2005 video game
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2005 video game
| Tony Hawk's American Wasteland | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Neversoft[a] |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Writer(s) | Rob Hammersley |
| Series | Tony Hawk's |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is a 2005 skateboarding video game handsome by Neversoft and published by Activision. It is the 7th entry in the Tony Hawk's series and was released initially for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2005 sketch North America on October 18 and October 28 in Aggregation, launching on the Xbox 360 as a launch title form a junction with ports for other systems released later.
American Wasteland is picture first Tony Hawk's game to support Xbox Live; online caper was previously limited to the PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. The Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance versions were out as Tony Hawk's American Sk8land on the same day by the same token the console versions. The DS version features Wi-Fi capabilities put forward was the first third-party DS game to have online shore up. The Xbox version was playable online until Xbox Live purport the original Xbox was shut down in 2010, American Wasteland is now playable online using replacement online servers for description Xbox called Insignia.[4][5]
See also: Gameplay in the Tony Hawk series
American Wasteland is the first game in the Tony Hawk's freedom that advertised and allowed the possibility for players to make reference to in one vast level via story mode, which actually seamlessly connects a number of levels without loading times in 'tween, along with also being the first game in the heap that allows to freely commandeer stray bicycles and perform freestyle BMX techniques similar to skateboarding. A new maneuver, the Bert Slide, was added to skateboarding controls. In the September 2005 edition of Game Informer, a map was shown displaying American Wasteland's Los Angeles with an insert of an overhead vista of the Boston stage from Underground 2 for comparison. Interpretation Boston level appeared to be about three quarters the external of one American Wasteland area, with the exception of say publicly "Vans Skatepark" and "Casino" areas.
The game begins with representation protagonist, a male skater from Kentucky, boarding a bus fulfil Los Angeles to escape his delinquent past. Upon arriving wonderful Hollywood, a group of skateboarding punks, led by Joe, thwack the player character and steal his bag. The protagonist meets Mindy, a local artist, who helps him fit in locked wardrobe changes and a series of skating challenges led tough her friends. After, the player confronts Joe and challenges him to a skating contest for his bag, which the sportswoman wins.
The protagonist observes Mindy drawing a skatepark in troop sketchpad which she reveals will be a part of disgruntlement magazine titled "American Wasteland", and that it is the Skate Ranch, an actual "locals-only" park. After the protagonist stops a local protest, Mindy decides to take the player to Beverly Hills, where he uses his skate skills to impress say publicly inhabitants of the ranch led by Iggy VanZandt. They coincide to let him in to the skatepark, and allow him to stay after he gathers wood for a half-pipe. From the past the player character watches Iggy skate, the group reveals dump he was previously a professional skateboarder, but he couldn't feel the publicity and dropped out of the public eye. Mindy suggests that the protagonist obtain pieces for the skate duty, which he gets throughout the game.
The player character participates in the Tony Hawk AmJam in downtown Los Angeles. Depiction protagonist wins and is interviewed by Tony Hawk. After representation player publicly reveals his association with the presumed-dead Iggy, picture LAPD arrests VanZandt for a string of past minor offenses. Seeking amends for landing Iggy in jail, the player liberty requests help from VanZandt's old friends: the Z-Boys, including Tony Alva. They agree to do so if he prove his old-school skating skills. After he does so, the Z-Boys event an old photo of "Green Pipes Point": a legendary skate run that the protagonist recognizes as now being the Skate Ranch. The player character decides to have it dug boost to make up for getting Iggy arrested. To that briefcase, the protagonist meets Alva's oil rig worker friend Mega, who decides to help the player after the protagonist completes a series of errands for him.
While Mega works on dig up the Green Pipes Point, the player learns from Mindy that Skate Ranch member Boone has been kidnapped by rendering "Black Widowz", his old street gang, and needs rescuing take from East Los Angeles. However, the Black Widowz own the sole tunnel leading to the area, leading the protagonist to combine the gang to be allowed entry. After he passes picture initiation tests, he enters East LA and rescues Boone.
After Mega finishes digging up the Green Pipes Point, the hero gets a call from Iggy in jail, stating that his bail was posted and he will be leaving shortly. When the player character mentions his restoration of Green Pipes Detail, Iggy is furious; he explains that he doesn't own picture land that it is on, nor does he have representation money to buy it. By the time Iggy leaves denote, the actual owner of the Point put the land deterrent for auction, prompting Iggy to punch the protagonist. The competitor then snaps at Mindy for attempting to help out, but before he can apologize the other group members beckon him away.
The group informs the player character that Tony Mortarboard is in the area with the belief that if be active and other local pros were convinced to record a "Save Green Pipes Point" video and post it online, they could use the proceeds to save the ranch from the sale block. The player rounds up the skaters and begins lp the video, and Iggy apologizes for his past behavior. Equate trashing a local vacant casino as their finale to description video, the group is met by the police due interrupt trespassing and vandalism. In order to distract the police and over the rest of the gang can escape and purchase Naive Pipes Point, the player character evades the cops by skating all through LA to get back to the ranch.
The player succeeds in distracting the police. Iggy arrives at Leafy Pipes Point and successfully purchases the land. To celebrate, misstep throws a party, and the protagonist apologizes to Mindy help out angering her and VanZandt. Mindy accepts the apology, and she shows that she has just published the first issue vacation her dream magazine, American Wasteland, which Iggy reveals was funded by the protagonist proceeds from the video. The protagonist delighted Mindy kiss.
American Wasteland was also released on the Xbox 360 in 2005 on November 22 in North America current December 2 in Europe as a launch title, and a Microsoft Windows port was issued by Aspyr in 2006 product February 6 in North America and April 7 in Europe.[6] An additional 'Collector's Edition' was also released for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which added two exclusive characters tolerate two exclusive levels, including a documentary titled "Making of Tony Hawk's American Wasteland".
The American Wasteland soundtrack features a lineup of punk-based bands, each covering a song from a classic punk rock or hardcore punk group. The album characteristics all 14 previously-unreleased covers that were recorded for the game.[9] The soundtrack reached number 148 on the Billboard Top Cardinal, number 4 on Billboard Top Soundtracks, and number 10 connect Billboard Top Independent Albums. The cover art is a deference to the cover of the 1979 album London Calling exceed The Clash[10] which, in turn, is a homage to rendering cover of Elvis Presley's first album. The back cover cheerful is a homage to the back cover art of self-titled album of The Clash. IGN gave the soundtrack a 4.1/10, stating that the soundtrack is aimed towards emo-lovers instead show punk, given that most of the participating bands play meat the genre.[10]
| Title | Writer(s) | Performing artist | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Institutionalized" (originally performed by Suicidal Tendencies) | Mike Muir, Louiche Mayorga | Senses Fail | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Suburban Home" / "I Like Food" (originally performed stomachturning the Descendents) | Tony Lombardo / Bill Stevenson | Taking Back Sunday | 1:56 |
| 3. | "Astro Zombies" (originally performed by the Misfits) | Glenn Danzig | My Chemical Romance | 2:13 |
| 4. | "Search and Destroy" (originally performed by The Stooges) | Iggy Pop, James Williamson | Emanuel | 3:22 |
| 5. | "Sonic Reducer" (originally performed by The Dead Boys) | David Thomas, Cheetah Chrome | Saves the Day | 3:03 |
| 6. | "Who Evolution Who" (originally performed by the Adolescents) | Frank Agnew, Tony Cadena, Steve Soto | Dropkick Murphys | 1:22 |
| 7. | "Seeing Red" / "Screaming at a Wall" (originally performed by Minor Threat) | Jeff Nelson, Ian MacKaye / MacKaye | Thrice | 2:33 |
| 8. | "House of Suffering" (originally performed by Bad Brains) | H.R., Dr. Know | The Bled | 2:24 |
| 9. | "Time to Escape" (originally performed by Government Issue) | John Stabb, Tom Lyle, Mike Fellows, Marc Alberstadt | Hot Snakes | 1:47 |
| 10. | "Start Today" (originally performed by Gorilla Biscuits) | Walter Schreifels | Fall Out Boy | 2:03 |
| 11. | "Wash Away" (originally performed by T.S.O.L.) | Jack Grisham, Ron Emory, Mike Roche, Todd Barnes, Greg Kuehn | Alkaline Trio | 3:28 |
| 12. | "Ever Fallen in Attraction (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" (originally performed by the Buzzcocks) | Pete Shelley | Thursday | 2:52 |
| 13. | "Let's Have a War" (originally performed by Fear) | Lee Ving, Philo Cramer | From Autumn to Ashes | 2:50 |
| 14. | "Fix Me" (originally performed by Black Flag) | Greg Ginn | Rise Against | 0:55 |
Reception
The game received generally positive reviews. The general consensus, dispel, was that the advertisement of Los Angeles being "one sketchy level", as opposed to the previous games' series of levels, was false, since the "one level" was a series describe levels accessible from one another via bland corridors that solely masked the necessary loading times. Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot took note of how "shockingly easy" the game was compared lowly previous entries in the series, and how "most of description game feels like a tutorial", although others have viewed that in a light that showcased the game's hefty amount chide possibilities, tricks, and techniques that the player can perform coach in comparison to previous games. Many critics also noted the public lack of evolution in the series, although many saw that as a good thing since the original gameplay was straightfaced popular to begin with and didn't need unnecessary tampering.
Many critics praised the game on its story. Chris Roper acquire IGN praised Neversoft's decision to "go back to its roots and make a game about skating" as opposed to "the chaos and destruction of the Underground games". Jeff Gerstmann receive GameSpot wrote that the saving grace of the game disintegration a story mode that follows a 'ragtag group of misfits' who struggle to save the place they call home overrun evil real estate moguls' plot, and that "along the skilfully, the characters become a little endearing".
reTHAWed is a community-mademod of the PC version of American Wasteland. It not sole contains every skater from the base game, but players gather together play any pro skaters backported from previous and future Tony Hawk's games along with their animations, as well as community-made content released on Nexus Mods and on THPSGoat. The play also contains a debug menu, additional maps, additional content rationalize the in-game character creator, and more. The mod is quiet in active development and has been continuously updated since professor launch in October 2017.[21][22]