Tony Hawk's Project 8, officially abbreviated as THP8, is the eighth installment in the Tony Hawk series of video games. It was released on sixth-generation (PlayStation 2 and Xbox) and seventh-generation consoles (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3). The name Project 8 refers to the Project 8 competition featured in the storyline, and because it is the eighth game in the Tony Hawk series.

Game featuresEdit

Project 8 features one giant streaming city to skate in (only on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360), which contains various skateparks and "hidden sections". An E3 preview by a member of the PlanetTonyHawk.com staff stated "The levels are massive and an amalgamation of just about every level in the early THPS games. So Suburbia, School, Downtown and Factory (I, II and III) are all interconnected and part of the same town." ^[2] There are about 45 skaters in the game, including unlockable characters, who each have a unique mo-cap style (only on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360), providing a different experience and no recycled animations.

One new feature is the 'nail the trick' option. When a player enters this mode the camera will zoom in on the side to focus on the skateboard and the characters feet. Players will then be able to use the right analog stick to control the right foot and the left analog stick to control the left foot, allowing the player to flip and rotate the board in any such manner; including tapping the underside of the board in the air and merging various techniques to form new moves.

Another new ability in the game is to control the characters in the game during crashes, allowing you to obtain a high "Hospital bill", with bonus money awarded for broken bones - this feature is used in numerous challenges across the story mode (only on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360). Players can also induce a wreck manually in a way very similar to Thrasher: Skate and Destroy on the PlayStation. Lastly, players still have the option to get off their skateboard at any time and run, though it plays a very small role in the game overall, other than avoiding bails and extending combos.

TournamentEdit

The game has been added on the World Cyber Games.

Reception Edit

The game has been met with mostly positive reviews, with the Xbox 360 version garnering an overall average of 81% on GameRankings. It was especially the subject of praise for its "Nail the Trick" mode and graphical enhancements (it has, however, received criticism for the removal of several key features).

Combined with the greater processing power of the current generation of consoles, this presents a big leap in graphical appearance over the rest of the series, which has somewhat stagnated in this area; despite many people criticized the facial animations of the models, calling them unrealistic looking.^{[citation needed]}

In the GameSpot review of the PlayStation 3 version, Project 8 was criticized for its lack of online play and unstable framerate.^[3] Criticism has been aimed at the versions of the game on all Sony systems (PSP, PS2, PS3) which all lack any online multiplayer functions. Major gaming websites like IGN and GameSpot note that since the Tony Hawk franchise was the first game series available to be playable online on the PlayStation 2, the PlayStation 3's omission is strange, especially considering the Xbox 360 version is fully playable on Xbox Live, and all prior versions of the series back to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 have been fully supported by online play with the PlayStation 2.^{[citation needed]}

AwardsEdit

• Received the IGN award for Best Licensed Soundtrack on PlayStation 3 in 2006.

SoundtrackEdit

The game's award-winning soundtrack featured 57 tracks from a variety of artists.^[4]

1. +44 - Lycanthrope
2. 76 Percent Uncertain - I Hate the Radio
3. Aurelius - Hemlock
4. Bad Religion - Social Suicide
5. Black Mountain - Druganaut
6. Boy Hits Car - I'm a Cloud
7. The Channeling - The Frighteners
8. Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf - Devotion
9. Claus Grabke - Cause
10. Cryptic Slaughter - Lowlife
11. The Cure - Plastic Passion
12. Damian Marley - Move
13. The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
14. Die Young (TX) - Anthem of the Prodigal Son
15. Eagles of Death Metal - Chase the Devil
16. FunkFace - Zoo York City
17. Gnarls Barkley - Gone Daddy Gone
18. Gym Class Heroes - The Queen and I
19. Hieroglyphics - At The Helm
20. The Hold Steady - Your Little Hoodrat Friend
21. Immortal - One by One
22. Jaylib - The Red
23. Joy Division - Interzone
24. Kasabian - Club Foot
25. The Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow
26. Kool and the Gang - Summer Madness
27. Legitimate Business - 80 on 80
28. Liquid Liquid - Optimo
29. Living Legends - Moving at the Speed of Life
30. Ministry - Stigmata Remix
31. Mogwai - Glasgow Mega Snake
32. Monty Are I - In This Legacy
33. Nine Inch Nails - Getting Smaller
34. Noise - Dirty Evil
35. Oh No - Chump
36. Pardon My Extinguisher - Bitch and Moan
37. Primus - American Life
38. The Ramones - I Wanna Live
39. Revolution Mother - Second Thoughts
40. Slayer - Angel of Death
41. Slipknot - Psychosocial
42. Sonic Youth - Nic Fit
43. Stasera - Palisades
44. Supersuckers - Goodbye
45. The Sword - Iron Swan
46. The Throwaways - You're Not the Only One
47. Thine Eyes Bleed - Without Warning
48. The Thunderlords - Ice Cream Headache
49. Toots and the Maytals - Time Tough
50. Transplants - Pay Any Price
51. Typical Cats - Any Day
52. Ugly Duckling - Smack
53. VanStone - Skate Town
54. Voltera - Do What your Daddy Say
55. The Walkmen - This Job is Killing Me
56. Wildchild - Wonder Years
57. Wolfmother - Woman
58. Zeke - Kill the King}}

The following tracks appear in the current generation versions.

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1. ESWS - Uncle Todd's Cabin
2. The Long Thaw - Come Taste It
3. Stay Gold Pony Boy - Communist Parties
4. The Walkmen - Tenley Town

"Tenley Town" by The Walkmen was mislabeled as "This Job is Killing Me" in the current generation versions.

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Official Tony Hawk's Project 8 website

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