November 02, 2003

THUG

My boyfriend bought Tony Hawk Underground which was just released on Friday for our Gamecube. It's an awesome next-in-the-series game. The new "story mode" allows gamers to practice when they want, and complete goals when they want, without having to leave the area and switch into "career mode". The tricks are much easier to execute than Tony Hawk 3, but about the same as Tony Hawk 4. There are of course new tricks that couldn't be performed in any of the previous games. Two-player mode is fun as well. Allen and I played against one another with firefighter mode on - you can shoot fireballs at one another! Also brand spanking new in underground, you can get off your skateboard and run around, climb up buildings and execute really cool tricks by jumping off and on your board. You can beat up innocent bystanders and drug dealers in the town and race around in a car! All great additions.

The Playstation 2 version also has an online play option which the Gamecube and Xbox versions don't. I also own a Playstation 2, but it's a really poor machine compared to my Gamecube, so I prefer to buy games for my Gamecube, even if they're lacking certain features.

THUG is the best so far in the Tony Hawk game series. If you liked any of them, pick up this one. IGN has a good review of the game.

Posted by Guinevere at November 2, 2003 11:13 AM

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