We Asked A Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Master How To Combo Like A Beast - Kotaku

There are people out there who don’t play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater like you and me.

With the release of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, I reached out to one of the remaster’s more prolific high-score achievers to learn their secrets.

While there wasn’t much there for a goal-oriented player like myself, points-focused players quickly set about stringing together huge combos and racking up massive scores before the full game was even available.

Prevzzy, reached via email, told Kotaku that they got their start pursuing high scores in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater high scores, prevzzy explained, are the result of meticulous planning.

Rather than improvising like a real skater might, high-score players focus on developing “lines,” or paths through levels that allow them to continue combos indefinitely.

I always assumed special moves—big tricks like the 900 that require building a special meter and more complicated inputs—would form the basis of high-score runs, but prevzzy said that’s not the case.

As the newest game in the series, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 has attracted serious attention from high-score players, with one interesting caveat that goes against the community’s own rules about landing combos.

While the game’s online mode may be lacking—prevzzy specifically called out missing features like text chat during our conversation—developer Vicarious Visions’ nailing of the core gameplay means players new and old are getting back into the series, and high-score veterans are doing a lot of work to make sure they stick with it long after the official level goals have been completed!

“I think that most people will agree that it’s easily the best Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater since American Wasteland,” prevzzy said