Skate 2

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Grind on any surface you can find. View larger.

The reel editor lets you create videos of yourself. View larger.

Giant ramps let you catch massive air. View larger.

You can buy property and turn them into skate parks. View larger.

The Story Continues
Skate 2 is set five years after the events in Skate It, where many earthquakes had devastated the city leaving it in ruins. Instead of the skaters' paradise that the city used to be, the new city dubbed New San Vanelona, has stepped-up security, thanks to Mongo Co., in order to protect the best parts of the city. This is the setting for you to rebuild your skate career and revive the city's skate scene.

Whereas you started the last game by learning the basics of skating, with Skate 2 you'll be immediately challenged by find a couple huge ramps. You start out at Slappy's, and while there are some tutorials, veterans will be able to blaze through them in about a minute. New players, on the other hand, will find Slappy's park to be inviting and easily accessible, and can get a taste of what's in store for them before taking on the entirety of San Vanelona. And once out there, you'll find that people you run into remember you and what you did five years ago, and are excited to see you back in action.

Exciting New Features and Capabilities
While the controls will be instantly familiar to fans of the previous game, there are loads of new tricks to perform. Skaters can now do footplants, crail slides and fingerflips. Or show off with a lip trick, an Ollie North, and the long-sought ability to Skitch (grabbing the bumper of a moving car) to gain speed.

New to Skate 2 is the ability to get off your board and walk around. While on foot, players can move certain objects in the world, creating their own lines with nearly 100 different objects. Changes to the environment, big or small, will stay put in the game regardless of how long you play. Should you decide that you no longer like your giant stack of trash bins or some other madness you've set up, one touch of a button can return the items to their original position. This means gamers can create their own epic spots and challenges, which can then be uploaded, shared, and experienced by others around the world.

Loads of Great Improvements
Skate 2 expands on the original's popular Reel editor, allowing gamers to place a follow camera or a fixed tripod camera wherever they want, recording their wicked tricks and brutal crashes. And speaking of crashes, skaters will now experience, and be able to highlight, damage to their threads. Clothes get dirty and become torn, and players get cuts and bruises depending on their actions. And if you crash big enough, you'll see a bail score pop up and increase as you take damage, culminating in the Thrasher Hall of Meat screen that tells you how well you've done crashing, and gives you an x-ray view showing your broken bones.

Skate 2 also features the choice of creating either a male or female character, rather than just male, and will offer an in-depth graphics creator. The role of money increases, allowing players to buy up pieces of property and turn them into a full-fledged skate parks. And there is a great new Goofy vs. Regular competition variant, where two teams of three skaters compete in the same park at the same time.

In short, Skate 2 ups the ante in delivering all the grit, creativity and culture of skateboarding, with all-new tricks and capabilities that allow players to truly skate it their way, on and off the board.

The create-a-skater features lets you personalize your player.

Product Reviews

(5 stars) - Skate 2 Review
I saw some negative reviews of this game, and I was a little tentative to order this one. However I did like the first Skate game, so I thought why not. I bought a used version and it came in great condition. The game is great and highly addictive, and tons of fun. I love holding onto cars and then letting go and slamming big time. The slams are great in this game and it is a fun and easy way to make some money. There is plenty to do in this game, and there is a lot of similar parts from the original Skate. I would recommend this game to anyone that liked the first Skate.

(4 stars) - Skate 2
This is the first Skate game that I have played. I found it to be pretty fun. Each area has a large amount of space for you to skate around. The graphics on this game are unreal. Overall, this is a very fun game. I am glad I picked it out for my Playstation 3 system.

(5 stars) - Very fun game...even if you aren't a skater
Very fun game. however, it has a big learning curve. Great game to just pick up and play. I've never skated in my life, and I've enjoyed this game a lot!

(4 stars) - Nice game
English:
This games is awesome if you do skate, it has some graphics glitches but is great.

Espaņol:
El juego es muy bueno si practicas skate, tiene unnos problemitas en los graficos pero es buenisimo.

(5 stars) - Probably the hardest game on the PS3 to date.
This game is one of my favorites. The gameplay is fun, the music great, the realism sets the bar for the skating games of the future.
That all said, it is surely the hardest game I've played on the current generation of consoles. It reminds me of the days of Contra/Castlevania back on the Nintendo, and at points it makes you want to just throw your controller into the tv. Ahhh, memories. It is a game that you would not want to buy if you can't stand a challenge. Fans of Guitar Hero 3 and the difficulty of the game would like Skate 2. There were seriously parts of the game I found impossible, but after about 2 hours or so of practicing and trying over-and-over I found I could do it. If I can do it anyone can, it just takes patience. Great game.

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