skate Reviewed

[Jerry!]

Apparently its a good game.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/818/818832p1.html

 

[Matrixo]

I knew it. Deff better than Tony Hawk IMO. TH is fun, but I mean, WTF is up with some of the stuff in the games?

Anyway. skate. or Proving Ground? My moneys on skate.

 

[Timstuff]

Between this and Rock Band, it seems like EA is deadset on making Activision obsolete.

Well, in all fairness, Call of Duty beats the pants off of Medal of Honor. Still, this game looks great, and I'm definitely interested.

 

[Fran]

EA needs to make NBA Live 08 not suck, first.

 

[Jerry!]

NBA 2K8 looks like it already won.

 

[Matrixo]

How much will Rock Band be anyway? Some say 200 bucks, thats a rumor but, theres 4 things you need. Drums, Mic, Guitar and Bass. Cant be cheap.

 

[Jerry!]

You don't need to have all of them. You can use whichever you want, but I think they have some sort of bundle package.
EDIT:

That link is the 360 review, the PS3 review is basically the same except instead of a an 8.0 on graphics it got a 7.0 due to some frame rate issues among other things.

 

[TheBat812]

Between this and Rock Band, it seems like EA is deadset on making Activision obsolete.

Hold up, I had it in my head that Rock Band was made by the same people... It's by EA?

 

[TheBat812]

You don't need to have all of them. You can use whichever you want, but I think they have some sort of bundle package.
EDIT:

That link is the 360 review, the PS3 review is basically the same except instead of a an 8.0 on graphics it got a 7.0 due to some frame rate issues among other things.

And **** EA for being so lazy they wont try to optimize the PS3 version.

 

[Timstuff]

Hold up, I had it in my head that Rock Band was made by the same people... It's by EA?

It is made by the same people (Harmonix), but they switched to EA as a publisher instead of Activision.

BTW, Rock Band is available in a $199 bundle that includes a guitar, a mic, and a drum kit, so the only thing left to buy is a second if you truly want everything. Guitar Hero 3 will cost $99 with one guitar.

 

[Fran]

Harmonix got bought out by MTV, which made a deal with EA later to make Rock Band. They just didn't "choose" EA.

Is the $199 CONFIRMED or still just rumored?

 

[Prolific]

it's confirmed (gamestop.com)

 

[Havok83]

Just played the Skate demo and I dont like it. The controls are too confusing for me. I guess Im just used to Tony Hawk and its simplicity. I found Skate more frustrating than fun

 

[StrainedEyes]

Just played the Skate demo and I dont like it. The controls are too confusing for me. I guess Im just used to Tony Hawk and its simplicity. I found Skate more frustrating than fun

How are the controls confusing? They are very straight forward and natural.

 

[Havok83]

How are the controls confusing? They are very straight forward and natural.

I dont like using the right stick to do tricks. Getting into a manual is more trouble than it should be. Like I siad, Im so used to TH so this is all a drastic change; not one the demo sold me on

 

[Timstuff]

A real manual is pretty friggin' tough to pull off. In Skate, they focused on making it more realistic, so it takes more effort to pull off simpler tricks. Tony Hawk is pure fantasy, and you frequently do tricks that are impossible to perform in real life. Personally, I really like the Skate demo, and I think it's a breath of fresh air after Activision's recent string of sub-par annual Tony Hawk sequels.

 

[Havok83]

A real manual is pretty friggin' tough to pull off. In Skate, they focused on making it more realistic, so it takes more effort to pull off simpler tricks. Tony Hawk is pure fantasy, and you frequently do tricks that are impossible to perform in real life. Personally, I really like the Skate demo, and I think it's a breath of fresh air after Activision's recent string of sub-par annual Tony Hawk sequels.

Its a videogame. I want fantasy. Thats the fun of it all. I think TH has started to decline with THUG2, but I felt last year's Proving Ground for the next gen systems helped redeem the series as that was a pretty solid addition and a step in the right direction. After playing both demos, Im more inclined to stick with TH rather than switch to Skate

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I played the hell outta Skate for the first couple of days that i had it. Its just brought something new to the genre. Overall its a really good game but it has its short comings. While i like the "flickit" controls sometimes the challenges are WAYYY to specific for that setup, and it can get REALL frustrating. Its deff a great start to hopefully a string of these games.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Its a videogame. I want fantasy. Thats the fun of it all. I think TH has started to decline with THUG2, but I felt last year's Proving Ground for the next gen systems helped redeem the series as that was a pretty solid addition and a step in the right direction. After playing both demos, Im more inclined to stick with TH rather than switch to Skate

I take it you dont play any sports games?

 

[D4rkShaDoWz]

Just played the Skate demo and I dont like it. The controls are too confusing for me. I guess Im just used to Tony Hawk and its simplicity. I found Skate more frustrating than fun

same here. im a big fan of TH P8 now since after i tried skate demo i wanted to compare

 

[Havok83]

I take it you dont play any sports games?

Only basketball games and the NFL Street series

 

[Jerry!]

The picture becomes a bit clearer now that you said you play the NFL Street series. Do you play Live or the 2K series in basketball?

 

[Havok83]

The picture becomes a bit clearer now that you said you play the NFL Street series. Do you play Live or the 2K series in basketball?

I tend to play the 2K games although I like the Live demo thats out

 

[Jerry!]

Thank you. Now I am in complete agreement with ProjectPat.

 

[HCpride]

I dont like using the right stick to do tricks. Getting into a manual is more trouble than it should be. Like I siad, Im so used to TH so this is all a drastic change; not one the demo sold me on

im just gonna assume you dont skate in real life?
if you did skate would be awesome and way more fun to you
it gives you the opportunity to do more realistic skating, and the way you do tricks is pretty much real life, you flick the controller the way tricked are done in real life
this game rules
tony hawk is either done for, or its going to become a kiddy game