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coool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: October 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is a must!! The graphics are awsome especially on the new parks and characters. If I had to pick one game out of all this would be it. The programers did a great job on this one especially with the new waling mode you can climb up buildings to get the skate letters(hint hint)GET THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty good!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: October 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is loaded with a ton of extra cool stuff, like racing cars, hopping off roofs to collect stuff, etc. But the skating part of the game seems like it's loosing it's edge. For instance, you can land a trick off a quarter pipe 20 ft'high on to flat ground perfectly?? And the skate board moves way tooo fast! You will eaily breeze by rails and ramps because it's going too fast! But still the game is good & the levels & missions are awesome even though the skating feels very un-realistic.

U NEED IT!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: November 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game this morning at target with an exhibition demo disk, wow, when i put the game in, i had soooo much fun, the graphics are good, the gameplay is the best (getting off your board, wowsers) plus the music is really good, if u dont like them, put your own music on there.

well i cant say much more except.....BUY IT NOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!

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!!!

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

THUG: Bashed but not bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 16
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

people... god please. before bashing this game learn to spell at least, I mean come on how can you really take a review seriously from a guy who spells dumb "dum"... please. And i suggest that they play through the game instead of renting it for a day, playing it for an hour, and then coming here and giveing it 1 star reviews. THPS is a good solid series that despite its age continues to live on and produce good solid titles, and this is no exception. and also people if you are gonna bash this game at least explain why instead of saying "ths gam is dum so don by it" =). Over all this is a well made game that deserves a spot on an XBOX owners shelf (not quite next to HALO though). 4/5 stars for lack of online and lack of face mapping)
Hav a goode dey ppl.

The best game this year

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is a great game and maybe the best one of the year. In it you can: make your own levels with custom goals and custom tricks. It is a excellent buy!

Good but over-hyped

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
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 coolest feature in Underground is the ability to upload your own picture to the skater so it's actually "you" skating. Also, 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. There are other games that kill this (SSX3, Zelda, Metroid). I'm not sure I get all the hype. Sorry to all the diehards of the Tony Hawk franchise.

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 ;(

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