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Skate Demo: Uber pwnagesauce?
Ignignokt01 \| 2:48 PM on 09.02.2007	8 comments

I was skeptical. 'Not another Tony Hawk?' hmm... but how will they do it?
I saw the EA logo, and my hopes were crushed...

Then the demo came around on live, I said, 'what the hell', and gave it a try....

(3 hours pass... on a 30 minute timed demo)

I'm going to fucking buy this game and play the shit out of it, despite whatever reviews say (which I think will be highly positive anyways)

Seriously guys, I feel like how i felt playing the original Tony Hawk. Its that... 'fresh'? 'new'?
All I know is that this game is really fun and reminds me of how it feels to actually skateboard. No I'm not saying its THAT realistic, but its a shitload more realistic than those damn Tony Hawk games.

It finally takes some coordination to pull off a kickflip to grind combo, not just button mashing.

The most drastic difference from this game and Tony Hawk games is the grinding, no longer are you 'magically attached' to an edge or rail, you actually have to have a good amount of momentum and land perfectly on the rail to successfully grind off of it. And you lose your momentum very quickly.

I think this game will come as a surprise to many who had low expectations of it. I just hope the multiplayer aspects hold up.

Anybody else play the demo? What are your thoughts?

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7 comments | showing # 1 to 7

BlindsideDork

Eh it was ok...I felt if you didn't hold down the push button you slowed down too quickly?

Ignignokt01

Haha welcome to real skateboarding. I felt the same way at first but the more I played the more I realized that was a non-issue.

My only complaint about the game is the ragdoll physics: they're cool, but instead of just becoming lifeless dolls when you bail, they should react to the injury. Like say your guy lands on his balls, he should curl up into a ball and grab his crotch and squeal in pain. That would be 'realistic'.. hahah

itemforty

Eh, I thought the demo was definitely interesting... at least until the game bugged out and the voices and sfx disappeared completely.
The trick system is cool though, and definitely a bit more intricate than other games.
I personally think it's a rent'r.

Ignignokt01

Whoa damn, were you playing it on the 360 or PS3?

That sounds pretty fucked up

Neonie

I love it, I'll definitly be picking it up when I get the money (somewhere around the 15th)

Deathsaw

I thought it did some things right. Yet it seems too focused on the realism and not focused on fun. Sure it has it's perks, yet i'd rather bust out a 35 move combo in TH. Let's just hope they keep the jokes outta both those games.

skeletor

it was good but it had lots of problems, like the slowing down to quickly; while its real it still takes away from the game, and I felt that you needed more arial height to pull off the great grabs, and finding that momentum too launch off the ramp was too hard and rare.

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