Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 90.63% (PS2)
85.29% (Xbox) |
| Metacritic | 90/100 (PS2)
85/100 (Xbox) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A+ (PS2)
A (Xbox) |
| Eurogamer | 7/10 |
| GameSpot | 8.9/10 (PS2)
8.7/10 (Xbox) |
| IGN | 9.5/10 (PS2)
9.2/10 (Xbox) |
The game received critical acclaim. On Metacritic, the game has an aggregate score of 90/100 for the PS2 version, based on 38 critic reviews. IGN stated that "The gameplay is still as stellar as ever: Neversoft's brilliant collage of on-the-fly experimentation and lighting-fast trick-popping is still as addictive as any drug and as intoxicating as any exotic woman." GameSpot noted "While the classic Tony Hawk gameplay is present, and still fantastic after all this time, the new story mode doesn't make as dramatic of a change as it probably could have." While Eurogamer commented "The marginal improvement on display here is happily eclipsed by rival extreme sports titles which do take steps to reinvent themselves, and partly because there are four other Tony Hawk games out there and they all do much the same thing."
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