Avis sur le produitSkate (Microsoft Xbox 360, 2007)

Mature review of Skate (Xbox 360)

The mechanics in Skate are marvelous to one such as myself, with the only skating games behind me being from the Tony Hawk franchise. Focusing tricks with the right analog stick, grabs with the left and right triggers, and accelerating with the 'A' button, pulling off impressive stunts comes off naturally. The environment is gorgeous for being a skating game, reminding me of Mirror's Edge more so than anything else I can think of. This franchise has certainly pulled many gamers away from the THPS tour with its innovation and realism; it allows skates to pull off tricks on the ground, every trick can be performed right away without having to fill up a silly bar, and customizing your skaters appearance with real merchandise from skating brands are all features that are new to this game type.

Complaints would obviously be with the realism employed by having a camera low and behind you, mimicking someone trailing you with a camcorder but annoying you if there is ever more than two objects in your immediate surrounding. Also, you will find that it sometimes takes 15 failures before you succeed at a mission. Lastly, your enemies will be curbs and facing into walls, since the game gives you a bit too much difficulty in navigating either.

I would recommend buying Skate, even if you only play it for a few hours and throw it in your video game shelf. Try to aim for $15 - $20 if you find one on ebay.Lire l'avis complet...

Skate provides an excellent amount of entertainment.

First, let me get the few flaws out of the way. The game has an annoying camera angle, and sometimes it can get very frustrating that you're not able to get off your skateboard and walk (like in Tony Hawk's Underground).

But it's not too hard to get over the flaws once make your first ollie. The feeling of accomplishing an ollie with a flick of a joystick rather than a button is thrilling.
You'll quickly (relatively) pick up on gameplay as you go along the very large are of "San Van". In just a few hour to a couple days, you'll be flawlessly pulling of 3,000 point combos.

All in all, Skate is an excellent game. If the developers spend a little more time actually playing the game themselves, they would have figured out how frustrating it is to not be able to walk up the stairs by getting off your skateboard, and actually have to skateboard all the way around a building just to try the same trick over the staircase.

This isn't a very comprehensive review, but to anyone on the fence about purchasing this product, I'd say that this game will not disappoint. And I have very high expectations for Skate 2 coming out in 2009.

~Blasphemy4kidzLire l'avis complet...

Watch out Tony Hawk-Here comes much needed change!

If you have played Tony Hawk, which I know you have, you are familiar with skateboard game mechanics. Unlike Tony Hawk, which relies mostly on button combinations, skate utilizes a unique control scheme called Flickit. To push off on your board and gather speed, you hit or hold the X and/or A button-x or A controls left or your right foot to push. Once you get rolling, you perform tricks by flicking the right analog stick around in various directions. For ollies, you pull down then push straight up, for kickflips you push up diagonally and pop shuvits require a Street Fighter II fireball motion. Grab tricks are a little different: the left and right triggers activate your skater's left or right hand for grabs and you can "tweak" the board for different tricks like Christ Airs by moving the right analog stick in different directions or by pushing the B button.

You really do have to play the game to get a true feel for how the control scheme works. The learning curve is steep and it took me a while to get the hang of it at first, but fortunately the game begins with a tutorial that teaches you how to play, and it is a great tutorial that keeps it fun (some tutorials in games are a bore). Once you become accustomed to the controls, it's pretty intuitive. Unfortunately, it isn't perfect. The control input difference between two flip tricks is often negligible on the analog stick, so you'll often find yourself doing one trick when you meant to do another. Grabs are also insanely difficult because of the finger gymnastics necessary--some of the harder grabs involve multiple fingers, all doing different things.

Skate will also force you to rethink the way you approach virtual skating. You can't simply skate around, magically hop onto stuff and trick out 12 million point combos like Tony Hawk. Instead, the play mechanics mimic real skateboarding; which is a much needed change in the world of video game skateboarding. I have to say I was growing tired of the same Tony Hawk game every year with only a couple changes! When I got into playing Skate it was a fresh change, much needed.

Also the two other great aspects are Online play= Awesome, and create your videos!=super awesome! Unlike tony undergroud you can go back and save an awesome trick you didn't mean to do, or bail, and save it-create new effects/color, and upload it to the internet for all to see! Awesome! Tony's idea of this is you have to record and then try your trick; which doesn't help the fact that great tricks and experiences are usually NOT planned! That is why Skate kills tony in this field! Tony take a hint!

Graphics: 4.5 out of 5= Great graphics, better than prior Tony H...But I do feel they could have made the graphics even better.

Controls: 4.8 out of 5 = High because of the awesome change in mechanics, very fun. Not perfect only because the analog stick control for tricks may create a trick you were not trying to hit.

Sound= 5 out of 5 = Maybe I am scoring it high, but the sound of wheels on pavement and other surfaces sounds great. The sound of bails and soundtracks sound good too.

The F factor (fun!)= 4.5 out of 5. Very fun, and a game you can always pick up.
Replayable and online keeps it going.Lire l'avis complet...

A great alternative to Tony Hawk

Skate is a great game to add to your collection. With its great control system it is a great alternative to Tony Hawk. It is also alot more realistic, as you cannot do a backflip christ air 360 flip to dark slide kickflip nosegrind manual shuvit smithgrind..... yada yada yada(if you play tony hawk, you know what i mean).
While you can still link tricks, it is much more realistic.

A nice touch is the combo bonus. If you skate a nice line and continually link tricks you get a combo of 1.5x,2x,or 3x. Keep that up and you can rack up points easily.

The only thing that lacks is probably the rag doll physics of the game. Whenever you fall you instantly rag doll. The goals are also repetitive, and some seem too easy to complete.
But still Skate is a great game, you should get it.Lire l'avis complet...

A- maybe

Fun game, but controls are hard to get used to. Doesn't follow previous game controls, but instead all used in the joy stick. I am not sure if you can switch controls around, but it is hard to have to do everything from the right joystick when you use the right buttons for everything else. It make you scramble to get the big air you always want off of a half pipe. It would be nice to have controls like Tony Hawk. The graphics are amazing, and it has a funny video in the begining. I also enjoy the realist gameplay when you hit stuff. It is one of the first games where you have to ollie over stuff or wipe out. Good job EA.Lire l'avis complet...

Skate was alright

This game featured a lot of things that you wouldn't necessarily expect from a skating game, especially in a Tony Hawk world. The feel of the game is very different and much more challenging, because you must adequately "flip" the right and left sticks to create tricks. I believe this makes for a much more realistic and challenging game, but because of this it takes much longer to learn and can sometimes be very frustrating.

Overall I think this game is a LOT of fun. It isn't the social game that Tony Hawk can be, but if you are looking for a more challenging game, with amazing graphics, Skate is for you. It's more realistic and more interesting. I would definitely recommend it to anyone!Lire l'avis complet...

Skate for Xbox 360

Loved playing Skate when I had my Xbox 360 so much that I had to pick it up for my Xbox One now that the platform has the game as backwards compatible. Works as it should.

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Good Game!

This game is very new and innovative, a refreshing break from the ever alike Tony Hawk series. This game introduces the "Flik-it" controls where you actually get to use the right thumb stick to do tricks. This story mode is fun, but it could have been better. This game is really great for the online mode. I have been known to play the online hours on end because it is just that fun. I highly recommend this game if you can get it for such a good price like I did, or you could wait and get Skate 2. Either way you win, and will not be disappointed with the game.Lire l'avis complet...

How realistic Skate really is.

What i really like about Skate is that you feel like your actually on the board doing tricks and what not.I also enjoy the new way of skating that EA and whoever else made the game, thought of the flick it controls. It's amazing to me because instead of pressing a bunch of buttons you can actually kind of control the way you ollie, manual, and to grind you just ollie on grindable objects. Then even the way you ollie on the object determends the grind you make. Like if you ollie in a backward position then it might come out to a 5-0 or somthing close to that. But even to a great game like this there's still some disadvantages. So far though the only thing i'm not to found of is that your stuck to your board and can't get off of it when you want to.
Now of course the reason i bought it was because i was sick of the Tony Hawk pro skater games and wanted to try something new, something more realistic and more challenging then just pressing bunches of different buttons, and well now i have found it that type of game and shared my experience with you all. GREAT GAME GET IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Lire l'avis complet...

Love to Skate? Then You'll Love This Game

Presentation- The story isn't very engaging, but it's a good thing because everything is relaxed, full of spirit, and funny. This game actually feels like a living skating community.

Graphics- Details are amazing, but occasionally framerate issues and blurring can be a problem, but it's still great graphics.

Sound- Good sound track, nice commentary, and the skating sounds just like it does in real life.

Gameplay- Lots of new things to do and many awesome skating tricks. It's only missing a few flatland tricks and the challenge to maunal or grind correctly.

Lasting Appeal- Story is short and can be completed quickly, but in general the game isn't really about objectives, its about skating, and if you love to skate, then you will keep coming back to this game.

Overall- This is an excellent skating game with great graphics, gameplay, sound, and flow. I really reccomend it to you!Lire l'avis complet...