| Specs: | | | | territory. |
| Platform Xbox 360. | | | | The virtual reality Mongocorp Company has added |
| ESRB rating: Teen - Mild Violence, Language, | | | | obstacles for the skater who uses its architectural |
| Alcohol Reference, Suggestive Themes. | | | | structure, ramps, etc. You need to quickly learn |
| Genre: Sports game. | | | | how to remove these and Mongocorp security |
| Number of players: 1-4 Players. | | | | deals with skaters who encroach near the |
| Connectivity: Scoreboards. | | | | company. |
| Customization: Downloadable Content. | | | | Your aim in Skate 2 is to rebuild your career |
| Offline modes: Competitive. | | | | after emerging from prison. You need to |
| Online modes: Cooperative, Competitive. | | | | compete at races and face competition from |
| Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1. | | | | pros that provide interesting challenges and photo |
| Resolution: 1080i, Widescreen. | | | | shoots for magazines. |
| Price range: $56.99 - $59.99 upwards. | | | | Skate 2 allows you liberty to perform whichever |
| Description: | | | | tricks you like in order to pursue high scores or to |
| Skate 2 Xbox 360 Game impresses and surprises | | | | comply with the rules for photo shoots. |
| with even more features and tricks than its | | | | The tricks themselves are not difficult to |
| predecessor. | | | | perform, but are executed in very similar ways |
| Promises: | | | | which makes them difficult for use with |
| - User-friendly interface so that you feel as if you | | | | analog-stick controls. Sometimes using analog-stick |
| are actually skateboarding. | | | | controls leads to inaccurate movements |
| - Great controls. | | | | necessitating replays. You will find yourself hitting |
| - Large realistic environment with detail. | | | | the replay button a lot during photo shoots for a |
| - A new thrasher system for bails. | | | | minor infraction such as falling off a wall. |
| - A replay editor. | | | | If you are in a rush, you can get around the city |
| - Impressive audio. | | | | by "Skitching" - this means going into a time warp |
| - Brilliant sound effects for wheel movements. | | | | and skating around with the use of a map. Great |
| - Soundtrack of more than 50 songs by The | | | | Fun. |
| Clash, Motorhead, ELO, Black Sabbath, etc. | | | | Although Skate 2 has a realistic set, it keeps its |
| Interesting Features | | | | good game play, despite the irritation of finding |
| - Party mode (supports up to four players on one | | | | pedestrians and traffic in the way and having to |
| console) | | | | replay. New features are the ability to move |
| - Spot Battle (trick scores) | | | | objects around by holding down a shoulder button. |
| - Hall of Meat (cruel wipe-out scores) | | | | Ramps, rails and dumpsters which are light enough |
| - S.K.A.T.E. (enables you to copy another player's | | | | to be pushed (or pulled) by a single skater can |
| tricks) | | | | also be inadvertently bumped out of position |
| - Create custom logos and graphics for your | | | | when skaters bump into one another. They then |
| clothing and deck (from website) The Basic Story | | | | have to be realigned into position. |
| Line | | | | Something to note: |
| Skate 2 begins when you emerge from a | | | | A weird feature - pedestrians dropping |
| five-year prison sentence to find New San | | | | "physics-enabled" litter can have you resort to |
| Vanelona City virtually destroyed by a natural | | | | picking up a quarter-pipe to sweep apples, bottles |
| disaster. You now face basically unfamiliar | | | | and other objects out of the way! |