This was my favorite game of the year. Probably played part 1 more than part 2 but enjoyed both just as much. Part 3 I did like but didn't enjoy it as much as the other two even though this was the best the game had ever felt. I couldn't get into part 4, I can see what they were trying to do but it just didn't work. After that I just lost track of the series and stopped caring about it.
I didn’t like 4, I prefer the arcade style set up of “here’s a level, here’s your goals, here’s 2 minutes to get as many done. GO!” Of the first 3but the Underground and Underground 2 were better than 4. Underground 2 was where sales peaked (2 is where reviewed peaked, average 98%, 3 averages 97%)
The last one that is generally playable is American Wasteland (the 7th in the series).
After that it was completely downhill - and hard.
It’s been the first 3 games has a lot of levels either based on real parks, or had sections based on real spots in skate videos (School II in THPS2 has both the Leap of Faith Jamie Thomas made famous in Thrill of It All and also had the stairs Chad Muska skated in Fulfill the Dream for example).
Even Underground 2’s ending with “SKATETOPIA” is a real place in Ohio (and yeah they really do set off an asinine amount of fireworks at their annual Bowl Bash)
