@@AmyraCarter Fair point; I always thought that the story could have been told just as well if Mindy were male or, alternatively, if Mindy were a lesbian with a female protagonist. Probably did it this way to save money on the voice acting, to not have to have all the actors record separate lines for a scenario with a female protagonist. Women can and should skate too; my comment was more appreciating the fact that Mindy has agency and good ideas and isn't just written solely as a love interest.
@@redactedname247 Indeed, that would make sense, given that from what I understand, the game was over budget on release due to a lot of new stuff added, among other things, but even still, it's likely, very likely to not be the whole reason, and honestly, Mindy herself could easily have been the main protagonist, given the level of aid she gives the MC, among other things she does. One more thing to note; there is code in the game for a female story character. Modding in the model will allow one to play as the female, but not everything is optimized. In the shops, the model goes into a T-pose, but one can still buy the small variety of clothing and hair and such. I don't know how far one could progress because I only saw what someone else had done in a discord discussion, but it was still cool to see that it could possibly be done, maybe. To be fair, the female model looks awesome on the BMX...
@@AmyraCarter Thank you for providing that additional insight re: the female character being in the game files; I had no idea about that! Definitely seems like they were thinking about it and didn't actually go through with the plan. Based on Mindy planning out the Ranch, could have been fun to get a sequel to THAW mapped out like Proving Ground where Mindy is the "rigger" storyline (and she also skates the stuff she builds).
I'm still disappointed they would only let me play as a female create-a-skater in free skate, not story, because the censors were so scared of a girl kissing another girl.
Holy shit, I was looking for this game but I didn't know what it was called. As soon as I saw that first ramp it all came back to me. This game introduced me to punk and skate culture, I'm so thankful.
I’ve been looking for this game for so long I was watching videos on tony hawk pro skater 1 and 2 remake and I vaguely remembered a skate boarding game I used to play when I was young and I just found this in my reccomended and holy shit the memories we need a remake on this
It's weird seeing this, i grew up with American Sk8land on DS which i don't think had a story, or bikes or parkour. Seeing this feels like someone altered my memories of this game
I think she's punk not goth. I dated a punkgirl in my first year in college. It was a major pet peeve for her she one time educated this one girl so hard that she became my ex's servant becuase the girl called her a goth. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My game always froze on that one part where you would go through the tunnel to the Tony Hawk AMJAM, same thing with the subway tunnel that the guy with the rocket launcher gets you through, and the hall that gets you to Beverly Hills.
1:12:27 I 100% agree with Iggy, like dude went all around L.A committed multiple counts of vandalism, theft, with millions of dollars property damage, just to save the skate ranch along with putting pros in the video!
I get that thiis might be the tony hawk game you first played or whatever but objectively this doesn't deserve a remake. THUG is the first that should be remade. but that won't happen either. neversoft is dead. and hawks video game contract expired.
@@mechanicmike7954 from a story perspective I loved this story way better than any other tony hawk game I’ve played. Also I’ve played all tony hawk games you old fart.
this is what skateboarding games need, this wacky outlandish storyline, crazy characters but with the game physics and character models of SKATE and a long story in general.
Only just realized years later that the 'Bag of tricks' guy who opens the metro is a falling down reference. Also realised that you just *could not* make this game today, especially with the characters like the Chinese guy...
@@asfaltoskateboards454 there's a scene where he takes a rocket launcher out from his bag and uses it to destroy a construction site. He stole it from a Nazi
If they released a ton of older games today such as THAW Twitter girls would have them taken down since they can not take jokes and laugh a single gosh darn time
I love this game but the protagonist is an annoying selfish jerk who ruins everyone's lives, although surprisingly his tendency towards elder abuse turned out to be his most helpful quality.
Please can someone help I've completed the story on American wasteland and built the ranch but it still says 93/95 missions complete, what am I missing? I've looked everywhere for years
I had a really bad cold when I first got this game and i played this game f-ed up on cough medicine. this game use to get me pumped, I was like 14 when this came out and was just a skate rat
The characters are the worst, the environments are some of the best, the mechanics are arguably the best of the series The Bert Slide was the one of my favorite game features in the series
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When the cop was arresting Iggy, I like how he never noticed how the Skate ranch is filled with stolen stuff from around LA.
I miss the good old days when life’s problems could be solved by simply grinding on them
Depends which grinding you’re talking about
freaky ahh
My favorite effing Tony Hawk game in the WHOLE series! Thank you so much for posting the whole story play through, truly appreciate the watch!
Thanks bro!
I feel like they wanted the game to be edgy while still keeping a PG rating.
*PG-13
It focused more on the punk subculture with skating, so it I wouldn't really label it as edgy.
Meanwhile.... 18:00
How you made your character reminds me of how jimmy Hopkins from bully acts and looks especially at 5:42
This sick game seriously needS to be remastered!
Give it time it'll happen.
This was the last good game. Just got the collectors edition on Ebay. Atlanta and marrissel look cool on thaw.
Awesome bro, I want to play this edition!
Benedict Gameplays I would recommend it.
I wanna play this game so bad but have nothing to run it on
Was hoping I could get it on ps4 but nope 😭 have to find a ps2 now
Ill say Project 8 is the last good game.
The soundtrack to this game was awesome. Soo much nostalgia
Mindy was my crush as a kid playing this game hahahaha
U lyin to me if she still isnt😤
Needs R34, not going to lie.
Good marketing, boys
Mindy is the reason why I'm into punk/emo girls
Mindy is one of the best written characters in the series.
Probably the only reason why the main character is locked as 'male'.
They dropped the ball with that one.
@@AmyraCarter Fair point; I always thought that the story could have been told just as well if Mindy were male or, alternatively, if Mindy were a lesbian with a female protagonist. Probably did it this way to save money on the voice acting, to not have to have all the actors record separate lines for a scenario with a female protagonist. Women can and should skate too; my comment was more appreciating the fact that Mindy has agency and good ideas and isn't just written solely as a love interest.
@@redactedname247 Indeed, that would make sense, given that from what I understand, the game was over budget on release due to a lot of new stuff added, among other things, but even still, it's likely, very likely to not be the whole reason, and honestly, Mindy herself could easily have been the main protagonist, given the level of aid she gives the MC, among other things she does.
One more thing to note; there is code in the game for a female story character. Modding in the model will allow one to play as the female, but not everything is optimized. In the shops, the model goes into a T-pose, but one can still buy the small variety of clothing and hair and such. I don't know how far one could progress because I only saw what someone else had done in a discord discussion, but it was still cool to see that it could possibly be done, maybe. To be fair, the female model looks awesome on the BMX...
@@AmyraCarter Thank you for providing that additional insight re: the female character being in the game files; I had no idea about that! Definitely seems like they were thinking about it and didn't actually go through with the plan. Based on Mindy planning out the Ranch, could have been fun to get a sequel to THAW mapped out like Proving Ground where Mindy is the "rigger" storyline (and she also skates the stuff she builds).
I'm still disappointed they would only let me play as a female create-a-skater in free skate, not story, because the censors were so scared of a girl kissing another girl.
Omg this just triggered so many memories
I like how Boone just comes out of nowhere and doesn’t die half of the time
They need to remake this game man 💯 still one of the beat of all time
48:20 definitely did not catch that when I was a kid 😂
The main character is The same voice actor who voiced Terry McGinnis in Batman Beyond.
No way that’s awesome!
He also voiced Ron Stoppable from Kim Possible
Unconditional by the Bravery. I cry everytime when I hear that keyboard intro. Best time back then.
Bloc Party - Like eating glass for me, that song always made me skate better.
@@gabemoler6682 yeah bro, great track also!
This was the last great tony hawk game that I ever played if they had a story like this now that would be awesome
Holy shit, I was looking for this game but I didn't know what it was called. As soon as I saw that first ramp it all came back to me. This game introduced me to punk and skate culture, I'm so thankful.
47:56 gotta love how he doesn't die from that fall, no sells it, then gets up and tries skating off briefly on his non-existent skateboard.
I feel like in this game they abused pre-made animations for cutscenes, which leaded to janky stuff like this
I've played this game numerous times in my preteens! It's reigniting memories, thank you for the upload!
53:10 The one time the script allowed for a Sassier Tony Hawk.
I Love that you still upload all this
Thanks man!
Memories man I grow up playing all tony hawk games plus tony and bam is my favorite skaters
This should be a legitimate movie
There are a lot of great comedy cuts in this
I love how fast everyone skates/runs off 😂
I’ve been looking for this game for so long I was watching videos on tony hawk pro skater 1 and 2 remake and I vaguely remembered a skate boarding game I used to play when I was young and I just found this in my reccomended and holy shit the memories we need a remake on this
It's weird seeing this, i grew up with American Sk8land on DS which i don't think had a story, or bikes or parkour. Seeing this feels like someone altered my memories of this game
Actually it had a story mode, it was just a bit different compared to this.
I think Mindy was the reason I fell in love with gothlike girls
I think she's punk not goth. I dated a punkgirl in my first year in college. It was a major pet peeve for her she one time educated this one girl so hard that she became my ex's servant becuase the girl called her a goth. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
7:49 I just like how mindy is just sitting there being like "hmm, sweet murder"
I think the man at 17:07 is a reference to the protag of "Falling Down". Good video btw!
Thanks my man!
Totally
That's exactly what I was thinking!
Would make sense since 99% of the story mode takes place in LA.
I can never not picture Terry McGuiness and Maxine from Batman Beyond when I hear the voice acting.
My game always froze on that one part where you would go through the tunnel to the Tony Hawk AMJAM, same thing with the subway tunnel that the guy with the rocket launcher gets you through, and the hall that gets you to Beverly Hills.
1:00:42
Tony T: On last thing before you go...
*Fucking kills you*
1:02 Darby what the hell are you doing with the jock 🤣
9:40 The part you're all looking for.
1:12:27
I 100% agree with Iggy, like dude went all around L.A committed multiple counts of vandalism, theft, with millions of dollars property damage, just to save the skate ranch along with putting pros in the video!
17:50 Look! It's the middle aged man from the movie Falling Down making a cameo appearance
Let’s start a petition boys! This is our childhood!!!!
I get that thiis might be the tony hawk game you first played or whatever
but objectively this doesn't deserve a remake.
THUG is the first that should be remade. but that won't happen either. neversoft is dead. and hawks video game contract expired.
@@mechanicmike7954 from a story perspective I loved this story way better than any other tony hawk game I’ve played. Also I’ve played all tony hawk games you old fart.
this is what skateboarding games need, this wacky outlandish storyline, crazy characters but with the game physics and character models of SKATE and a long story in general.
imagine better graphics
I never realized when I was a kid that the skate club leader is actually pretty deep
Only just realized years later that the 'Bag of tricks' guy who opens the metro is a falling down reference.
Also realised that you just *could not* make this game today, especially with the characters like the Chinese guy...
Is falling down a movie?
@@asfaltoskateboards454 yeah
@@asfaltoskateboards454 there's a scene where he takes a rocket launcher out from his bag and uses it to destroy a construction site. He stole it from a Nazi
If they released a ton of older games today such as THAW Twitter girls would have them taken down since they can not take jokes and laugh a single gosh darn time
I love how we accidentally commit actual murder with the T-rex and nobody really seems to care
That scene lowkey traumatized me as a kid
God what would I do for a Mindy in my life...
Do a kick flip
Dude the graphics man, this game should be remastered
After thps 3+4 than thug 1+2
American wasteland might be an expansion of Thug 1+2
Those animations are insane for the time.
DAMN IGGY IS ADAM 22!!!!
Nah 🤦♂️
This , gta sa , gta lbs , that rc racer game and spongebob battle for bikini bottom , describes my childhood
So much nostalgia for this goofy ass game. Hope to play it again someday.
I wish they remaster this game
1:09:23 protagonist's hidden psychopathic tendencies
17:06 D-Fens from Falling Down; subway was “Under Construction” 🤣🤣
8:36 Boone's brains busting out. 8:38 brains back in and breaks board with head.
Good ol' days.
The amount of people who probably died because you and your friends wanted random shit at the ranch.
Let's be honest, if the construction worker didn't die by falling off the skate ranch crane, nobody else did.
Missed this game they should remake on ps5
Our character is voice by Will friedle AKA Terry miginnis the batman beyond...I love this game even more now!
AKA Eric Matthew in Boy Meets World
Never realised how much Jim Phillips art was in this game.
Nice Cutscenes from Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Benedict.
Nice comment on this video, Francis.
@@KingdomHeart556 Thanks.
I love this game but the protagonist is an annoying selfish jerk who ruins everyone's lives, although surprisingly his tendency towards elder abuse turned out to be his most helpful quality.
Such an amazing game. Played it so much when I was a kid
You forgot the first Demolition Radio one. The one where he was taking about the Dino head
one of the best thps games ever!
Its Murphy skating at the beginning
Cool video for my recommendeds👍
Thank you bro!
Dang I never made the connection back then but the voices for the main character is the same voices from batman beyond! (Terry McGinnis and Max)
This game makes me happy even though I was horrible at it, its been years.
Last of the series that had the best content . Shame this was such a short game . Thug,thug2 and this were awesome 👌
What a great fucking game that was
Anyone notice how he went down an elevator that was going up?
My personal favorite tony hawk game and the last true great one in the serious
Please can someone help I've completed the story on American wasteland and built the ranch but it still says 93/95 missions complete, what am I missing? I've looked everywhere for years
this game is so hated on but i love it
THUG may have had the best story, but Wasteland had the best cast. As I played, I felt connected to everyone at the Ranch.
i always made my guy look like Johnny Knoxville sunglasses and everything
Our journey has come to an end
Thank you and i apreciate you do this
I think a remake is due!!!
Damn, they really shit all over Ben Affleck 🤣🤣🤣
Man, shut your trap, I dig chicks! Just for that I'll show you how to revert! LMFAO i love this shit
Fight club reference in thaw I love this game
Mindy is an exposition machine
All the people complaining about not being able to play this should’ve just had a ps2 back in the day 🤷🏽♂️
they gave up and said ''fuck it lets add some magic and shit''
17:56 it's the guy from falling down
Could you unlock more outfits for female CAS? All I remember were a few shorts & tanktops.
This video is fire!
No wonder we have so much traffic in LA sheesh
You are a godsend sir
Lol "Ben Whofleck"
I had a really bad cold when I first got this game and i played this game f-ed up on cough medicine. this game use to get me pumped, I was like 14 when this came out and was just a skate rat
Iggy = Jay Adams
Mindy had some sweet milkers 🥛
Mega is the guy Tony Alva bought all his drugs from!
CHILDHOOD!!!
8:00 fast times at richmond high
5:39 Fatality!
The characters are the worst, the environments are some of the best, the mechanics are arguably the best of the series
The Bert Slide was the one of my favorite game features in the series