Skate 3

mayordenis

So anyone else looking forward to this - the demo was pretty meh but the thing is I know I'll love the game because they didn't **** with the main quality which is that it's simply enjoyable to skate a around and just try shiz,

So definate day 1 purchase for me - anyone else?

RobertFoster

I enjoyed the first two but I'm a little concerned that this one is more online focused. I've not read too much into it, but something about creating an online team doesn't interest me.

Helix

didnt mind the first one, hated the second one, third one is kinda midway between the first 2 for me. its ok, but its a bit too technical (theres an easy mode, but thats not enough of a challenge)

sits in the "its alright if youre into that kinda thing" pile

mayordenis

As luck would have it I'm in to that sort of thing.

Helix

mayordenis wrote: »

As luck would have it I'm in to that sort of thing.

sorted so

DeVore

Helix wrote: »

didnt mind the first one, hated the second one, third one is kinda midway between the first 2 for me. its ok, but its a bit too technical (theres an easy mode, but thats not enough of a challenge)

sits in the "its alright if youre into that kinda thing" pile

Ok, I thought it was just me but I loved the first one too and I was kinda meh about the second one even though it appeared to be lots more of the same.


I've played the demo of 3 (and got to play in London yesterday, did I mention that I was in London playing games all day yesterday? No? )

I will pick up a copy a few months after it comes out and falls a bit in price but the fact that I went off the boil with 2 worried me slightly...


why didnt you like 2 helix? Cos I never figured that one out, I just drifted away from it....

DeV.

Helix

i thought it was more a lesson in memorising a billion button combinations than playing a game

didnt have the same level of fun the first one had, which could have been because it was a new, different alternative to the tony hawk series

like you i couldnt really put my finger on it, i just didnt enjoy playing it

calex71

I hated the 1st one , maybe I didnt give it enough of a chance but I loved the 2nd one. I'm on the fence about the 3rd now, was going to go out and get it tomorrow but after playing the demo again there

flanno_7hi

Got the day off tomorrow to pick this up and play all day

I'm so glad of the hardcore mode. Skate 2 is my favourite xbox game. i just love skating around and making vids. I am 2 achievments off finishing it but i cant bring myslf to play it online anymore.
People doing stupid glitches and the manual, trick, manual, trick manual, trick, manual ****e in best trick and spot challenge ruined for me. Im not a skater but the reason i like skate is becaus of the realism of it.
if i wanted to do a 23 trick combo bull**** move i'd play tony hawk

Helix

flanno_7hi wrote: »

Im not a skater but the reason i like skate is becaus of the realism of it

i think thats why i didnt like it so much after the original tbh

calex71

flanno_7hi wrote: »

if i wanted to do a 23 trick combo bull**** move i'd play tony hawk

I miss the days of grinding power lines in the ps1+2 but the th series is a car crash these days , which tempts me even more to get this tomorrow

DeVore

Manuals. Ah yes. I forgot that sh*t.


How to make your game crap. Create a trick-linking mechanic which is entirely based on the use of the worst part of the controller. A tiny region between a little forward and a little more forward.

Then put that particular turd nugget at the end of a mind bendingly accurate and fast movement of the same joystick. Insanity.

Also the silly games of "Hey I want you to do a 360 pop shovit with a fakey landing and a stalefish grab!" "No sorry, you did a 360 pop shovit with a fakey landing and a late stakefish grab... you lose".


On the plus side, I adored the video editing and loved making and watching other peoples videos. I'm hoping they do something with the editor and beef it up.

DeV.

mayordenis

I think it probably helps being big into skating as compared to the Tony Hawk series it was just such a huge breath of fresh air - would love to have grabbed a copy for after work tonight but I guess I can manage the wait until the morning.
Reviewing pretty nicely too - which doesn't really matter a toss I guess, but nice to see all the same.

DeVore

What I want to hear is: Why should I buy this if i have 2.

I couldnt see a compelling answer to that.

DeV.

mayordenis

It's definately more of the same - classy intro again which is humourful - would I be able to give a compelling answer if you weren't totally into number 2? Nope.
Still think I'm gonna plunge many hours into this.

DeVore

Its sitting on our desk here.... I still enjoyed 2, particularly the editing of videos...

We also have Fifa South Africa to review too. yay! (he said sarcastically). Not a big fan of football games

DeV.

mayordenis

Jaysus I can't imagine reviewing a football game is a great decision if your not in to them - but it's actually pretty good and seems to be keeping a low price point as they must have accepted the quadrennial release of World Cup tie-ins is pretty low on the auld value scale. Give it a bash.

rizzla

I don't know what it is but I just don't like this as much as the other 2. Playing it on hardcore and it still feels too easy, maybe it will pick up it's still early days.

calex71

rizzla wrote: »

I don't know what it is but I just don't like this as much as the other 2. Playing it on hardcore and it still feels too easy, maybe it will pick up it's still early days.

Yeah I'm the same, one question though I played through the 1st tutorial and then went out in the bog bad world and seems I've lost the ability to manual

I know how to do it but it just isn't working? Would turning on hall of meat in the options have effected this? I did toggle the option but still the same

Edit: I'll try changing the difficulty and see if that effects it.

DeVore

If you find out how to disable that god awful mechanic of "manuals" between tricks can you let me know

DeV.

rizzla

The game is alot shorter than the previous ones. Finished the main story, 7 hours in and have gotten 75% completion based on the ingame stat section. Haven't touched online yet though, hopefully it'll be better or as good as Skate 2.

Liathroidi Dana

DeVore wrote: »

If you find out how to disable that god awful mechanic of "manuals" between tricks can you let me know

DeV.

You dont really need to Manual Between tricks as long as you do another trick not too long after and your line stays intact.

Love me some Skate I do...

Bugg

Just got this a while ago and think its great so far. Loved the first two games, had grown tired ofthe tony hawk series after playing it for years.

calex71

I'm sick of the A.I team mates, so for folks playing on xbox feel free to add me for career games

Liathroidi Dana

Tell me about it, keep on failing comp because of my bloody teammate!

I'll add you when I'm next on.

calex71

Anyone have any issues with freezing? Game must have locked up on me 5 or 6 times in the last 2 days, usually in transitions to online or on other loading screens.

Also as is typical of EA uploading videos etc. only works 1/10 times for me :mad:

rizzla

Some of the loading screens can take ages but it hasn't frozen so bad that I needed to do a hard reset.

I have to say though this is the worst skate in the franchise. Main career is short and the story boring. Online is not as good as 2, if your skate team isn't online there's no point in playing online solo.

calex71

rizzla wrote: »

Some of the loading screens can take ages but it hasn't frozen so bad that I needed to do a hard reset.

I have to say though this is the worst skate in the franchise. Main career is short and the story boring. Online is not as good as 2, if your skate team isn't online there's no point in playing online solo.

Have to agree, all those pointless photo "challenges" I got fed up with them and stopped bothering to set up good shots, then the do any 3 tricks ones etc etc

Spot on with the multiplayer , Skate2 was much better.

VinLieger

Has frozen for me several times while online due to players joining or dropping out. Also have serious problems connecting to the EA service thing.
Damn glad i only rented this and saved my money for red dead

calex71

VinLieger wrote: »

Has frozen for me several times while online due to players joining or dropping out. Also have serious problems connecting to the EA service thing.
Damn glad i only rented this and saved my money for red dead

I was actually shocked that I had no issues connecting to EA nation at least every time despite otehr issues, skate 2 disconnected me every 10 minutes and Battlefield Bad company 2 was totally unplayable for me due to its refusal to connect or disconnecting after 5 minutes online :mad:

rizzla

Some cheat codes posted on the skate Twitter.

mcfly (makes your skateboard a hoverboard, although the sound of the wheels are still there and it gets stuck on grass)
zombies (turns the people into zombies)
deadspacetoo (let's you play as Isaac from Dead Space)
miniskaters (makes you small)

Enter them in the Extras part of the pause menu.

calex71

rizzla wrote: »

Some cheat codes posted on the skate Twitter.

mcfly (makes your skateboard a hoverboard, although the sound of the wheels are still there and it gets stuck on grass)
zombies (turns the people into zombies)
deadspacetoo (let's you play as Isaac from Dead Space)
miniskaters (makes you small)

Enter them in the Extras part of the pause menu.

I saw a picture on the skate.reel of a car with a skater on the roof surrounded by zombies, and was wondering wft ??

DeVore

Is it true they have trashed all the Skate2 videos and content from online??

DeV.

RobertFoster

I just signed in to EA (http://skate.ea.com/) and I can't find my videos/photos. I knew they were closing down the Skate 1 stuff, but not Skate 2.

Zero-Cool

I'm currently bidding on ebay to pick this up for cheap, saw it cheap on thehut.com as well in case the bidding falls through. I like playing the 1st one but heard this is more MP orientated. Not much interest in MP. Can anyone tell me if it has a good single player mode?

calex71

sheehy83 wrote: »

I'm currently bidding on ebay to pick this up for cheap, saw it cheap on thehut.com as well in case the bidding falls through. I like playing the 1st one but heard this is more MP orientated. Not much interest in MP. Can anyone tell me if it has a good single player mode?

It does but it's not a patch on the 1st two games over all. The 2nd game was excellent.

Zero-Cool

my fiver was outbid. 5 hours left but it's already up to 17 quid inc. delivery were the hut are selling it for 16 euro new with free delivery. I'm just not sure whether to buy it or not ahhhhhh can't decide

kwestfan08

Could you not pick it up second hand for cheaper than €16? Especially with Game being in big trouble. Played Skate 2 and it's single player I thought was excellent.

Zero-Cool

I gladly would if I could. I must ring Game and check it out.