Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #396 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2007-09-28
• Platform: Xbox 360

Manufacturer's Description
Skate is the closest thing to skateboarding without actually putting your feet on a board. With innovative controls that take advantage of the dual analog sticks, the power of the next-gen hardware, and the ability to sculpt tricks that define your own style, Skate delivers an authentic boarding mecca like no other videogame.

Individual styles combined with physics-driven animations promise that no two tricks will ever be the same. And there’s plenty of room to pull off those tricks - San Vanelona challenges you to explore, find, and own the best spots. You can even capture footage to create and show off your style with friends across the worldâ€"because without footage, it's fiction.

Get ready for all the fun, creativity and culture of skateboarding without the hours of practice, broken bones, and hospital visits.

Customer Reviews

Better than Tony Hawk :-)
So much fun. There is a certain limit to wat u can do but because you cant do all the stupidly imposible tricks like in Tony Hawk all the time, it makes you feel good when u do something good.
Its great and you can play it for hours and the videos and editing you can do on it are awesome.
Hope in the next Skate theres more tricks.
Its 'the perfect height!'

Released too early, needs more work
Skate is the evolution of skating games. The game play is nothing like Tony Hawks, and the control method is equally different, yet refreshingly fun when you get used to it.
The game lets itself down hideously with poor loading times and awkward camera angles, just when you need it least - i.e. when trying to do challenges. If the original challenge itself isn't frustrating enough, loading screens and dodgy camera angles are nearly enough to make you want to smash the controller at the TV. The dreaded loading screen also occurs when returning to session markers, having travelled a mere 10 metres. Sadly, you have to rely heavily on these session markers because EA excluded the idea of being able to get off your board (Like Tony Hawks).

The game does make up for itself with the wonderful inclusion of Rag Doll Physics. By more accurately calculating the bodies limbs movements,the result is a more accurate representation of the motion of the skater and therefore his/her injuries. This has lead to hundreds of hilarious online videos of players' bails. This alone, for me, makes the game thoroughly enjoyable.

To conclude, had this game not been released so soon, maybe a few of the niggling problems that spoil this game would have been ironed out. Here's hoping there'll be Skate 2.

Brilliance
Bought this game a few months ago. I keep thinking I'm going to get bored of it, but with each session I love it even more. This is because of the way the game is layed out. The more you play the game, the better you get at it and therefore the more fun you have whilst playing it.

The Career mode is not outrageous like the Tony Hawks franchise, no whacky levels like a boat or a airport with weird half pipes everywhere. You skate around what you can find, such as a curb or a bus stop.

The controls were a bit weird at first. Having played Tony Hawks for years it took me a while to stop pressing 'A' to jump, but once I had got used to the controls it was fine, and I'm still finding new ways to do things.

Some people complain about the camera angle, and how sometimes you can't see what you are doing. This is true, however it is very occasional and I think you will find with any game the camera annoys to a certain extent.

Overall this game is by far the best skating game I've ever played and I would seriously reccomend it. I don't think I'll ever be able to play Tony Hawks again... Sorry Tony.