Finally we can deliberate whether if THPG has what it takes to match up with skate had to offer.

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I'm getting neither. I've burned out on skating games. Burned out since TH3, really...

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How many fanboys like skate? I can't stand it . I think the controls are too akwardly placed. I cant stand having the go buttons so close to the trick stick. To me this is the worst part of the game.Also,the camera (although the game says it will be adjustable) is awful. But those are really the only complaints i have, althoug it is from EA which means Microtransactions will be outrageous. Unfortuneatly Tony Hawks for me (after 10 yrs. of playing them) just get too old too quick.

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Noice, we get to see how much it sucks compared to skate.

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skate is a sick game, but where are the snowboarding games at?

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I personally love skate, can't stop playing the demo. But tomorrow Xbox Live is supposed to be down for a bit, don't remember the times though, so either get this early in the day or later.

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skate has won me over, i wont bother downloading this.

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sweet! i've been aching to launch a 30ft 1080 Christ air off a curb cut

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Tony is gonna have a hard time dragging me away from Skate. I usually only play a demo once or twice, but with skate I've been playing it almost every day. hell I prolly have more hours into the skate demo then I had in THP8 or THAW.

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I love skate. I will be buying it on day one. I've played every TH, but project 8 really wore me out, even though it was a lot better than the previous 2 TH games. So for now, Skate is going to get my time. I think the Skate controls are brilliant. I can't think of how to translate really skating any better to a video game that would still be fun to play. Skate can't come too soon.

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I can't stand how ollie isn't a mapped button since you need to ollie to do many tricks. The run buttons should have been on the shoulder or triggers. Having to move from A/B to the thumb stick is awkward and annoying.

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The animations for the skater when he falls in skate. are terrible as well, humorous in a sad pathetic sorta way. Maybe proving grounds will be better, but I'll probably pass on both.

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yeah lol, when he fells this looks so much like a dummy-doll or so.. could be more human-like but i dont think they will change that.... very sad.
THPS 2 was imho the best, after part 3 it sucked. well lets see...

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Love how no one has spotted the fact that Live will be down for at least part of tomorrow. (Monday September 10th from 0200-0600 PT, 0900–1300 GMT)

So not the best day to launch a demo to show of your franchise that has some decent competition!

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so....?

Maybe every user of live got this announcment via xbox live mail?..

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ah never mind my last comment, understood something wrong. Im wondering what the update will bring...

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I buy skating games once every few years...like: tonyhawk's pro skater 2 back then on the ps1 about 3-5 years later Tony Hawks Ungerground or THUG on as some people call it on ps2... i enjoyed these games because they have cool unlockable characters like Spiderman and Iron man, and that dude from Kiss... so i'll prolly get tony hawks proving ground or THPG as the people will prolly call it since it might have cool unlockable chars... and i dislike the skate control scheme and camera... so maybe thpg if the demo is good.

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Poeple that complain about the ragdolls in Skate have CLEARLY been playing games too much.

You're expecting a simulation of a lifeless corpse falling off a skateboard. What you actually get is a human falling off a skateboard.

Have you ever seen somebody fall off a skateboard at slow speed? Do they instantly become lifeless ragdolls the second they leave the board?

NO

They land, usually on their hands and knees (depending on how they fall) and as long as they aren't some how dead from that failed kickflip, they retain some bodily form.

He even grabs onto nearby rails as he's falling and uses them to lift himself up.

Would you be happier if your skater went flying off his board and span around like 8 times then landed in a crumpled heap on the floor, breaking 17 bones and becoming basically dead? (THPS style)

NO!

Humans dont ever become "ragdoll" esque in an accident while they're still conscious. Their body automatically reacts to the environment and surroundings and tries to protect itself according.

Seriously, look at the ragdolls again and you will see what i mean. These are from a technical stand point, the most human-like ragdolls ever made...because the ragdoll still maintains some resistance and even hints of animation.

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Noone ever said they should become ragdoll. I haven't skated in years but they have a kid who skates all the time next door and I've seen him fall plenty. He doesn't experience any sore of rigamortus like those characters in "skate." do. No need to get defensive Sam, just pointing out the shoddy work. Apparently you've never seen someone fall off of anything period. The falls are cartoonish at best, reminds me of stuff you'd see on wrestling or in a dog cartoon.

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I can't stop playing the Skate demo and I've never liked skate boarding games. If you can bring totally new players into your genre with new innovative controls then you've obivously got a good game.

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