4. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4
In a lot of ways Pro Skater 4 is just more Pro Skater 3. They look similar, feel nearly the same, and use a lot of the same tricks. But Pro Skater 4 tried to expand the Tony Hawk series from time-limited missions to more open maps filled with things to do and missions to complete. This would end up being the formula for nearly all future THPS games, but here it isn’t quite refined yet.
Pro Skater 4’s biggest problem is ultimately what preceded it and what followed it. If Pro Skater 4 was the first and only game in the series people would probably still be singing its praises in 2020. But as a follow-up to THPS3, it felt a bit too samey and unfocused. And Underground, the next game in the franchise, would do a lot of what THPS4 was trying, but pull it off more successfully. So nowadays THPS4 is a good, but forgotten entry.
