Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Xbox)

The sixth game in Activision Tony Hawk Skateboarding game series, was released in October 2004. Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is a skateboarding game for the Xbox. The game supports single player and multiplayer and is backward compatible on the Xbox360. It has also released for the Gamecube, Playstation 2 and Playstation Portable. The main part of the game is the story mode which has you going on a world destruction tour around the world, skating in several different locations around the world and performing tricks. You also get the option to create all sorts of different things like your own skater, tricks and tracks, there is about 10 different tracks and 20 ...  Read the complete review

Being a skater game fan I bought this game when it first came out for my XBOX. It really delivers in gameplay and length. You can customise your own skater for use in the game. You can change their clothes, skateboard and other items to accessorise your character. Once you have chosen a character you will enter the single player mode where you must make your way through the game and become the best skater around. You do this by completing various missions to earn money, respect and stat points. These stat points can be used to improved different areas of your skaters abilities. There are many missions to do in the game with varying ...  Read the complete review

-(Game Information)- Name:Tony Hawks Underground 2 Publisher:Activision Developer:Neversoft Ent. Genre:Skating Release Date:Oct 8, 2004 Age Rating:16+ for Blood, Crude Humor, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence and Language Number Of Players:1-2 Xbox Live:No Custom Soundtracks:Yes In-game dolby digital:Yes Developer Site:http://www.activision.com/en_GB/home/home.jsp Product Site:http://www.thug2online.com/ -(History)- Activision and Neversoft have always made the Tony Hawk series. Since the days of the playstation, Tony Hawk has been the best skateboarding games ever. There have been 8, ...  Read the complete review

Despite the inclusion of the number "2" right in the game's title, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is the sixth Tony Hawk game that has been released in as many years. Over these past six years, the series has created a genre and, with every entry, reshaped that genre. Early installments in the series basically rewrote the book on the rewarding combo system every year, but with the gameplay already in a rock solid state, the more recent entries have made more subtle changes. 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 ...  Read the complete review