Tony Hawk's Underground 2
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| Developer(s) | Neversoft Shaba Games (PSP port) Director= Christopher,Jayson |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Engine | RenderWare |
| Release date(s) | October 4, 2004 March 15, 2005 (PSP NA) September 1, 2005 (PSP EU) |
| Genre(s) | Extreme sports |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: T (Teen) PEGI: 16+ |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 GameCube Xbox Windows Game Boy Advance Mobile phone PlayStation Portable |
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (or THUG 2) is the sixth installment in Neversoft's Tony Hawk's Series and is the sequel to 2003's Tony Hawk's Underground. Tony Hawk's Underground 2 was released on October 6, 2004 for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Windows, and Game Boy Advance platforms.
On March 18, 2005, it was released for the PlayStation Portable and renamed Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix.
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[edit] Gameplay
Gameplay in Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is similar to that of previous Tony Hawk games. The player skates around in a 3D environment modeled after various cities and attempts to complete various goals. Most goals involve skating on or over various objects or performing combos. Scores are calculated by adding the sum of the point value of each trick strung together in a combo and then multiplying by the number of tricks in the combo.
THUG 2 also saw the return of the much loved Classic Mode. In this mode, the player has 2 minutes to complete as many of the tasks as possible, including high scores, collecting "SKATE" letters and finding secret objects. Many levels returned from previous games, including an expanded warehouse from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1, and the airport from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
[edit] New tricks
- Natas Spin - Character can spin his or her board on objects such as fire hydrants and garbage cans
- Tagging - Character can "tag" (using a custom tag from the "tag editor") a wall by pressing triangle when on foot or not near a rail. Can also be done as part of a combo.
- Destruction Bonus - Character is rewarded with a small bonus for destroying objects.
- Throwing Objects - Character can pick up objects, such as spraypaint cans and Mardi Gras beads, to throw at pedestrians.
- Sticker Slap - Replaces the Wallplant from THUG 1. As the name suggests, a sticker is stuck on the wall instead.
- Focus - Allows time to slow down to perfect tricks and help keep your skater balanced.
- Flips and Rolls - Player can perform front flips, back flips and roll tricks.
- Freak Out - When player falls over, repeatedly tapping "triangle" button on the PS2 , or "Y" button on the Xbox, or "X" on the GameCube, allows for some frustration venting eg. breaking board over his head
[edit] Major characters
While Tony Hawk is depicted in the game as the good guy, Jackass veteran Bam Margera is depicted as a loose cannon, playing the immature and outrageous pranks he is renowned for. As is the case in Margera's Jackass spin-off Viva La Bam, his favorite victim is his own father, Phil Margera. Margera's prominence in THUG 2 can be attributed less to professional skateboarding than to the level of fame and popularity he had achieved through Jackass and Viva La Bam.
Tony Hawk is basically the 'good guy' (as mentioned above) in this game. His team has none of the 'odd skaters' (ex. Paulie, Eric, etc.) The player is on his team, briefly swapped, and then brought back to his team.
The player's rival from THUG is back in THUG2. He is a member of Bam's team, but after Spain, they swap him with the player. After the completion of the Berlin level, the swap is undone and the player is gladly welcomed back into Tony's crew, who were getting annoyed by Eric's shameful performance. Sparrow is kicked out of the competition after the Australia level and Nigel falls from the crane onto him. In the ending of the game, newscaster Hugh Jass says Sparrow was recovering nicely after undergoing plastic surgery after the incident.
- Nigel Beaverhausen
The teams meet Beaverhausen on the Berlin level of their tour in which Nigel offers to sell videos of the tour. After having the skaters refuse his offer (and they also duct-tape him to his own truck and put a scared turtle in his pants), he starts selling out videos with unauthorized footage of the competition. In Australia, Team Hawk gets their revenge by making some angry Aussies pick him up with a crane after the player, disguised as Beaverhausen annoys local people. In New Orleans, he finally makes his deal: He pays for the entire tour in exchange of an exclusive video of the event. But in the end of the game he is only being given a tape of Phil Margera on the toliet and getting his pants pulled down on international television. Bam nicknames him "old beaverbanger". A cheat is available for Nigel Beaverhausen, which is sellout, a cheat that enables Nigel Beaverhausen to be unlocked for High Score/Free Skate.
[edit] Playable characters
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[edit] Story Mode Levels
NB: The training level is the Warehouse: Woodland Hills level from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
[edit] Classic mode
In response to longtime fans' dissatisfaction with the format introduced in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, Neversoft added a classic mode, which allows players to skate through both new and remade classic levels in the traditional 10-goal, two-minute time limit mode that was present in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1-3, complete with the stat points scattered all around the levels. In classic mode, the player chooses from one or two levels in which to attempt to complete enough goals to advance. All of the "remade" levels are accessible only through "Classic Mode" although once unlocked, it is possible to use them in any mode except "Story Mode".
Classic mode levels include the levels found in the story mode of the game with the exception of "Pro Skater", as well as the remade levels:
- School, originally in Miami, Florida in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, now in South Africa.
- Downhill Jam, originally in Phoenix, Arizona in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, now in Brazil.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.
- Canada, originally in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
- Airport, originally in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
- Los Angeles, California, originally in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
- The Triangle, set in the Bermuda Triangle (hidden level)
[edit] Remix
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix for the PlayStation Portable is largely identical to the console and PC versions, but adds four new levels ("Las Vegas", "Atlanta", "Kyoto" and "Santa Cruz"), which were exclusive at the time, but later included in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, in the classic mode. Due to space and battery consumption issues, much of the voice acting and cutscenes were removed. THUG2 Remix was ported by Shaba Games, previously responsible for porting Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 to the original PlayStation. The game was released to generally good reviews, averaging 83% on Game Rankings [1]
[edit] Trivia
- Tony Hawk's Underground 2 has copied the "Cheers" Symbol from the famous TV sitcom Cheers. They have named the bar in Boston, "Jeers". The opening of a cutscene also parodies the opening line from each episode.
- When found in Story Mode in Boston, Jesse James is the only character in the whole game who cannot bail. When he rides his scooter, no matter how he lands, he always lands safely. In the Game Boy Advance version, this advantage is also present, but Jesse lets the player (whoever is under his control) ride the scooter instead.
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide parodied the Bull Fighter's outfit in Guide to Librarys.
- This is a similar fashion to both Survivor, and The Amazing Race. Examples are:
- Eliminating a person from a losing team (Survivor)
- Circling the globe as a team (The Amazing Race)
- Stunts, challenges and tasks (Survivor and The Amazing Race)
- Switching teams (Survivor)
- Country to Country (The Amazing Race)
- When a skater falls in water, a love heart is formed by the ripples.
- In boston there is a ship that looks like the ship used in an episode of viva la bam (season 3, episode 5, mutiny on the bam)
[edit] Soundtrack
(53 songs)
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- *The Song is censored in the game.
The Ministry song "No" is actually titled "No W", but the Tony Hawk games have a history of changing song names ex. Agent Orange's "Speed Kills" is actually "Bloodstains", in Project 8 the Ministry song is "Stigmata Remix" when no change in the song can be heard.
[edit] Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Special Edition Xbox Console
The Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Special Edition Xbox was issued in October 2004 in conjunction with Activision and online skater magazine caughtinthecrossfire in the United Kingdom. This special edition console was only available as a winner's prize at skateboarding and gameplay competitions to commemorate and promote the release of Tony Hawk's Underground 2 on the Xbox. The artwork was airbrush painted by hand in an urban graffiti style with translucent matt lacquer finish. The artwork covered the top of the case and followed the X shape downwards on the corners of the Xbox. A very limited production run of 10 graffiti style units was commissioned and was issued "Not For Resale". Included with the THUG2 Special Edition console was a matching Crystal Controller S and a Tony Hawk autographed copy of Tony Hawk's Underground 2.
[edit] T.H.U.G. 2 online
T.H.U.G. 2 has gained an increasingly popular online community, mainly gathering in the room, "Newbies 1", though many of the people there are advanced THPS/THUG players. the online community is often split into clans. this is a list of popular clans:
1. <IS>* (infinite supremacy). leader: Valo 2. [WS]** (WhirlStyle). leader: [WS] JS2 3. T.D. (Total Domination) leader: T.D. famousse*** 4. P2 clan (polish PWNers clan)
- once disbanded when [WS], namely JS2, started freezing members.
- sometimes disbanding due to troubles with JS2's Net connection.
- it should be warned that the T.D. famousse, or "T.D. Leader" has tricked boys by posing as a girl, sometimes under the name "Mindy".
- sometimes disbanding due to troubles with JS2's Net connection.
the T.D. clan may or may not have recently disbanded. former Clans:
1. [ASS] 2. Adio. leader: Jay (formerly [WS] Jay/Valo Killer)
[edit] External links
- Official Tony Hawk's Underground 2 website
- Tony Hawk's Underground 2 at MobyGames
- The actual Skatopia park
- GameRankings.com page for the PlayStation 2 version of THUG 2
- THUG 2 Cheats and Codes
- Tony hawk's Playstation 2 Tournament site, expanding fast. Prizes, videos, etc.
- Complete guide to THUG2 and more
- Some Tony hawk gameshark codes and mods
- Official Polish Pwners Klan website
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