5. Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
After the mess that was Underground 2 and all of its Jackass content and wackiness, American Wasteland felt like an attempt to steer the series back toward skateboarding and skater culture. And while I do love its soundtrack and the Southern Cali world you skate around it, the addition of too much stuff hurt Wasteland
This game included BMX bikes, big maps with shops you could enter, and long loading screens hidden behind boring tunnels you rode through to reach new areas of the map. While Wasteland was an improvement over Underground 2, it also still felt too bloated compared to some of the leaner and tighter entries in the series.
