Morphin at the Arcades: Tony Hawk's Underground (Gamecube, PS2, Xbox)
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I will admit, I'm not a skater. I suck at skateboarding. But I'm decent at video games. So, naturally, I'm pretty good at the Tony Hawk games. Today we'll be focusing on the fifth game, Underground, released in 2003 by Activision for multiple platforms, including the consoles, GBA, mobile phone, and an Australian-exclusive PC release. Since I own the Gamecube version, we'll be using that one.
The graphics aren't that bad, especially for 2003 standards. Characters look how they should.
As for gameplay, it plays a lot like a GTA game with a skateboard. To kickstart your board, you press B. Holding A makes you go fast, and tapping it makes you Ollie, or jump. Y grinds, and you press B or X with a direction to do a trick while in the air. L and R change the way your board faces, and Z gets you on and off the board.
There is a Story mode, involving your created character rising to skateboard stardom from the ghetto of Jersey, as well as a Free Skate mode. You can make your own park, your own tricks, even your own skater. Creation is well balanced and well excecuted for 2003 standards. Parks and tricks aren't too bad, either, although you can make impossible tricks.
That's pretty much it. I think it's a pretty good game. Mane Six, thoughts?
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Oh, right, they're busy dealing with a giant crab demon. Oh well.
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