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Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 30 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Neversoft Entertainment
Genre(s): Extreme Sports
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: October 4, 2004
Summary
You've been chosen by Tony Hawk to take on Bam Margera as your teams go on a World Destruction Tour. It's time to go globetrotting on an insane road trip. THUG 2 grinds in with a hilarious story mode, an unprecedented level of customization, and more moves than the Skate Gods could dream of. Grab your board, an arsenal of spray-paint... jump into the tour van and wreak havoc across the globe. World Destruction Tour: Hawk recruits YOU onto his team for a no rules, no limits world tour versus Bam Margera. You invade international cities and wreak havoc, proving yourself to the pros as you live the ultimate skateboard adventure. All New Team Play: Team Hawk versus Team Bam. Play as yourself or switch to play one of your teammates or a special guest skater over 20 unique characters. Unparalleled Customization: Create your own logo for use in graffiti tags, skate stickers with the all new "Create-A-Graphic" feature. Familiar Hawk customization continues with "Create-A-Goal," "Create-A-Park" and the revolutionary "Face In The Game" feature. More Player Control Than Ever Before: Tear it up with sticker slaps, projectiles, crazy vehicles, hilarious tantrums, and slow-motion Focus Control. 2 Games In 1: Team up and wreak havoc in Story Mode or switch and play 15 levels in Classic Mode. Complete your all-time favorite goals like S-K-A-T-E, Secret Tape, and High Score against a 2-minute timer.
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What The Critics Said
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Warcry
There are so many places to go and things to do and cities to wreak havoc in, why would you ever want to stop?
Read Full Review >AtomicGamer
The new gameplay modes, massive new levels, customizability, and online play all work together to really make this year's game something special on the PC.
Read Full Review >Cinescape
For fans of the series, this may be the best game yet. It combines a Classic and Underground mode into the same game, adds new gameplay elements, and really captures the feel of a bunch of skaters goofing around.
Read Full Review >PGNx Media
The game's visuals are good, but like always, never quite reach great status.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
The resulting package is so good that not even the nightmarish presence of Bam Margera and his merry band of sociopathic masochists can bring it down.
Read Full Review >Armchair Empire
From the pure amount of massive content available, I'm sure that most gamers will not run out of things to do with Underground 2.
Read Full Review >Computer Gaming World
The mechanics for pulling off tricks have been perfected. [Jan 2005, p.104]
Gaming Illustrated
The game comes highly recommended to those of you that have gone through the Tony Hawk franchise as it is, and should entertain you for months on end.
Read Full Review >AceGamez
It's everything you ever wanted from the last couple of Hawk incarnations but these are things that were never included; a unique bobby dazzler of a story and loads of depth that promises to wow us all.
Read Full Review >GameZone
The World Destruction tour is fun, but the neophyte skaters may find this a bit more challenging than they can manage. Still, with solid online play elements, this is a winner.
Read Full Review >PC Gamer
THUG 2's combination of goofball story, challenging skate stunts, and ever-more-ridiculous objectives is so addictive that I'd learn to play with my feet if my hands fell off. [Jan 2005, p.97]
ActionTrip
This one will be liked both by hardcore fans of the series and by the newcomers (who will do well by choosing the "easy" level of difficulty. "Insane" level is really insane, at least for a non-sports person like me. And yes, TH now has difficulty settings).
Read Full Review >Gamers' Temple
The graphics in the game are serviceable ' not gorgeous but not bad either ' but then who plays a skateboarding game to look at the scenery?
Read Full Review >Computer and Video Games
In short, it's probably the best extreme sports game ever made, the only real caveat being that it's rubbish without a decent gamepad. [PC Zone]
Read Full Review >IGN
Smartly designed but in many ways is just too much of the same. Too many new insignificant features, too much off skateboard "adventuring" -- that's actually pretty bad -- and a direction that appears to be moving far, far away from the original games.
Read Full Review >Gamer's Hell
The additions of some new tricks and ways of extending combos as well as getting more air add more challenge to the game. Unfortunately, they should have stuck with just the console versions, as the PC just does not lend itself well to this game.
Read Full Review >1UP
This is like a Thanksgiving dinner of Tony Hawk. You're going to feel stuffed and ready for a nap afterwards, and some players may even refuse dessert.
Read Full Review >Inside Gamer Online
With the inclusion of Classic Mode and the continuation of this quite natural evolution of the franchise, Neversoft has done most everything short of bringing Tony Hawk to your doorstep to put a smile on all of the fans' faces; old, and new alike.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
Meets expectations and attempts to go a few steps further with additions like the sticker plant, focus, and classic mode but in the end serves up plenty more of the same, which is mostly good, for now.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
THUG2 hangs on to the great gameplay of the previous games, makes a few minor tweaks, and wraps it all up in a new Bam Margera-centric package. The result might be more satisfying for those who haven't seen most of this stuff already done before in previous Tony Hawk games.
Read Full Review >Game Over Online
The lack of attention to the pure mechanics that attracted so many players to the series is a significant detraction to the game, as are the limitations placed on some of the game modes and the overemphasis on acting crazy.
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
PC owners should be quite pleased with the latest installment of the game. Given all the improvements between Underground 2 and "THPS4," fans of the series should be quite happy with the end result.
Read Full Review >Jolt Online Gaming UK
However, casual Tony Hawk fans should really think twice about investing, as there’s not a huge amount to set it apart from the rest.
Read Full Review >Total Video Games
The amalgamation of Tony Hawk's and "Jackass" is the videogame equivalent of a match-made in heaven, and certainly makes a marked improvement upon the weak story of its predecessor.
Read Full Review >Australian GamePro
The majority of new gameplay features do positively elaborate on the core THUG experience, but there is an alarming lack of effort in their refinement.
Read Full Review >Computer Games Magazine
Despite the steep learning curve, it has more content and more unlockable secrets than nearly any other game to date. [Jan 2005, p.70]
Yahoo! Games
A sign that the series is grinding along nicely in a comfortable rut, biding its time with the same old technology and some minor gameplay changes.
Read Full Review >PC Format
The production remains awesome, but everything is cluttered and ultimately the game is just shallow. [Christmas 2004, p.108]
Read Full Review >games(TM)
While Underground tried to seamlessly mix its diversity, humour and gameplay, it was always obvious when you were being dragged away from the combo system at the heart of the series. Thankfully, THUG2 makes a much better fist of keeping classic Tony Hawk's gameplay at the heart of the tasks. Even when skating as Benjamin Franklin or a shrimp vendor, the focus remains on skateboarding. [Dec 2004, p.102]
eToychest
If you like deliberately subjecting yourself to frustration for little or no reward, surrounded by a group of idiots mocking you, super glue a coin to the ground and attempt to pry it away while screaming obscenities at the top of your voice. It'll be cheaper than wasting your money on this.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Tahn W. gave it a6:
This Game was petty good but for less experienced players could be found difficult, this game is great and combines hours of fun with great graphics!
Iunno gave it a 1:
This is a very bad game. 2 much violence and bad graphics.
Mohamed R. gave it a 10:
This is just about the coolest game ever...
11 11 gave it a 10:
THE BEST GAME EVER!
