Ebejer says the team threw around several ideas in discussing what to do with the roster in making the game, but in the end, “it just felt right to have them be their current selves,” adding that that’s what Hawk was interested in doing as well. That means many of the original skaters will be hitting the parks in their 40s and 50s, reflecting the fact that their fanbase has grown up alongside them, too. The remaster managed to get all 13 skaters from the original roster to come back - but for the new take, Vicarious has them at the ages they’re currently at IRL. “But for the most part, when found out about this game and us remastering it, they were excited to be a part of it.” The Roster’s Back Too (but They Look at Little Different) “We did fall short on a couple of them because, you know, it’s 20 years later and sometimes licencors or copyright holders couldn’t be tracked down, or there might have been a dispute as to who might have been the rights holder,” Ebejer says. Luckily, all but five songs (previously identified by Kotaku) have made it in. It’s hard to talk about “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” without talking about that soundtrack, with tracks from Goldfinger, Rage Against the Machine, Dead Kennedys and more, and Vicarious realized how important that was in bringing the games back to life. Almost All of the Original Soundtrack Is Back It also boasts online multiplayer (in addition to local split-screen), and a more robust Create a Skater and Create a Park editor, with players able to share their parks online. Revert, which was first introduced in “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3” and makes it easier for players to link combos together, will be in the remaster, as will flatland tricks.
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“It’s important to capture the original experience that we’ve been talking about, but still have room to modify things to appeal to today’s audience.”Įbejer said Vicarious wanted to look “holistically” at the “Tony Hawk” series and deliver on the nostalgia, but include what he identified as quality-of-life upgrades that came later in the franchise. “One of the challenges of doing a faithful remaster is knowing where to push the boundaries and what to keep sacred,” Ebejer admits. “It should feel like what the nostalgic players expect.” So What Is New? “It’s a really faithful remaster with tight handling, the core mechanics, all the levels will feel the same,” Ebejer says.
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Vicarious obtained the original handling code from Neversoft, the late studio that developed “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater,” brought it into its engine and re-arted it all in 4k, bringing back all 19 original levels. When a video game title is revisited, there’s often a number of questions that follow: Is it a remake or a reboot? How closely does it keep to the original? In the case of “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2,” Ebejer made it very clear that it should feel very familiar to fans from the ’90s - with a few new additions. Variety talked to Vicarious Visions COO Simon Ebejer about what to expect when the game’s released on Sept. Playing these games in a couple of months is going to be sick, rad, tubular, and undeniably dank.For the remaster, Activision reteamed with Vicarious Visions, a developer with extensive history with both the “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” franchise and remasters in general. While I wish songs like Public Enemy and Anthrax’s “Bring the Noise” or Alley Life’s “Out with the Old” had made the cut, this still gives a now-35-year-old dude a major flashback. Papa Roach is something of a punch line these days, but “Blood Brothers” was a necessary track in Pro Skater 2. And sure, it also includes bands that have not aged as well. This is the soundtrack to my high school years, no question. Other standouts include Millencolin’s “No Cigar,” Bad Religion’s “You,” and “Guerrilla Radio” by Rage Against the Machine. Along with PaRappa the Rapper (“Kick, punch, it’s all in the mind!”) and the confusing-ass first level of Armored Core. It showed up on one of the demo discs that every PS1 player got when they bought the system in the early days. Among the indispensable tracks from the original games is Goldfinger’s “Superman” for many, including myself, this was the song we associated with the first Pro Skater.
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