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Demo's out on 360 now. I suspect with Bioshock being out not a lot of you are trying this out. But those who have, how is it? I'll have to wait until tomorrow to give it a go.
Our boy malcolm worked on environments for that game I believe too.
Our boy malcolm worked on environments for that game I believe too.
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My other complaint is that, with the flickit, its not possible to do all the tricks u want to. I have yet to land a varial flip [heel or kick] and sometimes i pop too early, getting little height, and hitting rails that i'm trying to get onto. But thta'll just take some getting used to. But yeah, extremely immersive and shit. imma buy it sept 12... almost 100% sure
PS: i dunno how non-skaters would take the game though. they might think its 'boring' cuz u can't see insane tricks [or stunts as i call em in Tony Hawk Games]. While skaters would appreciate the game for its realism. Then again, i'm probably wrong lol!
In messing around i mastered hard flips and inward heels, as well as a few grinds. Had one or two lines, a hardflip-nosebluntslide-shove out... i literally jumped out of my chair. The other was the varial-salad down a rail... omg i love this game
Learning the controls is a little hard, and took me a long while. I'm by no means good yet, but its so much fun. I cant wait for the full game.
only things i wish i could do would be some boneless stuff or inverts and reverts. may not have figured it out yet though.
oh, and the best line i got was a laserflip to noseblunt. weee! but i'm not consistent with variels and hardflips etc. controls do take getting used to.
oh, and i almost landed a quad flip lol!
will play with the reverts
Landed on a rail upside down, though
Awesome demo, kept me going till bioshock
-caseyjones
they got me to rent/buy it
Really enjoyed the demo, but noticed a couple times where everything lagged. and having to go through all the tutorials is slightly annoying if you want to replay the demo.
asmuel: probably cause it's a north america demo?
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Ah fucking bullshit, I thought we were past the stage where I had to wait around for shit that's out in north america
Price: Free
Availability: Not available in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Mexico or New Zealand
Very sleek looking though and the response to grinds is awesome!
Rick: Thanks Rick. Yea thats ratshit. It may not have been their fuck up, but I'm sure either way they could have made sure it gets here if they wanted it to. Fuckin bullshit
Inidian_boy: im not a skater and I really love the tony hawk serries, but this feels much better. Oh and you can do varials, I dont know how, but I do it quite alot when I try to do pop shove its(if thats how its called:P im no skater)
I'd really love to know how to do an impossible.
Marine: srsly?
Rick: Thanks Rick. Yea thats ratshit. It may not have been their fuck up, but I'm sure either way they could have made sure it gets here if they wanted it to. Fuckin bullshit
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And a fairly random bunch of countries to exclude. UK is OK, Ireland isn't?
boy am i glad im in N. America right now
@_Oz: lol, kk. prove me wrong
oh, and i'm going crazy trying to nail all the gaps within 30 seconds of 'film' so i can upload it
Oh try using the B button with the grab triggers, you can take the board away from your feet
the manuals are kinda wierd, haven't been able to manual - flip - manual yet, but will pick it up.
also spent about 30 min carving the bowl, and just doing lip tricks (yay disaster- late smiths)
god i love this game.
also spent about 30 min carving the bowl, and just doing lip tricks (yay disaster- late smiths)
god i love this game.
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Old school bowl loving.
I dont have a comp that will run this yet but i will in a couple weeks and looking forward to it.
Moose not sure if you would even be interested but I built a UT2k4 map with a modded scorpion. Features a massive quarter pipe with a triple tombstone that has a kicker going over a gap into bowl with a hip and another massive quarter. The park is mostly sculpted terrain with tombstones for boosting vert.
I have been able to stick Mctwists in a scorp 50 ft out and nail the trannie on landing. I cant wait for the new engine.
Anyways if you want to check it out let me know.
But, I keep coming back to it again and again. Once you start being able to pick some nice lines and nail tricks you want to, its really awesome. I think Ive changed my opinion from a no-buy to a buy.
but yeah. it looks, sounds and feels like a skateboarding game. The music getting louder when u hit a great line reminds me of when i used to skate with my friends back in morocco. Lol.
and now i've started streaming my music from my computer to the 360 as i skate. i like hitting lines that sync with the music, feels awesome
only one complaint, doesn't the boarder slow down too soon? i mean. ABEC 9s go at great speeds [that goes without saying], but so do ABEC3s or 4s. So is this demo-skater riding ABEC 1s?
I still prefer tony hawks because of the surrealism / escapism. Must be heaven for the folks that like a more realistic twist to skating games.
hehe yeh, hes using the old super nachi's.
Hard game though.
Honestly, I've played the Skate demo more than Bioshock.
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same. the 30 minute demo is really appealing too... i know i wont get lost for 4 hours.
but it needs more CRUNCH in the ragdoll.. it's kinda like throwing a mannequin down the stairs, all blocky.
as realistic as the rest is, physics included, once you fall off it's meh. seeing the pain should be part of the fun.
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Honestly, I've played the Skate demo more than Bioshock.
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same. the 30 minute demo is really appealing too... i know i wont get lost for 4 hours.
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Me too!
I decided to play BioShock all weekend because I had nothing else on. Played for a short while until I got to the first save point then I got that xbox announcement that the skate demo was done.
Off went BioShock and played Skate for a few hours. Damn good game and I'm a huge fan of the controls. It actually brings an element of skill to the game instead of just mashing a bunch of buttons like in THPS.
I'll be picking this one up the day it comes out.
-caseyjones
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but it needs more CRUNCH in the ragdoll.. it's kinda like throwing a mannequin down the stairs, all blocky.
as realistic as the rest is, physics included, once you fall off it's meh. seeing the pain should be part of the fun.
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QFT. I want to see realistic bails. Broken ankles and fractured skulls. Then you'd think twice before ollieing a deathgap. That would be awesome.
list of achievements had been released a while ago btw [no im not an achievement whore, its just a nice aspect of the 360]:
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=287
i hate the online ones. its like, a trick to make u want gold -_-.
anyways, some of the terminology in there has got me even more psyched! 'milestones' 'spots' for example. damn i cannot wait! i hope school work isn't a bitch in canada. i wanna spend some good time with this game.
btw: how does one, rocket air and christ air? i dunno which buttons to press
meh, off to pack my bags.
peace
No Footer: Hold Left Trigger while in the air and press B.
Coffin: Hold both Triggers any time and press B.
found this yesterday
oh, and i haven't managed a rocket air even once. wait. i dont think i've even managed a nose grab....
then again, i'm no grabber. the team's called 'flip' not 'grab' [lol? meh, guess not]
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http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/818/818832p1.html
hehehe, just kidding.
thanks.
btw: yes. we all luv EA produced games
hey just wondering. ovr here, the games releasing on sept 13, and its selling for 69.99. now i think i already asked this, which'd be annoying, but is there a sur-charge for preordering at eb games? cuz i heard that in some places its gonna sell for 59.99. does eb games charge extra for pre-orders? or is eb games just generally overpriced?
thanks.
btw: yes. we all luv EA produced games
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um, in usa eb/gs is normal priced, and no lol, there is no sur charge for pre ordering. it comes off the price of the game.
sadly enough, some people honestly believe they are being charged extra.