Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1598 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2003-11-21
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Number of items: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Expecting your standard Tony Hawk's sequel? Think again. This time the developers have come up with a different slant and have achieved something really significant.

The idea this time round is that you start off on the streets with nothing but your board to keep you company. Start skating around, pulling off tricks and sooner or later you'll be spotted; then you start to make your way up the boarding world. That's easier said than done, of course, with a bigger selection of tricks to learn and pull off. The upshot though is that the game presents a high quality, long-term challenge as you slowly make your way to the top.

Something that doesn't work quite as well is the ability to pick up your board and explore on foot. It's theoretically supposed to make things more flexible, but ultimately accounts for the game's few slower moments. However, ultimately Tony Hawk's Underground works spectacularly well. Its gameplay is sublime, the multi-player modes are dangerously addictive and it scores immensely in the value for money stakes too. Easily one of the most playable games on any console out there, it holds appeal for gamers at all levels of experience. --Simon Brew

GamesMaster Magazine
"Tougher, sicker and more stuffed with sweet gaps and lines than ever. 90%."

Play Magazine
"There's no doubt that this is superb value for money. 90%."

Customer Reviews

the template for perfection
the best game in the series- plug in any usb keyboard (not just the crappy offical ps2 ones0 and use for quick typing. The ultimate tony hawks.

A must get!
This game is absolutely awesome right down to the music. You don't just skate in this game you go all around the world doing a variety of fun and original missions. Not counting the tutorial missions at the start no mission is alike and there are so many!!!
You go to Vancouver, Hawaii, Russia and many different places! The missions are also extrmeley fun and you will need to skate and walk in order to complete them. This game is as good for the early beginer in the Too Easy mode right to the expert mode. You get to edit your skater with great detail and design your own board and tricks. The really aren't any real faults in this game and if your looking for an enjoyable game this is the one to buy.

JJ 16

The Ultimate Skating Experience
Tony Hawks Underground is definetely the best in the series. It now has a kind of storyline instead of just completing levels. You are this unknown skater punk who you can customise at the start of the game. The game's all about taking your skater to the top. At one point in the game, when you've stepped up a level, you get offered the chance to be in one of the skateboarding teams (birdhouse, element, etc.). During the game you hang around with one of your local skater friends who is also trying to make it to the top. This game has cool graphics, a great storyline, and most importantly, has all the skateboarding realism you could want. I have also played on Tony Hawks Underground 2, but disappointingly I don't think it's as good because there isn't much realism and it goes far too far over the top with everything so I'd just stick with the prequel. Tony Hawk's Underground really is the ultimate skating experience