This game is just plain fun. Some people say it's just like the first one but with a few additions, I don't know about that because I never played the first one (played the demo but decided to wait it out a few months until Skate 2 came out), but I do know that this game is awesome. If you enjoyed the Tony Hawk games (when they were actually good), then this will blow you away. It's like a grown-up version of those games. It's the most realistic skating game ever, you actually have to press certain way and turns and line it up, and I can't even explain it, to do a trick, instead of just pressing one button for grinds, one for flips, one for grabs, etc. It's almost like a skating simulator. And another thing that makes it more realistic is the fact that you actually just have to keep getting better instead of earning 3 skill points a level and picking what attribute it goes to. The graphics are wonderful, very cool looking, the next addition of the game will probably look completely real. The city is huge and has tons of sick places. One of my favorite parts of the game is the soundtrack, it's amazingly eclectic but somehow it manages to go perfectly together. The only ehh part of the game is the create-a-character...he/she looks goofy no matter what...but cool clothes and stuff for it. I kinda wish the main character would talk just a little bit...but that's not a big deal. And then only thing the (good) Tony Hawk games have over this game, is that those had funny cutscenes (that was just because it had the Jackass crew on it, I'm talking of course about THUG2, my ex-favorite skating game). I just wish the Neversoft crew would just give up on Tony Hawk (afterall they do have Guitar Hero now, they don't need to release any other games) that way Skate could just get all of the awesome skating elements and trademarks and people and culture, everything, into one game. And also I'm guessing the next big improvement will be multiple (but hopefully still huge) cities. Okay, now I've gone past reviewing it, so peace.
By wonderboy_46 | Review Date: Feb 02, 2009 | X360
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