I was in Target yesterday picking up the essentials (light bulbs, diapers, shampoo, and a 12 pack of Coke) when I stolled past the electronics department to see if they had any bargains on old Playstation games now that PS2 is out.
Not much on the end cap that interested me, except for one solitary copy of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, which has been reissued as a Greatest Hit (so it was only $19.99).
Hmmm, I thought to myself. I’ve read the rave review on ign.com, I’ve seen my nephew play it at his house, but I’ve never actually played it myself. But I remembered that you have a slavish devotion to this game, so I thought “What the heck. Good ol’ Jack seems to be a good egg. Perhaps he’s on to something here.” So I bought it.
Well, the gist of my story is this: I was up until 2:00am playing it last night. Holy crap. It is relentlessly addictive. My thumb hurts. I am so freaking tired today, and I have a ton of work to do. I need sleep! But I know that when I get home from work tonight and put the kids to bed, I’ll be sitting bleary-eyed in front of the TV again, drinking beer and trying to pull a Benihana with a 360 spin transfer.
I was just trying to decide what I should do this evening. Maybe I’ll go pick up a copy of this and some beer and kill the entire weekend. I’ll have to see what games they have on the discount ($19.99) rack.
They had a couple good ones when I was there, but several were ones I already had. I don’t know what kind of games you like, but they had Gran Turismo 2 (awesome racing game), Dino Crisis, Metal Gear Solid, Crash Bandicoot Warped, and some other good ones for under $20.
No I’m waiting for the shelves everywhere to be filled with PS2 games so that PSX games drop to 10 bucks. I got most of my old Super Nintendo games that way after N64 came out.
Your plunge into the abyss will begin when you break down and get THPS2. Dig this - More tricks (which you can configure to any button combo you’re comfortable with), more (and bigger) levels, more objectives for each level, more skaters to choose from (including Spiderman - I’m crapping you negative), Create-a-Skater, Park Editor (which comes with dozens of pre-made parks to futz around in).
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to acquire THPS2, and kiss unconciousness good-bye.
Good God, man. I’m still working on collecting all the tapes on the Miami school level. And I’ve only used Tony thus far. The first thing I did was go into the free skate in the warehouse level to practice, and I must have been in there for an hour without realizing it. Oh, yeah. I’ll be frittering valuable chunks of my life away on this baby for a while yet.
$19.99!!! :mad:
Fuck, I think I paid ~$60 when it came out. THPS is my favorite video game of all time. I played it nonstop for about two months. BTW, the PS version sucks ass compared to the N64 version. The really cool thing now is, the kids have found out all the cheat codes so we get Officer Dick and now Private Carerra: this hot babe with tight shorts. I just pick her and do a bunch of tail grabs(makes for a nice rear-end view).
I played the THPS2 demo on PC and that looks a lot better than PS as well, but I don’t have a good controller for the computer, so I’ll stick with the console.
Bottle, if you need any tips, let me know. I haven’t played it since I got Tony2, but on a good day I could beat the game with any character in about an hour and a half. Or, go to gamewinners.com. They have tons of tips, and all the cheats, if you’re into that sort of thing.
I’ve been to gamewinners.com for tips on some other games, so I’ll probably check our the TH ones, but I usually stay away from the cheat codes. What’s the point of playing the game if you don’t beat it on your own? It’s just like my ol’ pappy used to say, “You’re only cheating yourself…”
Although I will confess that in Syphon Filter, I had to use the one-hit cheat code to get past the attack helicopter. Even though the average 12 year old could have probably shot it down, I must have tried about 25 times before I resorted to cheating. After age 30, those video game reflexes start to go…
I just pick her and do a bunch of tail grabs(makes for a nice rear-end view).