Mall to me has that perfect 50/50 of replay ability and 90s nostalgia. My absolute favorite

Thug 2 perfected The Warehouse. I loved that 2nd room!

In the "Pretending I'm A Superman" documentary one of the developers states that the park at the end of Downhill was redeveloped into Warehouse, not Chicago (the identical pool was a placeholder object, also used on the roof in the beta version of Downtown Minneapolis). This is why the small room you start in Warehouse exists, it would originally have connected to the outside area.

I like the format a lot too, looking forward to maybe seeing this with the other games It's really interesting to have the perspective of someone who worked on some of the games and knows the ins and outs of their level design

Don't mind me just commenting before the "Warehouse is S tier" mob arrives

i upvote all the comments that agree with me btw

yo AND this was such a cool upload for youtube, not saying that the live streamed stuff isn't, but every second of this is so concise and informative. looking forward to more of the levels!

The one thing I'll give Burnside credit for is the line where you jump off funbox/kicker, do the over the bridge gap, and can land with a grind on the pipe's coping. Doing a Backflip over the bridge, into a One Footed Smith as Bob Burnquist just feels nice to pull off - especially on the n64 version where, iirc, you can spin during the backflip but can't on the ps1

I extremely enjoyed your in depth analysis, Andy. Would really love to see more videos like this one with the levels from other THPS games!

This is a REALLY good youtube video. It's not often anymore that I see a video and am really amazed at how entertaining and information-packed it is. And yes, you cant poo poo and not pee pee. Very good point Andy

Yep, my top two favorite levels are Mall and School. Streets has grown on me. Roswell is also my favorite competition level out of the first two games. I really like how you did a birds eye view and drew on what improvements to make. I have only caught a few of your twitch streams due to work schedules and am subbed, so I mostly watch your content here. Keep it up!

I really enjoy hearing your perspective on these and would happily watch a video on each game

This is awesome type of content Andy! Your personality works well with it. Would love to see more like this for other games too. The amount you factored in here makes it the DEFINITIVE list for sure!

Bro, I just discovered your channel, you are the one from THUG in the videos that show up when you left the menuscreen too much time without doing anything. I can not belive it, this made my day. Saludos desde Argentina

I will never understand why Streets, out of all the levels, was the only one who NEVER got a remake in any Tony Hawk game until 1+2.

Very good video man! I can tell you really care about these videos, it definitely pays of because they're super fun to watch!

I really loved the vod you uploaded from your stream to here that was ranking these live!! Would love to see the other games ranked eventually

16:10 to 16:14 was just insult to injury right there and it was very funny to me for some reason. also i love that you explained a lot about the levels in this video. and i never really understood the reason for the little quarterpipe at the very beginning of Downhill Jam above the Kicker/Funbox.

Downhill Jam was always my favorite level. It's fun either way I look at it, especially with The Ernies - Here and Now playing in the background. Whether it's just cruising/flowing through it and doing some tricks or collecting everything, it's the most memorable stage for me.

Ok so the Mall and Downhill Jam both end about a minute in.... Can someone mod it and crush them together so the end of the Mall feeds into the beginning of Downhill Jam? Boom, 2 minutes filled

Gonna need one of these for every game, you are a beast!

Great video! I agree with everything except Roswell. I find this level so boring, there's really not much to do and all obstacles are almost the same

Good video and I agree with most of your points. I disagree a bit with Streets, but thats only cause the goals in Career are a bit too spread out and it makes it easily the most difficult level to one shot. But that isnt a huge issue overall. Id love to see more of these, at least THPS2-THAW.

So impressed with this video, Andy! I thought you were just gonna upload a VOD of you making the tier but you really went out your way to script, record and edit this video in such an entertaining way! Your explanations of the levels mixed with your art to show where you would've liked objects to be was a very nice touch. My only sort of criticism is maybe your voice sounded a little too scripted at times and not too natural but that really comes with time. Overall, great video! Really looking forward to the tier lists for 2, 3 & 4 if they're going to be in this kind of format. Great job!

Very well done man! I watched through the entire thing and really enjoyed it! -Maxfli

Damn man! I wish you did this for all the games! This is really cool insight!

Love this format!

Great insight man I really enjoyed this!

great video, I really wish your level change ideas could be released in an update, they are so logical!

Love to see a video of your opinion on how to make a good custom park in the editor, I really liked your insite.

The argument that Burnside is a real life location is also less impactful when the aesthetics and visual uniqueness isn't really there.. It's a pretty bland looking and feeling level. Whereas Marseilles in THPS2 just looked much cooler. Had a vibe.

School 1 is god-tier to me. I often play THPS1 in emus if I'm chilling (podcast, gettin' high, meditation, any combo of the aforementioned, etc) and I've got a savestate that takes me straight to School 1 lol. It's super fun as a bonus in THUG 2 as well, which thanks to said game's engine, really unleashes the potential of this map. It's the one of the best examples to me of a level that is basically Zen-like in its simplicity, yet has so much to offer if you just let it happen.

I would loooove this for the rest of the THPS series

Awesome video. I hope you rank the other thps levels 👍🏼

Dude all this content in just 23mins lol this video is one of your best for sure

“Pop shove-it in the garbage”- Andythps. Lol love it! Great video. I’ve been getting into the original 2 on N64 so I’m glad to see content on the old versions too.

Yes, Portland is the worst map in THPS but when u were a kid who only lived 30mins away from Portland it was so damn cool. Then u got into skateboarding and realized that Burnside is such a legendary park only made it cooler to know that Portland was in the very 1st THPS games.

I never knew that there was video playing in the Chicago level...wild I had this on the N64 and I guess never played this level on the PS1 when at friends houses.

I'm happy this re-affirms my opinion that Burnside is trash level design and I wasn't (just) a salty teenager that needed to git gud.

More vids like this please! Great work homie

That thumbnail is a dirty liar

a cool video series would be the development of each game.

I love what grind session did to Burnside

Very nice and thoughtful video, would love to see you do the same for thps 2 and 4 (my favs)

Good video Andy!

Both my brother and my friend independently said that Burnside was the best, and I thought I was in the fringe minority that hated it. It's even worse in later games and the remake because there aren't any good spots to do long combos.

Would love a sequel to this video for THPS2

B O N K Y

Nice vid brah 🐐

This is a great list! It's great to hear analysis on these levels from someone who was not only involved in the design of later levels but is so good at the game too. Any plans to do this for the other games in the series?

Great video brother

I Still can’t get combos like you, legend

Pretty much agree with the ratings 👍

Someone needs to make a mod so the downhill levels to teleport the player at the end.

Will you be ranking the second thps levels ? Please Andy

Would love a comparison to the 2020 remake

Love this vid , more please

I've grown to like all the levels in the remake but I hated streets and downtown in 1. I also love the levels you don't like. I'd be interested to see your takes on these levels as they appear in the remake. The updated engine helps some of the older levels really shine.

Where are the other parts my man i need to see them

Wait this sounds like a what we want an need in a new thps is andy tryin to tell us something

I haven't seen the whole vid, but in the event of a future all levels in the series list... LA is S-tier

All my childhood i hated school 1 but 1+2 made me love and appreciate it

Great video Andy. I like the pee pee and poo poo joke.

Would love to see the same type of vid with THPS 2,3, and 4 all on PS1

They really should have made the tram lines in San Fran grindable.

Burnside is the GOAT for tag. Sloppy lines make for great, hard fun.

In one San Francisco is the best level in my opinion. Please do this for all tony games please very much appreciated the effort in this

SLAYER!!!

Hey Andy, have you ever played the N64 versions? I'd love to see a video on those with you playing. I grew up with the N64 version of 1, and had the PS1 version of 2. Eventually I bought the N64 version of 2 because I liked the yellow cartridge (really) and years later got THPS1 on PS1. THPS3 was my first ever PS2 game and I never knew as a child it was released for N64 or even PS1 lol

Props

I think my fav map of all time is is skate street Ventura but from pro skater 1? I don’t even know maybe school lmao

Thps was amazing but they really nailed flow with thps2.

based list, especially the burnside and streets takes, if all the burnside reappearances were streets instead in future titles, i wouldn't mind at all. great video, hope to see you cover more th levels in the future, time to check the whole vod also, anybody knows what the 10 10 10 10 in the bottom right means? just curious

Nostalgia!

Imagine if the ps4 and ps5 and current gen consoles were around in the 90s

Do this with thug2. I think it has the best collection of levels. A lot of classics and new ones are good too

So I’m a little confused, did you not design levels for the remake? Were these ideas implemented?

True for warehouse but it can’t be a (F) it’s just a cool simple level thts why it’s good, some things don’t flow 100% like u said

Part 2 when

so, i am not the only one disliking burnside and chicago.

Still waiting for the next part!

Wait... Tony Hawk games aren't realistic!? :O

I'm glad im not the only 1 who doesn't like Burnside lol

Mall to S, Burnside to E. Rest fits good

i still think warehouse was the best, i like the small area, easy for me to start getting some big combos going

Thumbnail lied to us all!

Designing levels for THUG 3?

I agree now where is my upvote 💀

This is so clickbait because in the thumbnail he put Burnside as s tear

hey and how can i peepeepoopoo for an hour

*gives Burnside an F* YES. 100%. KING. BURNSIDE FUCKING SUCKS. Every time i see Burnside in any skateboarding game, its always just garbage to me. Tony Hawk, Grind Session, ect. its just a bad park for a game, regardless of its history and accuracy to real life. Deserves the F. As for where i place everything compared to your list, i would put Downhill Jam at D personally, there's alot thats janky with it back in THPS1, Skate Park would get C in comparison, i actually quite like Skate Park ultimately, Streets would get B for just being too big/open with not much to work with (which is basically a common trope i find with bad extreme sports games. If the maps are too big/massive, its usually gonna be bad for multiple reasons including just big empty spots with not much to work with) and Roswell would get A just because for a competition level, its the best one of the 3 to me and has alot to offer and work with. I would also put Warehouse at D, even though i know i would be shot for that, but its just not that interesting to me even if memorable for being the first level ever and the only time i ever see it being interesting and cool to skate in was when THUG2 expanded it as "Tutorial"... and then that expansion never got used again, which is sad.

Burnside sucks *so hard.* It's awful. I can get through it no problem, but I never go there just to play it. Even the improved gameplay of 1+2 only does so much when the layout itself is against you.

OK

Oh, I thought this was ranking Tony Hawk games, lmao.

Why do you have Burnside as S tier in the thumbnail 🤔

+2 pee pee poo poo joke

Streets is hard F

No I disagree

I was read to cuss & yell but you put Mall and School where they should be so... Never mind.

MTV skateboarding copied chicago but that game is terrible.