About the Game

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About the Game

Features

(Based on previews so far):

• Skater creator/editor - saveable

• 3D real-time skatepark creator/editor with over 100 objects to use - saveable

• Custom trick lists

• More than 3X the tricks in THPS

• Manuals - linkable trick

• New lip tricks (I'm hoping for rock & rolls and stalls)

• Affected objects in the levels (such as a basketball net pole that when knocked over can now be used as a grind rail)

• Improved graphics/framerate

• Multiplatform release

• New locations including Brooklyn Banks (inside of a New York level), Marseille - France, a new School level (a combination of many different real schools, we're told), Love Park in Philadelphia, Skate Street Ventura, Rio de Janero

• Improved physics engine

• New competition mode that allows up to 8 people to compete

• Other new competition modes

• A sloppiness gauge of sorts, telling you when your tricks are weak or sloppy

• More attention to switch riding; switch tricks will be harder to pull off

• Visible damage to skaters from excess falling

• New bail animations (yes that's plural!), including nutters

• As many as 15 new music tracks including a mix of hip-hop and punk rock

• Unlockable mini-games and secret areas throughout levels

• More

Improvements from THPS (1)

A park creator/editor, a skater creator/editor, an improved switch/normal system, the inclusion of manuals to link even more tricks together and a host of new locations are just a few of the exciting features of THPS2.

From the screenshots around (see links below) a number of tricks have been added to the second installment of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater or were considered specials in the first game but are now regular tricks. Keep in mind that we don't know at this point which skaters do which tricks, but mention of a customizable trick list could mean that any trick can be performed by any skater, including the created skaters.

Here's a list:

christ airs, nose slides, tail slides, blunt slides, nose blunt slides, hurricanes, mute grabs, bonelesses, manuals, nose manuals, crossbones, melon grabs, nose grabs, heelflip varial lien, ollie north, indy stiffy, sal flips, feeble grinds, pop shoveits, varial heelflips.



		Customized 3D Skate Park In addition to skating some of the most legendary skate spots in the world, players can create their own parks to rule. Players design their dream park in realtime 3D using a variety of ramps, funboxes, rails and other objects with a toolbox of nearly a hundred different parts. All creations can be saved to share with friends, and played in any game mode.

		Create-A-Skater Just like the first game, players have the choice to skate as Tony Hawk or one of the many pro riders found in the game. All of the riders have returned from the original Tony Hawk Pro Skater, with the addition of Steve Caballero, Eric Koston, and Rodney Mullen. The big addition to the game is the ability to build a character from scratch.



	Expanded Tricks and Controls All of the tricks that made Tony Hawk's Pro Skater so much fun to play are back. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 takes it to the next level with hundreds of additional tricks that include nose/tailslides, nose/bluntslides, varial flip, a multitude of new grabs, expanded inverts, lip tricks, nollies, manuals, and more realistic switch skating. And when they fall, players will see and hear the enhanced bails, nutters, knee slides, pole wraps, board breaks and wall splats.

	Additional Multiplayer Modes Compete against your friends in the original modes of Trick Attack, Graffiti, and Horse plus a new addition, Tag Mode. In addition, the new multi-player contest disciplines of Regular and Best Trick allow 1-8 players to take turns skating heats in the competition levels of the game.

	Music Soundtrack and In-Game Licenses There are 20 alternative and hip hop tracks on the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 authentic music soundtrack. Featured bands include Rage Against the Machine, Papa Roach, and Naughty by Nature. In addition, real skateboards, trucks and wheels can be found from over 50 different brands.