If i had to choose the best of the Tony Hawk video games this would be it, it has the best locations, it has the best feeling in the gameplay and it was the first one to introduce the manual. I always enjoy playing through the career in tony hawks games and this was by no means an exception. You basically go from rookie to pro but in a very subtle and very performance enhancing way. The challenges are all set to a perfect standards as to gradually improve the quality of your gaming ability and this is one of the only ones that it is noticable in because by the time you get the third game you are already amazing at this game and dont improve anymore at all. This is mainly due to the fact that it has more trick options than in the first and this kind of shows to me that number one was basically just experimenting with what they were able to do with a skating game.