Skate: A bold effort to de-thrown Hawk (Skate (PS3))

Member Name: Mattyb-emo

Product:	Skate (PS3)
Date:	10/06/09 (2 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Excellent career mode, very long game life

Disadvantages: Very difficult to instantly master the controls

Now I am like I think most people are a fan of the Tony Hawks skateboarding games but I found that all Tony Hawks games were pretty similar and there was no real variation in gameplay or characters or just in what you had to do to complete the game, so I thought for a change of direction I'd try something new and that was Skate.
I must admit at first I found this game difficult and frustrating. I was unable to do any tricks and I spent alot of time yelling and swearing and getting very fed up but I stuck with it and with alot of practice and by continually completing the tutorial I eventually got the hang of it. The main difficulty I found was that unlike Tony Hawk the skater is controlled entirely by the 2 anolog sticks on the PS3 controller as well as the Sixaxis technology.
Once you master the controls however this game is fantastic and I found myself sailing through the many very varied tasks in career mode.
The career mode is excellent and offers alot more variety in taskt that on Tony Hawks. The main down side is the multiplayer mode on Skate which only offers 3 mini games to compete against your friends.
Skate is a very good game but much like the Pro Evo vs Fifa debate this genre only has one true champion and that has to be Tony Hawk

Summary: If you are a skateboarding fan give it a try and you'll either love it or hate it