

Few extreme sport games have found mass appeal beyond their built-in fanbase, but Tony Hawk's Pro Skater struck a chord with gamers of all types when it released in 1999. Let it go out with a bang.Long before Call of Duty and Guitar Hero became cultural phenomenons with annual installments, Activision found major success in an unlikely place. I think I'll go play THUG2 again while I await the inevitable. One more thing: if games in general slack off on the PS2 and XBox versions as THP8 did (God forbid), the PS2's demise will be undeservedly unnoticed. Why, you ask? a) This game taught me never to belive the hype, and b) This game taught me to appreciate the "Jackass" elements in previous installments, because, no matter how lame they may be, they still made THUG great. I would give this 0/10, but I'm giving this 2 marks. I mean, WHAT? In summary, this game is absolute rubbish and deserves all bad things and accolades coming. So I suppose that goes away with online play? Ooops.no online. With more wood and c) Stokens? STOKENS? Oh no mate, you gotta be kidding me! Free Skate? Pffft. Like sitting through the movie Catch Me If You Can. b) The cut-scenes and story are laughable, no depth or engaging moments. Career bored me within three hours, because a) the goals are too diverse for thier own good, and who wants to improve their grade for that one extra ranking spot? Not me. The Career and Free Skate modes are puerile as well. The soundtrack? Worst yet, and that's with SLAYER on it!! Don't get me wrong, Slayer rule, but 'Angel Of Death' deserves more than to be on this. (my creativeness slowly wanes.) Create-A-Skater: the less said about this the better. The new slow-motion board thing, or whatever the hell it's called, is OK, but when it's placed in this game, well, so what, you know what I mean? Create-A-Park: gone. I'm pretty sure the 360 and PS3 versions are better, but the PS2 version is a laughing stock, maybe even more than K-bloody-Fed! Remember when there was a tiff over the graphics between the Xbox and PS2, then it were forgotten? Well, this game will remind you of those times. I can NOT believe how much Neversoft have messed this game up. I'm pretty sure the 360 and PS3 versions are better, but Wow.
