A truly skate-tastic game!!
And you can pick it up for a very reasonable price of £14.99 from your local game shops. And you will be playing on it for many happy hours. You can create maps, skate maps, create moves, create decks. But we will get to that later. But for Tony Hawk its a big leap from "pro skater" and a well earned leap for all the fanatics out there.
The story consists of loads of objectives crammed into 12 levels, and at the start of the game theres about 3 objectives on each level. Which as you progress through the game that number increases. To about 10 objectives per level. And the objectives are no puss over obectives either. Some consist of luck and coordination intirely. But the story will keep you going for some time mainly because after objectives you then felel so exasperated you need a nice calming skate around the city, which then involve McTwisting of a building and over a helicopter. But thats only somtimes!!
And the sound quality of the game is pretty decent , with all the screaming and cursing by your character every time you bail on a big intense move explains it all at the end of the day. And with some decent soundtracks already on the game you will be skating in style. But you can also burn soundtracks that are already on your xbox to the game. So you could be skating around Miami listening to the likes of GreenDay, Ash, Blink 182 and all the rest of your favourite bands and solo artists.
And the graphics are decent aswell. Because on the "pro skater" series it was as if you were skating around on a square board while controlling a lego man. But on THUG1 you can see resemblences of all the most famous skaters from around the world. But if you miss controlling lego men the rumour is that WalMart have released THUG1 (lego edition) so go check your local WalMart for more infomation.
And when you get bored of using set fixed specials such as McTwist and Flamingo. You can go to the main menu and create your own specials. By adding liturally what ever you wish. Like flips, tricks, and grabs and even sound effects such as the always controversial woman sounds and toilets flushing and everything that is out of the ordinary. So have fun making your own secial moves and even coming up with a normal name for it !!!
And the same goes with creating a deck but instead you create a board for your character to skate on, and even bail on. And on the board you can create a pattern on it or put your enitials on it. Or writing what ever comes into your mind when you are creating your board.
And when you are creating your park you can put what ever type of ramp,poll,ladder,speed ramp and swimming pool when and were ever you feel like. And you could even make a 100ft tower then put a empty swimming pool at the top for you to skate in. Then Spine transfering of it and plumiting 100ft into another swimming pool that is 100ft under water.
Or you could make the best skate park imaginable, to skate with your friends in. Then once you have made the park you can add objectives like....grind for 30 seconds or do a 300,000,000,000 combo. And you can even set the scene for your park. Scenes such as grave yard, airport,field,city and much much more.
CLOSING COMMENTS
So if you have £14.99 spare i advise you siriously think of getting this game because it is awsome for any Tony Hawk fanatics out there. And with the out streched and in depth story line.So it will keep you going for a while and you will enjoy ever second of it. Then you can create oarks and moves to go share with your friends on 1 player or 2-4 players. So enjoy it and go share it with your friends and keep yourself ocupaid for a enjoyable period of time!!