Product Description
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is the sequel to the best-selling and
highly accled Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. The original title
sported easy controls, solid gameplay mechanics and awesome
visuals. These elements remain, while the designers spent their
time adding hundreds of new tricks, slightly tweaking the core
gameplay, and creating both a character and a 3-D skate park
editor. Players can create the skate park of their dreams,
choosing a theme and placing steps, ramps, half-pipes, pools and
rails to create the run of their dreams. After completing the
finishing touches, you can put your park on the Internet for all
to admire. Then, you can create your own character to skate your
custom park. Name, age, height, weight, style, stance, trick set
and skateboard can all be personalised.
Alternatively, players can choose a character from a number of
professional skaters, including Tony Hawk, Chad Muska, Kareem
Campbell, Andrew Reynolds and Jamie Thomas. Skaters will gain
more skills as you progress. There are several skate parks to
choose from, including Marseilles, Manhattan and Skate Street
Ventura. In the core game, players perform tricks to gain money
to purchase new skating abilities, tricks or boards. Another mode
is free skating, plus there are several multiplayer scenarios.
One is an eight-person judged competition, while another is HORSE
(feel free to choose any letters you'd like). Other modes are
tag, trick-attack and graffiti.
.co.uk Review
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When you are creating the sequel to what many felt was 1999's
game of the year, there is a lot of pressure to outdo your past
glory. The guys at Neversoft, makers of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2,
appear up for the challenge, although much of this title has yet
to be unveiled.
For starters, people who have mastered Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
will be able to take their skills to a new level. A new trick
called a manual allows players to balance on the forward or rear
trucks of the skateboard. Manuals bridge other
already-established moves and combos, making it possible to rack
bigger scores than ever before and therefore adding a whole new
level of challenge for veteran players.
In the original game, an open space between rails, s, cars,
or ramps provided a small breather and a chance to survey your
surroundings. This time you will be encouraged to manual between
such spots, thereby increasing your point total. But the manual
isn't an automatic movement; it requires balance and dexterity.
Therefore, you'll have less time to take in your next rtunity
and will be much more likely to miss it the first time through.
Overall, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 serves up extra helpings of
some very nice goodies. Better characters, and more of them: The
original models look compared to the larger skaters and
better textures of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. There are also new
playable characters: Steve Caballero, Eric Koston, and Rodney
Mullen have been added to the cast.
More tricks to play with such as Lip tricks now include awesome
new hands, rock 'n' rolls, and stalls. As it should be in a
game (and sport) that has more and more "star power", signature
riders now have more of their signature moves. Add in the
aforementioned manual and you've pretty much got it all.
More locations with new scenes are carved out of New York, the
Skatestreet in Ventura, California, as well as updated locales in
Miami and Philadelphia. There is a total of eight--all big, all
bold. And you are not even tied down to the good ol' US of A.
What would you say to grinding through the streets of France?
There is more music including Anthrax's version of Public Enemy's
Bring the Noise, but Activision's efforts don't end there. Even
with all the goods this game has, it would be a supreme letdown
to freeze out the top music tracks.
The park creator is back in the new game, and Neversoft has also
added a create-a-player feature so you can enhance the existing
pros, turning them into new skaters. Also, a new customisation
system lets you skate to earn enough money for new duds and
accessories. Features like this, added to what returns from last
year, make Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 a must-have for anybody on
the planet. --Todd Mowatt
- Sequel to the bestselling skateboarding game.
- Play as Tony Hawk or another pro, or create your own.
- skater from scratch.
- Design your ideal course with the 3-D Skate Park Editor.
- Choose from hundreds of new tricks and more realistic collisions.
- Try the new Regular and Best Trick contests for up to 8 players.