EA Skate: The Game That Dethroned Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | Looking Back

[@MediaPastimes]

Socials: Discord 💬 discord.gg/tc5DTeM3yS Instagram 📷 instagram.com/mediapastimes/ I had a lot of fun making this video, and revisiting "Skate" for the first time in a while. Did you prefer Skate over Tony Hawk's Pro Skater? Or did you enjoy both series like I did? Leave a comment below. Thanks for watching! Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - My skateboarding history / seeing "Skate." on "Rob and Big" 2:23 - The Development of "Skate." 4:11 - Discussing the overall presentation of "Skate." 6:09 - Skate's career mode vs. THPS career mode 6:50 - Skate sequels and the game's impact on THPS franchise 9:07 - The future of skateboarding video games 9:32 - Outro

[@Sidnfjdkdndfbd]

I enjoyed them both

[@Yoyomo124]

I like both series but I find myself coming back to the Tony Hawk games more.

[@Coreisus]

I think the fact that T-Mobile phone is included, actually ages really well. It's a staple of the times, before everything (phones included) got homogenized. Makes "skate." a "timepiece", a true classic.

[@infam0usP]

def does. before the iPhone, T-Mobile Sidekicks were a definite “status symbol” phone

[@thenyeguy8200]

I remember staying the night at a buddy's house growing up and playing the Skate demo over and over and over....

[@TheSnowboardGuyBreezy]

Good vid bud heard a new skate is coming I ONLY had THPS and would play underground over and over. When skate hit I instantly fell in love

[@MediaPastimes]

I still go back and play the older THPS games, so good. I ran through the career mode for underground right before THPS 1+2 came out, still holds up. Eric Sparrow still sucks, too.

[@skateorpie]

Man you make very well content and have a smooth and clear voice. I know you’ll subs and views you deserve. Keep it up! Subscribed

[@MediaPastimes]

I appreciate your compliments, I get comments on my videos every once in a while saying that my commentary is too dull. But like, I'm not trying to be one of those overly enthusiastic youtubers, that would be so fake. Once again though, thank you.

[@starmancrusader]

Another thing about Shingo’s voice actor Dante Basco. He’s also voiced Zuko and Jake Long

[@Bacon__SteezBurger]

Dude omggggg that combo was so fucking hard 😂 it took me probably 45 tries. I was so excited because it was Rob&Bigs challenge. After the 20th try I built up a slight hatred for Rob Dyrdek in the game 🤣 it all went away after finally nailing it though. Man Skate and Skate3 were definitely my favorites. And the 1st skate is still the only game I know of that had a regular version of a song, and then a chopped and screwed version 😂 which, being from Houston, I greatly appreciated. 2 was still good, but the maps in 1&3 were absolutely perfect. The whole “create a spot” function was so rad. Could drag around anything you wanted, and I did it to recreate spots I went to all the time. Love the content so much man. It’s such a massive flashback of nostalgia in every video. Can’t wait to see what you got planned for future videos man 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 definitely got me subbed and notifications set for all

[@skate1]

This game really revolutionized skate games personally #1 on my list because online experience on this game was better than 2 and 3

[@WrightByrd]

Wow, I never heard of Tony Hawk ride! I'm so glad your channel was in my recommendations, and I clicked it! I'm a huge gamer myself, and I've definitely learned some new stuff watching your videos 😊 I wish they had a skate board game for VR 😂 That'd be so awesome.

[@Xaynier]

That 360 flip to fs crook took me 500 tries when I was a kid, I just didn't understand at all. Now I play skater xl and laugh about it 😂

[@catethps]

just brought back some repressed memories with that goal, took me so long now i think i'd do it every try haha

[@RealTalkAlexV]

Same dude, now I can do it everytime 😂 took me so damn long

[@ThursdayMonkey475]

When this first came out, I hadn't had a console in years and pretty much lost interest in video games. But, I used to be obsessed with the Tony Hawk games(especially Underground I, my favorite) and also did the stat lowering for more realism. Also, skateboarding was my life at one point. Anyway, my buddy had gotten a PS3 for Christmas one year and got Skate. I hadn't even heard of it. When he threw that shit on, it absolutely blew my mind. I remember him crashing and me staying up literally all night until daylight playing it and trying to master the controls.

[@benjones8098]

That baby Jack Patillo was a shock. Look at that lil baby face. 👶

[@bigoldbagel7033]

The skate games are amazing I can’t wait for skate 4 to come out

[@onthemoverealestatephotogr9655]

Can’t wait for Skate 4!

[@edothebad]

this is sad

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

I played Tony hawk shred on the wii and it was an absolute hilarious game to play on the wii

[@RealTalkAlexV]

This game was literally my childhood, sooo many good memories

[@ADucksOpinion]

so stoked for the new one!

[@PS3Sukkks]

You literally brought up the ONE mission that I broke 2 controllers over, that 360 flip FS Crooked was dumb hard and I think I got it by barely tapping the truck. Much relief but not a satisfying way to pass it

[@MediaPastimes]

It took me forever as well, and it was made even more annoying with big black circling the bench.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

Skate was my very first skateboarding game and I absolutely love it and I can't wait to play skate 4 in the future

[@MediaPastimes]

I play Skate 3 all the time, but the first Skate still holds up so well.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

@@MediaPastimes Skate 2 was always my favorite even though I love the entire series there is something awesome about the second game I use to just run around smacking security gaurds as a kid or just have fun running around in general because my biggest gripe with the first game is that you can't leave your board

[@bigoldbagel7033]

Omg I think I still never landed that 360 flip into a crooked on that cursed bench

[@FatBoyFunnies]

Skate was a masterpiece but I was so excited to hear you touch on the fact that the animations in the gameplay shown in Rob and Big definitely wasn't the same as in the released version. It was so fluid for a Xbox360 prealfa/beta! It bugs me to this day that they went with the flatter flip animations and stiffer player movement than the ones shown in that clip.

[@MediaPastimes]

Thank you! Yeah that was a bit disappointing but the final product was still so damn good 🤙

[@henrik1743]

Criminally underrated video

[@Coreisus]

Aesthetically, it really felt like Pro Skater. Skate 2 and 3 less so. I sincerely hope Skate 4's menus and UI feels and looks like Pro Skater again

[@KB-im2dj]

When Skate 4 is still in development, Tony Hawk would be surprised.

[@mr.jamster8414]

they did soooo many voice lines for the OG skate it's jarring going to Skate 2 and hearing the same ones over and over... a lot of detail went into both those games. 3... 3 was still good.

[@WrightByrd]

I actually bought this game for PS3, because of the Rob and Big episode. I still have the game and my PS3 so I might revisit it 😊 I love the sacred geometry episode, they got the checks in the mail for being in the game 😂

[@Yoyomo124]

Rufio from Hook is also the voice actor for Prince Zuko in Avatar the Last Airbender.

[@alexb151]

I loved the skate series but one thing that frustrated me particularly with Skate 3 they took a lot of elements that were a core part of skate 2 and made them paid DLC.

[@MediaPastimes]

Not surprising with EA games as their parent company, lmao.

[@JM-gu7jx]

session is fantastic,

[@fyour1st527]

I remember I preorderd Skate and it took like a week for GameStop to receive it after the release date. It was so annoying

[@theboz1327]

Did you see that I think was the drummer or maybe the lead singer for CKY accidentally had revealed that they’re putting some of their songs into a new Tony Hawk?

[@MediaPastimes]

Yeah it was Jess Margera, haha. I'm stoked because THPS 3 is my absolute favorite game in the series.

[@eklypised]

Thrasher for the PS1 needs to get more love

[@MrRhysReviews]

Oh yeah, Black Box, those guys who made Sports games and some NFS Titles... Bro Black Box was THE Need For Speed team, they made the AMAZING PS2 Version of NFS Hot Pursuit 2 and as a result where givin the keys to the franchise and are responsible for the Golden Age of NFS... Underground/Underground 2/Most Wanted/Carbon/Prostreet/Undercover & The Run 👍

[@MediaPastimes]

I played so much Underground 2 back in the day, the experience I had playing it on Xbox Live has never been matched.

[@eastcoasttone3952]

"Nearly 15 year old game" Stop making me feel old lol

[@skatemobster]

I just kickflip noseslid the telephone wire outside my house.

[@sad10promo]

5:45 I better know him as American Dragon Jake Long

[@MediaPastimes]

That show rocked 🤙

[@jtrider3779]

While I only MTB in my ripe age of 30, I loved being a part of the skateboarding scene at what I think was it’s peak. EA Skate came out when I was a Junior in high school, and we were all obsessed. Those were some good times. Watching some of your videos that include the skateboarding scene in the mid-ish 2000’s has made me incredibly nostalgic, and almost makes me want to get back on a board… but things hurt worse now, and dirt is more forgiving than concrete 😂

[@MediaPastimes]

Jason Lee said it best in his recent interview with the nine club, “Once a skater, always a skater”. I just bought an old school cruiser board last summer and did my first Ollie in almost a decade, it’s never too late!

[@raw_si_siht]

One day, you'll run out of days. Do what you want and have fun. No need to go big and kill yourself. I'm 39 and.just got back into BMX... it's never too late.

[@rodjerdankist1125]

6:08 - Who is this? He looks familiar...

[@MediaPastimes]

its just a stock photo of an old man shrugging lol

[@Dop3tv202]

Make more of these videos

[@RealTalkAlexV]

My cousin got tony hawk ride for Christmas and oh boy it was not good 😂

[@noahwan6927]

Personally, Thrasher - Skate and Destroy was my favourite as a kid.

[@MediaPastimes]

I played it not too long ago, honestly a solid THPS alternative. It was hard for me to wrap my head around the controls, though.

[@noahwan6927]

@@MediaPastimes ashame you couldn't have played it closer to the time, I'm sure it has more of the realism you were looking for and what a soundtrack! 👍

[@jaredjacob89]

THPS 2 on PS1 was my fav.

[@MediaPastimes]

The first three THPS games are untouchable in their own ways, a perfect trilogy.

[@jaredjacob89]

@@MediaPastimes I had to play that game for hours at a time because I was still saving up allowance to get a memory card 😁

[@nielsen295]

Skate bird was awful. Tony hawk is just nostalgia skate still has a hope. I hope it comes sooner rather than later. Frankly if they were smart they'd add braille as they are the leading force in keeping skateboarding alive currently.

[@OrlandOrmzs]

Jack Pattillo cameo

[@BLACULA-Skeewoah]

From the virgin hunter channel?

[@leondon8692]

You killed this shit..

[@eternalrewind2190]

Why haven't you played thrasher for ps4? It's the first realistic skating game

[@MediaPastimes]

That one came out right around the same time as the first THPS game in 1999, and Tony Hawk was all the rage during that time. I feel like a lot of people slept on that game for that reason. I'm sure it's great, I've just never played it (and I know Rockstar developed it, I love them).

[@eternalrewind2190]

@@MediaPastimes check it out .it still holds up

[@infam0usP]

people love to shit on EA because it’s trendy but if it’s 3 underrated series they blessed gamers with-it’s SSX, Skate, and Titanfall

[@MediaPastimes]

EA itself is a terrible company, but their developers do the best work they can. At the end of the day, they want to put out quality games but they're put under insane pressure by their publisher.

[@infam0usP]

@@MediaPastimes bingo

[@youtuber58643]

Going back to both, I think the Tony Hawk games are more fun. I think the Skate games get boring quicker. Can’t wait for the new Skate game coming out though. I’ll buy it even if it has poor reviews because I want to show EA that people really want this game.

[@MediaPastimes]

A really really really early version of Skate 4 was leaked out a few weeks back, it looks decent so far. They implemented a weird backflip mechanic that looks kinda weird though.

[@chefdenny2018]

Jack pattillo

[@xSNACKERx]

I think skate had good timing. They dropped when tony hawk was at its lowest point. After thug, Tony hawk got worse and worse every year

[@MediaPastimes]

Absolutely, and It didn’t get better until THPS 1+2 in 2020.

[@xSNACKERx]

Tony hawk is a lot more challenging. The skate games are much easier in comparison.

[@incitingariot9925]

Skate killed skate games. Tony hawk pro skater was by far better they just ran out of ideas.

[@MediaPastimes]

I love both series, but Skate appeals to people who actually skateboard and understand how difficult it is.

[@expertguy101]

I hated skate.