Tony Hawk's Underground 2 pushes the madness even further. European tour, embraced gags and Bam Margera. Wilder than deep, but hugely fun for parties.
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Category
Sports2 players16+
Co-op
Split screen
Description
A Neversoft and Activision sports game released in 2004, the direct THUG 2 sequel of the Tony Hawk's franchise. The player skates through an international World Tour (Barcelona, Australia, Berlin, Boston, Tampa) with Bam Margera and Tony Hawk in a global competition. Wacky scripted story mode, Focus mechanics for deep combos and powerful Create-A-Park. Worthy THUG sequel, wackier tone.
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
The art direction takes skating on a global postcard tour. The sequel launches its World Destruction Tour from city to city, and each stop, Barcelona, Berlin, Australia, Boston, plays the tourist caricature of the place: famous monuments diverted into modules, local clichés pushed to the line, travel-brochure colors.
More unhinged still, the playlist strings together punk, metal and hip-hop in a joyful chaos perfectly in tune with the game's tone. The nervy tracks support the wildest tricks, fuelling the adventure's prankish humour. This infectious musical fury remains a treat for thrill-seekers.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Enter unabashed mayhem: a deranged world tour where you sow chaos, pile on absurd challenges and chain ever crazier combos. The openly delirious tone and the score-focused Classic mode multiply the instant fun. Bursting with ideas and gleeful bad faith, an arcade skater as unbridled as it is generous, irresistible with several players.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Pushing the excess of the stunts even further while keeping the combo hunt at the heart of the game sustains a jubilant one-upmanship. Chaining short challenges and improbable tricks to swell your score relaunches the game relentlessly. The juvenile tone won't please everyone, but this unbridled energy and this vertigo of score stay furiously infectious among friends.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Touring the world on a wild, chaos-bent trip unfolds a skating game freer and more deranged than ever. Completing the zany objectives, aiming for combos and creating your own challenges fills countless hours. That riot of content, paired with unabashed humour, sustains a longevity skating fans savour.
The Western release of Tony Hawk's Underground 2, which pushes the formula toward mayhem and humor with its revisited classic mode and a deliberately over-the-top tone, the peak of the series' offbeat vein. Still common, its interest lies in this festive identity and the nostalgia of skate gaming's golden age rather than scarcity. A likeable piece for an extreme-sports set of the PS2 era.
Better with friends
A zany sequel to story-driven skateboarding, pushing the madness with wacky challenges and ever-more-creative multiplayer modes. The competition blends virtuoso combos and offbeat humor, where landing an absurd trick in the right spot beats any score. Accessible and irreverent, it turns every session into a playground where you dare each other with silly stunts and the flubs become the best moments.
Is Tony Hawk's Underground 2 still worth playing in 2026?
Released in 2004 on PS2, Neversoft's project pushes the Underground formula toward a deliberately over the top and comic tone, around a world tour of pranks and challenges led by two rival teams. The addition of the focus system, which lets you recover a fall mid combo, smooths the scoring further. The zany story mode, the full editor and the variety of terrains sustain the generosity of the series. The juvenile tone and a certain excess divide purists. An unleashed and rich entry, recommended for fans of arcade skating and of uninhibited humour who enjoy spectacle over realism.
