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looks pretty good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: October 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game has a lotof potential. first it has the last 5 thps game backing it up (not 4 cuz thrers tony hawk 3x on xbox) plus its taking a different route. theres the create a trick thing. and its a littleless publisized. not a lot of commercials. i think they wanted real skaters to play this game. Not 7 year old who try to kickflip their first day and quit cuz they cant. cuz thats what the first few games did. But i like the series and this game should be really good.

The Best Skating game Ever!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: October 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is the greatest! You can create your own trick, you can create your own level like the others but this park editor is far more detailed and has far more parts that you can use for your park. This game also lets you create a skater but the awesome thing is is that the skater can have YOUR FACE! What you do is you take a picture of your face, cat car whatever, go to www.thugonline.com, send your pic in, then it will be sent to your email as a ps2 save file in one or two min. and there you go! Another great thing about this game is the player is not just your face and body and what not, but the skater is a story of you. You start out as yourself an amateur skater, no publicity or anything. Work hard enough and go through all the missions and you can be a superstar. Another great thing about this game is that it takes after some of the greatest games made, such as Grand Theft Auto 3, because you can steal cars and get off your board!!!! Yes thats right you can get off your board and hang on roofs and shimmy as much as you want! You can even do a super jump by holding the ollie button! It also takes after Metal Gear Solid 2, because you can get off your board and go back to back to walls. This game has 9 huge levels so be ready for a great long gaming experience. All in all this game is going to be one of the greatest thing thats happened to the gaming world. THUG (Tony Hawk's UnderGround) is rated T for Teen for strong language, blood and mature scenes. This game is like THPS 4 times 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, This is a great buy.

Came out already

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: October 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

...it is really good. you can get out of the skateboard and walk around and knock people around. you also can steal cars. in two player mode, there is a game called firefight and u can shoot fireballs out of the skateboard.
when u beat the game, you get the level hotter than hell and iron man. the level is basically nothing but a kiss concert(you know, the rock band that stick their tongues out?) hit the kiss letters once and u get the music video of gods of thunder. hit it twice and they will come out of the stage and play their song lick it up. also in the tampa bay level, beat your friend eric sparrow to choose your sponser either birdhouse(hawks group) element(margeras group[the guy from jack@ss) or other sponsers. the best is either element or birdhouse. for ps2 users, you get the demo of mtx motorax feat. travis pastrama (aka travis pastrama's pro moto x) get first place in that game and get a special code for t.h.u.g tony hawks underground. the last level is go against your ex friend turned rival eric sparrow. beat him and see your tape shot in hawaii which is the mctwist over the helicopter. when you first do it and in the tape, it is in M@TRIX M0dE

pretty good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game wus pretty good the first time i played it. The gameplay is almost exactly like the Tony Hawk 4 gameplay. Except for on this game u can get off ur board and steal cars and stuff. The game is also very short. We beat it the first day we got it. And i have 2 say that it is alot easier than Tony Hawk 4. But it is still alot of fun. They have made it into a new game. The missions on 1 player mode r alot of fun.

Good but over-hyped

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Don't get me wrong - this is a good game. I just think some of the "ground-breaking" elements it's supposed to contain aren't really that ground-breaking.

In Underground you are to progress through a story mode by which you start with nothing and end up as king of the skating world, all the while battling your once-friend-turned-enemy Eric. Throughout the story you complete several goals and missions to progress on to the next level. Once completing the story mode you unlock a secret level, a Kiss Concert arena, which is one of the coolest levels, by the way.

At this point you can return to previous levels and search for all the hidden goodies, learn new tricks, create your own tricks, or create a park for that matter. It's definitely an improvement over Tony Hawk 4 and is clearly the definitive skateboarding simulator.

First I'll give you the positives. The game has a great deal of online features allowing you to share parks, tricks, etc. online, as well as compete in online tournaments. It also seems to be very faithful to presenting a real simulation of skating and doesn't allow you to defy physics too much, except for the rail rides and surviving horrific falls.

Now the hype.

Underground is lauded as a game that let's you "get off your board and walk around." Um...have you ever played a game called "Grand Theft Auto?" You can walk around - and do a whole lot more. I'm sorry, I don't really find the fact that you can "walk" to be earth-shattering.

I also feel the game is a little *too* real. For example, take SSX. This is a game that gives you a real sense of controlling a snowboarder careening down a mountain, but at the same time let's you completely disobey gravity at your will. Underground isn't really like this. If you are actually a skater I'm sure that compared to reality the Tony Hawk games are awe-inspiring, but to a non-skater the air tricks are rather underwhelming and don't look all that different from what you see on ESPN2. While this is in some ways good I suppose, it leaves me wanting to be able to do more spectacular stunts.

The controls are pretty jerky. One thing I've never liked about the Tony Hawk series is the erratic control and Underground doesn't fix it. One little move and suddenly you're facing the other direction.

Lastly, the story-mode is pretty short. The only game in the series I've played is Tony Hawk 4 (so I'm not a hardened veteran) and I finished the game in only a few days with moderate playing.

I gave the game 4 stars so obviously I liked it, and yes, it's a good game. But game of year? No way. I'm not sure I get all the hype. Sorry to all the diehards of the Tony Hawk franchise.

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: November 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I never played a very real game before! I can drive,walk and climb walls now! It has very real sounds! You sould get this game.

it's great...i need more

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

although the ride seems story in this game, it was everything i expected. it seems as though the minor gripes i had with thps 4 were fixed for this new release. the new story mode brings the pro skater down a notch and brings you into the game, literally. there are some small but significant changes to stats, scoring and interface that will appeal to both new and old players. particularly, the customizable interfaces which allow better custom skaters, customizable decks and skateparks and you can even make or modify your tricks. unfortunately, only ps2 version allows you to play in online tournaments share all of these new custom items. overall, i wish it was longer and online play less restricted. i highly recommend renting it to see if it sucks you in too.

Great but could be better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: November 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The new Tony hawk game has had a huge improvement from the last tony hawk game.For instence you can get off your board, you can drive cars create a deck even create a trick. But one of the most significant differences was the The new story mode. Unlike the other tony hawk games this one has a plot. You get to start out as a unknown skater into a pro by entering compititions and impressing the pros.In it you can create a skater or pick a pro for differn't 2 player modes like the new game where you shoot fireballs at your opponen't by doing certain tricks. Also for Playstation 2 you can acctually get your self in the game. But with all the features the there is some downsides to the game like stuff with the game's graphic like when you run or push on the skateboard the skater's movment is fake looking and skechy. Also you can't get your face in the game if you have it for gamecube.
With all that I give the Storyline a 5/5 the Gameplay a 4.5/5 the graphics a 4/5 and an overall of 4.5/5. It's a great game and one of the most andvance games so far.

more please :D

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: November 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i can definetley say that this exceeds my expectations and probably Tony's. the walk feture is new to the skateboarding simulation scene... which makes it a bit more elevated in personality.... being sponsered by flip is another great... also meating Stacy Peralta (for those idiots Stacy Peralta was one of the two who founded Powell Peralta and directed The Search for Animal Chin) and having people like BAM tell you your run was "bull sh**" is pretty amazing.... bigger roster of skaters... but WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY to shory story line... but the reason skating games have been a success is for the fact that you dont do the same over and over... you can like flip a stair set then 360 flip then 360 then swith ollie, etc.

the face thingy isnt too amazing... the best part of it is P-rod (paul rodrigez)... you also get to see some commercials (KRUX HAS A HILARIOUS COLT CANNON COMMERCIAL)... i finished the game in like 12 hours in total... so i just freeskated the rest... and id give it only four stars except it had one thing TAMPA AM CONTEST o yea anyone who skates know that SPoT AM is one helluva cool contest... well yea so thats it... this game is so nice and also whats cool is that its more real now.. no more 900s to kickflips off a launch ramp yup
thats it... and in the words of the famous Colt Cannon in 411VM issue 58 "cut to the kickflip" now go outside and skate losers

Enter The Underground!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well I think this game is going to be a real good seller this Christmas it is the newest Tony Hawk game to date. So to start off the graphics alone are great and looks real from head to toe. First you start off as an average person skating locally in your hometown then you start to learn more and more skate tricks until you reach pro status. You get to skate as yourself even!!!! It is already a must have for the Holidays, so go out there early or you wont be able to a copy because they are "skating" rifht off the shelves!!! peace out^0^

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