I rented this game from blockbuster (i dont have my ps2 yet) and I hoped that it would be ok. It wasn't. there's practically no story, eric doesn't even look or sound like him, and everything is just bad. the graphics are better than tony hawk's underground, but not by much. the game is waay to short. i rented it yesterday and played it for 2 hours, and then played it today for 2 hours, and i already beat it. the game is really hard, it was hard for me even though i beat thps4, thug, thug2, and thaw. im great at these games, but this one was way too hard. the goals are boring too, for career its just do these tricks. for rigger its just build this and skate it. and for hardcore its just hit these thugs. you can't even see ur character in cutscenes, and you barely talk. the ps2 version makes it even worse because there's no nail-the-manual, and theres less rigger tools, and instead of having 3 colums of skill points for career, rigger, and hardcore, there are only 2 colums. nail the trick and nail the grab, rigger tools and climbing, and aggro kick and skate checking. The only good parts about this game are aggro kicking, being able to skate around and do some goals, but you can do all this in any other tony hawk game.
this game is worse than american wasteland, and it just doesn't feel like a tony hawk game. it may have better graphics on the 360 version, but it's too short, goals are boring, and the game is just plain boring. not even worth a rental, so don't even consider renting this garbage.
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