I don't know if I can think of another game series that has over seven games to the roster with little to no real difference in mechanic that I still find fun. set the Tony Hawk games are able to achieve just that.
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 decided to take the jackass route with its overall themes and sensibilities.
You play your own fun little custom character who has little to no personality of their own and comes off a bit like a doormat
Now I could complain that this uninteresting character makes for a diss-interesting game but the thing about any an in-different character in Tony Hawk is that you're able to experience the rest of the world without necessarily getting involved in it.
You're just kind of there is this magical driving force that pushes the story along but somehow has little to no real investment within it.
If anything you just come off as naive his various Pro skaters are able to convince you to do incredibly stupid things. Rather that be setting your board on fire, going hunting for Sasquatch or summoning a very stereotypical Vaudoux curse with the aid of a strange Shaman man who rides around on a three-wheel bike.
Needless to say it's a very wacky and amusing game. Taking an even more comedic approach than previous Tony Hawk's.
It's mechanics are the most polished of all the Tony Hawk games up to that point. It even introduces a strange mechanic in where you can utilise 'special' meter to slow down time and perform more high-scale tricks. Thus giving your player greater sense of control and precision as you try to manipulate the engine to creating the biggest score.
It does come off as being a little too easy. Which is something I never thought I'd say playing Tony Hawk game. They're usually pretty good about balancing there mechanics.
Still I don't really say that as a bad thing. It's just so much fun to play and it's kind of nice to have a Tony Hawk game that's distressing. As so many other ones do the complete opposite.
It might honestly be a contender for the best Tony Hawk game
A lot of that comes down to level design.
Not only do you have a story-based campaign what do you have some nine different levels to choose from but there's even a secondary campaign based more on the original Tony Hawk games. This includes some old levels from previous games, new and exciting locations and a few recycles from the campaign all mixed in a package what's your typical collect the skate letters or try to create a high score.
Essentially give you two games in one package and it's just so many little things to unlock that you can really find yourself having a lot of fun with it.
There is something oddly comedic about how all the major skaters in this game or perceived as nothing to lose a Rebels having fun on a destruction to her when in reality they're all a bunch of guys who have vast amounts of investments in real estate and some family being real life responsibilities.
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