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Serious Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been a fan of the Tony Hawk series for years and while I've always enjoyed those games, at the same time I always felt like the series was not taking itself seriously. I hated the contrived challenges where I had to use skateboarding skills to solve or cause problems for other people. I had been playing American Wasteland for the past few weeks and I almost passed on skate because I thought I had my fill of skateboarding and Halo 3 is just around the corner. But I read a review that mentioned the game's near realistics physics and that piqued my interest so I broke down and picked it up. I'm glad I did. Comparing skate to Tony Hawk is like comparing Project Gotham Racing to Mario Kart. I enjoy Mario Kart but PGR is a more rewarding experience on so many levels.

I've already spent many hours trying to perfect my flatland tricks. Doing a manual is almost as difficult to do in the game as it is to do in real life, but once you get the hang of it you get a real sense of accomplishment. The game is not about learning a sequence of button presses, it is about developing actual skill.

The game has a career mode that includes goals related to skateboarding, such as photo ops, video shoots and various competitions. To be honest, I don't really care about the career mode. I will eventually finish the career but only to unlock areas and goodies, but the real fun is just skating around the city and finding my own challenges.

I've been playing the game for a few days now and as far as I know there are no stat points to earn. You know the drill in Tony Hawk. If you can't make a gap, maybe if you get another air stat point you could clear it. In skate its all about skill. If you can't do a trick then you just need to keep practicing until you can. It's all you.

Too be honest the game can be frustrating at times. Some of the moves are really hard to pull off consistently. The payoff is that when you do it feels like a real accomplishment.

I hope the game stays true and does not include cheat codes or other easter eggs.

If you take your gaming seriously and even if you don't you should give skate a try.

Great but full of bugs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is really, really fun. It is way better than the Tony Hawk series. You can choose to do the path of challenges to become a top ranked pro or just cruise around the city busting 360 laser flips.

I found that the controls work just fine. You flick the right stick to perform different ollie tricks. The learning curve was steep enough for it to challenge but not too steep to cause unacceptable frustration.

The graphics and music are both sweet. If you are an old skater like myself, you will dig much about this game. Some of the challenges are hard and some are easy. The sound is also very good. A boardslide sounds like a board slide, etc.

The loading times are fairly long and frequent if you are going to do the challenges. Want to change your outfit or board? Go to the map and click the skate shop. Then you load to the skate shop (30 seconds to a minute). Go into the skate shop (30 seconds to load). Then go over to the shopping section and click into create a skater (45 seconds to load). Make your changes or buy new gear. Leave create a skater (30 seconds to load). Leave the shop (30 seconds to load). You see it takes a while in the neighborhood of 3-5 minutes to change your board. I am sure this is because the environments are pretty huge in this game. It still is not acceptable.

The worst part of this game are the bugs. I have never seen a game this bad on the Xbox. Seriously it is terrible as far as bugs. For instance, I have not been able to play the X-Games portion at all because I have not been able to load it. It loads me into the air and I just fall and fall. I have tried a number of tricks to get it to load and have been unable to. This is not the only bug I have seen but just the only one I have not been able to get past.

This a really good game and you will have loads of fun playing it. The game itself would have 5 stars solidly. However, the frequent loading, long loading times and the bugs made me subtract 1 star. I should have taken off more but the game is that good.

Skate is amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Skate is by far the best skate board game i have played. I recently got Xbox 360 and the games graphics are unbeleivable. The game is extremely realistic with actually having to set up for tricks and rails, and jumping curves. It has a large variety to skate and things like staying away from security guards. The live version is good to with being able to free skate and competitions. Skate is ten times better than Tony Hawks Pro Skater because that game is unrealistic where you just hit x to do a trick. Skate you actually move the joy stick to do a rotation. Its a great game and i recommend it.

skate.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

"skate." A fitting title. No obnoxious cartoonish tricks or gameplay. The best approach to a skateboarding game to date.

Let's start with saying it's about as realistic as you could possibly want a video game. If it were any more it probably wouldn't even be fun to play, (For instance, you're cruising down the street looking for a nice spot, and forget to ollie up the curb to the side walk, you're in for a faceplant.) But as far as that goes, it's perfect.
There is no "Grind button", no "Ollie button" ect., you actually control the board. Which makes grinding just as much about the line you take at it, than hitting the grind you want. Making a 360 flip down a set something you can actually appreciate, or a blunt on anything great. I know this game came out a long time ago, I just got tired of paying 50-60 bucks for a video game, but I will tell you unlike many games you buy just to regret and would have rather have that money in your pocket, that thought won't cross your mind.

Not only for real skaters

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the new revolution to skater games no more button mashing. This game is realistic but not too hard. Tony Hawk dosent have nothin on this game. It beats it in graphics and keeps you intrested. If you dig skating like I do then realistic plays a big part in this game. Your not flying everywhere like a monkey but you can still get so air.

the best game of all time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: November 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this game is amazing i cant stop playing. just play no thinking about it its amazing

Best skateboarding game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A++! This game is truly amazing.

The most realistic skateboarding game ever created. Very fun.

This game actually offers a challenge do to the realistic and fun to master flick-it system for doing the moves you do in the game.

It's a very interesting game that you'll spend hours upon hours of playing.

It's 1000x better than any tony hawk game.

The video in the beginning is really funny, I liked it.

To the one person who gave it only 1 star:
You must not be very good at video games. Any average gamer could play this game without a sweat.

This is one of those games that are easy to learn but take a lifetime to master. Once you're good you can do some pretty insane tricks. But all tricks are within the realm of possible. Very realistic, fun skating game.

It's not recommended for those who like to do 40 flips over a bridge.

Is recommended for those who like real skateboarding.

5 stars

Not for casual gamers

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 50
Date: September 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There should've been a warning label on this game saying "for actual skaters only"! The controls in Skate are harder to learn than those in Splinter Cell. The graphics are just not good enough. There is a stupid and pointless 15-minute intro movie that you're forced to watch. Doing tricks is nearly impossible with the system this game uses. You have to "flick" the thumbsticks almost to the point of breaking them. And to top it off, the game starts with a forced tutorial that is almost impossible to comnplete due to the pathetic control scheme. Casual gamers stay far away, Skate's just not worth it.

Move over Tony Hawk

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Someone finally decided they could make a skateboarding video game better than the people over at Neveroft, the makers of Tony Hawk. For almost 9 years now Neversoft has gone unchallenged in the sub-genre of skate games. Now they've finally got some competition.

In skate. gone are the 1,000,000+ point combos in favor of a more realistic trick system. Dubbed the 'Flickit' control method, you control all of your flip and spin tricks with nothing but the two analog sticks on your controller. An ollie requires you to move your thumb back and then flick it forward, much like you would move your foot on a skateboard.

These new controls provide a more realistic and immersive experience, one that Tony Hawk could never deliver.

The game itself has an expansive map with plenty of variety. The number of challenges, and the variety among them, is also plentiful. Customization is on par or above anything you'd find in a Tony Hawk game, with plenty of clothing, boards, trucks, wheels, anything a skater could want.

But be warned, you're actually going to have to get good at this game. Your'e going to have to practice a trick over and over and time your combos well. Your thumb dexterity and percision will be tested, as well as your patience. Some missions can be extremely hard and frustrating if your analog stick isn't quite as responsive as when you bought it new.

Overall, skate. is an incredible game that anyone who's ever played Tony Hawk needs to try. Though not for everyone, skate. provides a refreshingly new way to play in a quickly-getting-stale genre.

never skated, still a blast!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

my skating experience consists of 3 pairs of ripped jeans in 9th grade before i realized it wasn't going to happen. i've never played a tony hawk game in my life. now having explained that, you might wonder why i even considered buying this game. well i wanted something new, and i was a fan of the way EA implemented the thumbsticks in Fight Night so i thought it could be entertaining in this sport as well. i played for roughly 1 hour last night and easily had the hang of the controls after the tutorial. yes the intro movie is a little corny but who cares. this game's draw comes from the unique control scheme and it truly is fun. the graphics are adequate for a next gen game, and the customization of your created skater is extremely in depth. you'll probably lose your mind with the clothing options if you do most of your shopping at PacSun. overall it's a lot of fun and not as hard as some people might make it sound. it'll definately keep me occupied between bioshock and the release of rock band.

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