The green woman is like basically a green screen you made it so easy for Eric to edit himself into the footage!

14:08 - You could collect the KISS letters and watch a concert -Ride the vehicle in that level and go off the ramp. -Find all the gaps.

Tony Hawk's Underground was one of two Tony hawk games which I completed 100% That means all those stupid gaps too

The soundtrack was killer!

Once or twice a year I make time to do a play through of underground. First played it when I was 11 in 2003, to this day still one of my favourite PS2 games over all.

"Tony Hawk 2 was only 3 years old at the time" that blew my mind. Felt like 10 years back then

I actually love the off board missions cuz when i was a kid they scared the shit out of me, and the nostalgia of that fear is kinda hilarious when i go back and play this game

I think THUG without question had the best story

no one mentions the fact you can darkslide in game and it resets your balance meter... awesome glitch made graffiti the best game mode ever

you forgot to mention the alternate ending where you elbow erics face

Best Tony Hawk game EVER! Period. I played Every single Tony Hawk game growing up (I’m old now smh) but out of all of them which were great , but Underground is the best and I completed all of them over and over.

Tony Hawk underground was my first skateboarding game... and one of my first ps2 games overall. I remember not having a memory card and trying to pass the whole story mode in one afternoon... furthest I got was Hawaii xD

I used to play this on GameCube all the time and 100% it I think five times.

No one ever talks about the game cube version:( It didn't have all these timers for some reason

This game means a lot to me. It was the first game I ever finished. I was 10/11 years old and had never listened to some of the music or seen some of the skateboard stuff in it. I played it for years and it brought me into a whole new sub-genre I'd never heard of and probably put my life on the road I am on today, listening to the music I listen too now.

I just realized, at 14:20 you mentioned that it was the first time nostalgia for the older games came in, when in THPS3 you could unlock THPS1 levels

Underground is hands down the best tony hawk game

If You combined the story of Underground with the gameplay of Skate 2, it would be the best game ever.

The soundtrack was great especially Quasimoto

i dont think people are mistaking you for Eric. i think eric edited the footage so that you were not in it and eric was that one who did the mctwist

This is the only channel I'm happy to see an ad on. Love this channel! Glad you're getting some revenue!

Great review! had so much fun playing this as a kid, will never forget that McTwist over the chopper!

I remember when I played this game I edited all the basic tricks on trick editor to look slower and smoother.

You forgot to mention the alternate ending If you complete the game two times on ANY difficulty you will get an alternate end to this amazing game

Replaying this game right now for PS2 and it still holds up! The first game I had was THPS4 and my best friend had 3. I also had THUG2. Over the years I dwindled my PS2 games (BIG MISTAKE) as I got a 360 and now a PS4. I'm waiting from THPS4, THUG2, American Wasteland and Project 8 to come in the mail as we speak! So excited to relive some old memories and make new ones with the last two games I mentioned which I never owned! I honestly wish they would remake THUG with a different story with the same premise and theme with different levels.

The Game Cube version was pretty cool 100% every time

LOL my parents saw the commercial for this game with the naked chicks dancing in the window, and they instantly didn't want me having this one xD

Maybe the biography of skaters as a series,who change the skate scene dramatically(special tricks, unique video parts.sponsors,history of pro models with pictures etc).Of course you can find them online but your insight is one of a kind.Magazines tend to have a specific view in comparison with yours who studies the material and combine it.I really like your scientific approach,keep killing it!

This was my all time favorite. When I went to college, I brought my PS2 with me JUST for THUG, THUG2, and Need For Speed Carbon. This will always be my favorite game of all time, not even just my favorite Tony Hawk game.

to me american wasteland was way more fun to play, there were more colors, building the skate ranch was fun and the story wasn't even terrible. i guess. haven't played it in a while. i enjoyed this video though!

Eric didn’t edit himself into the footage, the guy during slam city doesn’t mention the helicopter and the main character said that was my spot, so Eric just had someone else film him doing the trick over the gap no helicopter

the reason why that one of my absolute favorite is the physics theyre absolutely perfect even now, i love to just jump in a skate around

the tony hawk games actually feel really good to play on the gamecube if you like the controller.

"Chad, chillin chillin"

Love your reviews bud!

THUG2 was always my favorite since I was a kid, with THPS2 being a close second. I never got to play THUG1 back in the day, but seeing how much praise the game got online, even over THUG2, I decided to finally play it (GC version), and I have to say, it became my favorite Tony Hawk game. I really liked the story, even if it's not as amazing as some people made it out to be, and it was super fun to go through. The soundtrack is probably a close second favorite just behind THPS2. But the reason why this is my favorite overall is because I think this is where they mastered the gameplay before they started bloating it with unnecessary stuff, getting off your board was the last major important addition to the gameplay for me. I'm not a big fan of focus mode from THUG2, and the freak outs are just filler. I don't like all the stuff that was added to getting off your board in THAW like hitting people or throwing your board (that one frustrated more than anything), and I don't care about riding BMXs in a skateboarding game. Aside from the cars, everything THUG1 added felt like it enhanced the gameplay, which is why it became my new favorite.

You deserve way more subscribers your reviews are the best 😏

Great review!

Just replayed this last week. Def still fun

Definitely my favorite THPS, then the after the first game. Also you sound very similar to the ON Video narrator, which is neat as it is called Rad Rat Video. I'm glad I subscribed. (:

I love this game! the graphics/gameplay is good, the characters are good, and I mostly love the story and soundtrack

I recommend trying this again on the 360 (it's backwards compatible). The black and white buttons are mapped to the bumpers, and getting on and off your board is super easy. You wouldn't believe the difference it makes. Also, the 360's HDMI will make the image a bit cleaner. Also in terms of audio and visual fidelity, the Xbox version is better than both its PS2 and GameCube counterparts

This was the game that made me into the Tony Hawk Pro I am now. I remember only playing 2 on my N64 and 3 on my Xbox so much back in the day and then I remembering renting this game and boy howdy. I got the game later that year for my birthday and now every year, I'll pop it in just to beat it 100% on sick mode. :p it's not a perfect game by no means but it's one of those games that always stood out to me. earthbound, red dead redemption, fallout 3, majoras mask, sonic 2, GTA vice city and Tony Hawk Underground. it'll always be one of my favorite games of all time just because of the story, soundtrack, and how going from 3 to this was such a huge in the franchise (I didn't play 4 until years later). it also got me much more into skateboarding when I was younger ;)

I finished it a month ago maybe (that's how I discovered your channel, redirected from similiar videos). I remember when I was 1st time playing it, the story just blew me away. I was waiting for you to name the most important novelty - the wall push (might spell it wrong). It helps stack the combos a lot. IMHO, it's the best game to play with your buddy: descent levels, stable framerate, fast loadings. When we play 2 player mode, we usually play THUG. Sparrow is a jerk you love to hate, I think he became a mascot sorta and it'd be cool to see him in P8 or THPSHD.

If you get up to the rooftop in hawaii before the goal, you can enter the elevator and basically skip the mission

I remember once I got into an argument with an old housemate of mine. I was saying that the PS2 was objectively better than gamecube for THUG because on ps2 you could press R2 for reverts and L1 & R1 to spin, whereas on gamecube you had to use R & L for spins but R & L simultaneously to revert. This caused me to bail quite a lot while I got used to it and in the end I never reached the same high score on GC as I did on PS2. I never played the Xbox version but what you said about spins, reverts and getting off your board at least provided me with a form of confirmation bias. thank you.

I enjoyed your review but I never once had to go out of my way to max out my stats like you said to beat the story mode.. either way the game was an amazing point in videogame history. Ps adding the cars/driving missions was a really cool break in the action and as a kid I was like "whoa." I also think everyone had that feeling just stepping off of the skateboard for the first time

Thug is my "classic" but I loved the tricks in and spots in thug 2 plus it has classic mode and say what you want the story mode is entertaining. Austrailia , School, Berlin , Love Park , Bermuda triangle/portal to hell. So many sick spots And awesome soundtrack The trick I always made was Kick flip melon with the star and finish edited to look slick

You missed a lot of stuff lol the kiss level you complete these challenges and it turns into a kiss concert it's kind of cool actually 😂

Such a long game? It's too short lol definitely my fave Tony Hawk game. They need to make another skating game with an actual storyline

You actually didn't have to squeeze on the walls in Hawaii, you can actually just jump and grab the ledge on the other side. Your grab "hitbox" I guess? (not a king of these terms yet), is pretty forgiving in the game. Made climbing that building easier.

Aron, the Indiegogo campain for the Tony Hawk games documentary (Pretending I'm a Superman) has just been launched, along with the official trailer. Please consider making a video on it in order to help the project spread out and get donations. You can find it on thpsfilm(dot)com or search for "Pretending I'm a Superman The Tony Hawk Game Story" on Indiegogo, or even look for it on icebears4ever's channel here on KZfaq. Thanks! (I'm not affiliated with the project btw, just a fan of the series).

To be fair, you went right to “sick” difficulty, which is a huge step up from normal. Many of those timers don’t exist on easier difficulties & the ones that do have much more time

my absolute favorite TH entry in the series. I remember at the time I never felt more inspired to skate. Those hopes died fast but I had a faux hawk. Viva La Revolution - The adicts

4:45 What's this song called? I remember always hearing it back in the day

The Gamecube version was the best in regards to the pressure flip/nollie issue. The GC controller triggers were "pressure" sensitive. They would respond to light presses and then after pushing enough you would get a separate click response. I never thought about how annoyed xbox and ps2 players would be XD

Nostalgia popped up with THPS3. it had the roswell level, warehouse and some other one. lawyered. awesome vid tho

THUG was my favorite. I just played and enjoyed it yesterday.

Love this game and love your videos. Could you do a comparison of THPS levels vs the real life locations?

God I love your reviews.

The Manhattan line got me too. Once you get off the anchor, get off your board in mid-air and caveman the first powerline. It takes a bit to get used to the trajectory, but the rest is all a really long line around the level. ;)

I always understood it as Eric just stole your spot and filmed his own part up on the roof and doing the roof to roof gap and he just kept your footage for himself.

That was my first thps I’ve played and I had so much fun playing it with my dad when I was little!

I found this in a clearance bin at Gamestop around 2005. It's been my favorite video game since.

I am pretty sure the 360 hardflip is spinning the correct way actually. Great reviews though man, keep it up!

I remember playing this as a really young kid (4 years old) then finally playing through it in its entirety this last summer. I'm torn between whether this or American Wasteland is my favorite.

Definitely my favorite Tony Hawk game because of the story

Game cube had great controls for all these games

All those challenges that were super hard were that way on purpose in the hard difficulty. It was meant for people who were replaying or wanted more challenge. If you wanted an easier play through for a quick review, don’t play the hardest difficulty.

I consider the Underground to be one of the best series in PS2 history. American Wasteland was also an amazing game, but I definitely have the most hours on the first Underground out of any skating game ever made, even Skate 3.

I remember playing this in the display at best buy and thinking how cool it was to get off your board and thought the graphics were insane. Wow lol

lol how is Eric at the end of the game just like Muska at the start? Chad just gives away his board to a guy he just met while Eric says if he doesn’t get enough money, he’s not skating... Just because they both have a cellphone and a car doesn’t mean they’re the same person.

It's probably my favorite ngl

This game is great. I picked it up again recently for $3 and play it on my Xbox 360. Beat it 4 times since I got it again.

Finding all the gaps was a big goal back in the day. We also spent ages on multiplayet

I totally agree with all of the points in this video

Hey Rad Rat, I played a lot of Tony Hawks games as a young man and I got to say that games started really good and then the more of them came out the worse they become. I know at some point, they started to re-create some of the Tony Hawk games. What I think would be really awesome is if they would remade Tony Hawks Underground. I played almost all the Tony Hawk games and Underground is my favorite. I don't know why they haven't recreated the first underground at all by now since its 2022. What do you think?

Don't know if this was mentioned before, but the double-tap darkslide resets your grind balance meter, allowing you to do huge combos

you really shot yourself in the foot in playing the xbox version. the ps2 version is the best "official" way to play it, but an xbox one controller on an emulator in 1080p honestly made me feel like i was 7 playing underground again

the skatepark creator mode was dope af

My all time favorite tony hawk game plus I loved the soundtrack in the game!!

I just played through the hole game again and I loved it

my favorite in the series, love it so much, i beat it hundreds of times

Yo do you know if you use your hands to support a Nata spin does it count still? Because I see some do it like that. I hope you can include a answer on a video because I've been wanting to know this for some time

10:33 i think storyline wise; Eric Sparrow just steals the roof spot and removes your entire part from the premier before Slam City Jam

Yo Rad Rat,Im telling you the best system to play thug and thug2 is on a GameCube,I kno right?I just remember it being way easier than other systems.

There's one feature I'd hope you check out for this game, but it's only on the PS2. Could you eventually test out the Eyetoy camera with Tony Hawk Underground, cause in create-a-skater, there's an option that allows you to add your face on the skater by taking a picture of yourself with the device. I always wanted try it and know how it looked. Please review it. That way we'll know if it's good or actually sucks.

You misunderstood the eric stealing footage part, eric stole the part where you jumped onto the roof with all of the flags, the part you film right before the helicopter jump. He keeps all of your footage but only edits himself into the roof jump.

Clear or translucent wheels? What happened to em?

i LOVED the story in this one. Completed everything in the game except for all the gaps

I'm curious, but will you do Tony Hawks: Proving Ground?

Lol i love that you don't have to follow Erik. if you push the right button at the right time you punch him in the face and take the take instead

afer replaying every game this one is the best by far imo

I Love thug1. 2 was way too much Crazy For me. Wasnt there a jackass Episode that had the topic of thug2? That bothered me a little.

Man, I really want to be angry with your review. But I haven't played the game since '04, and I was only 10 years old back then. My nostalgia tells me it was the best game in the entire franchise, but maybe the facts say differently. Definitely gonna pick this game up again and see for myself.

Bruhhhhhhh being a grown ass man doing that is one thing but being a kid 😂😂😂😂 I loved that shit. The roof at Hawaii and the Russian escape is dope, plus I hate kiss but I played that level more than anything

the climbing stuff was pretty easy. for the hotel one, once you get to the wire you just grind to the top. the finding stuff goals were super annoying for me.

This one is my favorite in the series.

When doing spins, I use the D-Pad rather than the triggers cause I found it easier to do the revert. And the fact that I am used to do them on the PS1 & N64 controllers.

you cant convince me your character isn't Fiona from Shrek