It's been a long time since we took a Fanpoll around here, and it's high time we start doing it again. What better way to start than to pit the video game skateboarding champ versus its newest rival? With the release of skate, many skateboarding fans have found themselves grinding right past Tony Hawk's Project 8. Well, Tony's back with Proving Ground, which just released today. So, here's our question to you, which game is better, Proving Ground or skate? Give us your feedback in the poll after the break. We'd prefer if you only answer once you've actually tried both games, but there's not exactly much we can do to stop you.
We'll share the results of the poll during the next episode of the Xbox 360 Fancast. Feel free to share the reasons for your vote in the comments. Also, we'd love suggestions for our next Fanpoll question.
Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
10-17-2007 @ 1:15PM
eurotransient said...
I'm definitely with #34 above. I'm not going to vote in the poll on account of not having played skate beyond the demo, but I do still love my TH games. The only ones that didn't really do anything for me were THUG1 and THAW; everything else has been very fun.
That said, I would agree that there is an element of laziness to newer TH games, where it really does feel like more of the same. Still, the fact of the matter is that I don't want a realistic skateboarding sim. I agree that skate is pretty innovative, but ultimately I found myself more frustrated by the demo than engaged. I'll give skate a more thorough look when it drops in price, and I'm definitely curious to see how it evolves in future editions, but I'll stick to my wacky physics, crazy jumps and Christ Airs for now.
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10-17-2007 @ 9:08PM
x cram x said...
Please retire Tony. Should have 2 releases ago.
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10-18-2007 @ 4:35AM
kk said...
is it true that in proving ground, if you slam n break ur nose then it will be stuffed up for the rest of the game?
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10-18-2007 @ 4:44AM
ak said...
In my mind, the best hawk games were pro skater 2 on ps1 and underground 1 on ps2. underground 2 was like a carnival or something and i though it was pretty stupid, plus they screwed up the aussie accent making an aboriginal sound like a pom. american wasteland was so so and i dont mind project 8 but i havent even got half way and i havent played it for months. i think skate will be a fresh change from all the hawk games.
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10-19-2007 @ 5:08AM
Lyon said...
Skate!
The skating genre need a kick up the buttocks, and skate provided that wake up call!
Don't need to play THPG, played all the old ones! ;)
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10-19-2007 @ 7:46AM
Stan said...
Meh. Skate is so overrated piece of crap. So freakin' boring. >.> Not fan of Tony Hawk either, but it's always much more fun to do ridiculous and impossible combos like crazy than lame kickflips.
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10-21-2007 @ 6:43PM
Kyle said...
Hello, I am a 'EA CREATOR'. Tony Hawk games are good but it seems once you have played them for a long time it just gets boring and non-enjoyable. I think you agree with me because button hitting over and over again and to do a extremely hard trick by pressing a simple button is not the way to keep gamers happy. 'Skate' takes a completly new approach because this time to do a trick you get a sense of acomplishment for, now to do a '360 KICKFLIP' on a ramp will take skill. Anolog controls are introduced. The left anolog stick to control the body and the right one to contol the board and by this I mean trick wise. So get ready for some serious skateboarding! So please give me your comments.
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10-21-2007 @ 6:48PM
Kyle said...
Ok I am not an 'EA CREATER' as I said before. I was just joking about that to get a laugh but guys tell me what you think about the competition between those games.
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11-11-2007 @ 11:27AM
Zach said...
I think over the years Tony Hawks had some good games, but now there just not competiting with current games. Example, for ps2, the graphics have been the same since what....Pro Skater 4. IMO i think that Skate is just better in so many ways. Graphics, realisticness, and storyline. If your a real skater you wouldn't want to be able to ollie 30 feet in the air and have a so called special meter and do "special" tricks......EA Skate=Sickest skate game ever.....THPG=Retire, Please!
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11-24-2007 @ 1:53PM
forde said...
Skate has a better story, it's longer and more challenging, i hate the nail the grab like you can jump off a building and land in a manual skate batters thpg all over exept tony hawks has a better skate list but i hate the ''unlocked'' characters...... i was really really dissapointed at this new tony hawks and i wanted it soo bad, completing it in 6 hours it stupid SKATE is better 100%
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11-24-2007 @ 1:59PM
forde said...
Lets say that tony hawks proving grounds level capicity (how big it is) is 25cm2 EA SKATE's level capicity is like 2500cm2 the skate level is 5 times bigger than thpg level i hate thpg and tony hawls has been my all time favorite games ever! but i was shocked at this new version so bad......Skate rules woo
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