Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PlayStation 2)

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Description

Tony Hawk returns with an all new line-up of skaters, an all new line-up of parks to crash through, and a whole new level of graphics.

The line-up of street and vert riders include Elissa Steamer, Jamie Thomas, Steve Caballero, Rune Glifberg, Geoff Rowley, Andrew Reynolds, Rodney Mullen, Eric Koston, Chad Muska, Bucky Lasek and Bam Margera from MTV's Jackass (and Tony Hawk, of course).

The create a skater mode returns, allowing for even further levels of options for your character, like adding glasses and tatoos to changing the colour of the knee and elbow pads or even the hair.

And the levels themselves that you must skate through are now more interactive, with cars and humans blocking paths and making noise as you race around to make as many points as possible. Use items around the streets or the park to jump from or over to increase your score, and pull of as many wild and wacky tricks as you can.

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Promo Images

Trailer

Alternate Titles

• "托尼霍克职业滑板3" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "THPS3" -- Informal abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Activision O2 brand games
• Graphics Engine: RenderWare
• Licensed title: Athletes
• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
• PlayStation Platinum Range releases
• Setting: City - Rio de Janeiro
• Tony Hawk skateboarding series

User Reviews

Best skateboard game EVER!	Matt Ogles (18)
Quite possibly the best PS2 game yet.	JPaterson (9550)
PS one is good, but in PS2 is better!	Zaibatsu (5488)

Critic Reviews

GamesFirst!	Nov 29, 2001		100
GamePro (US)	Oct 31, 2001	5 out of 5	100
Gaming Age	Nov 07, 2001	A	100
GameZone	Nov 18, 2001	9.6 out of 10	96
Meristation	Dec 11, 2001	9.5 out of 10	95
DarkZero	Jan 09, 2005	9.2 out of 10	92
TotalVideoGames (TVG)	Nov 30, 2001	9 out of 10	90
GamersMark	Nov 04, 2001	9 out of 10	90
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Dec 13, 2001	8 out of 10	80
PlayFrance	Apr 12, 2003	8 out of 10	80

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Dreamcast question.	2	Daniel Saner (3237) Jun 18, 2013
Xbox 360 compatibility	4	Lane Denson (3) Sep 24, 2007

Trivia

Nintendo 64 version

The N64 version was the last American release for the system.

References

Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Maul, is a secret character in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. LucasArts officially licensed the character to Activision for the game. Activision, you might remember, published Star Wars: Demolition.

UFOs

• In Tony Hawk's movie, when he does the 900 you can see a UFO in the background.
• In Rodney Mullen's movie, when he does the truckstand near those people in deckchairs if you look closely you will see that the people are actually aliens.

Version differences

The PC and Xbox versions contain exclusive unlockable content. The Xbox has an skeleton named bones and an oil rig level (which was latter retooled and used in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland). The PC has Doomguy as a playable skater.

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2001 – PS2 Sports Game of the Year
  • 2001 – GameCube Sports Game of the Year
  • 2001 – Best Online Multiplayer Game of the Year (PlayStation 2 version)
  • 2002 – PC Sports Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)

Information also contributed by Ace of Sevens, Dracula Marth and James Isaac

Related Web Sites

• IMG Preview (Oct, 2002) (Inside Mac Games' preview of Pro Skater3.)
• Official website (Official website)
• Planet Tony Hawk (Probably the best THPS fan site on the net. With everything you could possibly want to know about the game, add ons and more.)
• Wikipedia: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Information about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 at Wikipedia)