Tony Hawk's Underground

"So Tony Hawk Wants To Be A T.H.U.G."

Tony hawk Underground,Or T.H.U.G. whatever you want to call It,Is the best Tony Hawk game ever. Away from all the traditional things In the previous games Tony Hawks,Tony decides to do things a little different In this one.

Graphics:9 The best graphics In a Tony Hawk game. Everything thing looks like It Is In real life. From McDonalds restaurants to Billabong stores,every building looks perfect. Other good things,the Skateboards,Surfboards,Cars,the Beach,and Trains. There Is one problem them,Other then the character you make,the regular faces look like they were plastered on the bodies,which looks kinda off bad. Other than that the graphics are awesome.

Gameplay:10 Instead of play as all the other skaters In the Story Mode,you get to play as yourself. In stead of doing goals right off of the bat,you can go around asking people what to do for goals,some will be to get stuff,or get a certain amount of points, or tournaments. Other cool things Is you don't have to stay on your board,you can walk around,climb on things,jump off of things,and even drive cars. Also the levels are HUGE,which makes gameplay awesome,you can pretty much go anywhere. All In all the gameplay Is the best In this,and I don't know how Tony can top this In the next one.

Sounds:10 What do you get when you combine Tony Hawk with Xbox.... Custom Tracks,If you don't like the music In the game,then just pop one of your CD's Into the Xbox and have your favorite tracks In the game. Anyway the In-Game tracks are good,they are divided Into 3 parts ''Rock,Rap,and Other''. Some Of the groups on T.H.U.G. are awesome,they have the greatest band on the planet KISS,Jane's Addiction,Bad Religion,Dropkick Murphy's,Sublime,the Clash and many others. On Rap they have NaS,Jurassic 5,R.A., and others. All this makes one hell of a soundtrack. As far as SFX,It Is good,from clocks ticking,to bodies dropping,to grinding,and other things,this game really comes together In the sound category.

Difficulty:10 In this Tony Hawk game,you can adjust the difficulty,on Beginner It gives you easier goals,and you fall less often. On Hard,harder goals,and you fell down If you don't do something right. Also If you beat the game on each difficulty you get something for beating each one. The Goals on Beginner give a little bit more time,and easier places to find stuff at,where as on hard you have a limited amount of time,and things are In further places,which does make this difficulty.

Controls:10 pretty much the same as the other Tony Hawk games, A Is to Jump,B Is to grab your board, X Is to do a flip trick,andY Is to grind. In this Tony Hawk game though,with the exception of getting off of your board,The Black Button Is to get off of It. There really Isn't much more to say about control's so.

Fun Factor:10 IT'S A TONY HAWK GAME. Allot of fun In this,from large levels,to loads of unlockables,there Is allot to do. You have a Gap checklist,the Difficulty challenges,making your own things,free skate,and the 2 player games. All In All this game will still be fun to play even when the next Tony Hawk game comes out.

All In All Tony Hawk proves he Is a T.H.U.G.,and he proves he Is the king of Skateboarding,and Skateboarding games,how he will top this? I guess we will have to wait and find out.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 11/04/03