Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is the sixth installment in Neversoft's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater video game 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, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, and Windows PC platforms, and in March of 2005 for PlayStation Portable.

Gameplay

Gameplay in Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is similar to that of previous games. The player skates around in a 3D environment modeled after various cities, and the player attempts to satisfy various goals. Most goals involve skating over or on various objects, or performing certain combos. Scores are calculated by adding the sum of the point value of each trick stringed together in a combo, and multiplying by the number of tricks in the combo. The gameplay revolves heavily around team play in this installment, with the player controlling a group of four skaters (the player's character, the player's chosen pro skater, a guest character, and a hidden character).

Story

Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (THUG 2) starts where the previous game left off, with your character having recently gotten sponsored as a pro skater. You are kidnapped by Tony Hawk and Bam Margera to compete in a completely underground, completely insane World Destruction Tour. The winner gets props, and the loser pays the bill for the whole thing. Along the way, you'll stop off in places such as Boston, Berlin, and Australia. An "underground" skatepark named Skatopia, based on an actual skatepark in Ohio, United States is also in the game.

Bit-part characters

Nigel Beaverhausen: The teams meet him on the Berlin stage of their tour in which Nigel makes them an offer but ends up getting ducktaped to his own truck. In Australia he gets his comeuppance from Team Hawk by getting wedgied by a crane and finally being given a tape of Bam Margera's dad on the toilet. Also known as the "old beaverbanger".

List of levels

Here is a full list of areas in the game:

• Training (the warehouse) (from THPS1)
• Barcelona
• Berlin
• Australia
• New Orleans
• Skatopia
• Los Angeles (from THPS3)
• Canada (from THPS3)
• Boston
• The Airport (in China; from THPS3)
• Down Hill Jam (in Brazil; from THPS2)
• Pro Skater (alien spaceship, Aztecs' temple and hell complex)
• The School (in the country of Africa; from THPS1)
• The Bermuda Triangle

Classic mode

Possibly in response to the resistance from long time fans to the new format introduced in last year's Tony Hawk's Underground, Neversoft has added a classic mode which will allow players to skate through both new and remade classic levels in the traditional two-minute time limit mode that was present in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1, 2, and 3.

Soundtrack

• 25 Ta Life - "Over the Years"
• 3 Inches of Blood - "Deadly Sinners"
• Aesop Rock - "No Jumper Cables"
• Atmosphere - "Trying To Find A Balance"
• Audio Two - "Top Billin"
• Brand Nubian - "Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down"
• Camaros - "Cheesecake"
• Cut Chemist - "Drums of Fire"
• Das Oath - "Awesome R***"
• Dead Boys - "Sonic Reducer"
• Dead End Road - "Sin City"
• Distillers - "Beat Your Heart Out"
• Disturbed - "Liberate"
• Diverse - "Certified"
• Faith No More - "Mid Life Crisis"
• Fear - "I Love Livin In The City"
• Frank Sinatra - "That's Life"
• Grand Puba - "I Like It"
• Handsome Boy Modeling School - "Holy Calamity"
• Jimmy Eat World - "Pain"
• Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire"
• Joy Division - "Warsaw"
• Lamb of God - "Black Label"
• Less Than Jake - "That's Why They Call It A Union"
• Libretto - "Volume"
• Living Legends - "Night Prowler"
• Melbeatz feat. Kool Savas - "Grind On"
• Melvins - "Sweet Willy Rollbar"
• Metallica - "Whiplash"
• Mike V & the Rats - "Never Give Up"
• Ministry - "No W"
• Nebula - "So It Goes"
• Operatic - "Interested In Madness"
• Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - "Soul Brother #1"
• Rancid - "Fall Back Down"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Power of Equality"
• Steel Pulse - "Born Fe Rebel"
• Sugarhill Gang - "Rappers Delight"
• The Casualties - "Unknown Soldier"
• The D.O.C. - "Whirlwind Pyramid"
• The Doors - "Break On Through (To The Other Side)"
• The Explosion - "Here I Am"
• The Germs - "Lexicon Devil"
• The Hiss - "Back On The Radio"
• The Living End - "End of the World"
• The Ramones - "Rock 'N Roll High School"
• The Stooges - "1970"
• The Suicide Machines - "High Anxiety"
• Ultramagnetic MC's - "Ego Trippin"
• Violent Femmes - "Add It Up"
• Ween - "It's Gonna Be A Long Night"
• X - "Los Angeles"
• Zeke - "Long Train Runnin'"

External links

• Official Tony Hawk's Underground 2 website
• The actual Skatopia park