Looks like the dream of a skating video game that uses the Wii Balance Board is getting closer and closer to a reality. Skate It from EA is looking visually appealing and functional with the use of the board. I like the ability to shift your weight and do different jumps from just the board. My main questions lie in the grinding and flipping that needs to be done, that will be very hard to control via the board. Now that the skating game is out of the way I can definitely envision a surfing game as well. What do you think?
We had a reader review for skate for the Xbox 360 sent in by Schwing007. Good review, so read on my friends…
Having played skate. since its debut nearly every day exclusively (Bungie did release a game of some importance recently), a fact keeps occurring to me every time I put down my wireless controller: I still have things to learn, I can’t frickin’ wait.
Having played every Tony Hawk game since its inception so many moons ago( along with countless clones), skateboarding games had finally settled into their own dusty corner of the shelf of innovation, being blown upon occasionally with tweaked control schemes and online options. You knew what to expect is what I’m saying.
So along comes this EA skateboarding game which didn’t seem like….anything, really. Looking at the screens and videos, I was expecting just another TH clone with an inconsequential twist. Until I had the chance to play the demo.
EA looks like they made the move to have skate hit the PS3, let me say that skate is a very chalenging game and I wonder if they will try and incorporate face mapping into the game like they did for Tiger? PS3 owners owe it to themselves to pick this game up.
From the press release:
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced that SKATE for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system hits retail stores today. Recently released for the Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system in North America, the game has already received high marks from the top videogame media including a five out of five on GameSpy.com and nine out of 10 on 1up.com, IGN, Yahoo! Games and GamesRadar.com.
“The buzz around SKATE has been through the roof this month; everyone’s talking about it,” said Bob McKenzie, Senior Vice President Merchandising, GameStop. “Based on the exceptional demand from gamers the first week, we clearly have a new contender in the skate videogame genre that will be at the top of everyone’s must-have list for this holiday.”
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