Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 3 + 4 rolled out on a number of platforms this week, and whereas it is a unbelievable throwback to the glory days of the collection, there are clearly some variations. Aside from the modifications to THPS4, the soundtrack is lacking some notable classics.
The Birdman himself already defined to followers months in the past how he wished to incorporate “some completely different songs” – together with completely different songs by a number of the similar artists.
Now, in a current interview with BBC Information, he reiterated how this resolution was apparently about introducing gamers to new music they won’t have heard earlier than. He additionally reminded followers how he isn’t the one one who makes the calls concerning the recreation’s soundtrack – acknowledging the group’s enter, however he did handle to get at the least a few of his picks within the newest launch:
Tony Hawk: “Today, simply what I believe suits, and what I am keen on – I am not the one decider in these soundtracks, however I did handle to throw a few bands in… I additionally picked songs by artists that have been already within the recreation, however a distinct track, and never everybody agreed with that call, however I really feel like ‘let’s hold it recent’ and in addition ‘here is assist discovering different music’, and I believe to start with that is what folks anticipated of it – as soon as the soundtrack was a outstanding a part of the sport, folks have been like ‘okay’ what are you going to throw at us now?”
His newest feedback concerning the recreation’s soundtrack additionally reply to a query about why Alien Ant Farm’s track ‘Want’ was excluded from the newest launch – with the explanation, supposedly, as soon as once more tied to the idea of creating room for “new acts and new songs”:
“I wasn’t zeroing in on them per say, it was extra we’re making an attempt to make room for brand spanking new acts and new songs as properly, and never the whole lot makes the lower, it is nothing private, and I respect that individuals have a keenness for that track [Wish], particularly in relation to our recreation, so you realize, simply fireplace it up in your streaming service if you happen to’re so inclined.”
The earlier launch Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 1 + 2 adopted the same method with the soundtrack, and the character roster within the newest recreation follows the identical format (just like the earlier recreation) – mixing legends and new professional expertise. Tony touched on this in the identical interview, together with the choice course of:
“I used to be making an attempt to maintain it fashionable clearly, while nonetheless respecting the legends that we had within the earlier video games, and in addition it was a matter of who was nonetheless actively skating, who was nonetheless within the scene. It is a delicate steadiness, however I am actually excited to have folks like Chloe Covell, to have Rayssa from Brazil, and Andy Anderson.”
Skater and Jackass star Bam Magera additionally made it in on the late levels of improvement, and so Tony “instantly hit up Activision” asking it to incorporate him. You could find out extra about Tony Hawk Professional Skater 3 + 4 in our evaluation on Nintendo Life.
