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[bender]

1 + 2 was such an amazing remaster. We truly are in the worst timeline.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Damn. That fucking blows.

e: they probably cancelled it because he started to dye his eyebrows.

 

[01011001]

THPS 1+2 is the best THPS game out there. it was such a perfect combination of the gameplay + move set of THPS4 and the fan favorite maps from the first 2 games.

 

[TheDuskwalker]

 

[SomeGit]

I just wanted 3 DLC. I'd live happy with that and a Steam release.

 

[Deft Beck]

They probably didn't think it sold well enough and figured VV was better off working on a franchise with more of a future to them.

 

[AJUMP23]

I guess you could say the wheels fell off.

 

[BennyBlanco]

uncle phil needs to rescue vicarious visions

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Smart business decision tbh.

 

[bender]

Smart business decision tbh.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[KellyNole]

Damn. That fucking blows.

e: they probably cancelled it because he started to dye his eyebrows.

I can't unsee it now. It's all I can see. Thanks for that lol.

 

[Ebele]

we need a THUG, THUG 2, and Wasteland remaster collection

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Damn i was really looking forward to this. THPS 1+2 remake made me buy a skateboard at 35.

 

[jaysius]

THPS 3 was the best one of the series.

 

[SteelCurtain 59]

Very sad, 3 and 4 were way better than 1 and 2 imo (4 being the best in the series, and 3 being the best of the original style of Tony Hawk games with a 2 minute time limit). I hope the Microsoft purchase will allow them to remaster those + at least the Underground games (if not all of them). These games need to be playable on modern consoles

 

[Javthusiast]

3+4 and possible Thug 1+2 sacrificed for fucking getting rolled into a Diablo factory.

 

[KyoZz]

Go Microsoft!

 

[Javthusiast]

Go Microsoft!

Them being absorbed into Blizzard I don't think they will be able to do any other games again outside Blizzard stuff. Vicarious Visions is dead.

 

[kiphalfton]

Didn't something similar happen with Toys for Bob getting folded into the CoD churn machine?

Fuck Activision.

 

[Javthusiast]

If there at least was a way to play those fucking games on new hardware even if not fully remastered. But no, companies don't care for their great legacy titles.

 

[KyoZz]

Vicarious Visions is dead

 

[Javthusiast]

 

[Bakkus]

Never played a single game in this series, seems I might never change that.

 

[ParaSeoul]

I would have wanted an Underground 1+2 remake,don't think that would ever happen

 

[Paasei]

Is there a disc version of the 1+2 remake? And does it run on 60 fps on PS5 (or 4 for that matter)?

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Is there a disc version of the 1+2 remake? And does it run on 60 fps on PS5 (or 4 for that matter)?

Yes, yes and at 4K (but you gotta pay for the 4K upgrade)

 

[scoobidoo112]

I'm not even surprised anymore. Everyone either works on Call Of Duty or is about to work on Call Of Duty, alongside some microtransaction-hell side project.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

The remasters are great but I didn't play them for too long. They're hard AF, I just don't have the reactions any more. I'm glad people are still interested in these games though but my coordination is just not the same as what it used to be, to be able to enjoy these for a prolonged time.

 

[YCoCg]

Oh, another great multi million+ seller sacrificed at Activision so they can remain the COD + Blizzard studio, it's fine:

 

[AV]

This sucks. Once the acquisition goes through, Spencer needs to split them back out and let them work on THPS 3+4 and more ground-up remakes of classics. The work they did on THPS1+2 and Crash 1-3 was fantastic.

My biggest hope is that MS recognises that the Vicarious Visions talent are absolutely wasted as a COD support team and gives them back the independence to make Spyro 4, Crash 5 and, at the very least, THPS 3+4 remakes.

Vicarious Visions lady stepping up means we might actually get a shot at THPS 3+4 remastered.

I expect THPS 3 + 4 and a new Spyro game are next on the block.

Spencer, get your shit together.

 

[PhaseJump]

Tony Hawk at a future Xbox showcase:

 

[Tangerine]

Damn. That fucking blows.

e: they probably cancelled it because he started to dye his eyebrows.

Guessing there's photos/film with him with grey eyebrows?

It can happen naturally!

Unless the actor who played Father Ted, who's real name eludes me, was ONLY dying his eyebrows!

Do people think it's possible to reform VV with Phil in charge of Activision Blizzard?

Logistically I'm sure it could be done, but is it frowned upon massively to come in and undo previous company decisions? Kotick potentially will still be employed by MS after merger, potentially still a boss just not top dog... I hope not. Fuck the guy.

Course correct, Phil!

 

[lostinblue]

e: they probably cancelled it because he started to dye his eyebrows.

Looks like spock/leonard nimoy in that photo.

 

[Inviusx]

God damn Vicarious Visions were a fucking ace studio. They got that THPS remake and the D2 remaster out just in time before folding into the machine. Definitely went out on a high.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Guessing there's photos/film with him with grey eyebrows?

Not quite....

 

[93xfan]

Please fix this Microsoft, assuming all goes to plan

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

honestly i don't care THPS2 was the best. we don't really need remasters of 3+4.

 

[Tangerine]

Not quite....

Oh wow. Beard/stubble next...then chest and pubes. Or maybe he'll surprise us all and change genders or some shit, cus you know... It's current year!

My beard has some white patches and I've got a few white hairs on my head at 35 years old. I don't pluck em and as time goes on and they take over my head, replacing the brown with white like some western societal demographic change over time... but in reverse... I will never dye my hair. Grow old gracefully!

Spoken like a true man

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Oh wow. Beard/stubble next...then chest and pubes. Or maybe he'll surprise us all and change genders or some shit, cus you know... It's current year!

My beard has some white patches and I've got a few white hairs on my head at 35 years old. I don't pluck em and as time goes on and they take over my head, replacing the brown with white like some western societal demographic change over time... but in reverse... I will never dye my hair. Grow old gracefully!

Spoken like a true man

 

[skit_data]

Idiots, they literally just throw away the only really good they've put out in the last gen outside of Sekiro.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'm waiting for 1+2 to hit GP. Back in the day I think I thought that 2 and 4 were the best ones, so hopefully they get back to this someday.

 

[lh032]

Its ok, Microsoft will not allow it to be cancelled.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Gamers are willing to pay for remasters if anything remaster underground's games.

 

[CamHostage]

They probably didn't think it sold well enough and figured VV was better off working on a franchise with more of a future to them.

Activision merged Vicarious Visions into Blizzard in January 2021 (and there were rumors that this was the plan back when word first broke that Vicarious Visions was working on Blizzard's Diablo II Resurrected.) Tony Hawk 1+2 came out September 2020, and had not launched on the Switch platform until after VV was announced as moving into Blizzard, not until June 2021. (PS5 and Xbox Series versions also came out in March; those were of course hot platforms, but also the game was cross-buy, so it's unclear what expectation of sales those two platforms had? Switch however was undeniably a core platform target even though that version arrived late.)

...So, Sept to Jan, that's a little early to tell the legs of a franchise (albeit it had at least gone through a Christmas season,) especially with three major platform releases still to come. A decision to end the franchise purely on numbers, sales would have to be catastrophic. By most available metrics, sales were not catastrophic.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattpe...-million-copies-sold-through/?sh=6e717ddf7059

True, Vicarious Visions being reassigned/moved left the franchise without a developer. And VV had a big game with Blizzard coming up (which didn't release until Sept 2021... Diablo II Resurrected wasn't even announced until Feb 2021, which was after Vicarious Visions was already moved over.) But Activision had choices beyond Vicarious Visions, with Toys for Bob being a prominent VV collaborator (although Bob is currently on assignment in the CoD mines and may never get out,) and external studios capable of contract work on an established title with a workprint from THPS1+2 set down. They just didn't.

 

[Ribi]

Ok but where is the steam version

 

[Belthazar]

Damn, they should've made a 1-to-4 collection instead at $60 then. I hate this timeline

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Bumping this old thread as new info has come to light trough a recent video from historian Liam Robertson.



The video is 1h long so here's the tl'dr via VGC:

it's claimed that following the huge success of the first remake, a pitch for a second remake collection was created.

Initially, the first remake, Tony Hawk's Pro Skate 1 + 2 was planned to include 3 + 4 as well as the first game.

"We settled on adding some handling features from the later games to reflect the way people remember the old Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games. The improvements from 3 seemed to bleed into people's memories of the first 2," claimed one Vicarious Visions source to Robertson.

"Eventually it became clear that we didn't have time for more than 1 + 2, so the idea that we'd continue on and release 3+4 in some fashion was on the table."

A pitch for Tony Hawk's 3+4 was presented to Activision following the commercial and critical success of the first remake, it's claimed, however, this was declined.

Activision reportedly favored Vicarious Visions assisting on Activision's main franchise, Call of Duty. Vicarious Visions also assisted on the development of the Diablo 2 remake.

 

[StereoVsn]

Bumping this old thread as new info has come to light trough a recent video from historian Liam Robertson.



The video is 1h long so here's the tl'dr via VGC:

That's kind of sad, 3&4 were very good.

 

[bender]

That's kind of sad, 3&4 were very good.

Imagine if the initial package included 1-4.