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The Birdman goes back underground for his sixth foray into video games, this direct sequel to 2003's RPG-style on-board adventure. As in the original Tony Hawk's Underground, THUG 2 centers on a player-created character, who must work his or her way up from suburban obscurity to extreme sport stardom. As in the previous game, players create their characters from scratch, assigning skill points and choosing from the widest array of appearance options yet offered in the series. Once created, the player's character is picked by Mr. Hawk himself, to lead a team of skaters against a rival gang in the game's "World Destruction Tour" competition, which plays out in famous cities around the globe.

The rival team in question is "Team Bam," and it's lead by extreme sports bad boy Bam Margera against the player's own "Team Hawk." Challenges are diverse, with goals that range from claiming turf with graffiti and stickers to more mischievously destructive objectives. Players can now annoy local pedestrians, by pelting them with projectiles, but they'll want to keep an eye out for new talent. There are over twenty different skater characters in the game (often found going about their non-skater business) who may be persuaded to join up and strengthen the player's team. Gamers can switch between teammate characters on the fly, allowing them to use the strengths of different skaters as different situations call for them.

In addition to the extensive character creation tools it offers, THUG 2 also lets players design their own tricks, skate parks, and even custom graffiti "tags." For old-school Pro Skater fans, THUG 2 also features a "Classic" mode, with a play style more similar to that of earlier entries in the franchise. Here, virtual skaters will race to complete familiar goals such as collecting letters to spell the word "SKATE," finding the secret video tape, and earning top scores in timed runs.
~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide

Production Credits

Company 1: Neversoft Entertainment; Development Team: Jon Bailey, Ted Barber, Brad Bulkley, Clive Burdon, Rob Burns, Matt Canale, Ralph D'Amato, Peter Day, Zac Drake, Andy Firth, Alan Flores, Mike Friedrich, Jake Geiger, Andy Gentile, Jason Greenberg, Rock Gropper, Kurt Gutierrez, Gary Jesdanun, Joel Jewett, Henry Ji, Mike Kennedy, Adam Lippmann, Greg Lopez, Andy Marchal, Dana MacKenzie, Jeff Morgan, Kevin Mulhall, Nolan Nelson, David Nilsen, Josh O'Brien, Johnny Ow, Chris Peacock, Joe Pease, Scott Pease, Cody Pierson, David Powers, Jeremiah Roa, David Rowe, Matt Russell, John Sahas, Stuart Scandrett, Aaron Skillman, Chauwa Steel, Carlo Surla, Jason Uyeda, Todd Wahoske, Chris Ward, Sam Ware, Tao Zheng; Engine and Tools: Dave Cowling, Kendall Harrison, Garrett Jost, Rulon Raymond, Damian Stones, Fred Wang; Additional Programming, Artwork and Level Design By: SuperVillain Studios; SuperVillain Studios Team: Tim Campbell, Steve Ganem, Chris Glenn, Jason Hasenauer, Chris Rausch, Josh Taylor; Concept Art: Edwin Fong; Neversoft Tester: Michelle Deyo, Ryan Ramsey, Tony White; Neversoft Support: Jacob Biegel, Ari Bilow, Lisa Davies, Tim Dean, Lisa Edmison, Chad Findley, Steve Gallacher, Chris George, Ryan Juckett, Hari Khalsa, Joe Lamas, Daniel Nelson, Sandy Newlands-Jewett, Brian Oles, Chris Parise, Paul Robinson, Beth Sanborn, Davidicus Schacher, Mark Scott, Todd Sue, Darren Thorne, John Webb, Logan; Story Written By: Rob Hammersley; Company 2: Activision Publishing Inc.; Executive Producer: Brian Bright; Producer: Stacey Drellishak; Associate Producer: Kragen Lum; Production Coordinator: Mike Hall, Doug Heder; Worldwide Executive of Music: Tim Riley; Music Supervisor and Licensing Coordinator: Brandon Young; Intro Movie: Creative Domain; World Destruction Tour Movie Editing & Production: 900 Films; Bails Video: 411 Video Productions; V.O. Actor: Larry Cedar, Ben Diskin, Melissa Disney, Jeffrey Todd Fischer, Bartley P. Flynn, Peter A. Ulne, Arif S. Kinchen, Phil LaMarr, Lani Minella, Joshua Seth, Larc Spies, Jason Spisak, Wally Wingert, Dave Wittenberg; Skater: Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Eric Koston, Bam Margera, Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska, Ryan Scheckler, Mike Vallely; Cameo: Cut Chemist, Steve Glover, Jesse James, Natas Kaupas, Phil Margera, Wee Man; President, Activision Publishing: Kathy Vrabeck; V.P., North American Studio: Dave Stohl; V.P., Global Brand Mgmt.: Will Kassoy; Director, Global Brand Management: Jeff Kaltreider; Global Brand Manager: Gary Pfeiffer; Associate Brand Manager: Joanne Wong; Manager, Corporate Communications: Rhy-Ming C. Poon; Publicist, Corporate Communications: Aaron Grant; Marketing/Licensing Consultant: Lisa Hudson, Black Sun Productions; V.P., Creative Services: Denise Walsh; Director of Creative Services: Matthew Stainner; Manager, Creative Services: Jill Barry; Creative Agency: Creative Domain; Manual Design & Layout: Ignited Minds LLC.; Legal: George Rose, Greg Deutsch, Phil Terzian, Jay Komas, Michael Larson, Danielle Kim, Erika Denton; QA Project Lead: Ian Moreno; Senior Project Lead: John Rosser; Night Shift Lead: Frank So; Third Shift Lead: Jeff Love; QA Manager: Joe Favazza; Floor Lead: Dave Padilla; Database Coordinator (Day Shift): Brian Crowder; Database Coordinator (Night Shift): Vince Fennel; Console Coordinator: Josh Chandler, Lee Cheramie, Max Martin; Console Coordinator (Night Shift): Leviticus Davis, Judd Hollander, Brian Keppler; Tester: Alex Artukovich, Clarenc Bell, Craig Bennet, Eric Berry, John Berry, Norman Oseman, Byron Brazil, Joseph Broyles, Michael Borunda, James Cha, Darren Chang, Andy Chen, Kristopher Chew, Giancarlo Contreras, Anthony D'Angel, Ryan Ellis, Collins Esquerra, Daniel Friedman, Ben Gardner, Dave Garcia-Gomez, Randy Guillote, Mark Guenther, Mike Harris, Vernon Hayes, Tony Henderson, Chris Hill, Teak Holley, Andrei Hozu, Alex Ibarra, Elliot Jackson, Francis Jimenez, David Kabelitz, Chris Keithley, Joseph Lagana, Laura Landolf, Darren Lee, Daniel Ludwig, Greg Manley, Josh Mast, Brandon Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Christian Murillo, Seth Nemec, Walter O'Neal, Trevor Page, Richard Park, Jeffrey Parker, Steven Pastore, Kevin Perry, Ramon Ramirez, Reza Rasoli, Dan Rohan, Guy Selga, Jon Sheltmire, Amber Sheriff, Tomohiro Shikami, Jon Swart, Steven Truong, Kijana Wallace, Don Warner, Clifton Webster, David Wilkinson, Benjamin Yee, Wei Zhao, Jovany Zuniga; Manager, QA Night Shift: Adam Hartsfield; Manager, QA Third Shift: Jason Levine; Manager, Technical Requirements Group: Marilena Rixford; Sr. Lead, Technical Requirements Group: Siôn Rodriguez Y Gibson; Project Lead, Technical Requirements Group: Aaron Camacho; Tester, Technical Requirements Group: Ron Avila, Kyle Carey, Kris Kauthen, Robert Lara, Marc Villanueva; Sr. Lead, Network Lab: Chris Keim; Sr. Manager, Customer Support: Bob McPherson; Phone Support Lead: Gary Bolduc; E-mail Support Lead: Michael Hill; Video: 900 Films, Jason Acuna, Steve Chalme, Brett Hardy, Mark Jeremias, Bam Margera, Jamie Mosberg, Chad Muska, Laban Pheidias; Graffiti Artist: Amaze, Bigfoot, Craola, Dalek, Jazi, Epik, Kasl, Kero, Kiam, Kiaz, Krixl, Leo, Nels, Obey Giant, Riot, Seks, Shaba, WAI Crue, Yoshi; "Deadly Sinners" Performed By: 3 Inches Of Blooe; "Deadly Sinners" Written By: 3 Inches Of Blooe; "Over the Years" Performed By: 25 Ta Life; "Over the Years" Lyrics By: Rick Healey; "No Jumper Cables (DJ PaWL Remix)" Performed By: Aesop Rock; "No Jumper Cables (DJ PaWL Remix)" Written and Produced By: Aesop Rock, I. Bavitz; "No Jumper Cables (DJ PaWL Remix)" Remixed By: DJ PaWL, P. Iannacchino; "Trying To Find A Balance" Performed By: Atmosphere; "Trying To Find A Balance" Written By: Slug And Ant; "Top Billin'" Performed By: Audio Two; "Top Billin'" Written By: Kirk Robinson; "Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down" Performed By: Brand Nubian; "Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down" By: Rudolph Isley, Ronadl Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Lorenzo De Chalus, Derek Murphy; "Cheesecake" Written By: Camaros; "Cheesecake" By: Torben Jolma, Christian Sandaker, Karianne Stenbock; "Ring of Fire" Performed By: Johnny Cash; "Ring of Fire" Written By: June Carter, Merle Kilgore; "Unknown Soldier" Performed By: The Casualties; "Unknown Soldier" Written By: The Casualties; "Drums of Fire" Performed By: Cut Chemist; "Drums of Fire" Written By: Lucas MacFadden; "Awesome R***" Performed By: Das Oath; "Sonic Reducer" Performed By: Dead Boys; "Sonic Reducer" Written By: Cheetah Crome, Stiv Bator, Johnny Blitz, Jeff Magnum, David Thomas, Jimmy Zero; "Sin City" Performed By: Dead End Road; "Sin City" Written By: Jimmy Ingram, Russell D'Amato, Rob Davey, Ralph D'Amato; "Sin City" Featuring: Steph Maffei; "Beat Your Heart Out" Performed By: The Distillers; "Beat Your Heart Out" Written By: Brody Armstrong; "Liberate" Performed By: Disturbed; "Liberate" By: Dan Donegan, David Draiman, Steve Kmak, Mike Wengren; "Certified" Performed By: Diverse; "Certified" Written By: Jon Krohn, Kenny Jenkins; "Whirlwind Pyramid" Performed By: The D.O.C.; "Whirlwind Pyramid" Written By: Tracy Curry; "Break On Through" Performed By: The Doors; "Break On Through" Written By: The Doors; "Here I Am" Performed By: The Explosion; "Here I Am" Written By: David Walsh, Damian Genuardi, Matt Hock, Sam Cave, Andrew Black; "Mid Life Crisis" Performed By: Faith No More; "I Love Livin' In the City" Performed By: Fear; "I Love Livin' In the City" Written and Published By: Lee Ving; "Lexicon Devil" Performed By: The Germs; "Lexicon Devil" Written By: Darby Crash, George Ruthenburg; "I Like It" Performed By: Grand Puba; "I Like It" Written By: Grand Puba, El De Barge, Randy De Barge; "Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)" Performed By: Handsome Boy; "Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)" Written By: Josh Davis, Paul Huston, Dan Nakamura; "Back On the Radio" Performed By: The Hiss; "Pain" Performed By: Jimmy Eat World; "Pain" Written By: James Adkins, Thomas J. Linton, Richard Burch, Zachary Lind; "Warsaw" Performed By: Joy Division; "Grind On" Performed By: Kool Savas & Melbeatz; "Grind On" Written By: S. Yurderi; "Black Label" Performed By: Lamb Of God; "That's Why They Call It A Union" Performed By: Less Than Jake; "That's Why They Call It A Union" Written By: Chris, Roger, Vinnie, Buddy, JR; "Volume" Performed By: Libretto; "End of the World" Performed By: The Living End; "End of the World" Written By: Chris Cheney; "Night Prowler" Performed By: The Living Legends; "Sweet Willy Rollbar" Performed By: The Melvins, Roger Osbourne; "Whiplash" Performed By: Metallica; "Whiplash" Written By: James Hetfield; "Never Give Up" Performed By: Mike V And The Rats; "Never Give Up" Written By: Mike Vallely, Jason Hampton; "No W" Performed By: Ministry; "No W" Written By: Alien Jourgensen; "So It Goes" Perofrmed By: Nebula; "So It Goes" Written By: Nebula, Ruben Romano, Eddie Glass; "Interested In Madness" Performed By: Operatic; "Interested In Madness" Written By: Jesse Fritsch; "Rock and Roll High School" Performed By: The Ramones, Jeffrey Hyman, John Cummings, Douglas Colvin; "Fall Back Down" Performed By: Rancid; "Fall Back Down" Written By: Tim Armstrong, Lars Frederiksen; "Power of Equality" Performed By: Red Hot Chili Peppers; "Power of Equality" Written By: Kiedis, Flea, Frusciante, Smith; "Soul Brother #1" Performed By: Pete Rock, CL Smooth; "Soul Brother #1" Written By: Peter O. Phillips, Parker Lawrence, William Griffin, Eric Arrier, Carlton Ridenhour, Hank Shocklee, Jospeh Ward, Simons Darryl, Matthew McDaniels, Marcel Theo Hall, Marlon Williams; "That's Life" Performed By: Frank Sinatra; "That's Life" Written By: Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay; "Born Fe Rebel" Performed By: Steel Pulse; "1970" Performed By: The Stooges, James Osterberg, David Alxander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton; "Rapper's Delight" Performed By: Sugarhill Gang; "High Anxiety" Performed By: The Suicide Machines; "High Anxiety" Written By: The Suicide Machines; "Ego Trippin" Performed By: The Ultramagnetic MC's; "Ego Trippin" Written By: Keith Thornton, Cedric Miller, Maurice Smith, Trevor Randolph; "Add It Up" Performed By: The Violent Femmes; "Add It Up" Written By: Gordon Gano; "It's Gonna Be A Long Night" Performed By: Ween; "Los Angeles" Performed By: X; "Los Angeles" Written By: John Doe, Exene Cervenka; "Long Train Runnin'" Performed By: Zeke; "Long Train Runnin'" Written By: Donald Hales, Jefferey Matz, Richard Yalowitz; Original Score Cues Written By: Fortus, Pittinsky; Original Score Performed and Recorded By: Compound
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Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Promotional North American PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s) Neversoft, Shaba Games
Publisher(s) Activision
Engine RenderWare
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Windows, Game Boy Advance, Mobile phone, PSP
Release date(s) GameCube, PS2, & Xbox
NA October 4, 2004
PAL October 8, 2004
GBA & Windows
NA October 4, 2004
Mobile
November 10, 2004
PlayStation Portable
NA March 15, 2005
PAL September 1, 2005
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: T
OFLC: M15+
PEGI: 16+

Tony Hawk's Underground 2, also known as THUG 2, is the sixth installment in Neversoft's Tony Hawk's Series and sequel to Tony Hawk's Underground. Tony Hawk's Underground 2 was released on October 4, 2004 for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Windows, and Game Boy Advance platforms. It is also backwards compatible with the Xbox 360. On March 15, 2005, it was released for the PlayStation Portable and renamed Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix.

Story

The opening sequence shows the player skating at his/her hometown (the New Jersey neighborhood from the previous game). A van shows up in the middle of the ramp and the player slams into the van. Two people wearing hockey masks kidnap the player and take him/her to a dark room with other skaters like Eric Sparrow, Bob Burnquist, Mike Vallely, Eric Koston, Rodney Mullen and Chad Muska. Then, Bam Margera and Tony Hawk explain their plans for the first annual World Destruction Tour, a "sick-as-hell" around-the-world skateboarding tour. The final goal of the Tour is that the losing team has to pay for everything. The skaters then split into two teams - Team Hawk and Team Bam - and the player, who was left for the final drafting round, joins Team Hawk because Bam had chosen Paulie "Wheels of Fury" Ryan, an obnoxious kid in a bodycast who rides on a motor-powered wheelchair, over him/her.

The tour starts off in Boston, where Bam manages a last-minute win thanks to one of Paulie's stunts, which surpassed the advantage Team Hawk had at the time. As a result, on the "Wheel of Loogies" (which is named for the fact that the wheel has to be spat upon) it was determined that one of Hawk's teammates should be eliminated, and this fate fell over Bob Burnquist (via having a tennis ball shot at his genitals). Later on, in Barcelona, Tony's team takes the lead again; however, the punishment for Team Bam was to have the rookies of each team swapped, in his case, the player and Eric Sparrow, which moves from Team Bam to Team Hawk, much to Bam's relief, and Tony's annoyance. At that time though, word had spread out about the World Destruction Tour, which was supposed to be a low-profile event but now is appearing on TV news.

The next leg of the Tour is the German capital, Berlin, where Sparrow and the player are swapped back. At that moment, an underground film "writer, producer, director" by the name of Nigel Beaverhausen wishes to bring the tour to the public but instead winds up being humiliated by Tony and Bam. After causing chaos in Bangkok (the skaters were en route to Australia, but Chad Muska suggested a stop in Thailand), the Tour lands in Sydney, Australia (Bam's team arrives later due to departure problems that make them wind up in India). At the end of the leg, the player is supposed to be eliminated by being stripped down to underwear and hit by mousetraps launched at him/her, but due to Rodney Mullen spotting a mathematical error in the teams points, the player has to compete with Eric - the loser will be eliminated from the tour. The group ponders what to do when an Australian skater kid shows them a video of the tour, created by Nigel Beaverhausen. Bam then decides that whoever humiliates Beaverhausen more will stay on the tour. Eric only manages to steal his clothes but the player, with Nigel's clothes (Bam's idea, as he too did not want Eric around anymore), goes off causing rampage on Australian citizens, so that Beaverhausen will be blamed for it. Also, Eric is eliminated from the tour, which advances to New Orleans.

At the end of the New Orleans leg, Nigel revealed that he filmed the whole tour, even before he met Tony and Bam in Berlin. Nigel then proposes that if he is allowed to film the whole tour, he will pay for all the damages of the tour. After Phil Margera shows Tony and Bam the long damage bill (a final money sum of over $21,000,000), they accept. Team Hawk then performs a death-defying stunt called the "Equalizer" to tie up with Team Bam and is successful, but team members Mike Vallely, Chad Muska and Rodney Mullen are arrested by the cops for stealing the helicopter used for the stunt, leaving only the player and Tony Hawk for the final leg of the Tour: Skatopia, in the backwoods of Ohio, defined by Tony as "the skateboarding Mecca". Though Team Hawk, reduced to two members, performs well enough to win, Bam decides to blow up Skatopia, confident on his victory. In order to save people from the imminent damage, Tony quickly evacuates the skaters and, so thereafter, Bam dares the player (who is still stuck in the back end of Skatopia) to exit the whole flaming park in a single combo, which he considers impossible, but is accomplished by the player, giving Team Hawk the win in the World Destruction Tour. Nigel then wants Bam to give him the tape of the tour, which only shows Bam's father, Phil Margera in the toilet, yelling for more toilet paper. The game ends with Bam and Tony humiliating Beaverhausen once more, with Bam pulling down his pants in international TV broadcast.

Gameplay

THUG 2 sees the return of the Classic Mode. In this mode, the player has 2 minutes to complete as many of the tasks as possible, including high scores, collecting "SKATE" letters and finding secret objects. Many levels return from previous games, including an expanded warehouse, School and Downhill Jam from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Philadelphia and Canada, Los Angeles and Airport from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.

A classic mode was added to THUG 2, which allows players to skate through both new and remade classic levels in the traditional 10-goal, two-minute time limit mode that was present in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, complete with the stat points scattered all around the levels. In classic mode, the player chooses from one or two levels in which to attempt to complete enough goals to advance. All of the "remade" levels are accessible only through "Classic Mode" although once unlocked, it is possible to use them in any mode except "Story Mode".

External links

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Tony Hawk video games
Main series
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater · 2 · 3 · 4 · Underground · Underground 2 · American Wasteland · Project 8 · Proving Ground · Ride
Spin-offs
Remakes / Repackages
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2X · Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix
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