PS4 Reviews (36%):
| Reviewer: | Description Of Review: | Score: |
| Hardcore Gamer | A mess. While the mechanics are slightly unpolished, they still have a similar feel to what we’ve come to expect, which can result in some enjoyable antics. Unfortunately, they are contained in a constrained formula where the player must navigate menu after menu to get into repetitive and uninteresting missions. | 40% |
| Cheat CodeCentral | Avoid this one like the Black Plague. | 30% |
| Game Revolution | Its moments of thrilling gameplay and competition-rich multiplayer are sideswiped by bad performance, the poor implementation of Slam, and frequent glitches. The series might have once had potential to be revived, but Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 makes sure that all signs of life have been squeezed out of it. | 40% |
| The Jimqusition | This is something we’d make fun of if it was on Desura for ten bucks, and that’s when this stops being a funny game and starts becoming offensive – because it isn’t on Desura for ten dollars. It’s a full-priced, $59.99 MSRP, retail “AAA” production bearing Tony Hawk’s name and proudly published by Activision...It’s really, atrociously unacceptable once that sinks in. | 20% |
| Shacknews | The graphics are two console generations old, it suffers bad level design, and missions are uninspiring throughout all stages. What makes this whole experience sting even more is the fact that this bad game has so many obvious issues, that even getting through it for the sake of a review was difficult. | 10% |
| Playstation Lifestyle | Despite the fun character customizations, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 suffers from a number of issues, including laggy multiplayer, dipping frame-rates, and off-putting physics. Sorry, Tony, but nostalgia can’t save you this time. | 40% |
| GamesRader+ |
If Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 were a budget game, I'd have a hard time recommending it to anyone. At full retail price, it's a disgrace. Labeling this as the fifth entry in the series has effectively backfired: it's a constant reminder of how much greater the originals were, and how much you'd rather be playing them instead. |
30% |
| Game Rant | Fans of previous games will likely see it as a slap in the face. | 20% |
| IGN | Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5’s rare moments of nostalgic joy are drowned out by its abundance of poorly thought out levels, control problems, bugs, and its glaring lack of attitude. It boggles the mind that a $60 game in 2015 can be riddled with so many technical issues. | 35% |
| Game Informer | The game's reality, however, constantly reminds you that this isn't the Tony Hawk you remember. Inconsistent framerate, textures that pop in, and physics quirks that launch you into the sky mar the experience regularly. | 65% |
| Push Square | Die-hard fans yearning for some Pro Skater action will find that, despite all of its problems, there's still some enjoyment to be had here – even if it should have been so much more. | 50% |
| We Got That Covered | A glitchy mess and an absolute chore to play, and should have never been released like this. | 20% |
Xbox One Reviews (50%):
| Reviewer: | Descritpion Of Review: | Score |
| Destructoid |
There are flashes of brilliance, but much of that is piggybacking off of the foundation its predecessors have already created. |
50% |
| USgamer | The tragedy is that THPS5 gives us a tantalizing glimpse of the game's full potential - but doesn't realize it. With an online mode that really meant something, with better presentation and graphics, with more interesting and imaginative missions, with a more comprehensive create-a-skater, and more intuitive create-a-park mode, this could have been a truly great game. But sadly it's lacking in all those areas. | 50% |
| Game Informer |
The game's reality, however, constantly reminds you that this isn't the Tony Hawk you remember. Inconsistent framerate, textures that pop in, and physics quirks that launch you into the sky mar the experience regularly. |
65% |
| OXMU |
One of gaming's greatest series bails horribly, loses its high score and sinks to a depressing new low. Truly awful. |
30% |
| Arcade Sushi | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is a failure in almost every way a game can be a failure. Terrible level design, rampant glitches, minimal content, janky gameplay, and a complete lack of polish all mar what's (hopefully) the final entry in a previously great series. | 20% |
Link: http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/tony-hawks-pro-skater-5
So what do you guys think? Is this game a possible turd of the year winner?
