Abstract: When I was young I had an awesome whale-tailed Santa Cruz special edition and this game took me back to those days. Except that I didn’t get hurt as much and it wasn’t as exhilarating. But nevertheless I pressed forward to make my comeback into the ska...
Abstract: Name: Skate 2Genre: Sports - Skateboarding SimPlatform: Xbox 360, PS3 (Reviewed on Xbox 360)Two years ago, EA introduced Skate, a skateboarding game that not only knocked Tony Hawk off the top of the video game skating mountain, but essentially re-inv...
Abstract: When Electronic Arts first announced their intentions of releasing a skateboarding game I was skeptical. While I love skateboarding video games, the idea of having yet another franchise vying for top honors felt unnecessary. But Skate proved to not onl...
Abstract: For a long time, EA was the big, soulless game publisher who screwed over its workforce and delivered unoriginal games year after year as a slave to short-term results. But with the Blizzard merger, Activision is the worlds biggest publisher and they...
The games wide open world coupled with the fact that it is easy to pick up and play for hours,
The camera becomes your worst enemy while walking feels unnatural.
EA and BLACK BOX’s sequel to their Tony Hawk Killer provides more of the great same skating as the original but falls flat with some of its new additions. Is this sequel worth picking up? Find out my thoughts after the break!Full Review:As a kid gr...
Abstract: Players are immediately introduced to all the famous skateboarders presented in Skate 2 in EA’s very fashionable live-action cinematography, where we see our protagonist leaving jail. Then to molding avatars through the character creation, a robust sys...
Same great controls; loads of challenges to tackle; an authentic representation of skateboarding culture.
Off-board controls are sketchy; moving objects around the world isnt that polished; intimidating controls.
Skate was an innovative game in that it did away with the "Jackass" crowd and instead focused on capturing a more realistic approach to the sport, delving deeply into skateboard culture. Now with Skate 2 we get more of the same, which isnt bad by any ...
Abstract: Skate 2 follows the “bigger, better, more” sequel mantra to a T, and the result is a game that is better than the original in most respects. The city is bigger, you have more moves, and there is a bit more spit and polish in the presentation. We aren’t...
