Great video brings back memories. Seeing Nyjah as a kid was wild even back then. These skating games did not have kids. Not sure why Ryan Sheckler wasn't also there since he was the same as Nyjah
Another thing of note that you didn't mention: the lack of Create-A-Modes across both games (Project 8 only had Create-A-Skater, Proving Ground had CAS as well as the Rigger mode and the Skate Lounge, essentially as a Create-A-Park, and Nail A Trick/Grab/Manual all being their respective games' Create-A-Trick.).
Honestly, I think the reason Project 8's Create-A-Skater was so limiting was due to the game being "built from the ground up" (according to its trailer), and since THP8 had to be an annual release, all of the CAS stuff also had to be remade from scratch. Since Proving Ground was built off of Project 8's engine, they had more to work with, thus explaining why THPG has more CAS options.
@@Macrusader this game was revolutionary. People don't realize Project8 was the first PS3 and Xbox 360 game so this was the first HD skateboarding game ever! It also brought us NAIL THE TRICK which allowed the movement of the joystick to control how the board flips. This motion influenced EA SKATE to create a Flick it system for the joystick 🕹️ which is how you do tricks in skate. Years later today that flick it system is nowadopted by all skate games of today games
@@skate1And again you don't know what you're stating as Fact lmao. Thp8 wasn't the first xbox 360 tony hawk game. American wasteland was a launch title for the x360. It was literally one of the first games for the system.
Little did we know at the time that these 2 were kinda the peak and best games of the series gameplay-wise. Every other game afterwords was just peripheral-based shlock fests or remakes/remasters of older games😮💨
Just bought both of these for 360 since i didnt check them out when they released. I love how they still feel like pro skater games, p8 has some optimization issues and proving grounds feels super hand holdy in the early game
PG had some good ideas that weren't executed well. It's like THUG 3 but, they were better off sticking to one big storyline rather than 3 and the open world was cool but, they should've tried 3 big maps in different parts of thr a world instead. THUG as a short 🎉 those new maps gave players a sense of progression. While we could debate gameplay mechanics, the gameplay was acceptable at the end of the day. I also feel that they should've gave players more customizations with 'create a map.' Had they done that and allowed maps to be shared online, the community would've kept the game around.
Finally someone says something! I've only ever found like 1 or 2 people asking this and the replies are " all of it is freeskate it's open world" but like I want to skate as a pro not just in the arcade cabinet for 2 min or have to play 2 player in order to do it!
@@MattCantuMusic There's THPG+ which is being made by the same guys who are making reTHAWed and that restores Free Skate mode but it's only on PS3. It's also kinda annoying to get working on real hardware which sucks, so RPCS3 is probably the way to play it.
I love THP8 and I absolutely hate THPG. THP8's difficulty is balanced, the animations look great and the lack of a story is a huge W. Don't get me wrong, I love THUG but story in a Tony Hawk game is like story in a pr0n video. I will never understand why people got so hung up about story in a Tony Hawk game. If it was up to me, I'd rather play the classic games with the 2 minute timer. Don't bother me with a mediocre story and just give me gameplay. That is what the Tony Hawk games are all about. THPG is an unbalanced mess with way too many qualifiers of getting a "Sick" ranking on goals. There are way too many goals in the first place, they made the animations less cool looking and the story is an uninteresting snore fest. Not to mention that the ranking system is completely useless in this one. There's no reason to complete goals on Sick. In Project 8, you had to get at least a 95% Sick ranking and have completed every goal to reach rank 1.
“Everything looks so drab and dull” welcome to Philly my friend lol
Nice to see someone using P8+ and PG+, cheers man great video!
Thanks for those kind words, and thanks for the shoutout in the discord server, I really appreciated that.
Great video brings back memories.
Seeing Nyjah as a kid was wild even back then.
These skating games did not have kids. Not sure why Ryan Sheckler wasn't also there since he was the same as Nyjah
Ryan was in a previous TH game
@@willytjr1 Thanks didn't know that
You dont know anything lmao. Ryan was in kid form for THUG 2. There were kid playable characters and kid mode in thps4.
Another thing of note that you didn't mention: the lack of Create-A-Modes across both games (Project 8 only had Create-A-Skater, Proving Ground had CAS as well as the Rigger mode and the Skate Lounge, essentially as a Create-A-Park, and Nail A Trick/Grab/Manual all being their respective games' Create-A-Trick.).
Honestly, I think the reason Project 8's Create-A-Skater was so limiting was due to the game being "built from the ground up" (according to its trailer), and since THP8 had to be an annual release, all of the CAS stuff also had to be remade from scratch. Since Proving Ground was built off of Project 8's engine, they had more to work with, thus explaining why THPG has more CAS options.
@@Macrusader this game was revolutionary.
People don't realize Project8 was the first PS3 and Xbox 360 game so this was the first HD skateboarding game ever!
It also brought us NAIL THE TRICK which allowed the movement of the joystick to control how the board flips.
This motion influenced EA SKATE to create a Flick it system for the joystick 🕹️ which is how you do tricks in skate.
Years later today that flick it system is nowadopted by all skate games of today games
@@skate1And again you don't know what you're stating as Fact lmao. Thp8 wasn't the first xbox 360 tony hawk game. American wasteland was a launch title for the x360. It was literally one of the first games for the system.
Little did we know at the time that these 2 were kinda the peak and best games of the series gameplay-wise. Every other game afterwords was just peripheral-based shlock fests or remakes/remasters of older games😮💨
Hahaha haha bro that was a good one. Next you gonna say that pro skater 5 was a great return to form
Love these games. Good video
Just bought both of these for 360 since i didnt check them out when they released. I love how they still feel like pro skater games, p8 has some optimization issues and proving grounds feels super hand holdy in the early game
Project 8❤
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I TRIPPED OUT WHEN I SEEN ROB DYRDEK I WAS SO YOUNG LIKE OH MY GOOAWWD
PG had some good ideas that weren't executed well. It's like THUG 3 but, they were better off sticking to one big storyline rather than 3 and the open world was cool but, they should've tried 3 big maps in different parts of thr a world instead. THUG as a short 🎉 those new maps gave players a sense of progression. While we could debate gameplay mechanics, the gameplay was acceptable at the end of the day. I also feel that they should've gave players more customizations with 'create a map.' Had they done that and allowed maps to be shared online, the community would've kept the game around.
I had to hit 30 before i understood what neversoft meant
I hate that proving ground didn’t have free skate
Finally someone says something! I've only ever found like 1 or 2 people asking this and the replies are " all of it is freeskate it's open world" but like I want to skate as a pro not just in the arcade cabinet for 2 min or have to play 2 player in order to do it!
@@jeremytamayo2538 exactly! It took the fun out of it. Hopefully a mod happens if it hasn’t happened already
@@MattCantuMusic There's THPG+ which is being made by the same guys who are making reTHAWed and that restores Free Skate mode but it's only on PS3. It's also kinda annoying to get working on real hardware which sucks, so RPCS3 is probably the way to play it.
I enjoyed both games, but...gotta go with Proving Ground
SKATE had came out in 2006 and neversoft basically didn’t know what to do to anymore to compete
*2007
It came out in 06? Could’ve sworn it was 07
For these two games, I’d suggest going with the PS2 & PSP versions for Project 8 while for Proving Ground, only go with the DS version.
The Ps2 version of Project 8 is horrible. What are you on about?
Nice video. The word is similar, not simular.
I love THP8 and I absolutely hate THPG.
THP8's difficulty is balanced, the animations look great and the lack of a story is a huge W. Don't get me wrong, I love THUG but story in a Tony Hawk game is like story in a pr0n video. I will never understand why people got so hung up about story in a Tony Hawk game. If it was up to me, I'd rather play the classic games with the 2 minute timer. Don't bother me with a mediocre story and just give me gameplay. That is what the Tony Hawk games are all about.
THPG is an unbalanced mess with way too many qualifiers of getting a "Sick" ranking on goals. There are way too many goals in the first place, they made the animations less cool looking and the story is an uninteresting snore fest. Not to mention that the ranking system is completely useless in this one. There's no reason to complete goals on Sick. In Project 8, you had to get at least a 95% Sick ranking and have completed every goal to reach rank 1.
Proving ground was so bad though. The whole rhythm game to push yourself forward was the worst mechanic ever.
Did you finish the game?
@@SilverSuns Don't need to finish a bad game to know if it's bad.
You ever finish Ride to Hell: Retribution?
@@Sin_Alder Bro, terrible comparison, Proving Ground is a playable game, the physics are smooth and consistent at the very least.
@@Sin_Alderbro that game was so bad I was so fuckn pissed when I bought it😂
Seems like the more advance we get from video game development the worse the games get😂
Proving ground is the best Tony Hawk game 🤷🏿♂️
You are a psychopath.
My Hot Take: Tony Hawk Ride was the best Tony Hawk game
Said no one ever 😅
That is definitely a hot take