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Skate (PS3) | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £34.99
Buy New: £17.98
You Save: £17.01 (49%)
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 1256
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: sports-and-oudoors-games
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: SKATEPS3
EAN: 5030930057572
ASIN: B000RO5I3I
Release Date: October 12, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Ships from U.S.A., to anywhere in the United Kingdom! Orders only take 7-10 days! We specialise in service to the U.K. and only ship airmail.
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 Redefined. September 25, 2007
19 out of 23 found this review helpful
I could write this review for two groups of people; the Tony Hawks generation, or completely new players to the skateboarding franchise.
Firstly, this game is completely different from any Tony Hawks game. The control method is no longer a button-bashing-combo-scoring medley, Skate has definitely taken things a step or two back down to reality. Skate is definitely the closest I have ever been to skating on a console. Coming from an ex-skater, this is a big feat! I like how physics has developed in games, and Skate has just about nailed the 'reality-engine'. The control system in Skate utilises dual analogue sticks (the left controls your body, and the right controls your board) this takes some getting used to, but after a while you ask yourself 'why hasn't it always been like this?'
When talking about the 'reality' aspect of skating games, Tony Hawks has always been more of an entertainment package, with challenges such as grinding down a rollercoaster track faster than the speeding rollercoaster behind you, and elements like that. Skate doesn't have these things, instead the makers have decided to focus on a gameplay method closer to the real thing. In essence, your capabilities are limited to that of your imagination. You have an entire city at your disposale. What could a real-life skater do in a city? Try it in skate.
If you're new to skating games on consoles, you don't need to play any Tony Hawks games, as they are pretty much old-hat now with the only thing changing between them being the graphics level. Skate is a new experience, it's pretty difficult as the learning curve is steep (steeper for those familiar to the Tony Hawks lineup) but once you nail a tight line on a spot you've just discovered, it makes it all worthwhile.
In conclusion, Skate has redefined skating games. I think the people at Tony Hawks are scratching their heads at the moment (don't get me wrong, I like the Tony Hawks series) and wondering how they're going to improve now. This game is totally fun, addictive and I would recommend it to absolutely everyone regardless of what kind of game they play, I can just about guarantee they'll like Skate!
The Skateboarders' Skateboarding game! October 10, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
As someone who skated for over decade in the good old days of Hosoi, Hawk and Way, I have always felt the Tony Hawk series was a bit unrealistic and even though I connected with them as pure games, I never felt like they were true skateboarding games.
All this changed with SKATE.
As an ex-skater the controls atr very intuitive and an ollie actually works the same as it would if you were to do it in real life. I have heard that the game has a steep learning curve but if you are an ex-skater then it comes pretty naturally. Besides for being able to do all the usual box of tricks, SKATE even allows you to do some old school tricks such as board slides! How cool is that! The gravity engine is much more realistic and you can no longer do an ollie 900 to blunt to impossible to nose grind fakie. In addition, you now skate in a town full of parking lots, skate parks and empty pools, instead of levels full of silly cartoon-like challenges.
This game goes beyond just being a game as it actually makes you feel like you are outside skating yourself!
Rather good indeed! October 21, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Yeah i have to say i don't own my own PS3 but my mate does and i have played on Skate round his house.
When i first heard the idea i thought pfft! No way will that challenge Tony Hawk's skating games...How i was wrong it does more than just challenge it beats it hands down in terms of the feel and realism and don't think I'm not a Tony Hawk's fan i wrote a review on THPG PS3 before i played this and that looked amazing.
Skate in a way should be in a different class of skating games wehereas Tony Hawk is fast paced with ridiculous tricks and combos, Skate is slower paced with realistic combos and you can still do ridiculous tricks on Skate aswell for example the Christ Air move it just requires a whole new level of skill.
After seeing this compared to THPG I would get this game Tony Hawk's is good but if your looking for a different challenge i would go with Skate also the story seems more promising and you can customise your own board with what trucks etc.
Realism...Too Right! October 9, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The other review couldn't be more right. Gone are the Tony Hawks pre-defined buttons...Jumping is now a flick of the analogue stick, the same as the motion your feet would distribute (weight-wise) on a real board. Kickflips are similar but with a flick to the side. Manuals was one of the most impressive upgrades I've seen where the stick gets taken to a balance point and you must maintain this to keep the maual going-much better than TH with that silly balance bar!
The other review isn't wrong by saying this game has a pretty steep learning curve (and indeed even steeper if its Tony Hawks that you're used to) but all the same, the in-game tutorial is pretty intensive.
The graphics are brilliant, and have their own semi-'cartoon' graphic style you might associate with TH but brought up to date for PS3.
For those with internet connections on their PS3s i serious suggest you download the demo (for free) from the Playstation store and see just how good this game really is. The ragdoll physics, as well as the gameplay and board physics are all fantastic, and give a good laugh when you fall off the board too...watching the character face-plant a wall for example.
Definitely worth your time just to try the demo but I'll be buying this first thing on friday when the shops open ;-)
Skate - Online January 29, 2008
Skate is a much needed and fresh change to Tony Hawks which although was and is a very good series, it is not a skateboarding game in the same sense as Skate.
Im going to focus on the multiplayer aspect of the game. Once you have learnt the basics and are up to scratch the amount of fun you can have online is silly. All the game modes are fun so the 'play now' feature is great as it bypasses one of 2 major annoyancies - how hard it is to find anyone to play against! Play now will usually put you with 3-4 others but selecting a game mode manually often leaves you in the lobby waiting for some1 to play with. I dont know why this is but its annoying, especially when you just want to annialate. The spot race in my opinion has to be one of the best online modes testing every aspect of a player - only once found an opponent and they dropped out.
Second down side is the lagging, very annoying and seems to happen a lot but at least the game goes in slow motion rather than freezing as this can make a stylish trick look even more swish!
any1 dares to challange the master send the silkmaster an invite - silky_fox66 - you know.
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