In the "Pretending I'm A Superman" documentary one of the developers states that the park at the end of Downhill was redeveloped into Warehouse, not Chicago (the identical pool was a placeholder object, also used on the roof in the beta version of Downtown Minneapolis). This is why the small room you start in Warehouse exists, it would originally have connected to the outside area.

Mall to me has that perfect 50/50 of replay ability and 90s nostalgia. My absolute favorite

Thug 2 perfected The Warehouse. I loved that 2nd room!

i upvote all the comments that agree with me btw

Don't mind me just commenting before the "Warehouse is S tier" mob arrives

I like the format a lot too, looking forward to maybe seeing this with the other games
It's really interesting to have the perspective of someone who worked on some of the games and knows the ins and outs of their level design

The one thing I'll give Burnside credit for is the line where you jump off funbox/kicker, do the over the bridge gap, and can land with a grind on the pipe's coping. Doing a Backflip over the bridge, into a One Footed Smith as Bob Burnquist just feels nice to pull off - especially on the n64 version where, iirc, you can spin during the backflip but can't on the ps1

I will never understand why Streets, out of all the levels, was the only one who NEVER got a remake in any Tony Hawk game until 1+2.

yo AND this was such a cool upload for youtube, not saying that the live streamed stuff isn't, but every second of this is so concise and informative. looking forward to more of the levels!

I really enjoy hearing your perspective on these and would happily watch a video on each game

The mall is not hangout-able? Millenials in shambles rn

This video is very insightful. Obviously it's focused on THPS but I think there are takeaways and great general points about flow and movement that apply to level design in general. Would still love to see you make another analysis like this for other games in the franchise! Especially in this concise, edited format.

a cool video series would be the development of each game.

I extremely enjoyed your in depth analysis, Andy. Would really love to see more videos like this one with the levels from other THPS games!

They really should have made the tram lines in San Fran grindable.

I'm happy this re-affirms my opinion that Burnside is trash level design and I wasn't (just) a salty teenager that needed to git gud.

The argument that Burnside is a real life location is also less impactful when the aesthetics and visual uniqueness isn't really there.. It's a pretty bland looking and feeling level. Whereas Marseilles in THPS2 just looked much cooler. Had a vibe.

This is a REALLY good youtube video. It's not often anymore that I see a video and am really amazed at how entertaining and  information-packed it is.

And yes, you cant poo poo and not pee pee. Very good point Andy

Part 2 when

Yep, my top two favorite levels are Mall and School. Streets has grown on me. Roswell is also my favorite competition level out of the first two games. I really like how you did a birds eye view and drew on what improvements to make. I have only caught a few of your twitch streams due to work schedules and am subbed, so I mostly watch your content here. Keep it up!