Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 Critic Reviews

The gaming landscape has changed a lot since the series heyday, but this title is stuck in a no-man's-land between not being good enough to replicate the past nor ambitious enough to move the franchise forward.

From time to time the glory of old times shines through and you start having fun. That is, before you are brought down again by the uninspired level design, the outdated visuals and the redundant missions.

If I hadn't seen it coming I would be really annoyed now. You don't treat a 15 year old heritage like that, careless and without love. Romomodo & Activision: Please don't make Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 6.

Die-hard fans yearning for some Pro Skater action will find that, despite all of its problems, there's still some enjoyment to be had here – even if it should have been so much more.

Most egregiously, this game costs $60. That’s about $50 too much. A better choice? Go crank Goldfinger’s “Superman,” fire up your old PlayStation or Dreamcast, dig up a copy of the original game, and relive the glory days the right way.

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 fails to recapture the magic of the first four games.

A mess. While the mechanics are slightly unpolished, they still have a similar feel to what we’ve come to expect, which can result in some enjoyable antics. Unfortunately, they are contained in a constrained formula where the player must navigate menu after menu to get into repetitive and uninteresting missions.

Its moments of thrilling gameplay and competition-rich multiplayer are sideswiped by bad performance, the poor implementation of Slam, and frequent glitches. The series might have once had potential to be revived, but Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 makes sure that all signs of life have been squeezed out of it.

Despite the fun character customizations, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 suffers from a number of issues, including laggy multiplayer, dipping frame-rates, and off-putting physics. Sorry, Tony, but nostalgia can’t save you this time.

This skater not only fails by today’s standards, it wouldn’t even be passable during Tony’s heyday. Lousy controls, bland visuals, and an abundance of bugs make Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 a broken mess.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is a set of good intentions but bad execution. It’s fantastic to play like we played 15 years ago, to get that gameplay experience. But we need more in the time that has passed. We need a better level design, more varied missions and new ideas. Also, this game has poor graphics and bugs on PS4. This is inexcusable.

Fleeting moments of genuine enjoyment can be found in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5, but with unresponsive controls and constant jarring bugs, the enjoyment is never sustained.

This new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater feels old in terms of technology and gameplay. It plays the same old song again, but with a lot of bugs, a terrible interface, disappointing maps... Just avoid it.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5’s rare moments of nostalgic joy are drowned out by its abundance of poorly thought out levels, control problems, bugs, and its glaring lack of attitude. It boggles the mind that a $60 game in 2015 can be riddled with so many technical issues.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 does a disservice to returning fans and newcomers alike by removing most of what gave the original games flare while being simultaneously riddled with glitches.

Pure garbage. This game's still in alpha status and thus isn't able to carry on the legacy of the franchise. Shame.

Tony Hawk is simply unplayable, looks awful and is infested with bugs. An outright tragic ending to a legendary franchise.

Avoid this one like the Black Plague.

If Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 were a budget game, I'd have a hard time recommending it to anyone. At full retail price, it's a disgrace. Labeling this as the fifth entry in the series has effectively backfired: it's a constant reminder of how much greater the originals were, and how much you'd rather be playing them instead.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is bad. Not bad like Michael Jackson, more bad like a Super Mario Bros. movie, like an Xbox One announcement at E3, like a game made without enough time, money and consideration. A new low.