A lack of spark and a harder gameplay give veteran TH series players a hard time witht he game and emotionally as well..

User Rating: 8 | Tony Hawk's Project 8 X360
Tony Hawk's project 8 is a solid game, but the spark the earlier games gave you was a no see here. The game itself was rather boring compared to THPS3 and 4. The graphics were solid as well, but the unstable framerate was harsh. If any game COULDN'T have a bad framerate I would choose the Tony Hawk games. You need to have great graphical performance to be able to have the great experience the earlier games gave you, and the harshness of the physics weren't alright. But the limits were set so high that you just actually just had to skate around and level your skills up before you could continue the story. I guess it was unfair as well...
It was hard to play this game, since it was boring and gave me a sad feeling about the future of gaming. We have had many series fall flat on their faces, and now one of my favorite series is down there with them.
I dont have time for a long review, but I will explain a little more about THP8 before I go...
THP8 also offers a great story to be honest. It was fun, but tough to raise in the ranks. But once you reach the top 8 it was rediculous and stupid. You have to complete all of the goals on pro or sick to reach rank 4 and 1.
The realisticness of each trick you do gives me a warm feeling of awe. I thought it would be realistic to a point where it would look stupid, but the components of the air and ground tricks were much better than THAW and THUG2, the earlier games where these departments slowly made changes.
I guess to conclude it I thought THP8 was a good renter. It was some fun but not enough to rival EVEN THAW! The value is high since you will playing well through your way to make efficiency of the $60.