SKATE

[guitaristjoe]

I love this game to death.

It's the skateboarding game by EA that was so hideously over-advertised. 

Has anyone else played it or own it for that matter?

[NovaMan XP]

Over-advertised?

Never heard of it. Ever. Sorry.

[guitaristjoe]

Really?

The "Let your little skater out" commercials?

[Abominator]

I played the demo, and was mildly entertained, but it's nothing I'd buy.

Never saw an ad for it.

[Edgecrusher]

I've never seen commercials for it (mainly because I don't watch television) but I do enjoy the game, and prefer it to the Tony Hawk franchise.

In Skate, if I land a move, I actually feel like I've accomplished something. I can't say the same for TH.

[guitaristjoe]

Yeah.

In the Tony Hawk Series, the physics can be so completely cartoonish sometimes, it makes me sick.

[Dr.]

TH sucks, so does skating in general.

[ASR]

I adore THPS, but it's about time it got a competitor. You can tell the series has been getting... overconfident lately. Not trying as many new things since THUG.

[ChaosVortex]

Yeah, I liked the old THPS games, but to be honest, I haven't picked up one at all since THPS 4.

[ASR]

Proving Ground on the DS was pretty wicked, no lie, but still more of the same. I wouldn't have liked it for a console, just the fact that it was on the DS and portable made up for the lack of new stuff.

[ChaosVortex]

I just like creating my own park. If the game can't really do that, it sucks in my opinion.

In THPS 2, I made an awesome Labyrinth park. I loved it so.

In THPS 4, the game wouldn't even let me cover 1/20th of the park with what I had intended.

[ASR]

THPS2 had the best editor out of the first 4, from what I remember.

Proving Ground DS lacks an editor, and for that I am very sad. It's still a very solid game despite that, though.

[Speed Racer]

In Skate, if I land a move, I actually feel like I've accomplished something.

I feel the same way too, but that's because the controls suck.

[Mikero]

Skate or die?

I've never heard of Skate but I'd try it. I'm a hardcore TH fan though.

I adore THPS, but it's about time it got a competitor. You can tell the series has been getting... overconfident lately. Not trying as many new things since THUG.

Yeah. The best new thing they did was no loading times but even then it was only done for the story mode of THAW and wasn't even available on free skate. Dumb. I haven't played Project 8 mainly because I don't rock an Xbox 360 and heard it was only OK, and I was NOT going to pick that Downhill Jam garbage. I want to try the new one, it looks good enough to try out.

THPS2 had the best editor out of the first 4, from what I remember.

Proving Ground DS lacks an editor, and for that I am very sad. It's still a very solid game despite that, though.

It had a better editor than 3, or rather 3's was basically the same deal with upgraded graphics and no kid mode if I remember correctly. THPS4 had the best editor of the first four because it had scaling options and loads of other better stuff. I'm no sure if THP3 had scaling. I could check but it's not worth it right now.

I hate handheld TH games since I tried the GBA version of THAW; THAS (the S is for Skateland but it might as well be for #####). No idea what style the DS one rolls with though, I might rent it.

[ASR]

I'm going to tell you, the DS versions are pretty much like playing slightly upgraded N64 versions minus the editor. I reccomend Proving Ground for DS, and I've played SK8Land - it's still great, but with cartoony graphics. Proving Ground is more true to the realistic-type stuff.
I've also played Downhill Jam, it's actually pretty fun, but not worth a purchase.

All in all, Proving Ground is nothing like the old GBA games which did indeed suck so badly.

[Edgecrusher]

In Skate, if I land a move, I actually feel like I've accomplished something.

I feel the same way too, but that's because the controls suck.

They don't suck, they just take skill.

[guitaristjoe]

I agree with Edge there...

I picked it up in like 5 minutes.  You have to be either extremely uncoordinated or have broken thumbs.

[Mikero]

I'm going to tell you, the DS versions are pretty much like playing slightly upgraded N64 versions minus the editor. I reccomend Proving Ground for DS, and I've played SK8Land - it's still great, but with cartoony graphics. Proving Ground is more true to the realistic-type stuff.
I've also played Downhill Jam, it's actually pretty fun, but not worth a purchase.

All in all, Proving Ground is nothing like the old GBA games which did indeed suck so badly.

I knew DJ would be fun, but I still don't want it. I like the direction THUG set in motion. Free roam and story.

Sk8land or whatever I just hate because of the controls. It's just not so hot. Of course, I wasn't playing it on an actual GBA...

I'll try PG on DS but I want to try on a console. Although I'm worried since I heard Project 8 was pretty bleh.

[guitaristjoe]

I bought Project 8...

It was extremely bleh. 

The focus thing was cool for 5 minutes, tops.

But I beat it in 3 hours.

But I think that they did START the whole "thumbsticks control the feet" notion.

[riakage]

Wow, saying it was over advertised is funny because i have never seen a single ad for skate, although I did buy it and I like it a WHOLE LOT better than any other Tony Hawk game i have ever played. My favorite part is the control scheme.

[Mikero]

Wow, saying it was over advertised is funny because i have never seen a single ad for skate,

Same.

I like it a WHOLE LOT better than any other Tony Hawk game i have ever played.

It's not a Tony Hawk game.

[ASR]

He meant that he likes it better than the Tony Hawk games.

I really want to try it.

I'd also like to say that I do remember seeing ONE advertisement for it, but there was no actual gameplay footage.

[Mikero]

I know what he meant, I was commenting on what he said.

[ASR]

My bad, because I didn't know you knew what he meant and that you were commenting on what he said. Rawr.

[Mikero]

That's cool.

Anyway skateordieskateordieskateordi eskateordieskateordie!!

[riakage]

I know what he meant, I was commenting on what he said.

Yeah I didn't notice how I had typed that until now. I should have said I like SKATE better than any Tony Hawk game I ever played. Anyways....

SKATE is an awesome game compared to Proving Grounds. Why? Because, SKATE is more casual than Proving Grounds.

[Mikero]

What does that mean, more casual?

I haven't played Proving Ground, mind.

[riakage]

Well , and this is probably just me, but when playing SKATE I fell like it's just a simple everyday world where nothing unusual is taking place. But when I play Tony Hawk, I feel like I'm playing a videogame.

[Mikero]

I can kind of get that but I'd have to play SKATE to really feel ya.

[Fatso]

I picked it up in like 5 minutes.  You have to be either extremely uncoordinated or have broken thumbs.

Oh, so THAT's the secret! *runs off to get sledgehammer* You will soon ph34r my skatin' skillz!

[Mikero]

No, I think he meant you'd need to have broken thumbs to NOT be able to play.

[Fatso]

That was the joke :P

[Edgecrusher]

Your sarcasm = Fail

[KPL]

I've just played this game for about an hour, and I got quite the hang of it. It's more realistic, and the controls are quite new. Very doable, though.

I just hate the curves, my only true enemy in SKATE.

[ASR]

Doable = possible. Please?

I still really want this game. I settled for The Orange Box first, though.