Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Xbox 360)

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Description

You are a new skater in the city of L.A.. The main drive of the game is that your hanging around with a skating group and its leader, who also happens to be a skating legend, at their skate park in Beverly Hills called Skate Ranch. Throughout the game you must help your friends by getting skate pieces for Skate Ranch.

The game marks the third reinvention of the series, with Pro Skater being the first, and Underground being the second. It comes with brand new features like the ability to change your personal appearance in game, as well as the ability to get off of the skateboard and use a BMX. For the first time all of levels are strung together into one big environment, which gets rid of loading times and menu selection.

Old features were also kept like Create-a-park, which dates back to the Pro Skater series. Missions are still acquired by going up to random people or friends and accepting the mission they want you to run.

The game also includes a multiplayer mode and co-op for up to 2 players for added replay value.

Screenshots

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There are 21 other screenshots on file for other versions of this game.

Alternate Titles

• "托尼霍克：美国荒野" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
• "THAW" -- abbreviated title

Part of the Following Groups

• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
• Tony Hawk skateboarding series

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The Press Says

GameSpy	Nov 22, 2005		90
Gamers.at	Nov 21, 2005	82 out of 100	82
Game Critics	Feb 01, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Operation Sports	Dec 30, 2005	8 out of 10	80
Yahoo! Games	Nov 20, 2005		80
GameZone	Dec 02, 2005	8 out of 10	80
GameDaily	Nov 21, 2005		80
Armchair Empire, The	Jan 11, 2006	7.8 out of 10	78
Mygamer.com	Jan 30, 2006	7.2 out of 10	72
GotNext	Dec 28, 2005		70

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Trivia

References

One task is to jump over a shark named 'Fonzie'. This is a reference to a scene in the sitcom Happy Days in which The Fonz jumps over a shark. This scene is regarded as unrealistic and tacky, and is seen in hindsight as the moment when the show ceased to be good. "Jumping the Shark" has become a general term for similar situations

Technology

Television advertisements curiously highlighted the lack of loading time between scenes and areas (seamless gameplay) as an important feature of the game, even up to calling Wasteland the first skate game to have this.

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2005 – #8 GameCube Game of the Year

Information also contributed by Martin Smith

Related Web Sites

• Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Official game website)
• X360A achievement guide for Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (X360A's achievement guide for Tony Hawk's American Wasteland)