Amazon Maximum Age: 17 years Amazon Minimum Age: 156 months Binding: Video Game Brand: ACTIVISION EAN: 0478758018514 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Activision Inc. Manufacturer: Activision Inc. Platform: PlayStation2 Publisher: Activision Inc. Sales Rank: 3449 Studio: Activision Inc.
Features:
For Play on Your PlayStation 2
Published by Activision
Game Genre: Sports, Game Sub-Genre: Action, Adventure
Product Description: The best extreme-sports game ever gets even better inTony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. The elements that made the last two games a success are back: tight controls, deep trick system, a wide selection of skaters (including Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska, Elissa Steamer, and others), and a slick soundtrack (featuring the Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Motorhead, KRS-One, Redman, and more). Adding to the already brilliant formula is a new trick, updated graphics, and Internet play.
InTony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, players were introduced to the manual--a move that greatly revolutionized the series' gameplay. This installment introduces the revert, and while it isn't as significant an addition as the manual, it does add another layer to the already deep trick system. The game features solid graphics, but a level of detail was sacrificed in order to make the game's levels so large. There are a few frame skips and polygon clips, but these occasions are rare and do not overshadow the stellar gameplay.
Career modeis as deep as ever, with eight objective-filled levels. In this single-player mode, players traverse their way through some brilliantly designed courses to achieve high scores, find the letters to the word"skate," find hidden videotapes, and interact with level-specific objects. Two players can participate in the five multiplayer minigames, which include king of the hill, horse, and trick attack. Up to four players can join Internet or LAN games through the use of the PS2 Network Adapter or numerous USB devices. Supported USB Ethernet adapters include LinkSys EtherFast USB100TX, D-Link DSB-650TX, SMC EZNET-USB 2102, and SOHOware NUB100. Supported USB modems include Zoom FaxModem 2985L, Pocket NetSurfer NMT00700, MultiTech MT5634ZBA, and Actiontec USB56012-01CW. USB keyboards are also supported, enabling players to type trash online.<
Amazon.com Review: The best extreme-sports game ever gets even better in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. The elements that made the last two games a success are back: tight controls, deep trick system, a wide selection of skaters (including Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska, Elissa Steamer, and others), and a slick soundtrack (featuring the Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Motorhead, KRS-One, Redman, and more). Adding to the already brilliant formula is a new trick, updated graphics, and Internet play.
In Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, players were introduced to the manual--a move that greatly revolutionized the series' gameplay. This installment introduces the revert, and while it isn't as significant an addition as the manual, it does add another layer to the already deep trick system. The game features solid graphics, but a level of detail was sacrificed in order to make the game's levels so large. There are a few frame skips and polygon clips, but these occasions are rare and do not overshadow the stellar gameplay.
Career mode is as deep as ever, with eight objective-filled levels. In this single-player mode, players traverse their way through some brilliantly designed courses to achieve high scores, find the letters to the word "skate," find hidden videotapes, and interact with level-specific objects. Two players can participate in the five multiplayer minigames, which include king of the hill, horse, and trick attack. Up to four players can join Internet or LAN games through the use of the PS2 Network Adapter or numerous USB devices. Supported USB Ethernet adapters include LinkSys EtherFast USB100TX, D-Link DSB-650TX, SMC EZNET-USB 2102, and SOHOware NUB100. Supported USB modems include Zoom FaxModem 2985L, Pocket NetSurfer NMT00700, MultiTech MT5634ZBA, and Actiontec USB56012-01CW. USB keyboards are also supported, enabling players to type trash online.
We tested Internet play using the LinkSys and a DSL modem; the action was very smooth with no noticeable lag. On its own, this is a top-shelf title, but considering its Internet capabilities, there's no reason for fans of sports, action, and platform games not to own Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. This game will satisfy them all. --Raymond M. Padilla
Pros:
First Internet-capable PS2 game
Tight, addictive, outstanding gameplay
Gargantuan levels and plenty of objects to interact with
Cons:
Some minor graphics glitches
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - One of the Best of All Time!
This game is easily one the best games ever made. The improvements in control and graphics over TH2 are huge. A game you'll play over and over.
No Tony Hawk game made since is any more fun.
Rating: - Needs a vert ramp!
I really do enjoy this game. It's a really good price, because it's kind of old, but the graphics really aren't bad. There's tons of different ways to play the game (free skate, S-K-A-T-E, graffiti, etc.) which makes it an interesting game to play for a long time. Unlocking the levels proves a little difficult sometimes, but I wouldn't want it to be too easy.
My only complaint would be that the game needs a vert ramp...nothing fancy, just something that is similar to the thing pictured on the front of the box!!! That kind of tricked me a little and I figured they would have a vert ramp in it. There are plenty of half pipes you can find in various locations, but they're too small. A true vert ramp seems like it would be really cool for trying to do bigger tricks.
Rating: - Fun stuff
This is a great game that builds off of the ideas set forth in the first couple of Tony Hawk Pro Skaters. New parks, little bit better graphics, and a good bails reel. Have fun!
Rating: - One of the best ever.
What more can I say? Play it yourself and see!
Rating: - a masterpiece even in this era (2007)
I had this game in the PC like 4 years ago, it had so many bugs that i was tired of restarting in a competition when the skater got stuck in a halfpipe (a very common and continuos bug) then i gave it as a gift to one of my students. But when i bought the PS2 2 years ago i bought also thps4, then thug and finally thug2, each of them a piece of art on its own. But i had that splinter in my mind from this THPS3, the game that in most of the gamesites and in most reviews of various magazines had 10 of 10 of score, but the game costed like 80 bucks because it was a collectors item, thanks God, finally the people of activision re-launched the game again in greatest hits (again, so this has to be like greatest hits of greatest hits of greatest hits) and i couldn't miss it, i bought it inmediately. Well, what can i say, the game is just PERFECT, as the score of so many magazines 10 of 10, the graphics shine and are state of the art, the music is perfect, the play control is awesome and the best of all THERE WAS NO BUGS!!, at least not during my watch, i can say that i don't know what is happening with the pc versions, but sometimes it has to do with the video card, other times with the sound cards, other times with some hardware i don't know. Well, to conclude, i can say that i am a Tony Hawk die hard fan, and this game is just perfect, it filled every spectation that i had. This game just does it, i love it, and i can recommend it to anyone who likes Tony Hawk games, if you haven't a TH title before i recommend you to start doing it, they're incredible games and a true gamers' must have.
- One of the Best of All Time!
- Needs a vert ramp!
