EA have not been wonderful and keeping franchises fresh and cool - just
look at the regularly churned out efforts of FIFA or Tiger Woods. They
never get that much better and generally just end up adding more little
tweaks and additions which never amount to much more than the previous
years version!
Here are my thoughts on why Skate 2 will be pants:
1. Walking
I know this was one of the main complaints from the original - but is the ability to get off the board really that important? I think a better version of the ability to set a point to go back to and to be able to do it quickly would be better.
2. Girls
Now - before you get all "you are sexist!" on me - I like girls 
But I think their place in a skating game is not something that we should be celebrating. If EA had spent more time adding more pro skaters and better decks and equipment we would be happier! Wouldn't we?
3. Moving Stuff About
This is a sure sign that the game is turning into a Tony Hawk clone. Sure, it's fun to move things around and make new jumps to ride on - but seriously - EA Skate was applauded for its originality and back to basics approach! Stick to the game plan EA. Whats next - "Ollie the bum" or collecting hovering letters and hidden tapes?
4. More Tricks
I know everyone wants to be Rodney Mullen and do flatland tricks and flippy finger flips to casper all the time - but come on... The Flick-it controls is the best control scheme available for any type of skateboarding game - ever! It is now going to be more complicated and you will have more buttons to mash until you can pull off the "no-comply finger flip airwalk to fakie" that you asked for. Again - more like Tony Hawk in my opinion. KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid!
5. Handplants
Footplants and no-comply's = yes. Handplants = No. They are so 1980's. Get rid of them.
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i feel you dude..but i hope your wrong.
i was thinking the same thing. footplants and handplants are not needed in a game mostly focused on street skatein.
i dont know why they dont just keep skate as it is now..and make hella lots of downloadable content..real parks and locations would be so nice..kona, brooklyn banks, south bank, venice beach etc etc.plus clothes and equipment…thats all they need to do.
Lots of downloadable content would be lush!
What did EA Skate 1 get in the way of downloadable stuff? – Nothing…
Rubbish.
yea which is weird, cause if you say take battelfeild bad company, ea got slated for making to much of the content downloadable and not free. almost all the guns are locked and you have to pay for them hah!
its not at all like ea to mis a chance to rip off its customers with loads of costly downloadable content. im suprised they didnt release stuff for skate knowing how well received the game was.
still lets see, if skate two has to much costly downloadable content. im sayin it will. prepare to be ripped off.
Anyone can find flaws in a game. But since the game has yet to be released, who are you to judge? These new updates to the classic game aren’t going to get in the way of the core original title gamers. You don’t have to use the new tricks or make your character a girl. They just want to have a bigger selection of tricks and styles for gamers to express themselves
That’s how it started with the Tony Hawk games though…
I hope you are right and that I am wrong.
That said, I haven’t even completed the first game or got to the X-Games yet! Still having too much fun at the skatepark ollieing benches!
fuck you
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You obviously dont skate.
I used to Skate – when I was younger (probably before you were born…!) but I still have a living, breathing, skating soul burning inside me!
DUDE SKATE ISNT ABOUT STREET SKATING DIP SHT ITS ABOUT FEELING LIKE UR REALLY GOD DAMN SKATEBOARDING ! MEANING NO COMPLYS HAND PLANTS BONELESSES HIPPIE JUMPS ARE ALL IN ORDER U COCK FUNGUS ! CAUSE I AM AN INNOVATIVE SKATEBOARDER AND I DO HANDPLANTS ON TONS OF THINGS NO COMPYS BONELESSES ALL THAT IS ABOUT INNOVATION !
HEY FAGGOT!
first off, you do no complys and handplants and shit? thats not gay right? what are you, rodney mullens son?
@chandler
I remember when no-comply’s came out (Ray Barbee – Powell Peralta Public Domain video – circa 1990) and they were good then and they still are.
Hand plants are just way too old and seem a bit “shoe-horned” into the game to me – just to please the ramp/pool skaters.
I hope we are able to pull off some good handplants on the tops of buildings before we fall to our deaths – or some weird stuff like that!
5. Handplants
Footplants and no-comply’s = yes. Handplants = No. They are so 1980’s. Get rid of them.
that comment is fucking retarded! have you ever watched people skate a bowl? have you seen ANY FUCKING THRASHER VIDEO? c’mon man, “so 1980′s” you’re a knob. just because you wish you were a gangsta skater, with ur beats rockin, doesnt mean a handplant is out dated..
dont buy the game if you think it sucks so much? i myself am excited to try the new things in skate!
First off…EA pumps games out…Yes, we know this. But who really gives a shit if they don’t update the game mechanics much? If they didn’t update a single thing in the game, and just gave a new world to skate, then the game will be fucking awesome. Skate 1…best game ever made in my personal opinion. Skate 2….I hope the additions of tricks don’t mess with the over all game mechanics much. I doubt that they will.
In the end of the day the flickit system, and amazing physics of Skate have made it a revolutionary, and nearly perfect skate game. Though I could really give two shits about grabing while I’m grinding, or handplants, or even hippy hops, I remain very confident that Skate 2 will be even more fun then the first. Walking will be one of the best additions by the way, and being able to move anything that is not bolted down anywhere you want….that is going to be fucking awesome. These are the reasons that your article, and it’s title suck….not skate 2.
Hey dumbass..
Just keep playing Skate 1. Stop complaining. It’s not needed.
ok dude your a fucking idiot im cant fucking wait for skate 2 i know im buying it the day it comes out cus its gunna be even more gnarly then skate 1 man!!!!
1) i cant fucking wait to be finally able to walk up stairs!!! yes walking is very important
2) are you sure you like the girls cus by the sounds of it you have something against them…. maybe you dont like girls cus they dont have big cocks for you to sit on?
3) well im not gunna be moving stuff alot in the game and if you think its too tony hawk then dont move shit around! yes its that fucking simple!!!!
4) ok i dont want to be rodney mullen cus im not huge on flatland tricks but still having more tricks makes sence no why… cus people all over the world know how to do more tricks then just flip tricks and grabs
5) uhhhh just cus handplants were popular in the 80′s doesnt mean people these days just forget them and will never do them again
I wrote this post to vent my thoughts on what seemed to be some bad examples of EA putting all sorts of stuff in the game that really would detract from the heart and soul of what Skate 1 was all about.
Yes, we need to be able to get off the board and having girls in is most likely just EA “ticking the boxes” for being socially aware and “doing the right thing”.
I just don’t want skate 2 to turn into something that we already have – Tony Hawk games.
Oh – and by the way – I am not gay, and I do skate and I don’t wish I was a Gangsta Skata.
Peace!
No… Your just a giant DOUCHE.
SKATE 2 is gonna be GNARLY!
What do we all love about skate? Rippin’ some cool spot, or getting that precise line just right..
- So stop jacking off and anticipate the new awesome spots that you know you’ll love!
And if you dont like the new things you can pull off, then never press that button douche
I dont care.. I LOVE IT!
sorry but you have no clue what your talking about.
i’m not going to get into detail but lets use the KISS principle,
lay of ea’s nuts ass wipe,
everybody give tao a fuckin break!he just doesn’t want skate to turn into another tony hawk series and im pretty sure none of us do either.he even said that he hopes that he is wrong and im pretty sure he will be.
1. a great edition and a time saver nothing wrong with this.
2. who really cares anyway. its just a different look get over it.
3. another great edition, this can set up new lines and adds a touch a realism, you dont walk around inreal life and see the perfect skatespot, sometimes moving shit around is neccesary.
4. this can be good or bad depending on how you have to do them, keep it realistic though.
5. quit your bitchin. if you dont like em dont do em.
your fucking stupid
The way i see it if you say any old skool skate trick is “gay” your obviously a poser or maybe your a fruit booter LMAO FAG. Skating wouldn’t be where it is today without all those tricks you called gay. Every edition to Skate two adds to its realism. And realism is one thing EA added to skate games unlike activision who totally made there games as far from real as they possibly could. I think skate 2 well be just as awesome or better to me as the first time i played skate.
I don’t remember saying any trick was “gay” – just that handplants have no real place in street skating…
That’s all!
You’re absolutely right…I just played the demo of the game today….and it fucking sucks in comparison to Skate 1. It feels like it’s running on a completely new engine, and the physics are much more “buggy”. The walking they added is a joke, and was very poorly executed. Moving shit around is really cool, but the mechanics of the game feel much different. Hitting rails feels like a lot of control has been taken away from the player. The physics simply don’t feel as good, and the game feels more “arcade-like” Overall…disapointed with the new version of the game. Fuck you EA. If they weren’t making this game for every platform under the sun I’m sure the game would have come out excellent.
Well Skate 2 demo is awesome, new stuff in the game makes it even better and the controls are the same with a few extra bonus tricks…i dont see how the fuck you would think its a bad game…
the skate 2 demo was really good and the no complys and plants are really cool. i like how they make cool tricks but they dont over do it like in tony hawk. in the skate 2 demo there are alot more options for how ur skater looks which is awesome and walking and moving stuff is sweet. overall amazing game
you’re right, it sucks
man i played the demo, and i hated it.
it was so…NOT SKATE! the waling was absaloutley pointless and slow.
and the way u make ur character made it look so THUG.The story line looked THUG.and u cant even do full 360s anymore on flat ground by pushing both analogs to the same direction.in my opinion EA skate 2 wouldn’t be the same as the first.
In all seriousness, the vibe I get from the Skate 2 demo is like Skate 1 and the newest Tony Hawk had a baby. See, this is good for the 70% of people who sucked at Skate 1 and liked to play “realistic,” but for the Xbox Live players who loved spot battle (and the multiplier) it sucks. I never played the first game realistically, nor do I want to play this one realistically. I liked getting the most points, and winning, because it took skill. The game isn’t out yet, but I’m guessing it will be like Halo 1 and Halo 2. True skilled fans will stay with the original, while the retarded masses will flock to the easier, more user friendly sequel.
In my honest opinion, Skate 2 is going to be horrible. I just downloaded the demo and just finished playing it about 3 minutes ago. The game is almost like Tony Hawk but without the gayness. Skate needs to go back to its roots and stick to it, more original skate and less bullshit please.
Okay, to make things right here:
I played THP8, and Skate 24/7 for few months ago.
Skate OWNED THP8 – to say it correctly, Skate kicks the fuckin’ balls of Tony Hawks.
But what happened to Skate 2? It’s a bad cocktail with 75% THP8 and 25% Skate.
Yes you’ve heard right! The Skate 2 Demo killed all my dreams and hopes for that shitty game.
Anyways, still gonna’ buy it – don’t hold back, get it anyways, but don’t expect a mindblower like Skate 1.
Thanks for your thoughts guys!
I think we are all a little disapointed with the Skate2 demo, but after playing it through quite a few times I am still impressed with it.
I agree that it is not “ground breaking” – and I didn’t expect it to be as we all know the Skate “method”.
The addition of fastplants and stuff like that is fun and the game does seem generally better all round – but it is different.
The bit where you move things around reminds me so much of the Tony Hawk series of games it’s untrue! Also, the characters seem “fatter” or more chunky somehow. It’s like Skate 1 was a slim, elegant creature and Skate 2 is it’s fatter, uglier cousin.
I am sure that the full version will blow us away when it is released this week.
Here is my review of the demo anyway: http://skatergeek.com/skate-2-demo-review/
you guys got it all wrong, mike V obvss was hackin skate 2, puttin in some steeeeezeeeeeeeee
I’m sorry but, I mustn’t agree. The game didn’t impress me one bit, the turning has increased in difficulty by trice. Simple tricks like ollies are harder to flick now because for god knows why a kickflip is easy now. Honestly Ea has lost a buyer in me.
P.S. The demo was more then disappointing Tao, just my ten cents is all.
Your a fucking dumb skate 2 is going to be amazing i love how you can get off your board and stuff FAG
the skate 2 demo is a fucking joke. The gravity is shitty (it was perfect in skate 1) , the flip tricks are delayed, and everything is cartoonier than tony fag underground . They should keep it real instead of making the 70% who sucked at skate 1 feel like theyre ryan fucking sheckler
You don’t get it! You have to skate to understand and feel the game in the right way!
yeah i have to agree they replaced the whole reason of skate 2 with some stupid shit, i mean if they kept the gameplay the same and added extras to it thenn it would be different but, for me and the reviews ive read and seen, this game does not look even as good as the first.. and to everyone that says you dont no because you dont have a skateboarding mentality shut the fuck up, half of you probably play this game more then going out on a board.. and that shit isnt for me.. i pictured it to be skating when you cant skate, it really is like tony hawk.. fuck that
i miss Thrasher skate & destroy, for me its the best skateboarding game ever. Com’on rockstar bring back Thrasher hehe.
Oh man… I am itching to get out of work to buy this game!
Pah!
See you all online!
Add me on Xbox Live: My gamertag is Taoski.
i just wasted my fucking money on this game. im going to cry. They ruined the franchise with this cartoon bullshit. dont get this game please!
what a cunt you dont even skate n your moaning about a fucking game get on real board then your opinion would matter, and hanplants aint 80′s gimp have you ever seen people skate pools/bowls
@Anonymous: I might have changed my mind about handplants… I seem to spend alot of time trying to handplant at the top of large ramps.
The Slipway Park is the best…
Skate 2 Rocks. not like skate 1 but its still is awesome. don’t worry they haven’t ruined the series yet
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TAO…you do realise its more realistic to do handplants than to get 5 feet of air off every ramp. you say skate was going back to basics and if basics are the older moves that were the first to be invented then handplants and no complys and such are more basic than laser flips and shit like that!!!All your comments are bullshit btw
well i have skate 2 i like some spots .. well the same spots from original skate.. (aheum)
oh please call this shit downhill jam.. who cares about skating hills hills hills ??
the new tricks are cool, and it’s good that you can get off your board but skate1 was better in many ways…
what i hate in skate 2 is that it’s almost impossible to jump on some thin ledges because the corners suck you into grind… One of the things i liked in skate1 was that you really have to hit the rail accurately to grind…..
what i also dislike is (I’m not sure if i’m right) but it feels like you can now ollie higher, and there’s less gravity… why to have moon gravity since with more speed you could ollie further anyway?
Getting into blunts/nose/tailslides is also bit ackward in skate2 because when you gently flick to rotate, you’ll get rotated 180. blah, i don’t know, maybe it’s just something to get used with, but somehow i liked the old more steady rotate better.
and wtf; half of the city is just a DOWNHILL with nothing on it. I really miss all the good spots from skate1.
Create-a-spot sucks, it’s only for creating a stupid trick-combo-challenge. I think it should’ve been just a regular “bookmark a spot” so that you can teleport to a spot you’ve created or you simply want to find fast next time… And it would be nice to be able to use replay editor when you get there for chist sake…
And instead of just some random rails hanging in random corners it would have been nice to get a menu where you can select some stuff and it gets drop in front of you from the sky…
All the online challenges are bullshit… the s.k.a.t.e mode should have more options like amount of letters, differing bs from fs. it would be great that when you skate with your friends online, you could check out what tricks they are doing, so a simple spectator mode in online play would mean alot.
EA also marketed skate2 telling it has a “better replay editor”… But the truth was i had to pay like 10$ more to get it… ruthless…
Well.. I guess i’ll just have to live with all this, because skate2 is still a good game. I just wish skate3 won’t be again closer to tony hawk series, becacuse when skate3 comes out, I won’t be buying it if so.
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