Soundtrack Full article: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 SoundtrackĪs in THPS3, players could remove any song from the list by using a special toggle menu. The PlayStation version does not feature the Zoo level, but features two extra levels: The San Francisco level is absent from the Game Boy Advance version.
The Carnival and Chicago levels are exclusive to the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and Windows versions.
While is was partially implemented in THPS3, it was refined in THPS4, adding more tricks and functionality. This also applies to lip tricks: now skaters will land on the other side of quarter-pipe if balance went off the meter. If there is a quarter-pipe on the other side, then a Spine Transfer is performed.Īllows the skater to move from a one-quarter pipe to another as long as they were back-to-back. This feature allows skaters to "level out" aka orient themself horizontally in the air to prevent bailing. The skater can grab onto the rear bumper of a vehicle (much like Marty McFly in Back to the Future), moving to either end of the bumper to avoid obstacles. Known in THPS3 as hidden combos, it was refined and extended, adding double-tap variation for almost each trick in the game. For example hippo will cause Hippo Plant, Lion will "eat" skater and Elephant can be skitched. While most of them act as pedestrians, some of them may implement vehicle features.
THPS4 was the first game in series to feature mammal animals. Usually it's a kicker or a quarter-pipe, but some maps provide more complex constructions. Unique in THPS4 - each map provides up to seven skate objects that can be toggled by player.
However, it got rid of Control Zone and Keep Away game modes from THPS3. Goal Attack - first player to complete all goals wins.Score Challenge - first player to hit the score limit wins.Unlike THPS2, it is allowed to spend cash on clothes, cheats and videos, but stats and tricks are awarded by goals here. Cash icons are located all over the levels. Now players were allowed to skate around freely and choose any goal they want to complete. THPS4 is a milestone in the series since Neversoft refused to use classic "2 minutes run" system. New mechanics and features New career mode There is no evidence if this is intended or just a coincidence. Next, we swing by the skatepark, Kona at The Sunshine State, which is Florida, ship over the Atlantic ocean, arrive at the Shipyard, move to London and visit the London Zoo. Alcatraz is located in the San Francisco Bay. The game begins in College, which is located in California.
This Career mode would be later seen as the Story modes of Tony Hawk's Underground series, American Wasteland, Tony Hawk's Project 8 and Proving Ground.Įven though there is no plot in THPS4, levels are certainly placed in a specific order. Most of them do have a set amount of time to be completed, but this time varies from goal to goal (plus, letting time run out does not end your run the player just needs to talk to the NPC to try again).
THPS4 instead featured a Career mode more similar to Free Skate mode, in which there was no time limit to explore the level, and the goals are given by characters found throughout the levels when the player talks to them. The game is a departure from the previous three games' Career mode, in which the player had a set amount of time in order to find and complete goals.