SonOF
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I have always adored the Tony Hawk series of video games and have had countless hours of fun playing them. Come to think about it, I have always liked skateboarding games in general, and I also like watching skateboarding, yet my clumsy ass has never come near a skateboard in real life.
When it seemed as though T. Hawk has a monopoly on the skateboarding genre in video games, then along comes the mighty Electronic Arts to drop the amazing game with the unassuming name, skate..
As far as how the game is set up, it is pretty standard...you create your own skater, complete missions/contests, get sponsored, all the stuff from previous T.Hawk games.
The SERIOUS difference between skate. and the Tony Hawk games of the past is the play control. In this regard, skate. is far superior. The way the buttons are set up for griding, grabs, jumps and all that is very well-done. And the game actually boarders on realistic. While in Tony Hawk you could land endless strings of humanly impossible tricks, skate. brings it down to earth. There is actually gravity in this game, and you can't pull off impossibilities like grinding up a hill. For a realism analogy, consider the Tony Hawk games like the NBA Jam series, whereas skate. is more like NBA 2KX. While NBA Jam can be plenty fun in it's own right, it just isn't real basketball. The same applies for T.Hawk vs skate.
If there is ONE major flaw in skate. that I have noticed (which I simply DO NOT know how they let slip by) is the fact that you cannot pick up your board and walk around normally. This makes for many annoying situations like trying to get around pesky curbs and such that could simply be avoided by PICKING UP your damn board. There are also tricks that can be done when one is able to get off of his board, so these are left out as well (they were in the Hawk games).
Other than that flaw, I love this game. I have spend quite a few hours enjoying it already, and still have quite a bit left to go.
I recommend this for anyone that has ever liked a skateboarding video game, or enjoys the sport in general. I am also interested to see if, in the future, the Tony Hawk people can make a game that measures up to skate (or if they even want to).
When it seemed as though T. Hawk has a monopoly on the skateboarding genre in video games, then along comes the mighty Electronic Arts to drop the amazing game with the unassuming name, skate..
As far as how the game is set up, it is pretty standard...you create your own skater, complete missions/contests, get sponsored, all the stuff from previous T.Hawk games.
The SERIOUS difference between skate. and the Tony Hawk games of the past is the play control. In this regard, skate. is far superior. The way the buttons are set up for griding, grabs, jumps and all that is very well-done. And the game actually boarders on realistic. While in Tony Hawk you could land endless strings of humanly impossible tricks, skate. brings it down to earth. There is actually gravity in this game, and you can't pull off impossibilities like grinding up a hill. For a realism analogy, consider the Tony Hawk games like the NBA Jam series, whereas skate. is more like NBA 2KX. While NBA Jam can be plenty fun in it's own right, it just isn't real basketball. The same applies for T.Hawk vs skate.
If there is ONE major flaw in skate. that I have noticed (which I simply DO NOT know how they let slip by) is the fact that you cannot pick up your board and walk around normally. This makes for many annoying situations like trying to get around pesky curbs and such that could simply be avoided by PICKING UP your damn board. There are also tricks that can be done when one is able to get off of his board, so these are left out as well (they were in the Hawk games).
Other than that flaw, I love this game. I have spend quite a few hours enjoying it already, and still have quite a bit left to go.
I recommend this for anyone that has ever liked a skateboarding video game, or enjoys the sport in general. I am also interested to see if, in the future, the Tony Hawk people can make a game that measures up to skate (or if they even want to).
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