Thrasher: Skate and Destroy

[Boris Magee]

I had some complications with the PS2 - the disc drive got messed up in the post and wouldn't spin anything, let alone read it.
So I am sending it back for a refund.
This morning however, I just walked down to my local EB Games (Australian version of Gamestop, just way more expensive) and got a preowned PS2.
It worked great, and is actually the latest model of the console before they stopped producing them. I have played the crap out of Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX - as it is the only game that has arrived.
And I am anxiously waiting for the arrival of the other games hahaha

Also a question for anyone who knows anything about it - 'Grind Session'. Apparently a lot of people like it more than THPS1 and THPS2, do you guys have any experience with it?

Thanks

[pawnluvguitarist]

Grind session was a decent game. Not as good as Thrasher but worth the buy.

[Boris Magee]

Yeah, Grind Session looks pretty good but I have higher priorities at the moment.

Thrasher: Skate and Destroy arrived! I have only spent a little bit of time with it so far, but am really liking it. I am impressed with how many possibilities for lines and stuff there are. Unfortunately, the massive speed boost you get when pushing makes it a bit of a pain to get the speed you want, but apart from that its great. Can't wait to spend some more time with it. May do it right now in fact hahaha

[agusbmxarg]

Grind session was a decent game. Not as good as Thrasher but worth the buy.

^^

I might be wrong, since its been more than 8 years since I last played that game but, didn't it have very clean, crispy sounds? (both skate and enviroment sounds). Good audio makes me like a game even more.

[Boris Magee]

Yeah, still looking into it.

Although, I am so deeply engrossed by THPS1, THPS2 and MHPBMX at the moment hahahahah
so so much more fun than tony hawk hd

[bunnybcitu]

Sorry, I might come off a bit biased but whoever said Thrasher was the best skating game before Skate is retarded. Yeah, it's good, it's a cult classic even. The learning curve was high but the difficulty is what people liked. However, as a full game, you gotta be kidding me, not even close. THPS2 alone was 10x better then Thrasher not counting the other additions to the series. Grind session is fun, but it's THPS without the star power or features, not really much difference.

If you're looking for some old playstation Extreme sports game nostalgia here's some of my favorites people don't really pay attention too.

Razor: Freestyle Scooter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZlbi...eature=related
Like Grind Session with scooters. I had fun with it.

Aggressive Inline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Uos-GBOT4
More well known but it still falls short on peoples memory.

Disneys Extreme Skate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6V0u...eature=related
One of my favorites. THPS4 engine with Create-A-Skater and fun levels/characters. Loved it.

X-Games Skateboarding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHSstRe67Dw
I was in the minority of people who actually liked this but I really did enjoy it and I have fond memories.

Evolution Skateboarding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE2yd...eature=related
If there was a skating game that had potential it was Evolution Skateboarding. It was the first game introducing create-a-trick and the gameplay wasn't horrible. It was fun and I enjoyed it a lot as a kid.

Honorable mention:MTV Snowboarding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUEUx...feature=relmfu
I don't know if you like snowboarding games, the obvious winners are SSX but this game was one of my favorites growing up. I liked the fast paced gameplay and it felt smoother/easier to pick up than any other ps1 snowboarding game available.

Dishonorable mention: BMXXX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMO9Vr32d6A
Since everyone is mentioning Dave Mirra, remember this crappy gem of art? This was suppose to change the way we look at video games as adults forever, haha. No.

[replicant]

Dear bunnybcitu, Thrasher was and still is the best skateboarding game that came out before the Skate series. If anyone is "retarded", then I nominate you for recommending half of the shit in your post. THPS while a fun series of games was nothing more than a platformer game disguised in a skateboarding motif in most of its iterations. What people liked about Thrasher was that it actually was about skateboarding, presented itself in a semi-realistic progression of becoming a Pro Skater, and the complexity in it's controls related to the complexity of actual tricks. It was a skateboarding game made for skateboarders and not specifically aimed at gamers like THPS was.

Razor was a shit game made by a terrible fucking dev team. Shaba sucked ass.
Aggressive Inline was a fun game for the fruitbooting arcade crowd.
Disney Extreme was a weakass kids game. It also did not use the Apocalypse 3.0 Engine like THPS4, but they were similar.
X Games Skateboarding was trash made by another terrible dev team. Konami Hawaii sucked ass.
Evo Skateboarding did have potential, but the game was shit nonetheless. It was another Konami Hawaii suckfest.
Mtv Snowboarding was trash. If you recommend old snowboard games then the best choices are ESPN Snowboarding or 1080 Snowboarding. SSX is only for arcade crowd.
BMX XXX... It was suppose to be Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 until Todd Robinson and the fuckwads at Acclaim screwed us over by making us add the Jackass crowd shit.

And no, you didn't come off biased. You just came off like a dumbass.

[pawnluvguitarist]

Glad I refreshed again before typing haha

What Rep said

And 1080 is by far my fav snowboarding game

[SpadedOne]

Sorry, I might come off a bit biased but whoever said Thrasher was the best skating game before Skate is retarded. Yeah, it's good, it's a cult classic even. The learning curve was high but the difficulty is what people liked. However, as a full game, you gotta be kidding me, not even close. THPS2 alone was 10x better then Thrasher not counting the other additions to the series. Grind session is fun, but it's THPS without the star power or features, not really much difference.

If you're looking for some old playstation Extreme sports game nostalgia here's some of my favorites people don't really pay attention too.

Razor: Freestyle Scooter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZlbi...eature=related
Like Grind Session with scooters. I had fun with it.

Aggressive Inline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Uos-GBOT4
More well known but it still falls short on peoples memory.

Disneys Extreme Skate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6V0u...eature=related
One of my favorites. THPS4 engine with Create-A-Skater and fun levels/characters. Loved it.

X-Games Skateboarding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHSstRe67Dw
I was in the minority of people who actually liked this but I really did enjoy it and I have fond memories.

Evolution Skateboarding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE2yd...eature=related
If there was a skating game that had potential it was Evolution Skateboarding. It was the first game introducing create-a-trick and the gameplay wasn't horrible. It was fun and I enjoyed it a lot as a kid.

Honorable mention:MTV Snowboarding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUEUx...feature=relmfu
I don't know if you like snowboarding games, the obvious winners are SSX but this game was one of my favorites growing up. I liked the fast paced gameplay and it felt smoother/easier to pick up than any other ps1 snowboarding game available.

Dishonorable mention: BMXXX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMO9Vr32d6A
Since everyone is mentioning Dave Mirra, remember this crappy gem of art? This was suppose to change the way we look at video games as adults forever, haha. No.

You should be castrated if you think you can get away with saying that any of those games are better than Thrasher: Skate and Destroy.

Razor: Freestyle scooter?

Disney's Extreme Skate?

I was a young person when the PS1 was kicking and I was still way too old to bother with Disney's Extreme Skate.

They made a game off of the kids movie about surfing penguins called "Surfs Up." Sounds right up your alley

[EternalRewind]

Hahaha Disney Extreme