The premise of this game reminds me of thrasher: skate and destroy, which imho was a very great and innovative game. I didnt look that great but the trick animation, the realism, the music, the sponsors, and the fact that there were no pro skaters made it extremely fun. THPS:U looks kinda kool. Im kinda tiring of the whole tony hawk engine. After 3 i started to want more realistic skaters instead of button mashing-esque gameplay. I thought 4 was good especially with online but those kids that play are cheap bastards which makes the game boring as hell. I dont know much about this installment but i hope it reinvents what it created with the first few.