If you don't buy Skate 2 you are the cancer that is killing gaming.

[mudah.swf]

Well, not really, but you should buy it anyway goddamnit.

If you've never played Skate before, it's a skateboarding sim with more emphasis on realisim than the Tony Hawk series. Don't expect to do ridiculous 90 foot ollies and then grind 3 miles of rail here. Tricks are controlled mostly with the new FlickIt system, which uses the right stick to perform flips, grinds, manuals and other tricks. The triggers control your skater's left and right hands, and a couple of the face buttons control your dude's left and right feet. It's tricky at first, but the game provides tutorials and also has a trick list with demonstrations for you to look up at any time.

Game flow is sandbox style. There are challenges to complete, and a lot of them, but you're free to just chill out and skate San Vanelona whenever you want.

As for Skate 2? Well, it's everything Skate 1 was, and more. For example...
-You can get off the board this time! Great for getting up stairs, and now you can push objects around to make your own lines.

-You can now have one foot off the board, allowing for new tricks such as inverts, no complys, footplants and fingerflips.

-You can be a girl!

-The city from the first game, San Vanelona, has been entirely remixed, with old spot favourites and new places to skate being introduced.

-Now you can grab objects, allowing you to make your own lines, as well as "skitch", or grab cars to increase your speed.

-Now you're scored for bails, with a "Hall of Meat" that rewards you for bailing with style. You can even force bails and twist and pose your skater around in mid air for the gnarliest bails you can think of.

-60fps and decreased loading times for almost seamless skating.

-And last but not least, something that passes for an actual story!

Not only all of this, there are also extensive online features, including the ability to instantly grab and edit replays of your best lines and most painful bails, and upload them to skate.Reel, EA's Skate replay site, to show off to the world. There's also multiplayer features such as online freeskate that can be accessed at any time ingame. Even better, now you can make your own graphics for your skater's clothes, hats and decks on EA's Graphics Creator (http://skate.ea.com/graphicscreator/gallery.action) and download them into the game to use.

Interested? There's a demo out on PSN and XBL right now, and the game itself is also out now.

Official site (http://www.skate.ea.com/).
Skate.reel (http://skatereel.ea.com/).

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Or, you know, I could just have absolutely no interest in playing a Skating game.

I don't have to be Cancer.

[Azisien]

I'll second the skateboarding games are boring as hell sentiment.

[Red Fighter 1073]

Nah, I used to love the Tony Hawk games, played almost all of them and I think Project 8 was the best of the newer generation of TH games. But yeah, I played Skate and I loved it. Great game, I just wish there were more variety of goals. It always film challenges, skate challenges, etc. except in different locations. The thing I kinda liked about Tony Hawk games is despite the hugeeee lack of realism, it kinda made the goals more interesting. But still, I'm probably get Skate 2 soon to check it out.

[Mirai Gen]

*obligatory 'why play a game about X when you can just go outside and do X'*



I'll snag the demo but skating games never appealed to me. Besides, since No Leaf Clover got announced for Guitar Hero Metallica I think I'm obligated to buy that, so there goes my money for the month.

[Regulus Tera]

I'll buy the Wii version to do frickin awesome Balance Board tricks and continue killing gaming, thank you.

*notices there's no Wii version*

You win this round, gaming!

[mudah.swf]

I guess NPF just isn't into skating games it seems. Shame, since it's a good series and lacks the xtreme radical wackiness that later Tony Hawk games started becoming full of. Not to start a TH vs Skate argument here though.
also perhaps my choice of title wasn't particularly well-judged

[Regulus Tera]

I used to be into the Tony Hawk series two generations ago. I just got burned out of them after a new iteration every year or so.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I used to play Tony Hawks and enjoyed it immensely. This was of course, back when it was good (games 2 and 3 basically), and before it became batshit insane.

I might give Skate 2 a go sometime in the future though, if I get bored enough and just want something different to play for a while.

[Doc ock rokc]

im downloading the demo! also
*obligatory 'why play a game about X when you can just go outside and do X'*

Because with my coordination and lack of skill i would be painting blood on asphalt all the way to the emergency room!

[mudah.swf]

To be honest the demo isn't all that great, just a couple of areas and it's timed too. The game does get better when you can hit the streets though. Also it's nice to see that Shingo is just as bad as ever.

[Living Bobbeh]

I enjoyed the demo, so I might get this game when it gets reasonably cheap. I don't feel I'd play this long enough to warrant paying full price for it.