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Time for the........

EXXXXTREEEEEME BLOCK

#39 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (N64, 2000)


Tony Hawk is a series that prides itself on feeling good to play. THPS1 was fine, but options were limited by what was directly lined up to combo with. With the addition of the manual, Tony Hawk very suddenly became one of the most fun games to just pop in and play of all-time. Levels were no longer so restricted and were allowed to be more open. You could feel like a skateboarding god, comboing from line to line all over the place. Street skateboarding was super OP all of a sudden.

Sadly, I do think the levels took a slight step down from Tony Hawk 1, though. Only Venice and Philadelphia really bring back fond memories from my youth, compared to 5 levels from THPS1. But thats mostly beside the point, since the game just feels so much better to play. After 1 fun game, I wasnt sure it wouldnt just be a flash in the pan, but after a second amazing game, I was inspired to take up skateboarding myself. I was absolutely awful at it, and never landed a single kickflip or shove-it, but I could ollie and manual pretty well! One of my best friends was so into it, he got his dad to help him build a 7 foot tall quarter pipe in his massive backyard shed that we would take turns falling on our faces trying to skate down. I never did manage to pull that off, either, but thats not THPS2s fault.

Just to make sure I was being fair having this at the bottom of my EXTREME BLOCK, I went out and bought THPS1+2 on Tuesday and 100%'d it over the last few days. It is in fact still a fantastic game.

........ but not quite the best Tony Hawk game ever....

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