custom characters???

[Endalrin]

Im considering buying this game but the main reason I play tony hawk is the reason why I wont play anything released after the first underground.

MAKING MY OWN CHARACTER.
height, weight, lots and lots of outfits.
Underground was the best in this but 3 was a lot of fun with my 3ft tiny person.

does this game have custom characters or can you only play as pro skaters?
this is my deciding factor despite all the warnings. which i agree are serious game breakers. but the chance to have even a remotely decent game with my own skater is enough to throw away 5 bucks.

[Thumbtack D4llas]

I've been playing for a little over an hour now and from what I'm seeing is that you cannot create a custom skater, board, or map (which I believe you could in THPS1 or 2, can't remember which it was, been over a decade since I last played).

That said, there are different boards to choose from, and you can purchase stats for the different skaters.

[Endalrin]

i refuse to play without custom characters. a reason why i only play Dynasty Warrior 4. oh sure i'll play as sun ce on rare ocassion, but my prefered is custom. also, tony hawk is a ♥♥♥♥. hi games ask for the most ridiculous stunts.
and then in the cinematic people are impressed with a tiny jump over a tiny ramp when i just five minutes ago ollied over a house.
wtf. where's the logic in that? the game already defies graphics so why dont the npcs?

sigh. anyway. I know THPS2 had custom characters. I had blue hair. it was my friends game. only played once.

anyway. if they ever release DLC with custom characters ill try it. also controller suport or nothing.

[Endalrin]

ya, i probably wont for that reason alone. still, i miss 3 and underground a little tiny bit.

[Endalrin]

starting with wasteland customization got worse and worse and worse. 8 you could only pick from punk rocker, black guy, or child, and you didnt even get that many options in the next one, hell you had to skate on a rail, no more wandering around the park, wtf happened?

underground 1 was the best. everything after was a failure.

[Randy Magnum]

if you have a problem with the game dont buy it, its basically half the old levels on the unreal engine, if you just want to play the old games use emulators its not hard and its free. this game is 10 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dollars how much do you people expect for that..also underground 2 was alot better than 1..
also you dont need custom characters cuz you can play as james hetfield in this i bought it mainly for that.

[dhw]

From the look of things in DefaultSkaters.bin you can edit and add things.

[Endalrin]

i want to make my own chracter, not edit a prexisting pro skater.

[LtDicai? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

You can't edit much on DefaultSkaters.bin, you can swap skater meshes so you can have Rowley have the same model as Mullen. You can also enable the Xbox 360 avatar skater but since the model is missing in the PC port, you get an invisible skater... still cool, though.

I loved playing with a custom skater, even more in Underground where you had some sort of storyline... I sure hope Robomodo it's taking notes for if they decide to release another TH game.

[BrokenKingpin]

I liked the character customization in THPS2, but I really am not missing it that much in this. It would have been nice to have, but I don't see how it would be a deal breaker at all. You still get to buy stuff for the skaters. To me a skateboarding game does't really need a whole lot of customization.

[Endalrin]

the customization got better up to THUG, and then THUG2 everyone looked like small children. horrible. wastland was okay, even with a choice of only five but after that i was mortified by the lack of choices. it was enough to keep me from even playing through level one.

[warpig]

which program lets you open defaultskater.bin ?

[LilShootDawg]

Originally posted by 0perator 88:

hi games ask for the most ridiculous stunts.
and then in the cinematic people are impressed with a tiny jump over a tiny ramp when i just five minutes ago ollied over a house.
wtf. where's the logic in that?.

Real life skating. Doesn't equal the Tony Hawk games.

[Endalrin]

Originally posted by LilShootDawg:

Originally posted by 0perator 88:

hi games ask for the most ridiculous stunts.
and then in the cinematic people are impressed with a tiny jump over a tiny ramp when i just five minutes ago ollied over a house.
wtf. where's the logic in that?.

Real life skating. Doesn't equal the Tony Hawk games.

not the point. the point is in the game universe I flipped over a house and no one cared and this other jumped over a 2inch tall piece of wood and everyone lost their mind.
Consistency is not too much to ask for.

[LilShootDawg]

People can't do what's in the Tony Hawk games.