| radioioRobert said: If they get the balance board right it could be the evolution of Skateboard games. I read somewhere Tony (yawn) Hawk was going to be utilizing it as well. Whoever gets the controls right will at last bring exciting Skateboarding to the Wii. So who do you think will pull it off best? I'm thinking Skate-It |
I'm fairly jaded against the Tony Hawk series at this point, but it seems ironic they're claiming to be reinventing the series starting on the DS near the same time we hear spin-off of Skate is coming to the Wii and the DS.
Skate, despite it's flaws, was very inventive and it was surprising to see something so creative on standard controllers. Also felt it was one of the few games that shoots for realistic graphics and sounds, but maintain a fun light hearted appeal between the hall of meat telling you how many bones you shattered, and your virtual cameraman breaking the fourth wall to make jokes as your expense.
Of course as an EA game it felt glitchy at times, lots of product placement, lousy load times, and challenges in the later parts of the game felt ruthless. I'm pretty interested to see how this turns out since the original skate was all about pioneering a new controls scheme to a genre dominated by the Tony Hawk series.
