Anyone Own S.K.A.T.E.? - Blu-ray Forum

0tim0 · 02-26-2008, 10:11 PM

I played the SKATE demo and thought it was kinda fun, but never bought it. When I was browsing at Best Buy today I saw that it supported four players (offline). I looked at some reviews but I wasn't able to find much about the offline multiplayer support.

What types of games can you play /offline/ in multiplayer mode? Are there any "race" modes? Any good?

My friends and I like to get together to play multiplayer games. One guy had a Wii with a Tony Hawk game that included a four-player downhill race mode. We found it so much fun. But the Wii sucks overall. I was hoping to get the same thing on the PS3.

Thanks for your help!
tim

quaylie · 02-26-2008, 10:27 PM

I own it but haven't really done the multiplayer thing...but that game is awesome...beats Tony Hawk with a stick.

caliblue15 · 02-26-2008, 10:42 PM

have it, never played online.. love it..

stenk · 02-26-2008, 11:50 PM

Have it! Love it ! Way to laggy online! A few framerate issues but not to bad
Heaps of fun and very hard to beat!

Slackr89 · 02-27-2008, 03:21 AM

its definetly top EA material. well its better than "top" since there really isn't many good games made by EA.

it def. beats tony hawk though.

Macca78 · 02-27-2008, 03:27 AM

must be the only person that didnt like this game...i love the control system but much prefer tony hawks multi million combos!

Thegide · 02-27-2008, 01:36 PM

I loved SKATE. It was the first game I bought with my PS3 after I had tried the demo on PSN.

Offline multiplayer mode consists of only two challenges: S.K.A.T.E. (Horse) and Spot challenge (highest score from a single combo).

Time for brutal truth. Offline multiplayer is incredibly short-sighted. SKATE is exactly what you do in game - copying [flip] tricks exactly. Grab tricks and combos are not supported (lame). Tony Hawk's implementation of Horse is far superior, and far more "fair". First person up pretty much has home field advantage and can take a clean sweep so long as they don't fall doing any tricks.

I have spent 99% of my offline multiplayer time playing the spot challenge. Bust the biggest trick off the obstacle you can. Each player has 3 attempts. Person with the highest score from a single attempt wins. You unlock more spots through single player and many of them are a lot of fun - but it gets old after a while. You are limited to the spots chosen by the game, and you can't chain tricks together with manuals, etc. It's whatever you can do with a grinds&grabs in a single line.

They need to do a major overhaul in SKATE2. Framerate issues aside, single player was incredibly awesome and it was my favorite game when I got my PS3, but multiplayer was completely overlooked, especially for a game on this generation of systems.

dk3dknight · 02-27-2008, 03:09 PM

I found the controls didn't work with me so no I don't. Guess I don't like change.

HellRaizer · 02-27-2008, 06:09 PM

I have it for the 360, fun games. Only reason I picked the 360 was cuz of the easy achievements. But that Rob and Big challenge is crazy hard!

02-26-2008, 10:11 PM	#1
0tim0 Junior Member Member since:Feb 2007	Anyone Own S.K.A.T.E.? I played the SKATE demo and thought it was kinda fun, but never bought it. When I was browsing at Best Buy today I saw that it supported four players (offline). I looked at some reviews but I wasn't able to find much about the offline multiplayer support. What types of games can you play /offline/ in multiplayer mode? Are there any "race" modes? Any good? My friends and I like to get together to play multiplayer games. One guy had a Wii with a Tony Hawk game that included a four-player downhill race mode. We found it so much fun. But the Wii sucks overall. I was hoping to get the same thing on the PS3. Thanks for your help! tim

02-26-2008, 10:27 PM	#2
quaylie Senior Member Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:349	I own it but haven't really done the multiplayer thing...but that game is awesome...beats Tony Hawk with a stick.

02-26-2008, 10:42 PM	#3
caliblue15 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2007 Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:85 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:6	have it, never played online.. love it..

02-26-2008, 11:50 PM	#4
stenk Active Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:New Zealand	Have it! Love it ! Way to laggy online! A few framerate issues but not to bad Heaps of fun and very hard to beat!

02-27-2008, 03:21 AM	#5
Slackr89 Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Edmonton, Alberta PSN: Slackr Blu-ray collection:116 Trading Score:2	its definetly top EA material. well its better than "top" since there really isn't many good games made by EA. it def. beats tony hawk though.

02-27-2008, 03:27 AM	#6
Macca78 Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Brisbane Blu-ray collection:84	must be the only person that didnt like this game...i love the control system but much prefer tony hawks multi million combos!

02-27-2008, 01:36 PM	#7
Thegide Senior Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Ottawa, ON	I loved SKATE. It was the first game I bought with my PS3 after I had tried the demo on PSN. Offline multiplayer mode consists of only two challenges: S.K.A.T.E. (Horse) and Spot challenge (highest score from a single combo). Time for brutal truth. Offline multiplayer is incredibly short-sighted. SKATE is exactly what you do in game - copying [flip] tricks exactly. Grab tricks and combos are not supported (lame). Tony Hawk's implementation of Horse is far superior, and far more "fair". First person up pretty much has home field advantage and can take a clean sweep so long as they don't fall doing any tricks. I have spent 99% of my offline multiplayer time playing the spot challenge. Bust the biggest trick off the obstacle you can. Each player has 3 attempts. Person with the highest score from a single attempt wins. You unlock more spots through single player and many of them are a lot of fun - but it gets old after a while. You are limited to the spots chosen by the game, and you can't chain tricks together with manuals, etc. It's whatever you can do with a grinds&grabs in a single line. They need to do a major overhaul in SKATE2. Framerate issues aside, single player was incredibly awesome and it was my favorite game when I got my PS3, but multiplayer was completely overlooked, especially for a game on this generation of systems.

02-27-2008, 03:09 PM	#8
dk3dknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Arlington, Texas PSNetwork: dk3dknight PostCount: 0001 Blu-ray collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 2	I found the controls didn't work with me so no I don't. Guess I don't like change.

02-27-2008, 06:09 PM	#9
HellRaizer Junior Member Member since:Feb 2008	I have it for the 360, fun games. Only reason I picked the 360 was cuz of the easy achievements. But that Rob and Big challenge is crazy hard!

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