Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 was an unmitigated disappointment at launch. Plagued by bugs and bordering on unplayable for some gamers, it was not the title we were promised.
It’s been two months since it launched and now, finally a patch has been released. Activision acknowledged the issues in early October and update 1.03 is available now and weighs in at 7.8GB on PS4. The update includes some new levels, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and Tyler the Creator character campaigns and some gameplay updates. It’s not clear at this stage if the update has fixed the title’s many issues.
The patch notes (thanks to Eurogamer) are as follows;
Content
- Additional levels have been added (Underground, Wild West)
- Additional character campaigns have been added (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tyler the Creator)
- Lighting and visuals have been improved for several levels
- Ability to regain Special Meter during a single combo has been added
- Per-Mission Leaderboards have been added
- Added option to “Return to Freeskate” while in a Mission or Mode
- Added option to “Return to Freeskate” while search for the other player for Co-op Missions or Modes
- Tutorial has been updated
- Many Pro Skaters’ Textures have been updated
- Several Pro Skaters have recived Sponsor update
- Create-a-Park Levels have been updated
- Increased the total number of Stat points a Campaign can earn from 128 to 150
Gameplay
- Several gameplay mechanics within the levels have been updated
- Grinds were updated in several of the levels
Networking
- The User Generated Content Rating System has been updated
- Added Likes/Dislikes to the User Generated Levels
- New Challenge UI Flow for matching during FreeSkate has been added
- Leaderboard functionality was updated
- Several multiplayer modes have been added and updated
- Modes added include “Daily Grind,” “Skate Hoarding” and “Manual Mayhem”
UI
- More options for user preference have been added including:
- Double tapping grind button to activate slam
- Opt in/out of Global Voice Chat
- Several UI audio effects have been added
- Misc – minor UI fixes and improvements have been made
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 is available now.
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