10 Video Games Everyone Wanted (But Hated)

The rushed mess of rushed messes, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 holds a special place in the video game canon for simultaneously being one of the most hotly anticipated games of all time while also one of the most crushingly disappointing.

But how do you follow up a game like Pro Skater 4, which bridged the old games with the new format of Underground, McTwisting its way onto PS2 with a brand-new career mode plus all the features dedicated players had come to know and love.

What you don't do is rush the game out, bugs and all. A flat, uninspired and wholly unfinished offering, 5 gave players a clunky disaster that would feel more at home amongst 5th and 6th generation console games rather than the 7th and 8th it was released on. The level designs were basic, the controls and mechanics robotic at best, the missions were two-dimensional and lacking a story mode, and there were no NPCs to speak of, leaving it feeling very much like the ghost of its forebears.

And everyone hated it. Everyone.

Thankfully, this misstep has since been rectified by the sublime remaster of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, which brings the original games back in glorious HD, combining new and old features and music for a perfectly pitched contemporary offering. The lesson? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Roll on the remaster of Underground 1 and 2!