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General THPS(X) / THPS4 V THPS5 What we know so far.
« on: May 07, 2015, 04:26:42 pm »
THPS4
Released Fall 2002
Features:
UI:
Public Lobby Infrastructure
Host your own 8 player room
Name your room
Password your room
Choose any online name/ Clan tag you desire
Freeskate (Not a Game Mode. It?s where you hang out with friends until you decide what to play/do.)
Public Text Chat
Taunts
Set/Go-to skater restarts
Edit tricks menu
Observe mode
First Come First Serve Mode
Kick/Ban players from room
Collisions - off by default, can turn on
Skating Mechanics:
Ollies, Manuals, Grinds
Reverts
Spine Transfers
Drop downs
Wallride/Wallplant/Wallieplant
Boneless/No Comply
Quickturn/PowerSlide
Special Meter builds up with consecutive tricks and stays maxed until you bail or a game is started/ended. This maximizes scoring potential.
Game Modes:
Trick Attack
Combo Mambo
Score Challenge
Graffiti
Goal Attack
Slap
King of the Hill
Capture the Flag
Levels: 9 total
College
San Francisco
Alcatraz
Kona
Shipyard
London
Zoo
Carnival
Chicago
Create-a -Skater:
Create your own skater. Hundreds of skater items/combinations (Hats, shirts, pants, shoes, decks, colors..)
Edit tricks (edit ANY trick mapping. Regular defaults to Special tricks)
Created-a-Park:
Create your own parks and share with friends
THPS5
Releasing Fall? 2015
Features:
UI:
Matchmaking infrastructure with Instances (can ?turn off?)
Players per instance - unknown
Name your instance ? unknown
Password instance - unknown
Any name/Clan tag - unknown
If like THPSHD, Freeskate is a Game mode and not the default starting point when joining rooms.
Public Chat - unknown/not decided
Taunts - unknown
Set/Go-to skater restarts - unknown
Edit tricks menu ? not in the current build, you have to use ?style cards?
First Come First Serve mode - unknown
Kick/Ban players from instance ? unknown
Collisions ? On by default and cannot be turned off
You can have ?premade parties? and chat with each other (voice?text?).
Local multiplayer ? unknown/not decided
Skating Mechanics:
Ollies, Grinds, Manuals
Reverts - unknown
Spine transfers - unknown
Drop downs - unknown
Wallride/Wallplant/Wallieplant - unknown
Boneless/No Comply - unknown
Quickturn/Power Slide - unknown
1 or 2 Stackable, Level-specific Power-ups (Grinding certain power lines give a speed boost in one level. Another gives you more ?Ramming power?)
?Grind Slamming? Force grinds to start immediately rather than ?floating up and landing in the middle of a rail or overshooting it?
Special Meter builds up with consecutive tricks and is ?Banked? until you activate it with the left bumper. The special meter then decays over time until it runs out. In THPSHD, you could not re-get Special mid-combo. This hinders scoring potential.
Points system for skater stats and unlocking levels
Game Modes:
Freeskate ? sounds like THPS4s version of Goal Attack.
Big Head mode from THPSHD
?Hitting targets with dodgeballs?
Others - unknown
Levels: 9 total
Hanger remake
School 2 remake
Space themed level
Others - unknown
Create-a -Skater:
Limited to in-game selections
Change appearance using Character ?Slots? for head, shirt, bottom
No trick remapping
Create-a-Park:
Park Creator with 250+ objects. Sharable with friends. Similar to past Create-a-Park. ?Multiplayer modes? can be added to the park. Stat points(XP) and Style Cards can be earned in created parks.
Released Fall 2002
Features:
UI:
Public Lobby Infrastructure
Host your own 8 player room
Name your room
Password your room
Choose any online name/ Clan tag you desire
Freeskate (Not a Game Mode. It?s where you hang out with friends until you decide what to play/do.)
Public Text Chat
Taunts
Set/Go-to skater restarts
Edit tricks menu
Observe mode
First Come First Serve Mode
Kick/Ban players from room
Collisions - off by default, can turn on
Skating Mechanics:
Ollies, Manuals, Grinds
Reverts
Spine Transfers
Drop downs
Wallride/Wallplant/Wallieplant
Boneless/No Comply
Quickturn/PowerSlide
Special Meter builds up with consecutive tricks and stays maxed until you bail or a game is started/ended. This maximizes scoring potential.
Game Modes:
Trick Attack
Combo Mambo
Score Challenge
Graffiti
Goal Attack
Slap
King of the Hill
Capture the Flag
Levels: 9 total
College
San Francisco
Alcatraz
Kona
Shipyard
London
Zoo
Carnival
Chicago
Create-a -Skater:
Create your own skater. Hundreds of skater items/combinations (Hats, shirts, pants, shoes, decks, colors..)
Edit tricks (edit ANY trick mapping. Regular defaults to Special tricks)
Created-a-Park:
Create your own parks and share with friends
THPS5
Releasing Fall? 2015
Features:
UI:
Matchmaking infrastructure with Instances (can ?turn off?)
Players per instance - unknown
Name your instance ? unknown
Password instance - unknown
Any name/Clan tag - unknown
If like THPSHD, Freeskate is a Game mode and not the default starting point when joining rooms.
Public Chat - unknown/not decided
Taunts - unknown
Set/Go-to skater restarts - unknown
Edit tricks menu ? not in the current build, you have to use ?style cards?
First Come First Serve mode - unknown
Kick/Ban players from instance ? unknown
Collisions ? On by default and cannot be turned off
You can have ?premade parties? and chat with each other (voice?text?).
Local multiplayer ? unknown/not decided
Skating Mechanics:
Ollies, Grinds, Manuals
Reverts - unknown
Spine transfers - unknown
Drop downs - unknown
Wallride/Wallplant/Wallieplant - unknown
Boneless/No Comply - unknown
Quickturn/Power Slide - unknown
1 or 2 Stackable, Level-specific Power-ups (Grinding certain power lines give a speed boost in one level. Another gives you more ?Ramming power?)
?Grind Slamming? Force grinds to start immediately rather than ?floating up and landing in the middle of a rail or overshooting it?
Special Meter builds up with consecutive tricks and is ?Banked? until you activate it with the left bumper. The special meter then decays over time until it runs out. In THPSHD, you could not re-get Special mid-combo. This hinders scoring potential.
Points system for skater stats and unlocking levels
Game Modes:
Freeskate ? sounds like THPS4s version of Goal Attack.
Big Head mode from THPSHD
?Hitting targets with dodgeballs?
Others - unknown
Levels: 9 total
Hanger remake
School 2 remake
Space themed level
Others - unknown
Create-a -Skater:
Limited to in-game selections
Change appearance using Character ?Slots? for head, shirt, bottom
No trick remapping
Create-a-Park:
Park Creator with 250+ objects. Sharable with friends. Similar to past Create-a-Park. ?Multiplayer modes? can be added to the park. Stat points(XP) and Style Cards can be earned in created parks.