Thankfully, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 strikes a perfect balance between new and old and renders the two previous entries in the series almost completely obsolete in the process.įor those of you new to the series, the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games put you on a skateboard and in a level with goals to accomplish. Now, the team is releasing a new game in the series on a new console, the PlayStation 2. The Neversoft and Activision team has already proved that it can do sequels right with the September 2000 release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. On the other hand, too many changes could potentially alienate the original game's fan base by getting away from what made the previous games in the series stick out.

It would be extremely easy for a developer to stick way too close to the previous title, using the new console's power to give the game a nice graphical overhaul and pumping up the difficulty so that hard-core fans have something new to play with. Making a great sequel to an already successful product is a tricky endeavor, especially when you're talking about a game series that is moving from one platform to another.

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