Customer Reviews

Skate 3

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This plays just like Skate 2, it even takes joking nods at it's predecessors flaws like when the annoying camera man from the previous two games hands the camera to a new guy and says, "don't talk a lot, they hate it when you talk." They've also replaced the infuriating s-k-a-t-e (horse clone) game with a much more respectable who-can-get-the-highest-score game. The new editor is fabulous, but I couldn't find any way to invite friends to my skate park. What's the point of being able to design a park if you can't ride around in it with friends? The redesigned multiplayer is nice, but it's not really different from the previous skate 2 multiplayer accept the points are linked. You can't ride around in free-mode with friends, you have to hope from location to location just like before. It would be nice to see a giant MMO-like setting. The only time the game comes close is actually in single player. When you add friends, their avatar will pop into your single player game randomly as a computer AI.

Here's where EA ruins the show. A lot of people are complaining about this new money-making strategy that EA is doing where if you want to use the online features you have to buy a $10 activation add-on. The people who buy the game brand new get their very own copy, but that means people who buy the game used have to shell out extra money to play online. That's just something to know if you're buying this game used.

One more thing. Shortly after I got Skate 3, and I got to about 1.5 million boards, my PS3 broke and I bought a new one. I tried to transfer my save file to the new PS3 but EA doesn't feel that I am capable of doing that so they locked it down. Even copying over the save file from a backup didn't work which is disturbing. I loaded up skate 3 and the game went black and wouldn't load anything (on my new PS3). I know it has some strict online features, but couldn't they just link the save file with the online id as I sign in? That would be a lot more responsible than ruining hours and hours of work.

In short: This game is fantastic, it fixes most of the flaws, but it doesn't really improve on much. The editor is nice, but lonely, and whatever you do don't let your PS3 break. '_'

I really enjoy playing this game. Its a fun game to play with a bunch of your friends on Play 3. The only thing I didn't like about this game is having to teleport to different districts in the city. I enjoy being able to ride through the whole city like in skate and skate 2, but overall its a great game to buy if you like skateboarding games.

I just got my copy of Skate 3 today and had to play it right away. So I have now been playing it all day and I can safely say that this is the best Skate game out there. It surpasses Skate 1 & 2 by so much.

There are endless new and improver features available in the 3rd Skate. The skate park builders are fantastic, the new trick are to die for, the Hall of meat is the best there is and the graphics and the whole new maps are Amazing.

Buy this game if you love skateboarding or just buy it if you like games in general!

First reviewer said it best. This is the best SKATE yet. Levels are HUUUUUGE, the tricks are improved, the walking around is better, the build a park is great. The graphics are simply amazing, too. Couldn't be more pleased with this game. Gotta get it!

Since Skate 1 originally launched, I've been a huge fan of this series. The games in this series all make you feel like a badass and make you do crazy stuff, while still being somewhat realistic. What makes this game stand out from the previous two is that it has perfected the mechanics of the games. Besides a couple of bugs I've noticed, they've fixed the on foot moving, they've fixed how long it used to take after you bailed, they've fixed all the little annoyances in the series. I will admit, I was skeptical of how this game would do, as it didn't seem like it had anything going for it. Skate was this all new revolutionary game, and Skate 2 took that and made it bigger and allowed you to walk. Where do you go from there? You get the little things right. Of course some new locales were put in, but its just great to see how all my gripes that I used to whine about Skate 1 and 2 are gone. No more, why does my character walk so awkwardly, why does it take so long for this guy to stand up, why can't I do Darkslides/Underflips, why can't I do Hall Of Meat whenever I want instead of just when an amazing bail occurs. Its a game that. for me, got everything right this time, and it was worth the $60.

Well this is a great game if you want more Skate and improves over Skate 2 in the following ways:

-Skatepark Creator that lets you build stuff anywhere (seriously, you can build stuff in the middle of the street)
-More online features
-Better controls walking
-Slightly improved graphics (less drops in frame rate too)
-New easy and hard mode
-Great new map
-Good soundtrack
-New missions (but they are repetitive of the last two games)
-Continual updates

Now for the ugly bad:

-EA charges $10 for the "Skate Share Pack" that is included free with the game. The problem here is that if you buy a used copy of this game there is a good chance that this code has already been activated and you will need to spend $10 to be able to upload and download custom skate parks, photos, and replays. This is of course a continuation of the video games industries attempt to profit/stop the 2nd hand market for games as they do not make any money off those. Many people buy games with the knowledge that they can sell the game later if they don't like or they get bored with it and this restriction is an attempt to prevent you from being able to sell what is yours and what you paid for. Even PC games with outrageous DRM allow a limited number of installs, so a one time use activation code is ridiculous.
-EA is continually releasing DLC, which is a good thing for some as it keeps the game fresh, but in all honesty most of the DLC content is overpriced and should be priced lower or somethings should be give out for free.
-Missions are not as fun as Skate 2 (The Danny Way missions from Skate 2 were a blast, but Skate 3 is lacking unique missions that are more than just a contest or a photo shoot)

If you care about your rights of being able to sell what you own and hate DRM (or in this case an attempt to prevent people from selling and buying used copies), then you should boycott this game. That is probably too extreme for most people as this is a fun game besides the bad parts, but if you let EA take your rights now, then it will only be a matter of time before all games have limited number of users and other ridiculous restrictions.

Skate 3 has great graphics and the online play is great. Best Skate game yet. It is entertaining and fun!

the controls are alot defrent from da tony hawk games but u have to da rite tomb stike to olle n flip trinks n r 2 is grab triks

This is a nice game, skating is endless you could free roam or do story mode play online with friends create your own skater overall good game and fun controls are a bit triky at first but then easy to get used to

There was no Skate Share pack code in the cd case i bought from Amazon? What's happening? I bought New and it's sealed but doesn't have skate share code inside??!!