{"id":28996,"date":"2023-05-14T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/vr-skater-on-psvr2-is-shaping-up-to-be-the-vr-tony-hawks-game-youve-always-wanted\/"},"modified":"2023-05-14T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T13:00:00","slug":"vr-skater-on-psvr2-is-shaping-up-to-be-the-vr-tony-hawks-game-youve-always-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/vr-skater-on-psvr2-is-shaping-up-to-be-the-vr-tony-hawks-game-youve-always-wanted\/","title":{"rendered":"VR Skater on PSVR2 is shaping up to be the VR Tony Hawk&#8217;s game you&#8217;ve always wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got so many fond memories of playing Tony Hawk&#8217;s Pro Skater on the PS1. Those heady, hazy days spent huddled around a small TV as me and my pals chatted nonsense and competed for high scores to the tunes of the game&#8217;s punk rock soundtrack were so carefree and full of laughter. <\/p>\n<p>It feels like those days of shoulder-to-shoulder pass-the pad action are long gone now though, and they&#8217;re something that I&#8217;m not sure modern generations will ever get to experience in the way that I did. You know, what with that there speedy internet and all the other futuristic nonsense we have now.<\/p>\n<p>But of course with every loss caused by futuristic nonsense comes a gain, and this particular gain is virtual reality, which is something that has allowed VR Skater to be a thing that exists. VR Skater is a VR skateboarding game (obviously) that does a very good job of translating that ever so moreish gameplay loop of a Tony Hawk&#8217;s game into a virtual reality experience and for this week&#8217;s episode of VR Corner (above) you can watch me play through a preview build of the upcoming PSVR2 port.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/vr-skater-on-psvr2-is-shaping-up-to-be-the-vr-tony-hawks-game-youve-always-wanted\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got so many fond memories of playing Tony Hawk&#8217;s Pro Skater on the PS1. 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