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They ruined TONY!!!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: November 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

We should have seen this coming. It started with THPS4, a skateboarding game with some mini games, cool. But with T.H.U.G, I felt like I was playing Tomb Raider, or GTA. Sure the're good games, and if I wanted to play them I would. But when I'm playing a skateboarding game, the last thing I want to do is climb,run, jump, and drive!!!! It wouldn't be so bad if the control wasn't so horrid. The driving is stiff and unresponsive, the jumping and climb are frustrating and pointless, and the story of you the skater is boring and just plain stupid. The skating itself is great. As deep and chalanging as ever. But the first 1/2 hour of the game you may only do 5 min of skating. I sloged through the game so i could just free-skate, which is ok. But over all this game is very lacking, espicially when you consider all the hype. I think John Ashcroft and the DEA helped pay for this game, since the first level is you busting drug dealers(again I have to ask WHY???) McDonalds was in on the action too, can't forget them. I don't know how many times I saw non-skating ads in this game, it's worse than a magazine. All I have to say is that I'm glad I rented it first, because I'll never buy this game. I'd sooner pay 50$ for T.H.P.S.3 or buy that wakeboarding game, but not this. SSX3 (unfortunately) is the best extream sports game going at the moment, far surpassing THUG in control, fun, graphics, fun, replayability and fun... did I mention that THUG wasn't really that much fun? Well it's not. Thanks for ruining one of my favorate games!!!

alright...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: June 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've played Tony Hawk since the first one came out on N64. Graphics are good in TH Underground. Gets boring after you've beat it. The objectives should have more to do with skating. Some objectives on that game have to do with crap like rescuing ppl. I buy the frekin game to SKATE. Thats why it only deserves a 3 outta 5, cuz it needs a new edge. Its not fun after you beat it becuz if you play it again, its pointless. LaTer.

totally dum

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: November 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

how much bettr could th get? it sux, the first few were ok, watr they gonna add, po-lease, dont buy it, get sumthin like the gta pack, or halo, sumthin worht ur while, not the same old tony hawk

meh

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

its fun at first but the game itself is only 5 hours long so rent it first

disapointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: November 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just bought the game. Nothing new. After 2 hours of play the game crashed on the menus ;(

Great game... if you like finishing a game quickly

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What happened? This Tony Hawk game is the most visually appealing in the series, the controls are butter, the music is hot (Murs and Busdriver on the soundtrack? Crazy!!) but it is a disappointment. I played the game for maybe an hour at a stretch, and beat the whole thing in a week. That is terrible! Most of the other Hawk games were much more challenging; this one falls short. The driving is lame, and being able to get off your board is cool, but not that cool. Buy it used, or rent it. Save your money for the new GTA box set (which is SUPER HOT!).

Pretty Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just rented this game a day ago and i got to say it is pretty good but not worth your money to buy, if u buy it buy it used. The only bad part of it is it is to short. I beat the game in 2 hours.

I think it's better.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Some may say they ruined the Tony series. They didn't. Hardcore fans may be outraged, but this is funner.

One thing: NO MORE TAPES!!!! Yay. There are the secret tapes, but you don't have to complete goals like collecting the letters S-K-A-T-E in a 2 minute run. Instead, you may find yourself catching some cardboard boxes for a bum so he'll give you his train ticket. Or attatching a magnet to your board and doing 360s to disrupt a satelite. See? It's not all that bad! And, you can get off your board. Getting off your board can also string combos togeter, so there will be some 300,000+ point combos achieved. You can do flatland tricks from a manual, which gives huge points. In some missions you'll have to drive a car.

There's actually a plot to this game too. It's basically you and your best friend Eric trying to become pros.

It's a good game. Really.

Best yet in the skateboarding genre.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Get ready for a totally new breed of the Tony Hawk experience - Tony Hawk's Underground. Play as yourself, not a pro skater, and make your way through a plot-twisting, true-to-life story that takes yo...u from unknown local skate punk to fame and fortune as Skater of the Year.
General/Summary:
Yay first review.
Anyway This is hands down the best THPS ever. They have gotten everything down on this one, even a story, but anyway lets get to the review.

Gameplay:
Well gameplay has been tweaked a lot and had a lot stayed the same. You now got a story to folow along with. instead of playing with a pro-skater you create a guy and give him a name and everything and now your in a story. You play a run-of-the-mill jersey rat hoodlum who has a lot of talent but doesnt know how to get off the ground with his skateboarding. Plus you got a freind, Eric, who keeps getting you into trouble. Its kind of like THPS 4 where you can free skte till talk to a guy who gives you something to do. So you start from the ghetto to(as far as I got) the pros in San Diego. But not only do you get new tricks you also get new options, one of those is walking, another is driving a car which is alright but kind of a pain in the A$$ to drive those but the missions involving them are kind of fun. But the walking is kind of cool since now its easier to get into smalller places and you can get onto roofs better without having to do a huge combo. plus, they still have secret tapes. and one of the best things of all, you can now hit people. Some people might not find it great but it gives something to do when I get frustrated with a mission.

Graphics:
Graphics are alright. Nothing stellar but they get get the job done.

Sound:
Sound is really great, acting is very well done plus, when you crash your guy says something like "ow my knee". but their soundtrack kind of sucks since its all rap.

All in All this game is totally stellar and in the top five of the best Xbox games ever.

i cant believe this

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: June 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game reeks of a series gone bad. in 1 + 2 you could pull insane tricks, keep longer grinds, use better skateparks, and not have to worry about the stupidest goals in the world. this game is basicly 4 with big courses you cant do tricks on and a career mode. they seem to have foregotten that in 2 that they had the same thing were you skate for cash to get boards and stat points. this game shows how far this series has gone down hill. for the price of this game get hawk 1+2 and shaun palmer ( like hawk but on snowboards and even better).

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