Revolutionary controls and great game play make this a winner.

User Rating: 8 | Skate PS3
By OMGitsZAL | Review Date:
I've mainly played TH games, so when I played the THPG demo, I was thinking "Skate can't be better than this, it's EA for goodness' sake!". I couldn't have been more wrong. When the demo came out, I played it until it expired, and thought "This is rubbish, the controls are too hard and its dizzy." After that, I played it again and again and again, addicted. I pre-ordered the game and when I got it, I was real happy. Anyway, onto the game play:

The animation and physics are great. It just feels amazing. It makes doing a kickflip over a set of stairs look good. Then the sense of accomplishing lines you've practiced for a long time, just puts a smile on your face. The graphics are amazing but slight dips in frame rate do occur. It generally shakes off after a few seconds so it doesn't affect much of the game play. Online play is full of lag. No doubt. But when you play its smooth unless someone with a really bad connection joins, but thats not as common nowadays. The city of San Van is huge, 4 sections each with their own strong points. The career of the game is relatively short, I managed to complete it within 7 hours. I think the whole point of the career is basically getting cash to customize your skater and getting a sponsor for free stuff, as well as getting footage to put online for others to rate.

All in all, this game wipes the floor with Tony Hawk. I love it, and will be playing for a long time. :)

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