Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

"Hawk does it again!"

I have gotten full bragging rights on all Tony Hawk games exept the one, (only the gaps remain) it wasn't easy but I did it. This game however has been the hardest and the best out of the other two that are out for the GameBoy Advance, The levels alone will show you that anyhow on with the review!
First off this game has a new ''system'' career mode is more or less like a free skate, yes, you still have a list of goals however you can't just rush of and do them for example you have to skate up to someone, text will pop up and tell you to push ''L'' for a goal there are several people how will give you goals theres still is the high score, pro score, sick score, and collect skate BUT, instead of grinding like mad to get all of the ''points'' at once you have to talk to a person get the high score goal beat that then go back to the person and get the next ''point'' goal which would be the pro score that make it challenging in my opinion but I can see people having problems with it.
The levels Amatuer(sp) Tour consist of College, Alcatraz, Kona(I may have spelled that wrong) the Zoo, Shipyard, London, and something called a ''pro challenge, although I have yet to beat it I can make a good guess that theres another tour after this one it probably has the same levels though.
The skaters are Tony Hawk (of course) Bob Burnquist, Bam Margera (woohoo!) Bucky Lasek, Chad Muska, Jamie Thomas, Rodney Mullen, Eric Koston, Elissa Steamer, Geoff Rowley, Rune Glifberg, Andrew Reynolds, Steve Caballero, and Kareem Campbell so everyone that was in the last Tony Hawk although I have to admitthe graphics of the skaters have improved along with the level graphics simply because you can liten(sp) and darken the screen for this game...now if only they's put a sleepmode in).
Almost every level picture I've seen has been taken at Kona Skatepark and that has so far been the level that has the worst graphics so please don't judge the game by it's graphics. On most other levels the graphics are some of the best I've seen.
The sound is the worst part of the game the music is unusually ''hard'' it mainly has drums and someother instrument that I can't make out all in all it's OK to listen to, the groans and weels turning on the skate board are the same as the last game which was pretty bad but hey every game has a weak spot.
final word: This game is the best Tony Hawk game out there, I would suggest running out to your closest gaming store even if you don't like Hawk games.

Pros
graphics
hardness
Bob is back!
lots of secret charecters
adjustable brightness
Cons
music is hard

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 01/13/03, Updated 01/13/03