[quote name='Sporadic']Wow.
You shouldn't have to have done the activity in real life to enjoy the game.
I've never played guitar but I had a giant smile on my face trying to play Guitar Heroes (War Pigs) in Best Buy. I've never driven a race car on a track but I can still play Forza. I've never been a wrestler but I am love with No Mercy. Never boxed anybody but I still enjoyed Fight Night. Never rode BMX but played way too much Dave Mirra 2. Never played pro football but loved 2K5. Am horrible at golf but loved Links.
That's the issue with this game, it has no crossover appeal. Yeah, it maybe a god sent for ex-skaters or people in the skate crowd but everybody else is going to be left out in the cold.
Even before Tony Hawk turned into "million point combo", it was able to draw people in by giving people a easy control scheme and a sense of reward. Which is nothing Skate has given me. The controls frustrated me, the moves I could pull off left me feeling nothing (woohoo a kickflip...but not as cool as the slow-mo thing from P8) and even the crashes were underwhelming/clunky.[/QUOTE]
:lol: the silly thing here is that I had a meaningful post and with alot of stuff to back it up, but I accident had the whole thing erased. I was not in the mood to rewrite it all, so I just went to the blunt side of things... >_< I guess being too blunt dosn't help :lol:
on terms of the cross over appeal, same goes to Madden, Tiger Woods, NHL, MLB, NCAA and all those other games. I don't really enjoy these sports (playing them is great but watching bores me and I'm not alone) and the games never get me... they are the most boring things I've ever played... I guess if I apply that feeling you guys have towards this game, I can understand.
On that note, those who do like this game: I played bioshock a bit in the past few days and it was amazing, but the feeling this game gave me surpassed that. wow... I've never felt so fulfilled in a game I suck at. I love the video editor as well... you can upload videos and show them off in the demo... I'll post my link when it's done uploading.