honestly i think the whole franchise was underrated, each game following the next added new mechanics to master, it felt like you were training to BE a Pro Skater.
This video unlocked a memory of playing American sk8land online over Nintendo ds WiFi and being amazed as a kid at how futuristic it felt going from a gameboy to playing a full tony hawk game online with strangers.
38:59 Bit of an error with the editing there as it says Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 came out in 2015 not 2001 as spoken/seen in the video/UA-cam Closed Caption.
American Wasteland is the best one. It's the ultimate Tony Hawk game, the culmination of everything Neversoft learned from years of working on the series and mastering that beat-to-death engine. The last proper original Tony Hawk title we would ever get before the series sputtered out. Best comedic tone and most interesting world. Every mode and customization option you could possibly ask for. It has something for everyone. THAW is the best one and I will die on this hill. Edit: and that SOUNDTRACK. How could I forget?
THAW is definitely not the best one. It is the most overrated Tony Hawk game of all time. Neversoft had already refined the gameplay to a T by the fourth game. There's nothing really that THAW brought to the table that wasn't already there and what it did bring was superfluous and gimmicky nonsense like the BMX. Still a good game, though. (Also, I heavily disagree with THAW being the last good one. Project 8 for the 7th gen consoles is actually one of my favorites aside from the frame rate.)
It has the most value for your dollar and nice graphics. But I have to give it to the Dreamcast version specifically of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, nothing hits the same.
It lacked a crucial element, gender selection, something that had been in the series for about as long as you could create your own skaters. Why ignore 50% of the population?
@@Mrmagoo1077 A lot of people say that but compare it to the Dreamcast version, it's not as good, first of all the controls are definitely worse and the graphics are worse.
Underground 1 is art. Eric Sparrow’s betrayal was earth shattering. It rivals Iago from Othello in both complexity and mystery. Also it was pretty cool “skitching” on cars and kickflipping around the place I guess.
Underground is basically the San Andreas of the series, both of those games I remember renting and not taking the game back for weeks when they came out
THPS2 for the Game Boy Advance deserves it's own slot. Yes it was largely the same game but it's Isometric view and ground-up rebuild deserve so much praise.
@Bukkake2023 Personally I'd switch THUG and 4 because I wasn't as huge of a fan of 4, but it's still one hell of a game regardless. I definitely played a lot more of THUG so a lot of bias edging in there.
it still is. this guy just plays tony hawk like an adventure game lol. probably cant do a simple line to save his life. title of the video should be renamed to every tony hawk game ranked from worst to best (from a noob's perspective)
Sk8land on the DS is an absolute belter. It’s a total throwback to the original two games on PlayStation. I poured so many hours into that game back in the day.
Downhill Jam for Wii is underrated, I played through that game like 11 times or so & eventually got a Gold on every mission, & beat at least the easy Staff Ghost (the second level of staff Ghosts were ridiculous on some levels). Easy to pick up, hard to master, basic yet fun, great music.
@@JohnnyVee007 It's story is kinda dumb by today's standards, but it has the best gameplay in the entire series, and in a series that is all about the gameplay, that stands for a lot.
@planescaped oh the story is VERY of its time, but the ability to walk around, sticker slap, the tighter controls, natas spin, tag, etc. It was a real beaut'
THPS 2 is special for sure. It's probably the one the most people played as the original blew up with the demo discs, had a huge install base through word of mouth but by the time enough word spread the second game was already on the way/out in stores. And there's something about the slower engine with all of it's jank and it all still controls surprisingly well. Making it nostalgia personified because it's one of the few you can go back to and feel it truly is every bit as good as you remembered.
I played the THPS demo to death with my brother, but we never got the game. Then when we played the demo for THPS2, we loved it so much that we just had to save up to get it. Many happy hours spent playing it, and just as you said, it's one of the very few games that when I play again today (I'm not generally a fan of retro, going back can kill fond memories!) it feels just as good as it did back then! We later moved on to THUG when we upgraded to a PS2, another very strong game in the franchise, although with a completely different feel to it compared to THPS2, I'm not sure THUG today has the same replayability that THPS2 does.
The story mode is trash and the missions are as well. Wasteland is so overrated and I get why it is because that was the next generations 1st tony hawk game.
@@BrawlinEntertaintment2K you must be sniffing something if you think they’re overrated. The 1st game was is instant hit. Now I would say it hasn’t aged well with the controls. 2 is one of the highest rated games of all time. The replay value in the game is incredible with so many unlockables.. now you have the remake which is the best version of playing both games.
@@MR.__G Just because THPS2 is so highly rated, doesn't mean it's actually THAT good. THPS3, THUG 1 and 2, and THAW are all much better games with far more tricks and combos to do.
"Tony Hawk PS4 brought the history mode that will become a standard in the series" "Tony Hawk PS4 is in fourth for not moving things foward" Never seen such contradictory sentences so close to each other.
I'll never forget the fall of 1999. I was in tenth grade and Tony Hawk 1 was traded and talked about amongst my school. We shared tips, tricks, cheat codes and stories about the alien stage. Also Tony Hawk American Wasteland is criminally underrated. It took everything that made Underground 1-2 great and turned it on its head. While I prefer Underground 2, Wasteland deserves respect. And a higher spot on the list (lower than Project 8? nah)
I've never been a skateboarding fan, but I got dozens of hours out of American Skateland. It was so much fun. I also remember getting pumped when Holiday by Green Day came on 🤣
Genuinely, 1+2 should have been on this for not being a remake but a full reboot of the THPS series. Where does it land on the list? Gamers deserve to know!
Honestly I loved proving ground. Most difficult game in the franchise, but had the most features and gimmicks in the whole series. Loved the level design and it wasn’t as glitchy or dropped the frame rate when you traveled from area to area like in thp8 and American wasteland. Severely underrated. Finally getting a sick rating on hawk man and line challenges and seeing your gamertag in the top 10 global rankings was super rewarding
THPS2 was one of if not, the very first games that I ever played. I still have my original copy for the Gameboy Advance and since then, I have gotten it for every single system that it's come out on CIB, even the Mac version, the Pocket PC version and even 2x for the original Xbox. There's no other game like it and even if it is completely nostalgia driven, it's such an important game to me and one that I hold so much love for today. Side Note: I have a guilty pleasure in liking THPS on the GameBoy Color. I know it's bad but I used to have so much fun in the halfpipe mode and I'd try so hard to beat the races even though I still hadn't grasped the controls all that well
Alternate title: " watch some random dude make fun of skateboarding and make terrible and cringe puns with unfunny humor for fourty four minutes and thirty seconds"
Not sure if I missed it but I did double check the THUG2 entry, was there any mention of THUG2 Remix on PSP? It was mostly the same game but it has some great additions and was an amazing game to be squeezed into the handheld.
There was not. They also completely ignored including 2X as well as 1+2 remake. No idea why as all of those games should be considered in a list as they are not the same as the originals.
They mentioned 1+2. I love the Xbox and PSP games, but they don't deserve a separate entry if we're throwing the part 3 games in with the 6th gen version.
Shred was far more than “Ride with snowboarding”. Ride was a fundamentally broken game that would have brought children to tears, Shred is just mediocre.
It was called that in some countries in Europe and in Australia and New Zealand, I had it at one point. Made it confusing when the next game was called something else.
Tony hawk underground 2 is the best in my opinion, best soundtrack, maps are amazing, I know the story is lackluster but I loved the viva la bam/jackass vibes really capture the early 2000s well
THUG will always be my favourite in the series. The story mode was a welcome change to the arcade style of the Pro Skater series but, what made this, was the soundtrack which even by todays standards, was not just eclectic but also huge.
THPS is not only an outstanding game, but it introduced me to The Suicide Machines with their song "New Girl" on it. They have been one of my all-time favorite bands ever since.
The draaaagging out of extra syyyyylables, especially when it comes to voooowels was truly grating on the ears on this video. Otherwise solid list, anyone that’s played the series knew how the top 5 was gonna shake out based on Metacritic scores alone. I agree that THPS2 was incredible for the time but if we put overall quality and features into the mix, it is not number one. So many things were added to the series over time that THPS just doesn’t stand up as well to others, namely being able to geeeet offfff of your boooooard and the story moooode. Love you guys, just offering constructive criticism.
Well the issue is that this video was going off metacritic scores where Pro Skater 2 was rated 98/100 on metacritic which honestly people like these shouldn't always take metacritic as gospel if that were the case then Last of Us 2 is a good game then XD
I remember playing Tony Hawk Pro skater 3 when I was a kid. The soundtrack and that snow map is ingrained into my memory. I remember a hobo was on there too 😭😭😭😭
Tony hawk american wasteland is so underrated. The reaosn so many people say that’s the best one is cuz even with how easy a lot of it was and ya the concepts were a bit eh, its engine and nifty glitches, and combos and skill ceiling were far beyond any of the other titles. You combos people pulled off in that game while still maintaining the difficulty in pulling off those combos were perfectly balanced. Insanity. Other ones were to limiting or to easy in that regular. But ya the story was WAY to easy.
Tony Hawk: Ride IS playable if instead standing, you sit on the board controller. It makes the game MUCH easier. Which probably feels a bit insulting to actual skaters. Works for me though. I'd much rather sit than stand. It's the perfect game for ... skaters with arthritis?
Tony Hawk's Underground 1 still holds up very greatly despite being over 20 years old. If any Tony Hawk's game could ever be remastered Id want THUG 1 more than any other game in the series.
Underground is still my favorite, and why, oh why, did they remove essential elements from the character creator in later games, like GENDER selection?
The saddest thing is that after TH4 I've not even played or even heard of most of these 🫣 such a shame as they really found a niche but as usual with so many franchises they got too greedy and decided quantity over quality was the way forward. I mean if a great Tony Hawk came out tomorrow most of us would steer well clear as we wouldn't believe it 😢
I forgot how ugly Proving Ground was. 15:50 Just check it out compared to the bright colors of Project 8 22:44. It looks like 8 came after Proving but no, Project 8 came first. I guess someone upstairs saw how bland a lot of games were with their muted colors and thought that was how graphics needed to be. I hated that trend in gaming, especially when you saw how great the colors could be, like in the case of Ratchet and Clank, which released the very next week.
I would be hard pressed to place the original THPS anywhere in the top 5 lol. I grew up with it, but that game didn't age well. It would be under Thug2, then whatever is considered above that lol.
I also don't understand how you guys can ignore 1+2, which is definitely a game that is different than the originals enough to be part of a list, as well as completing excluding 2X for some reason, which is also different enough. You also made a typo for THPS 3 and put the game as coming out in (2015).
I lost interest in watching this video the moment you said the recent remake would not be included. I feel it was different enough that it deserved to be in the list. In the future when you guys realize how stupid it was to exclude it from the list and remake this video I might give it a chance.
Yeah, i never understood it. I skated, but never got into the SKATE games. They felt like Guitar Hero. Why would i want to pretend, when i can go outside and actually do it?
Really should have found a better video source for the wasteland video, seeing that username the whole time is very problematic and disappointing from TJ
putting the first pro skater game over any of it's sequels up through THUG is just nostalgia bait. It's a landmark title and the beginning of the series but it's janky and does NOT hold up over time. Pro Skater 2 doesn't age much better. Get real 1. THUG 1 2. THPS 3 3. THPS 4 4. THUG 2 5. THPS 2 6. THPS 1 7. Project 8 8. Proving Ground 9. THAW
I'm sorry, but Tony hawks pro skater 3 and 4 on ps1 are too different from the then current gen to be clumped together with those titles And no Tony hawks pro skater 2x ??
I feel story mode and having to talk to people before doing the objective, ruined the games. Add bigger better levels, and stick to the formula. The timer might have to go.
People who put Pro Skater 2 over 3 are genuinely regarded. It's literally just nostalgia and nothing more. Pro Skater 3 is objectively better in almost every way.
I agree, except the Dreamcast version of THPS2 which most people probably aren't aware of is the best and is imo so good that it's slightly ahead of THPS3 but THPS3 on Gamecube would absolutely be my second place choice.
Squared eyed jacks video on this is better. I just felt like this felt like a quick Google and make a script. Also it's too easy to just dunk on 5 when it was way better then a bunch of some of the more gimmick versions
Thanks so much for watching, everyone! What's your favourite Tony Hawk game? Or perhaps just as importantly, which one has the best soundtrack?
3 was a personal favourite for me definitely the best soundtrack behind american wasteland!
Tony Hawk Underground will forever be the best
Best soundtrack for sure has to go to THPS 1+2 and THUG2. 🤌
THPS 2 is, indeed, my top pick as well...but the 2x version for XBox. Why does no one ever talk about that one? It's amazing!
Also, no 1 + 2?
3 best soundtrack, underground best game. Beyond disappointed they never got around to making the 3+4 remaster
Eric Sparrow is a legendary villain.
“Here I am…doing everything I can!”
"holding on to what I am... pretending I'm a supermaaan!"
BAH! BA DA BA BA BA! BA DA! BA DA BA BAH!
All I know is THUG2 doesn't get enough credit. Sure, it was cartoony and the story was just Viva La Bam, but the mechanics were amazing.
honestly i think the whole franchise was underrated, each game following the next added new mechanics to master, it felt like you were training to BE a Pro Skater.
But mechanics alone dont make a great game.
only the Modern/Millenials needed a story, all us Gen X just wanted to f***in' skate! lol@@alibabaschultz352
that's why it became the base for the THUG Pro Mod
Thug2 is my favorite Tony hawk game all time personally
This video unlocked a memory of playing American sk8land online over Nintendo ds WiFi and being amazed as a kid at how futuristic it felt going from a gameboy to playing a full tony hawk game online with strangers.
Word.
I did that too, I remember uploading and downloading deck graphic designs. And there was no moderation so you would see some pretty funny ones.
X-Men games from worst to best, PLEASE!
This would be awesome
I WILL WATCH NOTHING MORE UNTIL THIS HAPPENS
#1 The hypothetical X-Men Persona clone
Hyperscan version incoming.
Women competed in the x games too
“Downhill Jam was seen more as a racing game than a skateboarding game” yes that was the point lol
38:59 Bit of an error with the editing there as it says Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 came out in 2015 not 2001 as spoken/seen in the video/UA-cam Closed Caption.
I noticed that too 😂
American Wasteland is the best one. It's the ultimate Tony Hawk game, the culmination of everything Neversoft learned from years of working on the series and mastering that beat-to-death engine. The last proper original Tony Hawk title we would ever get before the series sputtered out. Best comedic tone and most interesting world. Every mode and customization option you could possibly ask for. It has something for everyone. THAW is the best one and I will die on this hill.
Edit: and that SOUNDTRACK. How could I forget?
THAW is definitely not the best one. It is the most overrated Tony Hawk game of all time. Neversoft had already refined the gameplay to a T by the fourth game. There's nothing really that THAW brought to the table that wasn't already there and what it did bring was superfluous and gimmicky nonsense like the BMX.
Still a good game, though. (Also, I heavily disagree with THAW being the last good one. Project 8 for the 7th gen consoles is actually one of my favorites aside from the frame rate.)
It has the most value for your dollar and nice graphics. But I have to give it to the Dreamcast version specifically of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, nothing hits the same.
It lacked a crucial element, gender selection, something that had been in the series for about as long as you could create your own skaters. Why ignore 50% of the population?
@@graalcloud 2X for the Xbox brings more to the table with better controls imo.
@@Mrmagoo1077 A lot of people say that but compare it to the Dreamcast version, it's not as good, first of all the controls are definitely worse and the graphics are worse.
Underground 1 is art. Eric Sparrow’s betrayal was earth shattering. It rivals Iago from Othello in both complexity and mystery. Also it was pretty cool “skitching” on cars and kickflipping around the place I guess.
skatespear if you will
Underground is basically the San Andreas of the series, both of those games I remember renting and not taking the game back for weeks when they came out
THPS2 for the Game Boy Advance deserves it's own slot. Yes it was largely the same game but it's Isometric view and ground-up rebuild deserve so much praise.
THUG at 5 is absolutely criminal
Except it’s not though in absolutely every universe it is not better than the first 4 games
@@Bukkake2023 i would take thug over thps4 any day
@Bukkake2023 Personally I'd switch THUG and 4 because I wasn't as huge of a fan of 4, but it's still one hell of a game regardless. I definitely played a lot more of THUG so a lot of bias edging in there.
The underground games are the best@@Bukkake2023
I know but I think Triple Jump ranks by metacritic scores usually?
This is going to start very peripheral heavy isn't it? :D
RIP THPS 1999-2015, 2020. It was a good ride...
As long as it’s not Tony Hawk’s Ride!!!
😉😉😉
Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland was incredible and I will die on this hill.
Agreed. THAW felt like a true successor to the first THUG for me
It was my favorite! No clue how it only got #10!!??
@@KaviDGaming because his criteria was whack. Idk how THUG 2 wasn’t top 5.
@@KaviDGamingstory mode was one long tutorial
it still is. this guy just plays tony hawk like an adventure game lol. probably cant do a simple line to save his life. title of the video should be renamed to every tony hawk game ranked from worst to best (from a noob's perspective)
The cadence on Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground really caught me off guard!
Sk8land on the DS is an absolute belter. It’s a total throwback to the original two games on PlayStation. I poured so many hours into that game back in the day.
Zebco Fishing is unironically good and has AAA powered vibration motor built into the cartridge. Review when?
Wasteland being that low is a crime against humanity!
Nah, it's easily one of the worst (of the good games)
Downhill Jam for Wii is underrated, I played through that game like 11 times or so & eventually got a Gold on every mission, & beat at least the easy Staff Ghost (the second level of staff Ghosts were ridiculous on some levels). Easy to pick up, hard to master, basic yet fun, great music.
Really enjoyed it for a spin off title.
THPS 3. Soundtrack alone makes this game 10/10
once a year i play the 1+2 remake and underground 1 + 2 all in one week to get my tony hawks fix
THUG2 is underrated
@@JohnnyVee007 It's story is kinda dumb by today's standards, but it has the best gameplay in the entire series, and in a series that is all about the gameplay, that stands for a lot.
@planescaped oh the story is VERY of its time, but the ability to walk around, sticker slap, the tighter controls, natas spin, tag, etc. It was a real beaut'
Give the 3+4 mod for 1+2 a try
THPS 2 is special for sure. It's probably the one the most people played as the original blew up with the demo discs, had a huge install base through word of mouth but by the time enough word spread the second game was already on the way/out in stores. And there's something about the slower engine with all of it's jank and it all still controls surprisingly well. Making it nostalgia personified because it's one of the few you can go back to and feel it truly is every bit as good as you remembered.
I played the THPS demo to death with my brother, but we never got the game.
Then when we played the demo for THPS2, we loved it so much that we just had to save up to get it.
Many happy hours spent playing it, and just as you said, it's one of the very few games that when I play again today (I'm not generally a fan of retro, going back can kill fond memories!) it feels just as good as it did back then!
We later moved on to THUG when we upgraded to a PS2, another very strong game in the franchise, although with a completely different feel to it compared to THPS2, I'm not sure THUG today has the same replayability that THPS2 does.
Ain’t a single chance Project 8 is better than American Wasteland
The story mode is trash and the missions are as well. Wasteland is so overrated and I get why it is because that was the next generations 1st tony hawk game.
Got it on launch for ps3. Was utter shite
@@MR.__G Wasteland isn't overrated. Project 8 is more overrated than THAW. THPS1 and THPS2 are the most overrated THPS games.
@@BrawlinEntertaintment2K you must be sniffing something if you think they’re overrated. The 1st game was is instant hit. Now I would say it hasn’t aged well with the controls. 2 is one of the highest rated games of all time. The replay value in the game is incredible with so many unlockables.. now you have the remake which is the best version of playing both games.
@@MR.__G Just because THPS2 is so highly rated, doesn't mean it's actually THAT good.
THPS3, THUG 1 and 2, and THAW are all much better games with far more tricks and combos to do.
Tony Hawks American Wasteland, a.k.a. the last good Tony Hawk game
The wasteland placement is criminal
"Tony Hawk PS4 brought the history mode that will become a standard in the series"
"Tony Hawk PS4 is in fourth for not moving things foward"
Never seen such contradictory sentences so close to each other.
I wish the remake was included.
I'll never forget the fall of 1999. I was in tenth grade and Tony Hawk 1 was traded and talked about amongst my school. We shared tips, tricks, cheat codes and stories about the alien stage.
Also Tony Hawk American Wasteland is criminally underrated. It took everything that made Underground 1-2 great and turned it on its head. While I prefer Underground 2, Wasteland deserves respect. And a higher spot on the list (lower than Project 8? nah)
American Wasteland will forever be my favorite 🤷♂️
I long for another tony hawk feat bmx game they could add all the other spin offs in a expanded upon game like that one
Wtf lol
@@Kyeuss ??
Same, it's easily the superior one with THUG and THPS4
Plus, all the people who say THPS1 is good are probably people who never played it lol
I've never been a skateboarding fan, but I got dozens of hours out of American Skateland. It was so much fun. I also remember getting pumped when Holiday by Green Day came on 🤣
Genuinely, 1+2 should have been on this for not being a remake but a full reboot of the THPS series. Where does it land on the list? Gamers deserve to know!
Project 8 over American Wasteland...?
Very tough. If it wasn't for skate, I would have done the same.
Just in time for the announcement of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4!!!
imagine
Just get the 3+4 mod for 1+2
First time I've googled a question and found a video with that exact title, uploaded within the last month 😂 Nice one dude 👍
Honestly I loved proving ground. Most difficult game in the franchise, but had the most features and gimmicks in the whole series. Loved the level design and it wasn’t as glitchy or dropped the frame rate when you traveled from area to area like in thp8 and American wasteland. Severely underrated. Finally getting a sick rating on hawk man and line challenges and seeing your gamertag in the top 10 global rankings was super rewarding
All my homies hate Sparrow. If any of us see him, I'm telling you it's on sight
THPS2 was one of if not, the very first games that I ever played. I still have my original copy for the Gameboy Advance and since then, I have gotten it for every single system that it's come out on CIB, even the Mac version, the Pocket PC version and even 2x for the original Xbox. There's no other game like it and even if it is completely nostalgia driven, it's such an important game to me and one that I hold so much love for today.
Side Note: I have a guilty pleasure in liking THPS on the GameBoy Color. I know it's bad but I used to have so much fun in the halfpipe mode and I'd try so hard to beat the races even though I still hadn't grasped the controls all that well
I feel you man. First game I played on the PS1 so I know exactly how you feel about it.
Alternate title: " watch some random dude make fun of skateboarding and make terrible and cringe puns with unfunny humor for fourty four minutes and thirty seconds"
THUG at 5? Nah man. THPS1 is 5. Love the list though regardless. Probably my favorite series ever. Just love hearing people talk about it.
Is this the guy that played that My House Doom Mod? Or is this the guy from Switch-Up?
For those who don’t know, if you beat Tony Hawk’s underground twice, the ending is you elbowing Eric sparrow in the face.
How is underground not number 1!!?? 4 and underground are my favorite by far
Because it’s not the best Tony Hawk game. The Pro skater games were better and I personally also prefer Project 8 over underground
I feel partly responsible for this.
Thank you!
Not sure if I missed it but I did double check the THUG2 entry, was there any mention of THUG2 Remix on PSP? It was mostly the same game but it has some great additions and was an amazing game to be squeezed into the handheld.
There was not. They also completely ignored including 2X as well as 1+2 remake. No idea why as all of those games should be considered in a list as they are not the same as the originals.
They mentioned 1+2.
I love the Xbox and PSP games, but they don't deserve a separate entry if we're throwing the part 3 games in with the 6th gen version.
These videos are such a gift! Thanks a lot y'all
Shred was far more than “Ride with snowboarding”. Ride was a fundamentally broken game that would have brought children to tears, Shred is just mediocre.
I’ve never heard that “Tony Hawks Skateboarding” alternate title before. Also…how dare you put THUG below THPS4.
It was called that in some countries in Europe and in Australia and New Zealand, I had it at one point. Made it confusing when the next game was called something else.
I hate how they also put THPS3 below THPS2 and Project 8 below American Wasteland.
Tony hawks proving ground is insanely underrated
American wasteland was my fav
Tony hawk underground 2 is the best in my opinion, best soundtrack, maps are amazing, I know the story is lackluster but I loved the viva la bam/jackass vibes really capture the early 2000s well
I FLIP every time I KICK off a Triple Jump video by MANUALly pressing play. My name isn't Ollie, btw.
My top 5 - no order
Underground
Thps 3
Thps 2
Thps 4
Thps remake
1. THPS 3
2. THPS 1+2
3. THPS 4
4. THUG
5. THP8
THUG will always be my favourite in the series. The story mode was a welcome change to the arcade style of the Pro Skater series but, what made this, was the soundtrack which even by todays standards, was not just eclectic but also huge.
been waiting for this one for so long!!
Good video! American wasteland is better than project 8 tho >:)
THPS is not only an outstanding game, but it introduced me to The Suicide Machines with their song "New Girl" on it. They have been one of my all-time favorite bands ever since.
The draaaagging out of extra syyyyylables, especially when it comes to voooowels was truly grating on the ears on this video. Otherwise solid list, anyone that’s played the series knew how the top 5 was gonna shake out based on Metacritic scores alone. I agree that THPS2 was incredible for the time but if we put overall quality and features into the mix, it is not number one. So many things were added to the series over time that THPS just doesn’t stand up as well to others, namely being able to geeeet offfff of your boooooard and the story moooode.
Love you guys, just offering constructive criticism.
Well the issue is that this video was going off metacritic scores where Pro Skater 2 was rated 98/100 on metacritic which honestly people like these shouldn't always take metacritic as gospel if that were the case then Last of Us 2 is a good game then XD
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 is the best one. Especially in Xbox and PS2 best control, creativity, and most wanted.
I remember playing Tony Hawk Pro skater 3 when I was a kid. The soundtrack and that snow map is ingrained into my memory. I remember a hobo was on there too 😭😭😭😭
Aw, man! I wanted to see where you'd place Tony Hawks Pro Skater HD. I guess it didn't fit the criteria...
Tony hawk american wasteland is so underrated. The reaosn so many people say that’s the best one is cuz even with how easy a lot of it was and ya the concepts were a bit eh, its engine and nifty glitches, and combos and skill ceiling were far beyond any of the other titles. You combos people pulled off in that game while still maintaining the difficulty in pulling off those combos were perfectly balanced. Insanity. Other ones were to limiting or to easy in that regular. But ya the story was WAY to easy.
Tony Hawk: Ride IS playable if instead standing, you sit on the board controller. It makes the game MUCH easier. Which probably feels a bit insulting to actual skaters. Works for me though. I'd much rather sit than stand. It's the perfect game for ... skaters with arthritis?
Tony Hawk's Underground 1 still holds up very greatly despite being over 20 years old. If any Tony Hawk's game could ever be remastered Id want THUG 1 more than any other game in the series.
Underground is still my favorite, and why, oh why, did they remove essential elements from the character creator in later games, like GENDER selection?
Did I hear Tony Hawks American Werewolf in London?
Yes! I just came here to comment on this. wtf??? 😂
That was actually funny. I remember that movie fondly.
The saddest thing is that after TH4 I've not even played or even heard of most of these 🫣 such a shame as they really found a niche but as usual with so many franchises they got too greedy and decided quantity over quality was the way forward. I mean if a great Tony Hawk came out tomorrow most of us would steer well clear as we wouldn't believe it 😢
Gnarly video, dude!
I forgot how ugly Proving Ground was. 15:50 Just check it out compared to the bright colors of Project 8 22:44. It looks like 8 came after Proving but no, Project 8 came first. I guess someone upstairs saw how bland a lot of games were with their muted colors and thought that was how graphics needed to be. I hated that trend in gaming, especially when you saw how great the colors could be, like in the case of Ratchet and Clank, which released the very next week.
As an avid gamer and skateboarder this was a pleasant surprise from triplejump
I understand the reasons why you chose this order but it has to be THUG > THPS3 > THPS4 > THUG2 > THAW as the top 5 for me
I would be hard pressed to place the original THPS anywhere in the top 5 lol. I grew up with it, but that game didn't age well. It would be under Thug2, then whatever is considered above that lol.
It seems obvious this list is just based on reviews at the time. No one would rank thps1 over THUG or THPS4.
wtf? american wasteland should at least be in the top 5
Wow that clip of 720 took me back lol, that was an incredibly frustrating game lol
I also don't understand how you guys can ignore 1+2, which is definitely a game that is different than the originals enough to be part of a list, as well as completing excluding 2X for some reason, which is also different enough. You also made a typo for THPS 3 and put the game as coming out in (2015).
I lost interest in watching this video the moment you said the recent remake would not be included. I feel it was different enough that it deserved to be in the list. In the future when you guys realize how stupid it was to exclude it from the list and remake this video I might give it a chance.
Skate basically killed Tony Hawk games for me and my group of friends who basically all skated.
Yeah, i never understood it. I skated, but never got into the SKATE games. They felt like Guitar Hero. Why would i want to pretend, when i can go outside and actually do it?
"And number 1 ...... Skate 2" lol
THPS3 (not on PS1) is the best, no one will change my mind.
3, 4, or THUG1 could all be considered best
Really should have found a better video source for the wasteland video, seeing that username the whole time is very problematic and disappointing from TJ
I find your username very problematic and disappointing.
the 1+2 remake were very much their own game imo, very very improved and good fun, but hey ho.
Thps 3 (2015)? Might want to check the editor for that one. Also, never heard of a Zodiac, love these weird obscure consoles
Jerry was a racecar driver
i cant hear what peter is doing with his voice now without laughing.
putting the first pro skater game over any of it's sequels up through THUG is just nostalgia bait. It's a landmark title and the beginning of the series but it's janky and does NOT hold up over time. Pro Skater 2 doesn't age much better. Get real
1. THUG 1
2. THPS 3
3. THPS 4
4. THUG 2
5. THPS 2
6. THPS 1
7. Project 8
8. Proving Ground
9. THAW
Every Mortal Kombat from worst to best
“THUG 1 had wallplant but THUG2 had sticker slap”
You're really critical of a lot of these games when most of them are full of positives
American Wasteland and the THUG games are top 3. Fight me.
I fully agree with you, sad that THUG 2 and THAW get lots of hate.
Also THPS1 and THPS2 are overrated. THPS3 and 4 are better than those games.
I'm sorry, but Tony hawks pro skater 3 and 4 on ps1 are too different from the then current gen to be clumped together with those titles
And no Tony hawks pro skater 2x ??
Great video! Where's Ashton?
I feel story mode and having to talk to people before doing the objective, ruined the games. Add bigger better levels, and stick to the formula. The timer might have to go.
Downhill Jam GBA is so ugly. I love it.
Great video! Love the older TH games. But you didn't mention TH 2x on Xbox. Which is great! Peace.
People who put Pro Skater 2 over 3 are genuinely regarded.
It's literally just nostalgia and nothing more. Pro Skater 3 is objectively better in almost every way.
Yeah I'm with you there. Once I played 3, it made 2 feel archaic to go back to. The levels and the revert alone make 3 leagues better than 2
I agree, except the Dreamcast version of THPS2 which most people probably aren't aware of is the best and is imo so good that it's slightly ahead of THPS3 but THPS3 on Gamecube would absolutely be my second place choice.
for me, Thug2 is a spectacular game and more fun than even the first underground. also, good video
I always considered THPS3 and 4 to be the best.
day infinity of begging for an Underground remake. Hawk Man hear my prayers.
Squared eyed jacks video on this is better. I just felt like this felt like a quick Google and make a script. Also it's too easy to just dunk on 5 when it was way better then a bunch of some of the more gimmick versions