No mention of Tony Hawk? 1-Underground were all brilliant fun, but something seemed amiss come Underground 2. Bam Margera seemed to be stealing the show, and the new systems weren't very good. The absolute bottom of the barrel was American Wasteland. It took the "Jackass" feel of THUG2 and ran it into the ground, it added BMX to the mix, and worst of all, it claimed that there were no loading times. Suuure, there was definitely no loading times in those tunnels that connected the different zones. Not at aaaallll.
I would have quit here, but my gut said to get Project 8. I did, and it was amazing. However, I'd been buying every Tony Hawk game yearly since 3. This was the last Tony Hawk game I ever needed. I felt no need to buy Proving Ground afterwards.
Still, I feel some level of animosity towards Neversoft. Tony Hawk may have been emptied of the "Jackass" sort of antics, but they took them over to Guitar Hero 3, which is, without a doubt, the worst Guitar Hero ever. The soundtrack is bland, the characters look all weird, the interface looked all wonky, and it was oozing that METAL RARGH whatever mentality that all the kids seem to be so fond of imitating these days.
tl;dr version: Screw Neversoft. They ruined two great series, one that perfected a genre, and another that was someone else's great creation.
