Skater Reviews Tony Hawk's Underground 2 | Best Tony Hawk Game Yet?

[@PistolPackinPrimate]

I've held the opinion for a while now that THUG2 is a better Jackass game than the actual Jackass Game

[@cardigansarecool]

ScurvyJosh I agree with that. I liked this game when I was younger, it had a great soundtrack, really full of stuff to do. But even then it felt a little cartoony. Looking back it hasn't aged very well, it's definitely a product of the time. The Jackass/Viva la Bam thing was in full swing. The crudeness is funny for a minute then it just gets obnoxious imo.

[@AidenHulick]

But with skateboarding

[@D2MightyDucks]

ScurvyJosh TRUUUUEE

[@Dtown96]

THUG 2 is garbage compared to THUG

[@mainsmain]

@@Dtown96 its actually better , the story sucks tho THUG has the best story

[@GTAPanos]

Also, the soundtrack was one of (if not THE) best soundtracks I've ever heard in a game. Pretty trivial, but it's a plus !

[@MrMadRealms]

Jason Brody diverse certified is my favourite song on thug 2

[@lategod]

Jason Brody that's life

[@hydroglyph]

I still hear the intro to "That's Why The Call It a Union" playing in my head

[@WackyAnteater]

Nothing makes me feel more nostalgia than hearing the intro to Pain by Jimmy Eat World.

[@jakeissotrash]

Theres a whole spotify playlist and bet your ass i listen to it regularly

[@funnyguys445]

I still remembered when THUG2 first came out i was 15 years old and a sophomore in high school i played it for hour an hours for the ps2 it was so much fun i had alot of good memories with that game back in 2004 !

[@GSTACK57]

The GameCube version is flawless, the night time is well lit

[@liaml1694]

I don't know if you'll answer this but do you know how the controls compare in how they feel on the GameCube vs the Xbox

[@GSTACK57]

Liam L the GameCube is better because of the little black and white buttons on Xbox suck compared to just pushing the Z button to hop off your board, the layout of the controller on GameCube is better for easier combos.

[@liaml1694]

@@GSTACK57 Nice! I assume its the same for Thug 1 too since that's actually the game I was asking the question about and forgot to mention it. I think I'll pick up the game for GameCube if you think that's the case. I used to love it and play it on the Xbox Original but my little kid self didn't look after the disc and it got so scratched it stopped working so I've just had Thug 2 to play for years now. Its been a whole decade since I last played THUG 1 and I've had a huge craving to play it again this past year.

[@GSTACK57]

Liam L I promise the GameCube version is stellar for both. I know exactly what you mean, I’ve had to re acquire a lot of my childhood games and whatnot.

[@Jblizzybaby]

I had the gamecube and ps2 version; i prefer ps2 to be honest

[@Zice033]

This is actually my favorite Tony Hawk Game, and the fact the the highly lauded THUGPRO is built around it makes my opinion feel kinda validated.

[@thattubechannel]

Definitely the best TH game. -Best level design -Best story structure (even if the actual story is silly) -Best character customization -Mechanical sweet-spot -Great soundtrack -And all of the little things like classic mode and THPS levels I get why people didn't like that the games started to pull away from skating, but judged as a video game THUG 2 was great. And thanks Rad Rat for turning me on to THUG Pro a while back. It's a blast!

[@TheyoungZidane]

AmishSaiyan THUG had a better character customization mode and story tho.

[@OhioanGhost]

Jeremy Deschamps nah I enjoyed THUG 2

[@maoribrotha53]

AmishSaiyan Nah the story structure was boring. Underground’s was better.

[@QuartzIsAnOxide]

I think just the fact that Thug Pro exist makes it the best game in the series. Wished American Wasteland was also modded. There were some cool ideas in that game, and to be honest I kinda prefer the cartoony aesthetic.

[@rocketscientist14]

I used to play this game every day after school when I was younger.. I LOVED all the maps. Barcelona is the best map ever.. oh.. and the OST is to die for.

[@gamemonster7]

It's my favorite game in the whole series, needs a remaster asap

[@tacofingerz7247]

Can you imagine this game remade just like thps1+2? Oh boy, oh boy..

[@Icebears4ever]

I remember being blown away when I first discovered the day and night cycle. I had never seen it in a game before. I just found my PSP with THUG2 remix and I'm going to give it another try. It's a really solid port, though the game runs slower than the original. Great review as always! Will you review the last gen ports when you get to THP8 etc?

[@ceeso2002]

Icebears4ever he finally reviewed P8

[@04dram04]

Only PSP game I ever had. You are right. Totally solid port

[@hydroglyph]

I remember when I saw the THUG 2 Remix port. Pretty much a downscaled version of the console game.

[@pistachiodisguisey911]

Jesse Bochek it’s arguably the best version

[@michaelgravley3917]

Icebears4ever Jim,,jk,j’ b(

[@NikeTubeStudios]

THUG2 is nostalgia for me because I first played it when I was 8 years old when it came out and I really enjoyed it. Only until I got into the full Tony Hawk series as a teenager do I understand the criticism but even then it along with American Wasteland were both great to me because I was growing up with them. Now I'm 24 but I still frequently play THUG2 because of how well it held up for me. The one thing that changed since then is challenging my friends to a drunk (or high) high score challenge which further increased it's replay value.

[@bigblackdaddyblue]

Underground 2 wasn't that bad, but it could've been better....good and decent game, I just wish the story was a little more longer

[@frankuraku5622]

Little longer? Try THUG2 remix on Psp. It has more levels even on story mode

[@abyssalspecter93]

the story is incredibly short especially if you literally just do the required tasks to pass each stage and watching people do any% speedruns in under 10 minutes makes it even more glaringly obvious

[@OttersExist]

I use to play this like once a week just to kill time. Would beat it within 2 hours every time.

[@peeron6829]

@@OttersExist nice

[@CovershotV8]

The game is fantastic, and it's Tony Hawk games peak, imo.

[@SquirrelASMR]

It always bothered me how THICK Bam's hoodie hood was in the intro.

[@christiankallio8586]

Great video but you got somethings wrong I just wanna point out. 6:08 You play as a witch doctor in New Orleans, not the Grim Reaper 8:49 You get to play as Bam in the Berlin level when your character is on his team

[@lategod]

Christian Kallio isn't it different for different consoles?

[@lategod]

I thought u were the bullfighter in the Berlin level

[@christiankallio8586]

No, you play as the bullfighter in Barcelona.

[@lategod]

Christian Kallio lol oh yeah duhh lmao I seen the b and read Barcelona instead of Berlin

[@shamir5509]

this game is is a fuckin classic

[@plunger8343]

5:18 when u tryna hide that ur professor frink

[@Synathidy]

Definitely the best review of this game I've seen. Very, very well done. A lot of people will say a game's good or bad but not explain the fine points of why and how. You spell it out clearly what is good, what is bad, and why you think that.

[@nxjames6104]

This game is my second favorite game of all time, right behind Super Mario Sunshine. I felt like some of the levels were the best in the series because of how fun they were to skate in. I felt like they shouldn't of included all the jackass stuff (except weeman he was cool but i do enjoy the story anyways.

[@Jirachibi25]

One thing i like about the freak out meter is it adds a TINY bit more strategy. You have to decide "Is it better to freak out and get a 2000ish point start i can turn into another combo? Or should I mash the button to get up faster so i use less time on the clock, but at the cost of an empty special meter and having to start a combo at 0 and work my way up?". Its really cool design that i dont see many talk about :3

[@lucasnooker]

this was my most memorable experience out of all the skateboarding games i played. had some really fun and unique levels that still hold up in my mind even today. if i was going to go back and play 1, its this...

[@familialgameaholics7618]

I loved this game for the fact it felt like hanging out with the crew from Viva La Bam, and Jackass. It was just fun!

[@Squiggles95]

So much nostalgia. I remember writing in my school planner the release date for this game. I’ve played it so much over the years. Really wish they would’ve done a Underground 3. But after THPS5, I’m not sure that’d be good.

[@mulle524]

Lovely! I was looking for this after seeing all of your other reviews, but i was sad that there was none. So i'm really happy you made this!

[@gorillazrockstar]

oh man thug 2 is literally my favorite tony hawk game of the series, i love that game and dont get sick of it, i admit i wish the story was alittle longer but still great game, also i really like thps 1-4, thug 1, thaw, and project 8

[@nicks4802]

this game was wiiiiild when I was in grade 5 and it came out. my best friend got it for his birthday and we pulled an all nighter playing it

[@thepowerchannel]

In My Opinion This Is And Always Will Be The Best Tony Hawk Game Change My Mind

[@LeonidaGator]

Another yet amazing video! I love your videos they are so entertaing and I just can't watch one video without going through all of them! keep up the good work!

[@SKAR__FOX]

This game got me skating, which is the best ever thus rendering this game the best ever

[@Synathidy]

Ah, the transitive property. Sound rationale.

[@franksanchez7964]

Ive kept my THUG 2 since the release date and never knew there were sooo many secret skaters to unlock I appreciate this title a little bit

[@KrimsonBeat]

The “smack” the “bags” in Philadelphia is a heroin reference, I’m almost positive.

[@kalebwaldrop1988]

Dude that’s my favorite Tony hawk game of all time

[@greatwestern_footballshirts]

I got Underground 2 the day it game out and never left my console for about three months, I loved it that much.

[@HotdogWeeniesRichard]

My friends, Andy, Dan, and Brandon were part of the motion capture for Skatopia and can be seen skating in the skate video parts.

[@logangardner3310]

Look at that like to dislike ratio. Rad Rat is insanely consistent

[@Dankman9]

"Poop on these people, fart on these people, always something interesting going on."

[@screwyouguysimgoinhome1043]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@josebiux]

Man, More 3 years and this game's going to be 20 years old... Im feeling old lmao

[@aurteekay6339]

I just realized that this game is basically thrasher king of the road. They did the first one in 2003 and this game came out in 2004… pretty wild !

[@Redcloevr]

I will forever love this game. It was my first Toni hawk game on Xbox & what got me into skateboarding

[@alexgeorge501]

9:30 Ape, we're out of toilet paper, I need some toilet paper up here!

[@raqyee]

I learned about thug pro because of this vid and right now I am having a blast playing it. Thanks mang~

[@joshnorgard1941]

The body flips are actually super great for upping your combo score.

[@WayTwo]

Very interesting to watch! Thanks!

[@GoldsCovers]

5:37 i see a secret message in the names list lol "ten hard core years kickin your ass"

[@Radioactive_exe]

that nostalgic shit is the only reason people say pro skater is better. thug2 and thaw are the best. Proving Ground is super underrated

[@lordcabal]

THAW is probably one of my least favourite games in the series. The missions are all incredibly easy, and most of them are just tutorials. You collect pieces for a skatepark in the story, but the park doesn't even skate well in the end, it just feels like a lot of objects got thrown around without caring about lines and combos. Also, the fact that you have to unlock tricks just feel ridiculous and makes the game more boring in the beginning. You don't even get access to special tricks until you're halfway through the story.

[@Nightspeeds]

Proving Ground is probably the one I've replayed the most, and actually played a lot after I had completed everything. Truly agree!

[@-AK-]

BboyRadioactiv3 I love THPS3 and THPS2, but I really do agree with you. Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is my favorite Tony Hawk game, and Proving Ground (PS3) is really up there.

[@niffleheim3399]

id say thps 2 is the best from the pro skater series, and thug 2 is the best post pro skater game. i'd say proving ground and project 8 are both garbage in my opinion

[@Nightspeeds]

Richard Arnold man PG's video editor was so crazy for it's time. It actually inspired me to start filming and editing in real life. Plus nail the trick, grab and manual offered some fun new ways of doing combos. Storywise some of the branches have definitely been off 😅

[@ILLAILLS]

Loved both Thugs, my favorite in the TH franchise

[@claysoggyfries]

I hated the New Orleans level. It’s too dark and the buildings are annoying

[@jordangordon2350]

I've played about half the Tony hawk games a good amount. Do you guys think project 8 on the original Xbox would be worth my time?

[@kidzproductionz201]

TheNastyBAGL yes

[@StDenis35]

The reason why skatopia is in thug 2 is because of viva la bam

[@harrythebatt22]

How are body flips a useless addition? Whenever I play a th game without them they feel missing

[@gorillazrockstar]

Thug 2, thaw and thps 3 are my favorite of the series, I love the whole tony hawk series especially thug 2

[@happyveliz]

I always liked how the bigger your combo was, the bigger your spray would be if you did it while the timer was still going.

[@HazmanFTW]

THUG2 Remix was great for me as I had a psp as well as a ps2 and being able to play it on the go was amazing. I remember unlocking the Bermuda level and was amazed as my friend, who normally beat all the games before me and told me the secrets, hadn't found it.

[@lategod]

The sticker slap was better than the wall plant too that made doing lines easier.

[@Anxietyoffline]

I still play this on psp. It holds up pretty well for being so old.

[@Syntheus]

There is actually no slowdown on the other versions for the endgame, i think this was an xbox-only problem.

[@Highwaysonyfan87]

Underground 2 is the BEST Tony Hawk game bar none. Got the humor, inventive levels, and years of tricks and innovation added.

[@HERALDOOWNSU]

Does anyone know if the original xbox version of Tony Hawk's Underground 2 works on the xbox 360? Please let me know.

[@Syntheus]

To be fair, the xbox version is the only game with late-game slowdown. I own every other version and it has never slowed down at that part.

[@abyssalspecter93]

What I really hate about THUG2 in a non-gameplay related tangent is how small the characters are .Everyone looks like a midget child and looks even more awkward when you try to make them larger with the character editor. I had forgotten about it until I got back to playing THUG Pro maybe 2~ years ago with some friends.

[@halolime117]

The game is insanely fun, but somehow I preferred the more serious thug 1

[@Revealingstorm.]

Same

[@GUIDAN]

Will you also review all the latest skateboard games? Skate 3, TH Project 8 or TH Proven Ground,...?? (I don't speak about TH 5 because it doesn't deserve it in my opinion) Love you channel...learned a lot and realy enjoy your videos...most of all the ask Rad Rat ones Keep on the great work

[@RaxonXVI]

I look forward to your videos on the handheld games

[@prod.naptowngav]

How come when I play underground 2. It lags like crazy

[@True0X]

Anyone know if the GameCube version of this game is better than the Xbox’s Version ?

[@claytonfain9878]

I remember playing the last mission of this game over and over again till I beat it. My mom thought it was the neighbors dogs barking and actually called them to tell them to shut up😭🤣

[@dougashby5679]

Sorry but your mom sounds stupid af like mine then, like if my neighbor calls asking that om blasting the loadest dog barking video on repeat on speaker all day

[@jotto3251]

I was 13 years old when this game came out. I was obsessed with the show Jackass and wild boys. This game knocked it out of park as far as aiming for the demographic goes..

[@JustinBA007]

Why did people not like this one? It's my favorite in the series. Also, Freak Out is actually pretty useful, because it's a lot of points, and you can manual and combo out of it, so if you're going for points and mess up, you can immediately start a new combo and get a lot of points.

[@True0X]

Mans’s background is a literal wave,if that don’t tell u he wavy idk what will

[@a_nervous_wreck]

As cheesy and stupid as THUG 2 is, that's kinda why I like it. It's a time capsule for the 2000s, when Jackass was everywhere and skate culture was at its pique. Replaying it takes you back to a simpler time when life was all about pranks and hijinx. I think had they retitled the game Bam Margera's Underground, it would've gotten a slightly better reception back in the day. But I guess critics wanted something a little more serious for a Tony Hawk game, even though the rest of the series isn't without it's immaturity (like Officer Dick or Ollie the Magic Bum for example). But let's face it, this is clearly Bam Margera's game, not Tony Hawk's. He's pretty much there to play the straight man, but this game was created to ride on the coattails of Bam and Jackass's popularity. But because of that, it's one of the more memorable titles in the series, much more so than Project 8 or Proving Ground.

[@ministryOFmuff]

Yeah its definitely got a unique charm and atmosphere to it. One of the best soundtracks in the series too.

[@jetthejudge]

Project 8 is such an underrated game.

[@ministryOFmuff]

@@jetthejudge It had some interesting ideas but the frame rate and bail stuff really hurt the ps3/360 versions while the ps2 version just felt like a less polished, mediocre uninspired version of previous THPS games.

[@roscoejustros7080]

Tony Hawk's Underground 2 = Bam Margera's Underground

[@Mafon2]

Now I want to replay it.

[@Inertia2702]

I just overall love thug 2

[@neckfacesupra]

My friend had this game and I wanted it so bad, but it was still new and too expensive so I had to settle for thug1. It taught some good lessons in emotional maturity but prolly would’ve still enjoyed thug2 more

[@kuunda8363]

THUg1 is one of my favorite games. Every time I try and play through this one I get stuck on the beaver blast part.

[@pedrojackson8416]

My favorite Tony Hawk Game But the first i played was Pro Skater 3 on ps1

[@nathanniesche6380]

I always liked THUG 1 a bit more, I thought the story and general atmosphere were more grounded and less... stupid, I guess? Plus the music in THUG 1 is amazing, it has so many songs that I would describe as my favorites today. California Babylon and Armageddon were standouts for me.

[@13StJimmy]

Hot Take: THUG2 is actually a top tier THPS game, yea sure it’s goofy, but all of the skating in Tony Hawk games are we don’t play it for realism we play it to make outlandish combos. Plus the maps in this game is great. The remake of the original warehouse is great!

[@jetthejudge]

It's not a hot take at all, a hot take would be saying it's extremely overrated and not a top tier Tony Hawk game, which it is.

[@truhhhhhhhokIII3]

I never got to play this game, could you do a playthrough of this with either 0 stats or just regular? Would love to see what i missed

[@StationOfTerrapin]

i had a lot of fun with this game in middle school. i played this on the psp, more than any oother tony stawk game

[@benwaller4654]

Can you get this for xbox 360?

[@theofficialchannelofoffici7962]

5: 37 ten hardcore years of kicking your ass.

[@mr.monster91666]

I hated Steve-O bull rider thing in fact I'm playing right now and I'm stuck there can't manage to do all the right tricks with him

[@FirstNation1492]

When are you going to do the EA skate reviews

[@81casperflip]

For some reason Thug 2 made me motion sick so I could never play it very long. Weird because none of the other ones before it did

[@SadManHappyFace]

I recently played through the GameCube version of this on my modded Wii and found no slowdown during lighting the fireworks, them setting off, the movies for them or anything. I dunno if it's the GameCube version itself or just the fact I'm playing it off a harddrive into a modded Wii. But if someone actually cares about it that's an option to play it on a console without lag/slowdown😂😂

[@jetthejudge]

PS2 didn't have this problem either

[@loulz7272]

Are we still waiting on that THUG 2 Remix review?

[@janey4319]

Nostalgia might be talking here (I played this game over and over when I was like 8 lol), but I think this is the best TH game by far. I even played in on GameCube and I thought it was good

[@TheRealRa0ulDuke]

It was like playing an episode of viva la bam

[@luisparanoia460]

it was my first tony hawk game

[@illiji915]

the best tony hawk game was pro skater 3. Me and my friends would play that on dreamcast after school EVERY DAY, then we started skated and would skatepark after school and THPS3 after dark when the skate park closed.

[@Left4Bill]

Really need thug 1 and 2 remaster.

[@nk-nw7vy]

Do you skate on your own? Would love to see some footage

[@skatenerd4263]

Best game in the series you can play as shrek enough said

[@iamajediirl6444]

just waiting for the THAW review now

[@bradensmith661]

best soundtrack, best secret characters, best levels. Best game

[@luis420waffles]

From playing the pro skater series, i think Thug 2 is my favorite tony hawk game

[@techoftheblind1374]

I have it on the GameCube

[@OlMoldy]

I loved it when i was a kid lol the psp version was awesome too!!

[@mahiru20ten]

I wonder why did Hawk and Bam ditched Beaverhausen. They might get even more famous if they actually gave the tape - Or was it because if they did it, they will became wanted due to them destroying the cities? Or was it because the tour is an underground thing so they don't want anyone besides those who participate to know about it?

[@stanstevens4822]

Yeah I want all the Tony Hawk games book 1 men's downhill

[@AlvarezAzel]

I'm going to pick up THUG2 again after watching your opinion on it, I own it for both PS2 and PC. I always considered it the weaker of the Hawk games at the time, mostly due to the Bam Jackass content which by the time this game came out was starting to get tiresome. I owned the Xbox version too but soon sold that one to a game shop and stuck with the PS2 version at the time simply down to the fact it played much better on the playstation controller. The slowdown you were having on the Skateopia level is also not present in the PS2 version, likely down to the fact the PS2 renders the game at a lower resolution where the Xbox "can" run it at 720p, but it struggles when all those smoke alpha channels appear in some places. Looking forward to your review on THAW, This was one of my fave Hawk games, I own the 360 and PS2 version, theres not much difference between them but i'd recommend the 360 version simply for the HD graphics.