GamesRadar+ Verdict
Pros
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Feeling like YOU did that trick
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The fresh
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logical control scheme
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Addictive online play
Cons
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The slimy-feeling sponsorships
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Potentially frustrating learning curve
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Can't change the camera angle
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After almost ten years of domination by the Tony Hawk franchise, skateboarding has a chance to be reinvented by EA's Skate. It does skating differently. It does skating brilliantly. It does skating better than Tony has for a while.
The control scheme practically is the game itself. Forget everything Tony told you and learn this: The analog stick is your foot. Flick up to kick up. Scoop it around the bottom to shove the board in a similar direction. All the moves for tricks must be mastered, but they're amazingly natural and based on the physical motions of the real-world trick. It’s like someone saw the promising tease of analog controls in Tony Hawk's Project 8 and said "Thanks, we'll take it from here." When you do something right, it simply feels awesome. Give yourself time to learn the new controls and you'll love them. They're much, much more rewarding than stabbing at buttons.
