Personally, I prefer the slightly more open nature, incredibly cheesy but nostalgic and charming story, and additional tricks such as the acid drop in Underground, but this game is damn fantastic too. That said, the slightly smaller maps with fun and memorable little objectives to complete, particularly from childhood remembering dumping all the snow on the guy or knocking the big bucket into the lava on Foundry (with much less nostalgia for the later levels, because I was absolutely rubbish at video games as a child). There's really not much else to say. It's a great Tony Hawk's game, it has a mostly great soundtrack (Ace of Spades especially) and it's just pure fun to play.