Skate.

Keerin · 5th October 2007, 11:18 PM

Anyone else playing this at the moment?

I traded in a few games to get this for the whole price of £5 and it's actually pretty good!

A lot more realistic than the Tony Hawks series (you bail if you hit a kerb etc) but from that it is a much more enjoyable gaming experience. I've done a few challenges but most of my game time has been spent just skating and hanging out at different spots tryi.ng stuff out.

One of the best features of the game is that everything is recorded and if you want to show everyone your amazing clip then you can upload it via xbox live to the Skate reel on the EA page. I was fully intending to post some pictures and movie clips of me that I've just been taking but as per usual from EA, they have fucked that up and no-one can access their account to let them login and share videos and pictures. This isn't gonna stop me playing it but I was really looking forward to being able to view the videos I've just made on the pc and bore all my mates with them!

^_mincher_^ · 5th October 2007, 11:43 PM

Played the demo of this at Gabrillowise's hoose. 'Tis a marvelous game, a lot slicker than tony hawk and less over the top.

Keerin · 6th October 2007, 08:55 AM

I was up till half 3 playing Skate! I was trying to earn some money from my board sponsor and also get manual to kickflip dialed.

Wee_rick · 6th October 2007, 12:23 PM

Played the Demo and the Hawk demo back to back to see what one was worth getting. Alough Skate is tricky getting the hang of, Hawk is well...just another Hawk game. Same Graphics, same tasks, same system. They even had to rape nail that trick and put in nail that grab because they couldnt come up with something original.
Skate looks Nice and feels fresh and well, i think it's good, we have to learn the "skate" game from scratch again.

Keerin · 6th October 2007, 05:32 PM

It is a steep learning curve because everyone is used to the TH control system, I mean even the Matt Hoffman and Dave Mirra games had pretty similar control systems to Tony. Saying that, it's an EA game so I only expected full use of both analogue sticks, because this is something they seem to have been applying to all their sports games recenty!

The best thing about this is, because it's so realistic you can have a lot of fun just testing out different approaches to a set of stairs and a rail! I spend about half an hour trying to get up a disabled access ramp and kickflip over the handrail and land in a nose manual on the bench at the other side. It was great fun!

Godsick · 6th October 2007, 07:18 PM

haven't had a decent online game of this yet unfortunately.

azzemojo · 6th October 2007, 09:46 PM

whats the online games like? just like the two player tony hawks format?

Godsick · 7th October 2007, 10:59 AM

Never played any Tony online but its pretty much the same as the game, races, jams, s.k.a.t.e. but the problem is lag, really makes you want to curse microsoft for making us pay to host our own games.

Ratbomb · 7th October 2007, 02:26 PM

ive only seen the advert, this looks actually ace! i must save up to get it...i need to get an xbox360 first though...

azzemojo · 7th October 2007, 02:59 PM

sean you can come round to mines when i get it

graham enzk · 9th October 2007, 12:08 AM

got it today, not read the instructions so don't not what i'm doing but it is really good even if i keep smacking into things due to forgetting to push up again to ollie. crouch and crash is where it's at

Recipe For Hate · 9th October 2007, 08:42 AM

I just got it the other day and am really enjoying it, although my bag of tricks seems to be doing a ollie or nollie and waggling both joysticks around randomly as i keep forgetting what each one does, also it takes me about half an hour to line myself up for a basic grind, but its all part of the learning process i recon. good stuff.

Keerin · 9th October 2007, 11:48 AM

I'm the same, I keep forgetting to hit up on the stick to "release the ollie" (so to speak) and playing skate with a dude called Eric (I think) is impossible because I simply cannot move my analogue stick in that way.

I've played online and it was pretty cool. I watched some people skating about and felt good about it because I was a bit better then them so I had more confidence to try it myself and I was just skating about in someone elses game, then I left. I've only tried freeskate though!

RiseAgainst · 9th October 2007, 11:51 AM

is this coming out on PC?

Keerin · 9th October 2007, 12:05 PM

no, I'd imagine it would be hard to impliment the dual analogue flick stick controls?

5th October 2007, 11:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Keerin UGS Site Writer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: probably work Posts: 6,511 Band: Welcome Home, Explorer; Vulsellum; Altruist	Skate. Anyone else playing this at the moment? I traded in a few games to get this for the whole price of £5 and it's actually pretty good! A lot more realistic than the Tony Hawks series (you bail if you hit a kerb etc) but from that it is a much more enjoyable gaming experience. I've done a few challenges but most of my game time has been spent just skating and hanging out at different spots tryi.ng stuff out. One of the best features of the game is that everything is recorded and if you want to show everyone your amazing clip then you can upload it via xbox live to the Skate reel on the EA page. I was fully intending to post some pictures and movie clips of me that I've just been taking but as per usual from EA, they have fucked that up and no-one can access their account to let them login and share videos and pictures. This isn't gonna stop me playing it but I was really looking forward to being able to view the videos I've just made on the pc and bore all my mates with them! __________________ Welcome Home, Explorer \|Vulsellum\|Scum Killer http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...6/scan0002.jpg

6th October 2007, 08:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
Keerin UGS Site Writer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: probably work Posts: 6,511 Band: Welcome Home, Explorer; Vulsellum; Altruist	I was up till half 3 playing Skate! I was trying to earn some money from my board sponsor and also get manual to kickflip dialed. __________________ Welcome Home, Explorer \|Vulsellum\|Scum Killer http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...6/scan0002.jpg

6th October 2007, 05:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Keerin UGS Site Writer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: probably work Posts: 6,511 Band: Welcome Home, Explorer; Vulsellum; Altruist	It is a steep learning curve because everyone is used to the TH control system, I mean even the Matt Hoffman and Dave Mirra games had pretty similar control systems to Tony. Saying that, it's an EA game so I only expected full use of both analogue sticks, because this is something they seem to have been applying to all their sports games recenty! The best thing about this is, because it's so realistic you can have a lot of fun just testing out different approaches to a set of stairs and a rail! I spend about half an hour trying to get up a disabled access ramp and kickflip over the handrail and land in a nose manual on the bench at the other side. It was great fun! __________________ Welcome Home, Explorer \|Vulsellum\|Scum Killer http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...6/scan0002.jpg

9th October 2007, 11:48 AM	#13 (permalink)
Keerin UGS Site Writer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: probably work Posts: 6,511 Band: Welcome Home, Explorer; Vulsellum; Altruist	I'm the same, I keep forgetting to hit up on the stick to "release the ollie" (so to speak) and playing skate with a dude called Eric (I think) is impossible because I simply cannot move my analogue stick in that way. I've played online and it was pretty cool. I watched some people skating about and felt good about it because I was a bit better then them so I had more confidence to try it myself and I was just skating about in someone elses game, then I left. I've only tried freeskate though! __________________ Welcome Home, Explorer \|Vulsellum\|Scum Killer http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...6/scan0002.jpg

9th October 2007, 12:05 PM	#15 (permalink)
Keerin UGS Site Writer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: probably work Posts: 6,511 Band: Welcome Home, Explorer; Vulsellum; Altruist	no, I'd imagine it would be hard to impliment the dual analogue flick stick controls? __________________ Welcome Home, Explorer \|Vulsellum\|Scum Killer http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...6/scan0002.jpg

5th October 2007, 11:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
^_mincher_^ Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Corstorphine/Dundee Posts: 1,565	Played the demo of this at Gabrillowise's hoose. 'Tis a marvelous game, a lot slicker than tony hawk and less over the top.

6th October 2007, 12:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Wee_rick Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Menziehill, Dundee Posts: 1,322	Played the Demo and the Hawk demo back to back to see what one was worth getting. Alough Skate is tricky getting the hang of, Hawk is well...just another Hawk game. Same Graphics, same tasks, same system. They even had to rape nail that trick and put in nail that grab because they couldnt come up with something original. Skate looks Nice and feels fresh and well, i think it's good, we have to learn the "skate" game from scratch again.

6th October 2007, 07:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
Godsick Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dumpdee Posts: 396	haven't had a decent online game of this yet unfortunately.

6th October 2007, 09:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
azzemojo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 641 Band: Mason	whats the online games like? just like the two player tony hawks format?

7th October 2007, 10:59 AM	#8 (permalink)
Godsick Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dumpdee Posts: 396	Never played any Tony online but its pretty much the same as the game, races, jams, s.k.a.t.e. but the problem is lag, really makes you want to curse microsoft for making us pay to host our own games.

7th October 2007, 02:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ratbomb Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Taypsie! Posts: 1,041 Band: Sicktrick, 3 Times Round	ive only seen the advert, this looks actually ace! i must save up to get it...i need to get an xbox360 first though...

7th October 2007, 02:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
azzemojo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 641 Band: Mason	sean you can come round to mines when i get it

9th October 2007, 12:08 AM	#11 (permalink)
graham enzk Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: back in the day Posts: 2,772 Band: condition21, ultramegaholocausticwhi rlwindzombiedeathsquad , utter fucking hate, distorted noise, tin pot hippies, spiteful	got it today, not read the instructions so don't not what i'm doing but it is really good even if i keep smacking into things due to forgetting to push up again to ollie. crouch and crash is where it's at

9th October 2007, 08:42 AM	#12 (permalink)
Recipe For Hate Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Meigle Posts: 388	I just got it the other day and am really enjoying it, although my bag of tricks seems to be doing a ollie or nollie and waggling both joysticks around randomly as i keep forgetting what each one does, also it takes me about half an hour to line myself up for a basic grind, but its all part of the learning process i recon. good stuff.

9th October 2007, 11:51 AM	#14 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 3,336 Band: bandless :(	is this coming out on PC?