Bad Fun	The Cult
Oodles of O's	De La Soul
House of the Rising Drum	Delinquent Habits
Seneca Falls	The Distillers
Big Shots	Eyedea & Abilities
Skate and Destroy	The Faction
Drunken Lullabies	Flogging Molly
Mass Appeal	Gang Starr
Spokesman	Goldfinger
Non Compos Mentis	Haiku D'Etat
Freightliner	Hot Water Music
The Number of the Beast	Iron Maiden
Beach Blanket Bongout	JFA
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads	Less Than Jake
Whenimondamic	Lootpack
Bodyrock	Muskabeatz & Biz Markie
Versus of Doom	Muskabeatz & Jeru the Damaja
I'm a Star	Muskabeatz & Melle Mel
Express Yourself	N.W.A
Giant	Nebula
Blackball	The Offspring
By the Time I Get to Arizona	Public Enemy
Savoir Faire	Rocket from the Crypt
My Adidas	Run D.M.C
Anarchy in the U.K.	Sex Pistols
Shimmy	System of a Down
Dig That Groove Baby	Toy Dolls
Yer Country	U.S. Bombs
Death Alley	Zeke

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