

This system would later be refined in THPS4, known as double-tap tricks and manual/lip/grind extensions. However, number of extra tricks is limited and they take more air time, so it's impossible to land them in flatland. For example, double-tapping the flip button would, naturally, make the character perform a double flip. Hidden combos are variations of standard tricks that can be performed as flip, manual or grind tricks. This allowed for much longer combos than in the previous two games, where landing in a quarterpipe would finish a combo. THPS3 saw the introduction of the Revert - one of the most influential moves inthe series, a trick that enabled vert combos to be tied together with a manual by tapping a button when landing in a quarterpipe. Users could connect directly to other players online on the PlayStation 2 version-even prior to the launch of the network adapter, with a USB Ethernet adapter, or on PC, where one could use the GameSpy lobby to play online, or simply play LAN on a local area network. Amateur architects all over the World were spending hours crafting the skate-park of their dreams, and many didn't even bother to play the game much, so good was the park editor functionality.The game stood out in the franchise for being the first title to have online capabilities. If, for some reason, you became bored of the levels packaged on the disc of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, you could design your own.


His inclusion as a playable character in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 was a big draw for the game, and of course, his unlockable highlight video was fantastic. Some were story related, some were tough to find, all of them were great.Īs we mentioned earlier, 'Jackass' was absolutely massive at the turn of the century, and Bam Margera was one of the most popular characters. We've been on about the fantastic design of the levels before, but all of them also had a secret area that you could unlock. It was unanimously decided that Rodney Mullen's was by far the best, although they were all fantastic. Unlockable real-life pro skater highlight videosĪlthough the game itself was incredibly fun to play, one of the favourite features of real skateboarding fans was the unlockable highlight reels that could be viewed after accomplishing certain tasks with skaters in the game.
