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<h2>Overview</h2><figure data-align="right" data-img-src="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/2/22127/1043336-thug_2_1.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-1043336" data-size="small" data-ratio="0.8" data-width="400" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 400px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:80.0%" href="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/2/22127/1043336-thug_2_1.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-1043336"><img alt="Nothing weird going on here..." src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/2/22127/1043336-thug_2_1.jpg" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/2/22127/1043336-thug_2_1.jpg 400w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/2/22127/1043336-thug_2_1.jpg 320w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-width="320"></a><figcaption>Nothing weird going on here...</figcaption></figure><p>Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is a skateboarding game developed by <a href="/neversoft-entertainment/3010-1442/" data-ref-id="3010-1442">Neversoft</a> and published by <a href="/activision/3010-78/" data-ref-id="3010-78">Activision</a> for the <a href="/playstation-2/3045-19/" data-ref-id="3045-19">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/xbox/3045-32/" data-ref-id="3045-32">Xbox</a>, <a href="/gamecube/3045-23/" data-ref-id="3045-23">GameCube</a>, and <a href="/pc/3045-94/" data-ref-id="3045-94">PC</a> on October 4, 2004.</p><p>The sixth installment of the <a href="/tony-hawk/3025-10/" data-ref-id="3025-10">Tony Hawk</a> series and the sequel to <a href="/tony-hawks-underground/3030-14896/" data-ref-id="3030-14896">Tony Hawk's Underground</a>, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 continues the story with the player's <a href="/customizable-character/3015-155/" data-ref-id="3015-155">custom skater</a> participating in an unpublicized worldwide skateboard tour by pro skaters <a href="/tony-hawk/3005-13/" data-ref-id="3005-13">Tony Hawk</a> and <a href="/bam-margera/3005-62/" data-ref-id="3005-62">Bam Margera</a>. Known as the "World Destruction Tour", the skaters are split into two teams ("Team Hawk" and "Team Bam") and travel throughout the world while vandalizing cities, performing insane stunts, and causing untold amounts of mayhem in order to remain in the tour.</p><p>Along with the Story Mode, the game now includes a "Classic Mode", which replicates the Career Mode from the first three Tony Hawk games (consisting of ten-goal, two-minute sessions with no free-roaming), complete with the return of Stat Point pickups. It also adds new gameplay mechanics, including "Focus Control" (which can use the Special meter to <a href="/bullet-time/3015-78/" data-ref-id="3015-78">slow down time</a>), the <a href="/natas-spin/3015-1283/" data-ref-id="3015-1283">Natas Spin</a> (in which the skater can spin on certain objects), and "Freak Out" (in which bails can sometimes have the skater break their board out of frustration to get a boost on their next combo).</p><p>The game received a handheld version by <a href="/blizzard-albany/3010-519/" data-ref-id="3010-519">Vicarious Visions</a> for the <a href="/game-boy-advance/3045-4/" data-ref-id="3045-4">Game Boy Advance</a>, released alongside the original. Like their previous ports, it retains the 2D <a href="/isometric-viewpoint/3015-246/" data-ref-id="3015-246">isometric</a> perspective. The original game also received an enhanced handheld version for the <a href="/playstation-portable/3045-18/" data-ref-id="3045-18">PlayStation Portable</a> on March 23, 2005, known as <em>Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix</em>.</p><p>Tony Hawk's Underground 2, like previous installments in the series, features <a href="/crossover/3015-732/" data-ref-id="3015-732">crossover characters</a> from different franchises as hidden playable skaters: <a href="/shrek/3005-4623/" data-ref-id="3005-4623">Shrek</a> (a cartoon ogre from the <a href="/dreamworks/3010-3907/" data-ref-id="3010-3907">DreamWorks</a> <a href="/shrek/3025-359/" data-ref-id="3025-359">franchise of the same name</a>) and an American <a href="/world-war-ii/3015-471/" data-ref-id="3015-471">World War II</a> soldier from the <a href="/call-of-duty/3025-82/" data-ref-id="3025-82">Call of Duty</a> franchise. Players can also unlock the Tony Hawk model from the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater as a playable skater.</p><h2>Gameplay</h2><figure data-align="right" data-img-src="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/1550/218986-ps2_thug2_03.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-218986" data-size="small" data-ratio="0.7" data-width="600" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 600px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:70.0%" href="https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/1550/218986-ps2_thug2_03.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-218986"><img alt="Damn kids!" src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/0/1550/218986-ps2_thug2_03.jpg" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/0/1550/218986-ps2_thug2_03.jpg 600w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/0/1550/218986-ps2_thug2_03.jpg 480w, https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/0/1550/218986-ps2_thug2_03.jpg 320w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-width="320"></a><figcaption>Damn kids!</figcaption></figure><p>The player can skate around in a 3D environment modeled after various cities and attempts to complete various goals. Most goals involve skating on or over various objects or performing combos. In this game the player can play as multiple characters in the story mode as they find them, some of them using vehicles besides skateboards (like a battery powered wheelchair).</p><p>New features have been added to the series such as tricks like flips and rolls. Another new feature is a graffiti spray mechanic, that allows the player to create a tag and spray it wherever they desire. When the player character falls off their board they can perform a 'freak out' where the character gets angry and get points which then can be used for a combo. They can also climb up ledges and shimmy, creating more opportunities for skating.</p><h2>Skaters</h2><h4>Base Roster</h4><ul><li><a href="/tony-hawk/3005-13/" data-ref-id="3005-13">Tony Hawk</a></li><li><a href="/bob-burnquist/3005-338/" data-ref-id="3005-338">Bob Burnquist</a></li><li><a href="/eric-koston/3005-6031/" data-ref-id="3005-6031">Eric Koston</a></li><li><a href="/bam-margera/3005-62/" data-ref-id="3005-62">Bam Margera</a></li><li><a href="/rodney-mullen/3005-6035/" data-ref-id="3005-6035">Rodney Mullen</a></li><li><a href="/chad-muska/3005-6029/" data-ref-id="3005-6029">Chad Muska</a></li><li><a href="/mike-vallely/3005-55394/" data-ref-id="3005-55394">Mike Vallely</a></li></ul><h4>Hidden Unlockables</h4><ul><li>Benjamin Franklin</li><li>Bull Fighter</li><li>Graffiti Tagger</li><li>Jesse James</li><li>Jester</li><li>Nigel Beaverhausen</li><li>Paulie "Wheels Of Fury" Ryan</li><li>Ryan Sheckler</li><li>Phil Margera</li><li>Shrimp Vendor</li><li>Alien</li><li>Alien Doctor</li><li>Shrek</li><li>Geeky Kid</li><li>Space Monkey</li></ul><h2>Levels</h2><h4>All Modes</h4><ul><li>Training (based on the <a href="/warehouse/3035-2376/" data-ref-id="3035-2376">"Warehouse"</a> level in <a href="/tony-hawks-pro-skater/3030-7236/" data-ref-id="3030-7236">Tony Hawk's Pro Skater</a>)</li><li><a href="/santa-cruz-de-tenerife/3035-6255/" data-ref-id="3035-6255">Santa Cruz</a> (added in the PSP version)</li><li><a href="/boston/3035-433/" data-ref-id="3035-433">Boston</a></li><li><a href="/atlanta/3035-1320/" data-ref-id="3035-1320">Atlanta</a> (added in the PSP version)</li><li><a href="/barcelona/3035-2264/" data-ref-id="3035-2264">Barcelona</a></li><li><a href="/kyoto/3035-1372/" data-ref-id="3035-1372">Kyoto</a> (added in the PSP version)</li><li><a href="/berlin/3035-489/" data-ref-id="3035-489">Berlin</a></li><li><a href="/australia/3035-292/" data-ref-id="3035-292">Australia</a></li><li><a href="/las-vegas/3035-78/" data-ref-id="3035-78">Las Vegas</a> (added in the PSP version)</li><li><a href="/new-orleans/3035-225/" data-ref-id="3035-225">New Orleans</a></li><li>Skatopia</li></ul><h4>Unavailable in Story Mode</h4><ul><li>School (from <a href="/tony-hawks-pro-skater/3030-7236/" data-ref-id="3030-7236">Tony Hawk's Pro Skater</a>)</li><li>Downhill Jam (from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater)</li><li>Philadelphia (from <a href="/tony-hawks-pro-skater-2/3030-990/" data-ref-id="3030-990">Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2</a>)</li><li>Canada (from <a href="/tony-hawks-pro-skater-3/3030-5688/" data-ref-id="3030-5688">Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3</a>)</li><li>Airport (from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3)</li><li>Los Angeles (from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3)</li><li>Suburbia (from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3)</li><li>Pro Skater (unlocked after clearing Story Mode)</li><li><a href="/bermuda-triangle/3035-3050/" data-ref-id="3035-3050">The Triangle</a> (unlocked after clearing Classic Mode)</li></ul><h2>Story Mode</h2><p>The player begins the game by creating a character, or using the default created skater. The game starts when the created skater (or the default) is seen ripping it up at a local spot, and is promptly grabbed and tossed into a black van. Inside they find other skaters who have been kidnapped. 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 main goal of the World Destruction Tour is to create havoc, and have a good time.</p><p>The skaters then split into two teams, Team Hawk and Team Bam, and the player is picked last out of the group, but joins Team Hawk. The tour goes to real world locations like Boston, Spain, Australia, New Orleans, and more, with the two teams competing for points by doing silly and dangerous stunts. The story is very lighthearted and just plain silly at times, featuring such characters like Big Foot, and skeletons doing the bidding of the dead. The player briefly joins Team Bam but it doesn't work out, and they go back to Team Hawk. Later in the game, the teams meet Nigel Beaverhausen, a strange documentarist, who wants to film the tour for the public. Both teams refuse, and instead play a joke on him. After meeting with him the second time they agree, but only because he promises to pay for the whole trip. The game ends at Skatopia, a skaters heaven. Here, the player character ruins Bam's planned firework destruction of the place when he gets out of control, thus ending the Destruction Tour.</p><h2>Soundtrack</h2><ul><li>25 ta Life - Over the Years</li><li>3 Inches of Blood - Deadly Sinners</li><li>Aesop Rock - No Jumer Cables (DJ Pawl Remix)</li><li>Atmosphere - Trying to Find a Balance</li><li>Audio Two - Top Billin'</li><li>Brand Nubian - Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down</li><li>Camaros - Cheesecake</li><li>The Casualties - Unknown Soldier</li><li>Cut Chemist - Drums of Fire</li><li>The D.O.C. - Whirlwind Pyramid</li><li>Das Oath - Awesome Rape</li><li>Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer</li><li>Dead End Road - Sin City</li><li>The Distillers - Beat Your Heart Out</li><li>Disturbed - Liberate</li><li>Diverse - Certified</li><li>The Doors - Break on Through</li><li>The Explosion - Here I Am</li><li>Faith No More - Midlife Crisis</li><li>Fear - I Love Livin' in the City</li><li>Frank Sinatra - That's Life</li><li>The Germs - Lexicon Devil</li><li>Grand Puba - I Like It</li><li>Handsome Boy Modeling School - Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)</li><li>This Hiss - Back on the Radio</li><li>Jimmy Eat World - Pain</li><li>Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire</li><li>Joy Division - Warsaw</li><li>Lamb of God - Black Label</li><li>Less Than Jake - That's Why They Call it a Union</li><li>Libretto - Volume</li><li>The Living End - End of the World</li><li>Living Legends feat. Slug - Night Prowler</li><li>Melbeatz feat. Kool Savas - Grind On</li><li>Melvins - Sweet Willy Rollbar</li><li>Metallica - Whiplash</li><li>Mike V. &amp; The Rats - Never Give Up</li><li>Ministry - No</li><li>Nebula - So It Goes</li><li>Operatic - Interested in Madness</li><li>Pete Rock &amp; CL Smooth - Soul Brothers #1</li><li>Ramones - Rock 'n' Roll High School</li><li>Rancid - Fall Back Down</li><li>Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Power of Equality</li><li>Steel Pulse - Born fe Rebel</li><li>The Stooges - 1970</li><li>The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight</li><li>The Suicide Machines - High Anxiety</li><li>Ultramagnetic MC's - Ego Trippin'</li><li>Violent Femmes - Add It Up</li></ul>