Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PlayStation)

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5 Jul 28th, 2001

Advantages:
You are able to build your own park !

Disadvantages:
None

Recommendable: Yes 

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Ian2001

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Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 is the fantastic sequel to the very popular Tony Hawks Pro Skater. It has very similar brilliant gameplay but it also has many fantastic new features like the feature which allows you to build your own skate park.

THE GAME

The idea of the game is to go around all the different skating arenas and perform various tasks and get as many points as possible to gain money. The more money you have, the better you can make your character's stats. You can also buy new skateboards and new tricks. You start the game by choosing your character (one real life skateboarder) like Tony Hawk. As well as performing various tasks to win money, you can also enter 3 different skating competitions where you have three one minute runs and your best two scores are kept. Then the top three skaters win medals. To get to the next arena you must win a gold medal. If you complete the game you can unlock special characters like Spiderman and special skate parks like Skating Heaven.

THE GAMEPLAY

The gameplay itself is very similar to that of the first Tony Hawk game. The tricks are performed by pressing various button patterns whilst in the air or approaching a grinding rail. It takes a while to get your timing right and not to keep falling on your head but it is well worth playing and practicing. There are also some excellent special moves that certain characters can perform, but you will have to be very skilled to do them without falling in your face as to do them you must press a very long button combination.

THE GRAPHICS

The graphics on the game are not a lot better than the first game. The characters are slightly bigger and a little more deailed but not that different. The scanary of the skate parks are very good but they were just as good on the first version.

THE SOUND

The music on the game is excellent. They are a selection of punk tunes from some very popular American bands like the Red Hot Chilly Peppers and No FX. The sound effects of the actual skater are also very good, especially the sound of their pain when they fall over. (A soung I get to hear a lot.) The crowd can also be heard cheering for you or booing you in the competitions depending on how well you are doing.

OVERALL

Overall, I think this is the perfect sequel to the original with the excellent new build your own park feature which is guaranteed to entertain you for hours. It is the most fun you can get for around £15!

Ian

 

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Manu_Patel

Manu_Patel

31.07.2001 10:53

Great op and a great game,Manu_Patel. P.S Liverpool won't win like i said in my op.

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