The Tony Hawk games seem to have on and off years. The first one quite simply broke new ground. On year. THPS 2 added the manual, but not much else. Off year. Three added the revert so suddenly the tricks flowed into each other almost endlessly. On year. Four was more of the same and mostly just nicked ideas from Aggressive Inline. Off year. THUG added a fun story and even more customisation. On year. THUG 2 was just more of the same with a jackass-inspired story. Off year.

Now, American Wasteland adds a massive free roaming city (LA), BMX bikes (sweet!) Xbox Live play and looks good too. This, my friends, will undoubtedly be another on year for the game. Despite occasional disappointments, Neversoft are to be commended for continuing this series for so long and still coming up with new ideas and crazy amounts of content too.