Tony Hawk's Underground

Tony Hawk's Underground, also called THUG and released in 2003, is a skateboarding video game available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, GBA and Xbox platforms. It is the fifth console game in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series. It features the ability to create a custom character, and is playable online on the PS2 version. Unlike its predecessors, THUG focuses heavily on its story mode, and to this extent includes a large number of in-game cutscenes. THUG was also the first game in the series to introduce the ability to travel around levels on foot.

Game plot

In THUG, the player's skater (which must be created; professional skaters (including the seminal Tony Hawk, also the game series' eponym) and unlockable skaters are available, but only in multiplayer modes) is a largely nameless skater from a New Jersey town, who aspires to make a name for himself in the world of professional skateboarding. To this end, he receives some help from childhood friend Eric Sparrow and skateshop owner Stacy Peralta, as well as a skateboard from skateboard pro Chad Muska, whom the character impresses during his time in New Jersey. As the game progresses, the character gains recognition, first as an amateur team skater, then as a professional. However, Sparrow's selfishness gets the better of him time and again, and he always seems to steal the spotlight...

Related Topics:
Tony Hawk - Eponym - New Jersey - Eric Sparrow - Stacy Peralta - Chad Muska

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The initial culmination of the player's efforts results in one of the most memorable cutscenes in the game; the player must jump off of one building, perform a grab trick (specifically, a McTwist) over the spinning blades of a helicopter, and land in (or near) a halfpipe a number of stories down on another building.

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The game takes place in a number of levels based on various real cities, most in North America. These levels include:

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• New Jersey
• New York City
• Tampa
• San Diego
• Hawaii (the location of the helicopter cutscene)
• Vancouver
• the Slam City Jam skateboarding tournament
• Moscow

The game also has four unlockable levels:

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• Hotter Than Hell, a KISS concert in the Australian outback
• School, Venice and Hangar, levels ported from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

In THUG after getting out of Moscow you must make your own team and complete a series of difficult stunts. For your last challenge you face Eric where you must hit all of his lines within a set time limit.

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