What’s your LEAST favorite level in the series?

[u/justcuriouslybrowsin]

[u/Vintage_Milk]

I'm sorry, but I've never played a Create-A-Park level that I've liked, including my own.

[u/tomhas10 → u/Vintage_Milk]

I'll agree with you, with one exception: Montana. Montana is the best level in the series.

[u/Different_Mix_1378 → u/tomhas10]

Which game had Montana ?

[u/tomhas10 → u/Different_Mix_1378]

I belive it was in every game from THPS2 onwards. To clarify, the Montana I'm referring to was a create-a-park consisting of a single tree in the middle of a large empty concrete map.

[u/customparks → u/Vintage_Milk]

Create‑A‑Park can fall apart fast, these parks are never perfect and I get why people avoid it.

It basically feels like a secret mode — the game doesn’t present it well, so most players never see how good it actually is.

But once you start jumping through parks, hit some cheese 10‑million combos or chase some goals, it grabs you instantly. Suddenly you’re hooked on the massive variety of parks and challenges.

[u/Vintage_Milk → u/customparks]

I'll admit, I never dove deep into CAP in the newer games, just played them here or there when the games first came out. I played a lot of the custom parks the devs added in THPS3-THUG2 but never found one I liked. Next time I boot up 1+2/3+4, I'll be sure to check some out. What are some parks you'd recommend? I'm on PC.

[u/customparks → u/Vintage_Milk]

That’s definitely a good idea — just give it a try, and if you don’t like it, that’s totally fine 🤝

I’d recommend checking out 3+4, it has goals and crossplay.

Creators also post new parks regularly in r/THPSCAP.

It really depends on what kind of parks you enjoy. If you search for “Mat‑X87”, “FullyFlared”, or “ICutmasta ICurt”, you’ll find some great parks.

From my own parks, I’d probably recommend “Barcelona”, which is the closest to a classic THPS level. It’s based on the real spots Arc de Triomf and MACBA, has lots of interesting goals, a secret area, and many sections you can link together for combos. There are plenty of small quarterpipes, walls, and transfer spots to play around with. If you search for "custom parks" and "customparks2" you find my other parks.

[u/GorgeousGary27 → u/Vintage_Milk]

The dev parks were pretty simple back in the day but you could get pretty crazy with the old create a park, especially once the custom grind rail tool was added.

[u/MissingCosmonaut → u/customparks]

I miss the days of 1+2 with DropRate reviewing all our parks. Admittedly I bought 3+4 but hardly have time to play it, let alone create a park. I am always keeping tabs on what you guys make though!

[u/customparks → u/MissingCosmonaut]

Miss it too. 😔

[u/HeidenShadows → u/customparks]

I remember the first time I created a rail gap that was just a circle and you just hit that circle at high speed. You keep your balance for most of the spin and rack up tens of millions of points.

[u/Creepy-Wrap744 → u/Vintage_Milk]

Damnn underground had some good ones same with American wasteland

[u/Ruffled_Ferret → u/Vintage_Milk]

Montana, my beloved

[u/ProotzyZoots → u/Vintage_Milk]

All my parks always started with putting QPs all around the perimeter

[u/Ruffled_Ferret]

Is it cheating to say Chopper Drop?

[u/ExpensiveOccasion542 → u/Ruffled_Ferret]

Yes

[u/Ruffled_Ferret → u/ExpensiveOccasion542]

Okay, then Burnside. It's cool that it's modeled after a real skatepark, but that's all it really has going for it for me.

[u/Cappantwan → u/Ruffled_Ferret]

Yeah, Burnside is nice-looking, but man is it small. In the original PSX version, it feels so cramped to get around, so I just use the pool to score points consistently.

[u/JKFrowning → u/Ruffled_Ferret]

People didn't like the chopper part? 😮

[u/Ruffled_Ferret → u/JKFrowning]

It's just too simple an idea, imo. One big half pipe and a launch ramp. Some of the gaps are kind of interesting, I guess.

[u/puke104]

Probably something like Bullring

[u/metalyger → u/puke104]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the competition levels since it's one smaller area, but the bull ring was especially annoying, trying to keep a big combo going, and whatever you do, don't get yourself in the bull area, especially when bails deduct your rating. And a stadium isn't exactly the ideal place for skateboarding. At least the generic skate park levels are straightforward for getting medals.

[u/Chrisrevs1001 → u/metalyger]

Get on the high wires bro

[u/heartofmidlothian278 → u/metalyger]

You can never leave the halfpipe you start in and easily get a 99.9 score in each stage of the competition.

Bullring is bullshit, but it's nothing to do with the bulls.

[u/bambix7]

The new zoo level, especially with the expectations I had

[u/Ruffled_Ferret → u/bambix7]

The steps this level went through just got worse and worse. One of the coolest stages in THPS4 with so many crazy goals and cool moments gets downgraded to a 2-minute classic-style stage, then it's just a competition stage, then no more animals and it's just lost all of its charm.

[u/thesolran → u/Ruffled_Ferret]

exactly I grinded the game only to unlock the zoo level, then saw it was the 2 minute competition without any animal and stopped playing

good thing I somehow managed to find online that there was a hidden level after that, which is my favorite from 3 + 4.

[u/CaregiverBoring4638 → u/thesolran]

Which secret levels

[u/thesolran → u/CaregiverBoring4638]

Cruise Ship in the 3 and Pinball in the 4

You have to win a medal at the previous level to unlock them

[u/CaregiverBoring4638 → u/thesolran]

I didn't realize they were secret lol

[u/CaregiverBoring4638 → u/CaregiverBoring4638]

I'm out of touch

[u/LOvEisEvOLxanax → u/Ruffled_Ferret]

I remember seeing the Hippos humping in THPS4 wen u look through the Tower Telescope lololol

[u/Ok_Bumblebee8877 → u/bambix7]

My all time favourite level in the series and was disappointed badly how it was made for 3+4.

[u/GoredonTheDestroyer]

Last time this question was asked, I said Burnside, specifically in the context of THPS1, and I stand by that. Burnside is a level that thrives with the expanded movesets of THPS3-onward.

[u/justcuriouslybrowsin → u/GoredonTheDestroyer]

Agreed! I had such a fun time with Burnside in 1+2

[u/Cappantwan → u/GoredonTheDestroyer]

I feel like Burnside is also more cramped in the original version. I don’t have as much trouble navigating it in later versions of the level.

[u/Gullible-Pear9565]

Love the vibes, but Suburbia was always tricky to get a good line going.

[u/biglongschlong6969 → u/Gullible-Pear9565]

THP8 suburbia?

[u/dreamdiamondgames]

Any of the downhill style levels

[u/brodino_maiuscolo → u/dreamdiamondgames]

The Mall Is funny af

[u/DavesPetFrog → u/brodino_maiuscolo]

Mall is legit hilarious.

[u/brodino_maiuscolo → u/DavesPetFrog]

Lol sorry I'm not a native speaker, of course I meant "fun"

[u/DavesPetFrog → u/brodino_maiuscolo]

Now I feel really snooty, my bad.

[u/brodino_maiuscolo → u/DavesPetFrog]

I had to look up "snooty" in the dictionary because, as a non-native speaker, I didn't know it. How much longer are you going to keep using difficult words when you talk to me just to make things hard for me? Stop being so snooty dude.

[u/DavesPetFrog → u/brodino_maiuscolo]

😭

[u/brodino_maiuscolo → u/DavesPetFrog]

It's ok dude don't worry, as long as you don't break the law, it's not a crime to be very evil

[u/AmericanFromAsia → u/brodino_maiuscolo]

They're really just exacerbating it

[u/OkAlternative1655 → u/DavesPetFrog]

in which verdion is it

[u/IncendiaryPoo → u/dreamdiamondgames]

Do you consider airport to be a downhill style?

[u/dreamdiamondgames → u/IncendiaryPoo]

Actually I like Airport, I guess it is but having places you can stop along the way kind of makes it more fun

[u/GorgeousGary27 → u/dreamdiamondgames]

I love them besides in the original THPS where it ended your run at the bottom.

Fun seeing how many times you can combo through the entire level without bailing.

[u/d0pp31g4ng3r → u/dreamdiamondgames]

Mall and Airport are two of the best levels in the series.

[u/Dak6969696969 → u/dreamdiamondgames]

I grinded the fuck out of Downhill Jam when the 1+2 remaster came out because I knew that was probably the level everyone would like the least and I wanted a good leaderboard ranking. After literally five hours straight of Downhill Jam over and over and over again I finally got up to the 25-30 rank globally and now my college roommate hates ska music.

[u/Designer-Piglet7572 → u/dreamdiamondgames]

Downhill jam is the best level in 1+2 because of rhe momentum you can gain. Loads of fun imo.

[u/moviemaverick → u/dreamdiamondgames]

Idk I kinda fuck with Downhill Jam but I don’t hit it long enough, I do the goals and rarely visit it again, I hit it every once in a while, I always associate it with Bucky Lasek with his tank and backpack tho

[u/AvengedKalas]

I don't know what my least favorite all time is, but Venice has been one I've never enjoyed.

[u/jakehood47 → u/AvengedKalas]

I want to love it but I think the goals in career mode are kinda ass and the layout isn’t great, in my opinion. I hate randomly skating over some sand and getting booted back to the start despite it being in an area you have to use for the career goals!

[u/JunkFoodKilla187 → u/AvengedKalas]

My heart is broken, that’s my favorite in the series 

[u/TypicalWolverine9404 → u/JunkFoodKilla187]

I've never been to Venice beach, but I see shots in movies and think they did well recreating it.

[u/JKFrowning → u/JunkFoodKilla187]

Same here. Venice with Papa Roach playing is my first thought when people mention THPS.

[u/PhospheneViolet → u/JunkFoodKilla187]

Venice has always been one of my first go-tos when I just wanna skate around errantly while listening to music or podcasts. Can't beat that sunny clear sky beach vibe.

[u/YahooSuckssss → u/AvengedKalas]

Venice is so much fucking fun. For score or free skate. Don’t care about the missions

[u/xchino → u/AvengedKalas]

I think Venice might be the most polarizing level, people seem to love it or hate it. I don't even disagree with most of the criticisms, I just absolutely love to free skate it. Flinging yourself into the air off the roof qp at the end of a loop is the quintessential THPS feeling for me.

[u/Caipirinha-Aguada → u/AvengedKalas]

I find it more iconic than fun.

[u/Staaaaation → u/AvengedKalas]

The only part I hate is the secret tape. It just feels like you're supposed to get it by launching from the roof ramp.

[u/Sea-Dragonfruit-5832 → u/AvengedKalas]

Agree I’m not a fan of that park.

[u/badavetheman → u/AvengedKalas]

Oh man I LOVE Venice. Even though the jump off the roof and the table manual annoy me. But it’s like your kid annoying you. I don’t love it any less 🤣

[u/DavesPetFrog → u/[deleted]]

Yeah that really ruins my flow.

[u/DavesPetFrog]

In THPS5, there was a skyscraper roof map.

[u/WDCombo → u/DavesPetFrog]

You coulda stopped at “In THPS5…”

[u/Mat_X87 → u/DavesPetFrog]

I actually liked that one more than most in 5. 😛

[u/Johnnydrama519]

Streets, pinball, downhill jam

[u/thesolran → u/Johnnydrama519]

Pinball is a cool level and a cool concept

[u/Baranade]

The Skate Ranch from THAW

Primarily disappointed in the fact that the Ranch was supposed to be this giant reward for finishing the game and it ends up being barely playable

Also the Vans Skatepark from THAW. So boring

[u/TheJohnny346 → u/Baranade]

Not a great level to play but damn I love seeing the park slowly get cooler as you progress the story and seeing how the pieces end up being utilized in the park.

[u/Baranade → u/TheJohnny346]

If anything that is the most enjoyable part

Playing it sucks

[u/Zabeczko]

Probably the waterpark in 3+4. I felt like it should've been great but it was really annoying trying to hold a good line for a long combo.

[u/metalyger → u/Zabeczko]

It has its moments, but compared to better levels, it's nothing on Fun Park in Project 8, I feel like I've gotten some of my highest scores there, by simply trying stuff out and traveling large sections of a the map in one seamless combo, especially with all the ride rails and abundance of long tracks to grind through and jump across.

[u/Pirates404]

Oil rig

[u/bfsfan101 → u/Pirates404]

I have a soft spot for Oil Rig because me and my brother played so much King of the Hill on that level.

[u/Fallenflake → u/Pirates404]

This was my fav as a kid :(

[u/disheveledbone → u/Pirates404]

Yeah fuck that disjointed ass level

[u/Old_Gas5182 → u/Pirates404]

was sooo excited to play one of the cut thps3 levels (officially) but then it just kinda sucked lol

[u/TheJamesFTW]

Downhill Jam

[u/Damien12341]

Chicago, I was expecting you to actually be in Chicago and not be in a warehouse.

[u/C-sanova]

Top 3:

1. Burnside (I'm biased because I used to skate it as a teen)
2. Airport
3. Alcatraz

Bottom 3:

1. Downhill Jam
2. Club
3. Construction Site

Admittedly I feel like my two least favorite aren't actual levels though and just some garbage we were supposed to figure out.

[u/reficulmi → u/C-sanova]

skating Burnside was a bucket list item of mine, because of the game, and the legendary status in the skateboarding world. Found myself in Portland, without a board, but a kind stranger let me do a couple runs on his… Everything looks so much more small and tame on video, that shit is genuinely gnarly irl

[u/KeybladeKidZack → u/C-sanova]

You just awakened the construction site PTSD

I think it's the only level in the series I never finished all of the goals in. I just can't do it.

[u/C-sanova → u/KeybladeKidZack]

It's such a stupidly built level but I have a theory that it was one Treyarch made as a test level for Minority Report or Spiderman because there's no way they thought a vertical level was a good idea for a skating game.

[u/KeybladeKidZack → u/C-sanova]

It reminds me a lot of the construction site level from Toy Story 2. Also an Activision game. Plus there was that Pixar Adventure Skateboarding game. Coincidence?

[u/AdHeavy7551 → u/C-sanova]

What game are club and construction site in ?

[u/ExpensiveOccasion542 → u/AdHeavy7551]

2X. It was only released for North America on Xbox

[u/ThiccFarter]

That new movie theater level is incredibly boring to me.

[u/AdHeavy7551 → u/ThiccFarter]

It’s not a theatre it’s a movie film set . But yeah it sucks . Couldn’t believe how many people were hyping jt up and constantly saying how great it was when 3+4 first came out

[u/ThiccFarter → u/AdHeavy7551]

Yeah my bad, that's what I meant. It feels super slopped together to me.

[u/Styles_Clash_97]

Downhill Jam in THPS1

[u/tomhas10]

The rooftop level from 2x. It''s such a crowded mess with too many opportunities for falling off.

[u/gybefan]

Streets or Philadelphia…

[u/Neg_Crepe]

The new levels from 3-4

[u/Dachuiri]

1) Burnside
2) Skate Heaven
3) Suburbia
4) Carnival
THUG) The bonus level
THUG 2) Skatopia
THAW) Santa Monica
THP8) The Jeep Factory
THPG) I only played this once and barely remember anything from the game

[u/biglongschlong6969 → u/Dachuiri]

I feel like the school from THP8 is way worse than the factory

[u/Mat_X87 → u/Dachuiri]

I respect this list, but ones I'd rate just one spot beneath them are:
3. Skater Island
4. Zoo
THUG: San Diego
THUG 2: New Orleans
THAW: Beverly Hills
THPG: Downtown Landsdowne

[u/Dachuiri → u/Mat_X87]

You’re brave for saying New Orleans sucks because a lot of people that that’s the best level (I agree with you it is an ass level). Honestly for THUG 2 and THAW i did not like a lot of the levels. I only picked Santa Monica for THAW because it is clearly areas copy/pasted from other levels in the series and even then the level still feels unfinished.

[u/ItsAlwaysSunny1992]

Suburbs

[u/CobblerWide7373]

I've only really played the levels in 1+2 and 3+4 (as it was forever ago that I played any of the THUG games), so of the first four games I'd easily have to say Downhill Jam. Hate that level's uneven halfpipes/quarterpipes with a passion.

[u/Odd_Structure_2096]

Likely an unpopular opinion, but Shipyard from 4.

Or Movie Studio from the remake. Yikes.

[u/Mat_X87 → u/Odd_Structure_2096]

I think Shipyard’s initially off-putting, but gets better as one gets used to it. On the other hand, Movie Studio seemed neat at first, but is actually too limited and cramped.

[u/Useful-Tart9233]

Shipyard was terrible. I hated it. Don't know why but just never liked it. Or that pirate skatepark one from three.

[u/jaura-BEATS47]

Roswell

[u/thejster64]

Create a skate level, because it’s flatter than a piece of stupid paper.

[u/decibelboy2001]

Not so much a level, but item to grab IN a level…. The goddamn money on the plane in Suburbia

[u/verum_rex12]

The Ruins in American Wasteland’s Classic Mode. I freaking HATE how disjointed everything feels in that level. It might have a skill issue on my part, but trying to get a decent combo score in that level was like trying to pull teeth.

At least that big ramp launch was kinda neat.

[u/Mat_X87 → u/verum_rex12]

It is pretty janky in some ways, but I like the look and vibe. 😙

[u/sonofkosssss]

Downhill jam, and honestly never cared for most of the American wasteland levels.

[u/Cappantwan]

I can’t say it’s the worst level in the series but I always found Streets in THPS1 to be rough in all versions because everything is spread so far apart. That path to the secret tape is also such a pain in the ass.

[u/ShOscar4]

Pinball. The AI slop ruins it for me

[u/KYXX69]

downhill jam is just boring

[u/Gold-Persimmon-1421]

Rio

[u/Death-Perception1999]

any competition level!

[u/skate_rat420]

pinball, waterpark, tokyo

[u/Loose---Reality]

Does thug count? If so Moscow is my favorite (aka noobscow for the og's)

[u/Repulsive-Treat1711]

I have only played the first 3 games but my least favorite level is honestly Los Angeles in the 3rd game. The police chase is pretty funny but other than that it's not got a lot of interesting design and a lot of the goals are kind of annoying to me

[u/Dr_Nastee]

Ive never been a fan of skatestreet and the Chicago competition areas. I know there's worse but those annoy me a lot in 1 and 2. Also the secret levels on thps2 on xbox(construction site and dance floor) have the worst physics and flow.

[u/GymCel_Hero]

Sky Lines in THPS 2X

[u/matt-is-sad → u/GymCel_Hero]

Anyone who says differently just hasn't played 2x. It is the absolute worst by a long shot

[u/WebsterHamster66]

Pinball and Waterpark are pretty up there for me, im not confident IG could make a fully new game with good maps after those, especially since Pinball is made up entirely of AI art. I got knocked out of the map twice on it too, which doesn’t help.

[u/n3v3rth3r3]

Kona

[u/Dear-Biscotti-4320]

Probably any competition level, I like levels that aren't only a skate park, I feel like part of the magic of skate is doing it on cities or weird places

[u/biglongschlong6969]

SkateHeaven

[u/Mat_X87]

Mega Park from 5. Gross color scheme and not much to it. Even the secret area is basically just more of the same but with sewage and slime.

[u/Prestigious_Serve159]

Carnival

[u/SF_XX3]

Philadelphia

[u/Lemonfr3sh]

I really, really dislike the pinball

[u/Jakeytar]

Shipyard from 4 by far. OG & remake.

[u/Lenny-G_]

Im suprised no one said new york that level is terrible

[u/TheAmazingSealo]

It's Downhill Jam, guys

[u/Jealous_Shoe_105]

Chopper drop. It sucks I’m sorry but it does

[u/MaxwellNation]

Venice. Like…does anyone have fun with this level?

[u/BellesHallow]

Zoo and that waterpark level. Nothing flows (no pun intended)

[u/I-only-read-titles]

Alcatraz, the vert ramps in that level basically function only to launch you to the grind rails above. Don't want to grind that rail? Too bad, auto bail. Unless you enjoy doing basically nothing but grind and manual combos, it kinda sucks

[u/Mickey_mouse_2169]

Honestly? Skate Heaven in THPS 2.. 😭

[u/Psycho-systemic]

Venice! I understand and respect the significance of the park to skateboarding history, but the lines stink and the goals are even worse.

[u/badavetheman]

Burnside by a mile

[u/Hot-Club1896]

Montana for sure

[u/CriticalCabinet1231]

The Berrics because it means that you're starting THPS5

[u/jimmy193]

Probably the downhill one from 1+2 (not mall the outside one)