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Sticker Slapping lets you plant a "2" logo sticker on any wall if you skate towards it, jump and then hit jump again as you bang into it, but more importantly it also sends you off in the opposite direction with a fair amount of momentum, enabling you to go into a revert, manual or some other sort of trick to try and keep your combo going. Being able to spin-grind round small circular rails like tree stumps and rubbish bins is a curious if not hugely exciting change, tossing tomatoes and the like at pedestrians to complete certain goals is pretty basic to say the least, and the option to "Freak Out" by mashing the triangle button when you smash your face into the concrete mid-combo is unlikely to succeed our preferred method of venting frustration by chucking the pad at something breakable - even if it does earn you a handy bonus to start off your next combo attempt.īut on the other hand the addition of the "Sticker Slap" move, and a more integral system of mid-air flips and rolls, increases your options as you try and nail high-scoring combinations a definite plus. Very little of what worked in THUG has been taken out, and your skater's new tricks and abilities range from the prosaic and EA-style trademark-able bullet-points to sensible and much needed additions.
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(Indeed, it's quite telling that the one element we most enjoyed was the Classic mode.) What it does do though is refine what already worked to the point that it's the most exhaustive (and sometimes exhausting) series of challenges ever compiled in a skateboarding title. Then again, we have already played five Tony Hawk titles, and this time we were really hoping for something new. Even after skating the five previous Tony Hawk titles from beginning to end - and grinding every rail in-between - we still found ourselves cursing their abilities somewhat enviously.
If you don't believe us, leave the game on the title screen and wait for the rolling demos to kick in, then sit and back compare your own skills to those of the boarders plying their trade in the expert showcase. There really is that much to do, see and learn if you want to really get the most out of it.
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Pick this up with no THPS or THUG experience behind you and, assuming you don't mind spending a few hours learning the ropes (and then remembering how to thread them all together in practice), you could be playing it from now until Christmas and beyond.
Each of the new levels - of which there are plenty - is a multi-layered beast rife with perilous grind routes and quarter and half-pipes, and pulling off tricks in the air and segueing into rail-grinding whilst trying to stay upright and keep the wobbly balance meter in check remains addictive and - assuming you can bank the points - hugely satisfying. Skating around is still just as enjoyable as it's ever been. The Story mode remains - it's no longer about climbing the ranks, but we'll get to that in a minute - but for THUG 2 Neversoft has decided to reinstate the two-minute timed runs of the originals in a separate Classic mode, which is more challenging and arguably more satisfying than the free-roaming, purely task-oriented Story alternative.
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Over the years it's lost the big brash pictures of skateboards and the 'Pro Skater' title, and for this, the second Neversoft boarder to bear the Tony Hawk's Underground name, you actually have to pay attention to spot the lone skateboard in a montage of vans, cannons, bulls, modified lawnmowers and Jackass presenters.Īnd yet, for many, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (or THUG 2) is probably the closest the series has been to its tight, twisty, tricked-out best since Pro Skater 3.
Even a cursory evaluation of the box artwork ought to tell you that. You don't have to be a connoisseur of the Tony Hawk series to realise that it's not just about skateboarding any more.