Playing the remake of Tony hawk pro skater 1+2 makes me want remakes of all the classics…
I do wish that particular remake had included Underground’s addition of being able to get off the board and just walk around. It’s so much easier to setup a line when you can walk and not just constantly coast around.
That was the plan before Activision was unimpressed by the numbers.
Really interesting video, though sadly I never played the original.
It was pretty great, basically an open world THPS. You’d level up your skills but using them, get quests from people in the world, and join tournaments to progress to the next area. It was a lot of fun, and I really hope it gets a revisit.
Not exactly open world as there were distinct levels you would beat, and warp between.
American Wasteland was the first “open world” TH game. Followed by Proving Ground and Project 8. Although AW was basically the same as UG except the levels were separated by long ass hallways to give the effect that it was one world. No loading screens though!
Yeah, I guess “open world” is a bit misleading, but it certainly felt that way coming from the earlier games.
For sure! It’s also one of my all time fav games.
Chad Muska? I’m a huge fan!!
“Oh, man, look at all those TANKS! So cool!”
I wish Underground, Underground 2 and American Wasteland got remasters.
I don’t remember them being well liked at the time, but they were the best ones IMO. The only disappointment in American Wasteland was that by UG2, the series was perfected. Wasteland just gave us more of the same, and I guess to many that was already boring. Plus there was just a lot of people that hated Bam Margera in general.
Thug 1 had one of the best story lines in any game I’ve played.
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