Kotaku Ranked the Tony Hawk games from Worst to Best: https://thebests.kotaku.com/lets-rank-the-tony-hawk-games-from-worst-to-best-1844342766

It's a pretty good listing but I disagree with THPG being lower than THPS HD. That game was a mess.

I also disagree with this statement: "In a lot of ways Pro Skater 4 is just more Pro Skater 3. They look similar, feel nearly the same, and use a lot of the same tricks [...] But as a follow-up to THPS3, it felt a bit too samey and unfocused."

THPS4 was only similar to THPS3 in the sense you still choose a Pro Skater and upgrade their stats. The levels were MASSIVE, layered, and had an entirely different set of objectives. It is known as being the most difficult of the series on Normal settings and was probably the biggest leap and deviation from the formula. Once you beat the game, it opens up into a NG+ will entirely new hardcore difficulty objectives. It's like two full games. Not sure how they landed on it feeling the same.

My Order from Worst to Best:

14/13 - Ride / Shred

12 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

11- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Remastered

10 - Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

9 - Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

8 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

7 - Tony Hawk's Project 8

6 - Tony Hawk's Underground 2

5 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

4 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

3 - Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

2 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

1 - Tony Hawk's Underground

God I love this series. I'd say they're all good in my list from 10 down. Downhill Jam is actually decently fun but definitely not a Tony Hawk game by any stretch. It's like a knock off SSX or Downhill Domination.

Also the GBA version of Underground and the DS version of American Wasteland (titled: American Sk8Land) are pretty fun too. I think Vicarious Visions made those as well.

I love every single one of them pretty much. I wanted to jump in with Tokyo Slim when he was on Reaction Shots Podcast because I needed to defend Death Proof's honour.

Speaking of underrated, Chris Penn's performance in True Romance!! His character plays a cop who just doesn't give a fuck that he's likely going to get people killed making them go undercover. It's just too funny and rarely get's mentioned as one of Tarantino's better characters.

I thought this was going to be more difficult than it ended up being. My internet went our last night so I just arranged my list offline and it took like 15 minutes. Turns out I played a lot of games this decade but not nearly as many as other people. I feel pretty strongly about my top 6 and the top 4 can be arranged in any order and I wouldn't be mad.

I'm still getting through Mass Effect 2 and I'm starting to warm up on the game a lot more based on the gameplay loop, but I'm not seeing it crack the Top 15 or HM's. Mass Effect 3 has an awesome build up so maybe I will see if it can fit in the HM's.

Otherwise I'm locked.

@dmcmaster

Photo of somebody playing a PS6 physical release copy of Knack IV:

Despite the fact my internet is decently fast and allegedly game sizes will get smaller due to SSD, I still kinda want to buy physical for the sake of this likely being the last gen where there is even emphasis on physical.

Who knows where we’ll be in 6-7 years but I somehow doubt PS6 will have game boxes.

To Tokyo’s point, Sports and Racing games are probably my favourite genres.

Especially when they were better back in the day.

The plot twist was very stupid, but I appreciated that they went for a psychological thriller plot instead of generic military war drama crap. But then Black Ops II and III were basically future military crap with a nothing plot and basically a different series altogether. There is no connecting tissue between BO1 and BO IIII

BET - The relationship ends sour. Renault finishes 9th next season.

1: Will there be any spoken or on-screen appearance of Master Chief's full name, "John-117" during the presentation? Partials such as "John" or "117" do not count.
YES

2: The words "World Premiere" will appear on screen MORE than 9 times.
YES

3: Will a new Fable be shown?
YES

4: Will the word "Batman" be spoken?
NO

5: There will be a celebrity presenter. (I will count any real life person that does not work for Microsoft that has a wikipedia page, Tim Schafer does not count)
YES
Side Action - It will be Mahomes

6: Will the price be revealed?
YES

7: There will be a self deprecating joke about "showing real gameplay this time". It has to be an attempt at a joke and not an apologetic statement. I will consult joke experts if necessary.
NO

8: Will a demo for any of these games shown off in the 1st showcase be shadow dropped during the second showcase? Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Dirt 5, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Madden NFL 21, Chorus, Scarlet Nexus, Bright Memory Infinite, Call of the Sea, Scorn, Second Extinction, The Ascent, The Medium, and Vampire: The Masquerade-Bloodlines 2.
MUST BE SHADOW DROPPED and not made available earlier in the week!!!
YES

9: "Ray Tracing" will be said more than 4 times.
NO

10: The game that The Initiative is working on will be announced.
YES

11: Halo, Forza, AND Gears will all be present. (montages count)
YES

12: The Xbox Games Showcase will be longer than 75 minutes.
YES

EDIT

Tie Breaker: Total number of times the phrase "Game Pass" is spoken aloud.

9

@e_zed_eh_intern

I do not contend this opinion. Treyarch COD games are anime filler.