

Pot O' Gold is a new mode in American Wasteland. Local 2-Player Cooperative is similar to Goal Attack except players work together to complete goals instead of trying to complete them first.Īside from this new inclusion, American Wasteland features the following game types for multiplayer: THAW Online is still regularly active on Xbox 360 You can find the active community here: NicheX (PS2 welcome).īoth the PlayStation 2 and PC versions require a DNS change in order to be played online in the current year, however it should be mentioned that the PlayStation 2 exclusive 'Collectors Edition' / Special Edition of American Wasteland requires an additional DNAS Bypass patch, meaning you cannot use the original disc to play online You will have to backup your disc and patch the image.įor the first time in the series, American Wasteland features an additional twist to the returning Classic Mode, that being Local 2-Player Cooperative. The Xbox 360 version just requires a valid Xbox Live Gold subscription on your Microsoft account.

While Xbox Live 1.0 is officially discontinued as of 2010, rendering the original XBOX version completely offline, American Wasteland is still playable on *PlayStation 2, *PC and Xbox 360. Tony Hawk joked about this in an interview, as Tony Hawk's Underground 2 was purely offline on the original Xbox, and criticized for such considering PlayStation 2 and PC featured network support. Whilst every platform features local / split-screen multiplayer, American Wasteland on the PlayStation 2, Original Xbox, Xbox 360 and PC supported online multiplayer, up to 8 players.Īmerican Wasteland is the first title in the series to support Xbox Live, a paid-service offered by Microsoft so that players can compete with each other online.

The game also features the return of the Classic Mode, which allows the player to complete a series of goals in certain levels within a 2-minute timer. The Boston level appeared to be about three quarters the size of one THAW area, with the exception of the "Vans Skatepark" and "Casino" areas. In the September 2005 edition of Game Informer Magazine, a map was shown displaying THAW's Los Angeles with an insert of an overhead view of the Boston stage from Tony Hawk's Underground 2 for comparison. Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is the first game in the Tony Hawk franchise that allowed players to play in one large level without loading times in between.
