In Tony Hawk Underground 2, you've been chosen by the world-famous Tony Hawk to take on Bam Margera on a World Destruction Tour! Travel around the world on an insane road trip, in a hilarious story mode -- and challenge the Skate Gods for fame and glory! Complete all-time favorite goals like S-K-A-T-E, Secret Tape, and High Score against a 2-minute timer
Features:
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Go on a World Destruction Tour -- a no rules, no limits world tour as you invade international cities and wreak havoc
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All-new team play - Choose from over 20 unique characters as play against Team Hawk or Team Bam
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Unparalleled customizing as you use your own logo in graffiti tags, skate stickers and adding your own face in the game
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Advanced player control -- sticker slaps, projectiles, crazy vehicles, hilarious tantrums, and slow-motion Focus Control
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Team up with another player in Story Mode, or switch off and play 15 levels in Classic Mode
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THUG 2: THE JACKASS EDITIONOct 12, 2004
By kurlebj
"kurlebj"
There are a lot of pros and a lot of cons involved in THUG2. First let's examine the positive:
As always, the THPS/THUG series stays true to the roots of the gameplay mechanics. Always a blast to play - always a blast to go for the highest trick score. Another pro is that this game allows you to play Story Mode and Classic Mode, giving you the best of THPS and THUG gameplay. The customization options are expanded even further in this one with the creation of Create-a-graphic, making the THUG experience almost totally customizable. And as usual, humor is very relevant (more so than ever) in this THUG game. The addition of the "Freak Out" option is pretty cool. It's nothing unbelievable, but still can be cool.
Now onto the negative:
First of all, I feel that "Jackass" has had way to much influence in this game. The game actually feels like an episode of "Jackass" at times and this is not good. This is a skating game for heaven's sake. I like the subtle additions like Phil Margera and so forth, but the game feels like it's trying so hard to be called: THUG 2: JACKASS EDITION. Second of all, I'm a little disappointed in the amount of new levels available. There are only 6. The rest are all old skool levels - which is cool - but I would rather have had more new levels and less old ones, let's face it, we played them before!
Also, the game is VERY short. I beat story mode in about 8 hours. Classic in about 5.
The Mixed Bag:
As always, the soundtrack is a mixed bag. Guess it really depends on your taste. I don't care for it much, but it's a matter of taste. The graphics are decent, about the same as the first THUG I thought - nothing groundbreaking, but certainly not poor. The plot of story mode is a mixed bag as well, I thought it was rather convoluted but still seemed to hold my interest at some parts. Certainly not as good a story as the first THUG though.
The Conclusion:
I am a huge fan of this series, always have been since the first THPS. I am always excited when a new one comes out. I still have a great time playing this game and love to see what secrets I continue to unlock in the game...(for ex. I just heard that the "Star Wars Kid" is hidden somewhere in the game, but I haven't found him yet). What this game all comes down to - to me - is the gameplay and as usual, Tony doesn't fail there. The game is as fun as ever to play. In closing, I would say that the game is very worthy of the series, however, I would have made it more about skating and less about "Jackass"
A great game but I have to conclude that THUG1 was superior in most ways.
Final Grade: B+
(THUG1 I would give: A)
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Thug 2 is a let downOct 09, 2004
By Daniel Burt I loved "Underground"! It is one of the best games I have ever played and I still enjoy playing it. "Thug 2" is disappointing! The graphics don't seem as good as the original "Underground", and the plot which made "Underground" so different from the previous games, in the series is weak. I have owned all the games in the series and this game is the first one I feel did not meet expectations.
Pros: It has the moves of "Underground" along with a few new additions. When you get "special" you can increase your adreline and slow time down to make moves seem more intense (and even a little easier). When you are not on your board you can graffiti, you can put stickers on walls.
Cons: The graphics do not seem as good. The plot is weak. It is not as easy to figure out where to go for the "goals". The game feels more like work then play and because of that is not as much fun as the original.
It seems like the game was thrown together, so it could be ready for Christmas and try to exploit the original "Underground". Save your money and rent it before you consider buying it.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great but not as good as thug 2Mar 11, 2005
By Dan
"Echoes of Autumn"
this was a good game. but there just was somthing that didn't seem as good as thug1. still a really fun game if you like destruction and you got nothing to destroy. i like the gamecube vesion better then xbox just cuz i played the first for a year on G.C. but any system will do it and it fun on all of them.....
great game!Apr 26, 2012
By drake this game is just great. period. everything was great about the game. the graphics were good and the gameplay was fun
Frequent framerate drops and slowdowns make it unplayable on xbox 360.Jul 27, 2011
By chris
"chris"
I was looking forward to playing this xbox game on my xbox 360. Original xbox games are known for having glitches when being played on the xbox 360, some are negligible, and some make the game unenjoyable and unplayable. This glitch is a big problem for the more skilled players, because it is a distraction when the game randomly goes into slow motion for a second.
A very fun game with decent graphics compared to other systems, ruined because of this frame rate issue. I was really looking forward to playing this, but i cant. The disc is clean and almost no scratches and setting the system to 480p, 720p or 1080i, does not fix the problem. The game runs in 720p, and even if you choose to run it in 480p, which makes the game a pixelated mess, the game STILL slows down.
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