Tony Hawks Pro Skater HD
16 Achievements
400
Xbox 360
The Best, Around
Got 500,000 points in one run in Venice Beach
35
How to unlock the The Best, Around achievement in Tony Hawks Pro Skater HD - Definitive Guide
There are basically 3 ways that you will be getting all your points. Viewing the video works best here, as outlining specific combos can be quite difficult through text.
1. From the start, go forward and beginning grinding on the fence, doing flip trick to increase multiplier. Continue the combo onto the roof, and then manual down and use on the the ramps.
2. After line #1, go the opposite way, using grinds, manuals and flip trick. Special grinds will really help here! Continue all the way down this line and then transfer over onto the small boxes, getting off with a manual and finishing with a big spinning grab trick.
3. You can also use the halfpipe where Line #2 ends to rack up some easy points in between combos.
Using the above combos, with some patience, should grant you a score well over 500,000 points, and will unlock the achievement during gameplay.
1. From the start, go forward and beginning grinding on the fence, doing flip trick to increase multiplier. Continue the combo onto the roof, and then manual down and use on the the ramps.
2. After line #1, go the opposite way, using grinds, manuals and flip trick. Special grinds will really help here! Continue all the way down this line and then transfer over onto the small boxes, getting off with a manual and finishing with a big spinning grab trick.
3. You can also use the halfpipe where Line #2 ends to rack up some easy points in between combos.
Using the above combos, with some patience, should grant you a score well over 500,000 points, and will unlock the achievement during gameplay.
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Great solution! Thumbs up from me. I'd like to add, a quick way to get reset at a good spot is to just jump out of bounds and be sent back to the start spot. You lose your special bar but its quicker than turning around and getting lined up right. I did the same path by jumping out 3 times and ended with 745k.
By Daddyfatchops on 02 Aug 2012 13:22
The quick & easy way to get The Best, Around. Do a small combo to get your special meter up, then head to the left of the start and special grind around the entire ramp and get the gap to get your base score up. Then, it's just doing manuals into kick tricks over and over to get your multiplier up. If you don't quite make it in one combo, you can go around again or do the combos you normally do on this level.
Your combo score is your base score x your multiplier. Each trick is worth a certain score, and each trick increases your multiplier. Special grinds increase your your base score very fast. Grind and manual balance meters are completely separate, so after doing a long grind for a huge base score, you can spam kick tricks and manuals to get your multiplier way up.
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i did a normal grind round the whole thing to get my special. Then if you want to get your base score even higher do a special all the way round the manny back the beginning and special round the whole thing again. Top notch solution!
By GammyGreenGiant on 28 Jul 2012 19:19
Great Solution. So much easier than what I was trying to do. Thanks!
By Sly Strategist on 04 Aug 2012 18:24
I found a very easy way to do this. At the start turn left and head down into the bowl. Get your speed up, and simply keep pulling a manual straight into a grab with LOTS of spin. I was getting anywhere between 20000 - 100000 per trick doing this.
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This is the best method. Got it on my second attempt. Thanks heaps.
By Yummy Baklava on 06 Apr 2016 09:31
The key is to make big combos and uses specials whenever possible. When I did this I pretty much stayed right in that area along where you start, did a lot of grinding and doing flip/grab tricks and then when it is hard to balance you go into a manual and same thing keep jumping doing flip/grab tricks to rack up that combo.