I cannot overstate the nostalgia dump I experienced when playing this remake. There were times that I was so focused on the game, I could almost see my old bedroom in my peripheral vision and could almost feel the anxiety that I had to finish my homework by morning. This game was the closest thing to time travel I’ll ever experience.

The mall is on its last legs in the original. Its just been 20 years so its really abandoned now.

Rad ratz: “you can beat it in two hours” , then there’s me on day four just getting to philly

Agreed, it needed the third game so they could've named it "Tony Hawk's All Stars"

“2 hours to beat the whole tour” damn, I really must suck ‘cuz it took me 15 :(.

Regarding Sick Scores being too easy, each level now also has a Platinum Score and Secret Score challenge. Platinum scores are between 500k - 2.5m, and Secret Scores are up to 20 mil!!! There's also a challenge to get each Sick Score in a single combo.

"Now there's only poop in the poop area" - Radrat, est. 2020

i heard tony say if this does well they consider to remake 3+4

I thought you would be way more excited. Remakes like this doesn’t really grow on trees. It’s probably the best remake ever done in gaming TBH.

The brightness issues is due to ur settings. Ain’t a problem on ps4

I mean, it sounds like you play these games all the time. I used to play them a lot years ago. I didn't look back once underground came out. When I went back to play I didn't have anything really memorized. It took me about 8 hours. Still not a lot but more than 2 or 3. You're right about that roof to rail gap. Man...so frustrating.

11:40 there actually is a stat point for vert skaters, same for School II.

I love this game, THUG and THUG2 will always be my overall favorite but I’m personally stoked that I can finally use my SJ grip in a skateboarding game without it being modded in 🤘

The places you say are useless, such as the wind tunnel in the hangar are actually not useless. The location of the stat points changes based on the skater's style (vert, street, park), and there is a stat point in the wind tunnel for vert skaters.

I'm pretty sure the Hangar wind tunnel does have a stat point depending on which character you are using. I swear I collected one heading in and up the pipe on the left.

I am in LOVE with this game! But I totally agree some of the nostalgia is lost with the lack of cash icons. Also, some levels are changed, and small fun things are lost... like in THPS1 San Francisco, the cop car is no longer in front of a donut shop... I always thought that was funny so was a little random they changed it to a diner.

My 7 year old son Bryson wants to learn to skate because of this Game & I'm 99.9% sure that was the intention of THPS 1+2 in the 1st place...

on console there is an achievement/trophy for completing all hard "get there" challenges and it's actually insanely skill based and pretty challenging. I'm having a lot of fun doing each level's challenge but I feel like most people will completely overlook the feature

17:21 bruh literally just drop off and manual instead of doing an Ollie

I wish they would give you the option to get the goals again with different characters. I think it’s the best part of the game

He didn't talk about the online, the multiplayer is one of the new things I love that they added it's so addictive and fun

You forgot that there is a multiplayer mode (online and split screen)! Also the community maps are a very big thing for long term motivation.

Nah ur totally underselling this game. This is everything you would want in a THPS remake. And its not like we can look forward to a new game next year. These remakes will only happen if they keep getting support.

Maybe the Taco Bell gong is on purpose I did a book report on tony hawk in 5th grade and one of the only things I remember from it is that tony really liked Taco Bell

I really hope they will remaster thps 3 and 4 aswell but new thps game would be dope too

This game is a masterpiece and a strong contender for game of the year, regardless of anything.

Been waiting for this review!

The create a park feature is super deep. I'm obsessed

11:59 There was a stat point in that area while playing as Leticia. Also about the difficulty, I thought the game was pretty standard tony hawk at least for the tours. But then I went onto reddit, youtuber, 4chan and saw people legit struggling with some of the easier levels. Heck one streamer spent two hours just on the mall level alone. It's not that I think the game is easy I just think those of us with prior knowledge are just too good. You can also see this in the online where alot of people struggle to get combos above 50k.

Honestly, I still enjoy this game...sure, it was kinda anti-climatic at the end, but nonetheless, I really enjoyed this game. Now, Tony Hawk said if this game became a success, he wants to make a new game. Me? I would say an Underground remaster would be nice...but that's just me

The stat point locations are actually different for each skater. Some of Tony Hawk's stat points are actually located in the wind tunnel and carlsbad gap location

I feel like someone dropped the face scan files for Rodney and Elisa all over the floor, then put them back together wrong :D

I want a new open world type experience kinda like gta where you can get off the ground and hangout in an American wasteland type setting

They shoulda put you in thps 1+2

Started watching all of your earlier reviews, I really enjoy your content man!

I would pay another 20$ for Tony hawk 3 dlc

In the carlsbad section in 2, when I was Mullen and Koston there was nothing aside from the secret tape right before it but as a custom skater there was a stat point on the awning.

i had a stat point inside the wind tunnel, I believe they switch it every so often upon you skating with different characters

For someone like me, who lived the THPS era - hearing a whole lot about it - but never actually played the games, this might be a great purchase: from learning the game and mastering it.

There's at least three mistakes in this video: 1. The hangar secret room does actually have a stat point for certain skaters, and 4 gaps, so it's not completely useless. 2. School 2 secret area has stat points too in at least two places depending on the skater, and has several gaps too, so that's not entirely useless either. 3. The bullring poop does actually give you money, in the form of a challenge completion. You have to destroy all the poop to get an avatar and some money + XP, it's a secret challenge

"It a small butt, but we're gonna get into it" -The Rad Rat

Gonna get it for nostalgic reasons.... Play it with my kids, then pull out the OGs!!!!

Ooh! To answer the criticism at 12:00. There surprisingly IS something there depending on skating style, skater, or both(?). I chose Street for my skate style. When I jumped into the School II secret area. Nothing was there. However, I expected something to be there, because the skater I played through both Tours with the first time was Lizzie Armanto. She's a park style skater and there was a secret stat point on the left awning instead of nothingness. TL:DR: Stat point locations actually do change. I.E. Tony has a secret stat point on Downhill Jam at the tippy top of the start.

Ive been waiting for this one! Thanks for putting this out, I love your channel :)

"It's a small butt, but we're gonna get into it" Looks at mic wtf did I just say

There is a stat point in the wind tunnel, I think you have to play as a created character. And to Madonna the big rail on DJ just do it off the ramp.

I love this remake but my heart broke when I realized CKY’s 96 Quite Bitter Beings was not included...

i have 21 hours and 33 minutes into the game as we speak , watching this video while collecting stuff . im loving it

Rad Rat I have a Question: what would the universe look like if Vicarious Visions had made 2012's THPSHD or even THPS5 instead of Robomodo? Would those games have been better?

already beat the game. biggest complaints are that collectable objectives dont pull towards the player, meaning you can be an inch away from a skate letter and not get it. also gaps are a bit wonky right now as far as registering where you start and end. case in point is the manual gap across the humps in philly. its a large section but the gap wont register unless you manual only over one very thin part of the gap. also just a personal gripe but not being able to flip a hats orientation, the lack of more female specific clothing and there being no solid color socks or socks you can edit the colors on bothers me but obviously those are only cosmetic.

The new taxi/car drivers has really put some fear conditioning in me. Was going to the rooftops when I hear a car horn, and I deadass thought the taxi driver was gonna fly up to the rooftop and get me.

I love that the background music is drunken lullabies

Rad rat: "Some of the charm of the poop piles is gone."

Dis gon be good

The face you made after you said "It's a small but, but we're gonna get into it." was hilarious. It looked like you really didn't mean to make it sound that way and you were looking at your script in disbelief.

That secret place in the hanger had a stat point for me, I think it depends on whether or not your skater street or vert

They should really add like the oringinal thps1 and 2 from the ps1 as like an emulator that would be cool

It does look like Rodney, the way he looks now. Don't be so nitpicky

Hey, just want to say thanks for all the effort you put into this channel. It must be so much work on top of having a job and dealing with everything else in life. So yeah, thanks dude from sunny England!

If you complete the 714 challenges let us know, this is a hell of a game, all those years playing thug were worth paying, without those skills I would not finish this game. This one is by far the most challenging Tony Hawk game to date, 22 million score for a challenge? that's beautiful, my record was 75 million on thug school 2 (only level and only tony hawk game to reach that amount), I know it's not too much and some people can do billions, but it was challeging enough for my capacity, and this is the first game that actually requires 22 million combos just for a challenge and that's what I like the most about this game. I currently have 674/714. The challenges that I hated the most: All gaps skate heaven Bandana banana shit An imaginary school thps1 speedrun under 1:30 minutes, the one of 1:30 minutes was for school 2, but I didn't see the 2, so I look for a speedrun record and tried to replicate, it was like 2 hours in vain T.T. No wonder why I got 4th place in ps4 leaderboard.

No you can beat it in two hours. Not everyone is as good as you. For example I’ve had the game for about three days now and I literally have not touched the tours yet

you are the only person in the world who will whine about a tony hawk nollie varial kickflip animation

In the original game it looked like the mall was on its last legs anyway. Clearance sales signs everywhere. So they probably wanted to keep with that storyline and make the mall run down and boarded up. Awesome video!

There is actually a third secret collectable, monkeys to wallride. They make a sound when you do. Don't know what you get for finding them all, but there is a challenge for it.

They will charge more than 10 bucks if they make thps3 dlc

kinda weird u didnt mention multiplayer at least once

There's also a 3rd hidden collectible that you have to find. You need to wall ride a Monkey Graffiti in every level.

We could hate Downhill Jam all we want, but I can't deny how great they did a job in re-designing the entire level.

Honestly I think the reason why it might feel like the previous games are "floaty" is because of the low FPS

Great video! I will say the stat points locations change depending on what character you're using, so there was one in the Hanger's "useless room" for my Custom Skater.

Now we pray for a thug 1+2 remaster, THAT would be amazing, maybe throw in American wasteland. Those were my favorites.

For the Madonna gap you can do it by grinding first on one of the pipes and then popping off of it and doing a Madonna the rest of the way down. Doing a Madonna down the whole thing, at least with the stats you have at that point, makes it seemingly impossible to do one from the top all the way down to the bottom.

I also had an issue with that rooftop gap. Landed on the rail with weak stats then overshot about 5-6 times before finally getting it. Lol. This game is so fun.

Yeah I haven’t seen a single review, been waiting for this video!

There's a movie poster in Minneapolis named "return of the mannequin", and at the end of the mall there are several mannequins overlooking the final area. They're the reason it looks post-apocalyptic

Great review! Totally agree on Rodney's model. For the wind tunnel and Carlsbad gap areas, there are stat points there for vert skaters (locations are different between vert, street, and park). I agree that the score goals felt way too easy. I did most of them in single combos

After getting almost every trophy needed for a platinum, except for multiplayer grinding, I have to say that my absolute biggest complaint are this game's "Get There" challenges, as they are a massive spike in difficulty and highlight this game's issues, such as gaps like NYC's "You're Next In Line" to "Grab A Snack and Sit Down" bugging out and not registering and trying to make you manual long distances across maps that weren't designed for it

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 on the Sega Dreamcast made me pick up a skateboard in 2001. Stopped skating in 2005. Haven't touched a skateboard since. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 for the PS4 made me pick up a skateboard again in 2020. Full circle.

I heard somewhere that the official story for the mall is that is was closing back in the 90s because supposedly there are closing and going out of business signs. The 2020 version is that same mall after it’s been closed and abandoned for 2 decades.

You completely undersold how important create a park will be... All the level design stuff you mentioned can be cured in create a park. I'm really excited to see what players in the community makr

Thanks for showing me the Death Grind! The only challenge in the THPS1 tour I was stuck on

Really awesome review, as always! I'm loving the game right now.

The way the huge water hazard gap is supposed to work is by hitting the kicker to the left of the hole and ollieing over the entire hole and landing at the end of the pipes. No rail transfers needed.

I think the mall is abandoned because instead of only upgrading the graphics, they remade the levels as if 20 years have passed since the original games, with the actions of humans and weather. The hangar being transformed into a skatepark and marseille updated with the current panting style of the real location are other examples.

Rad Rat, in Downhill Jam, you can do the Madonna Gap the way you are doing it. But the reason it is not always working for you is this; you are suppose to take a hard right off the kicker ramp at the top of the pipes. This will get you the gap every time. In the Carlsbad Gap, I have a Stat point in that hidden area, and I don't have one inside the gym, above the pool? In Marseille, my stat points are in different areas as well.

I love to unlock everything in a game, but there is so much here it's actually a bit intimidating haha

The secret hanger room has a stat point sometimes. Same with the secret area in school 2

"I'd pay $10 for that" you mean you'd pay $10 for them to add a whole extra game to this game compilation? Definitely worth more than that but ok

I think the point for the secret half pipe in hangar is when you're not a good player, uncapable of scoring with manual combos, you can score easily there! It's a great place for this and finding out is inevitable, since one of the itens to collect is at the door. I say by experience, my first time in THPS2, there was my scoring point.

Oh damn, didn't think you'd come out with this so fast

PSA: in Downhill Jam the best way to Madonna the water hazard is to air off the kicker to the left of it

This is my first pro skater experience and since I lack the hours of upping my skills playing the older games, this game is taking me quite some time to beat.

I feel like a 3 DLC, 4 remake, and THPS6 roadmap is a reasonable idea.

The thing you missed was that some of the new stuff is through challenges, There are multiple categories, and you need to complete all of the Create-A-Skater categories before unlocking Jack Black (Officer Dick) That's where those hidden areas come in, as many of the challenges involve getting a certain score with limited tricks involving a gap. Like the hidden area in Hangar.

I actually kind of felt sad seeing the new mall. It looks great! But seeing it worn down makes it look like it hasn't been used in 20 years since the original. Amazing detail, but sad to imagine..

Skipped the spoiler only for you to show me you doing tricks as a fucking Alien near the end, niceee

3:16 made me spit out my noodles lol

Kind of crazy how as an OG fan of the THPS series, I also REALLY missed the cash from THPS 2. I think the best solution would have been transplanting the cash system over to the THPS 1 levels and having that be the primary method of gaining currency. Honestly the game is very well made, overall though. I don't really have any tangible complaints.

In the game mods menu there's a stats option. The options are: default, super stat, and expert. There's your sick difficulty

The mall in the original was closing as evident by signage everywhere. 20 years later and now it’s abandoned. Used to hate the level and now it’s my favorite