What I like:
1. Character Representation of the real thing. They skate in the game how they do in real life.
2. Level Design is spot on. Love most of the levels except for Mountain.
3. The controls work just fine. I know they do. If you hit the right combo it works.
4. 20 online skaters.
What I hate:
1.Grinds break constantly. The grind function in the game is seriously broken. Just play around in the Asteroid belt for more than a few minutes and you will suffer the same problem we all do. The grind function is seriously broken in that level alone. But it doesn't stop there. Most of the other levels have this same problem in certain areas.
2. Where is Rodney Mullen?
3. Why can't I do some awesome manual tricks? What the fuck? The special manuals suck! I want to casper, Pogo, Primo, or PIVOT!. COME ON! This is supposed to be a pro skater game!
4. First pro Ring mission in berrics.... I passed it but seriously this reminded me of playing Superman on N64. The rooftop ring mission suffers the same problem with this mode including the rail drop out problem from Asteroid Belt added to it. Like playing an even worse version of Superman 64.
5. Pellets.... They don't always work but when they don't.... they should have. The pellet missions suck balls. I passed them all don't get me wrong but seriously.... It would have been enough to at least TOUCH the damn object you were supposed to grind, jump, wall ride, or fucking air from.
6. If you don't use the spin buttons, the game becomes much harder just to stay in combo. Seriously try a manual to a simple jump 180 kickflip and land in a manual again WITHOUT USING THE NOOB SPIN BUTTONS. Try it. You'll see how much we hate the game because you can't enter in quick combinations! So basically I call it Tony Hawks Preschool skater 5 because noobs will love the game. (Relying on Spin buttons.) So I decided to fuck with the noobs in Asteroid Belt.
(Btw nice score ace!)
7. They changed the button combinations to double direction then the face button. So for a stiffy it is now Right + Right + Circle Instead of Right + Circle +Circle. Which again... fucks it up for us who like getting that extra "Perfect" landing.
8. Auto Specials and the special meter. I like the idea of the special button. But.... It doesn't refill in the same combo you deplete it in. The auto specials can screw you up. Play with Lil Wayne and you will see why I hate the left circle special grab.
9. King of the Hill and other Modes... I like it and then I don't. 2 minutes? And it doesn't work at all like previous games? It is basically the troll version of trick attack, but with firefight added..... COME ON YOU CAN'T CALL IT KING OF THE HILL AND FUCK IT UP THAT MUCH! WHERE THE FUCK ARE ALL THE OTHER MODES WE LOVED? Big Head mode is only fun with a full room.
10. Where is Graffiti mode? Please someone tell me where graffiti mode disappeared to.... And if they "Re-imagine it? I bet it will be shitting out pellets where ever you go.....
11. No one joins any hosted matches because they are all noobs. No seriously I played with a few people in the past few days since launch and NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY ANY MODES. I show off a small combo of 3 million..... They can't even muster 250,000. the match begin timer, and the way invites work.... NO.
12. Online lobby setup. There is none. I can't switch rooms unless I get lucky enough to get thrown into a different one. But that is a huge problem. No one wants to play any modes. Fucking BORING!
13. Glitchy as fuck game.... It needs a lot of polishing. It really does. The reason why the camera "Shakes" is because the online server works in such a way that everyone has to be synchronized with each other. So if you have 1 laggy as fuck player? Guess what? Your screen appears to shake. And sometimes... for absolutely no reason you end your combo. I know this is a server issue. I know it is. And I know it is all because of the synchronization script they have for the game. I have lost a lot of combos because of this.
14. create a park still has too much of a small limit of placed objects. makes me very sad to know I can build a god damn tree fort, but can't have anything but a nice building.... with no ramps, rails, half pipes.... it sucks. I hate the fact you really can't start with a completely blank canvas. Look at THPS4's C-a-P. BLANK CANVAS PLEASE. And let us raise and lower the dame ground ourselves please. God dammit. This game is a half disappointment. It feels like they were working on the game modes while the level designer had to keep going back in to change something. Re shaping the level or deleting shit.
15. No really cool stunts like in THPS4.... Just lines, combos, rings, and a bunch of noobs.
16... if you are really good you can actually reset your balance meter. But the method is a glitch.