Why Skate Matters: Skate over 10 years later

[@MrHammers]

This was fantastic. The noise of a skateboard cruising along some concrete is very calming in a way.

[@SamanthaSaunderz]

RIGHT! it's such a wonderful sound, brings me back to my teenage days

[@volcomintality8638]

My 360 disc reader is finally crapping out on me, and since the SKATE franchise was a console only release, I've emulated them on my PC recently. It's taken me on a wonderful trip down memory lane, and I can't believe Skate 2 is 13 years old. Excited to see where the franchise is taken and if they'll improve on the analog control skating like Session or Skater XL have done. The simplicity of the single analog stick controlling your tricks was nice, but the complexity of Skater XL offers more of a rewarding feel when completing the most basic trick.

[@SamanthaSaunderz]

They are all backwards compatability for the Xbox series that's how i play them now! Also im not a fan of session or XL I think that "indie" jank makes them feel so floaty, that it's effect the feed back and weight.

[@mYpxels]

Skateboarding will always be there for anyone in any culture, from any back ground.

[@andrejcecev3517]

This reminded me of all the gaps and stunts i saved on my 360 like coffining through a tight spot or all the fun i had downloading custom maps in skate 3 great vid btw

[@titojdavis8374]

played the hell out of Skate 3, your camera work in this is so good

[@SamanthaSaunderz]

Thank you! I wasn't joking when I said I spent AGES! It's what inspired me to study it in college

[@MattyStoked]

The Castlevania music summoned me. Love this, there's so much positivity to come out of these Skate games. We love to see it x

[@SamanthaSaunderz]

Thought you'd appreciate that haha!

[@kaengurus.sind.genossen]

Me: *Never had anything to do with skating, not very interested in it* Also me: Let's watch a 21 minute video about skating games! Great video, Checkpoints Show!

[@parsahdd]

Underrated video 👌

[@FunnyRaccoonMan]

Such a huge culture phenomenon, yeah. Always a nice thing to see represented in modern ways of art

[@CloudConnection]

Man, I played so much THPS that I doubt I could ever get into Skate. I super appreciate it being a more realistic, skating-focused skating game, but I'm so hard-coded to the arcade-combo style of the original THPS. I've played Skate 3 for a little bit and it was well made, but I was struggling a lot 😂 But I remember the Skate hype back when it came out! I was playing Tony Hawk's Proving Ground as others were trying the original Skate, and I was always curious to try EA and Black Box's take on the sport. Maybe I will again someday!

[@SamanthaSaunderz]

It's definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but that's the point, it's good to have so many different takes on the genre for sure!

[@CloudConnection]

Absolutely, 100% agree

[@Gloomdrake]

This video is good, but it also makes me even more afraid of how EA could tarnish its legacy with the new entry

[@SamanthaSaunderz]

I agree, I've got hope they learned a lesson since Star Wars fallen order, in not over stepping control. But we will seeeee

[@Prizm17]

W

[@sjh2586]

Loved this, they need to make a PS5 Skate for real

[@SamanthaSaunderz]

They do! I'm excited for Skate*4* but I hope it's not too multiplayer focused and it just let's me vibe.

[@stevenskates8077]

the person pushing mongo was driving me nuts

[@SamanthaSaunderz]

Sorry yeahhhh, I have only learnt this apparently is a thing 🤣🤣

[@phil6844]

Considering the current state of skating games I would say it definitely doesn’t matter. It was relevant In it’s time but had 0 impact on skating games.

[@SamanthaSaunderz]

Considering the state of that comment, It had 0 impact on this conversation.

[@TheInfii]

Modded Skater XL already Skate to bed for life.