![]() The photos and movies you've taken can all be uploaded to a central server and shared with the world which is great - in general, the whole photo-taking and filming part of the game is a lot of fun to play around with and as you play your face (and those of your team members) start to turn up on billboards all around town. Sadly, since the game hasn't been released yet, this part of the game is still a pretty big mystery for me. Your also able to call up your friends' skaters if you don't feel like skating alone. ![]() There's an online mode weaved into the game, where certain challenges can be played with or against friends. It's getting faster, moving faster now, it's getting out of hand and I bail again. Me, my skateboard, my hip clothes that I've unlocked by selling boards, and some great music. I've had it with Blink 182 and their ilk, and it's hard for me not to sense a wonderful nostalgia wash over me as Joy Division's Disorder starts to play as I approach a particular jump. The music is also quite good for a skating game. If you're more hardcore and have spent hours together with the previous titles in the series, you'll probably crank up the difficulty. It's more accessible, which for me is key when it comes to a game that at the end of the day is a sport-game. The veterans might scoff at me, but the game hardly loses out because of its inclusion - in fact, it has tons to gain instead. Despite the fact that I jumped straight for the easy-option, the game hardly lacks feeling because of it. You got three difficulty level, ranging from easy to pro. For me, that's wonderful news (and I can even enjoy the challenges where I have to break as many bones as possible in my body - at least no one jumps into the frame, waves some devil signs with his hand, burps in my face and fries vomit for dinner). With Skate 3, the good old days are back. I want to skate when I fire up one of these games, not feel like I'm a part of the late-night MTV madness. I loathe shows like Jackass or Viva la Bam, the institutionalized stupidity gives me a headache. While the first brilliant Tony Hawk-games were wonderful, the attitude of the later titles bugged the crap out of me to the point that I gave up on them. To be honest, I have a certain problem with how the skateboarding scene changed when Jackass came along. That's good enough for me, just the way I like it. The main thing is skateboarding, meeting pros that have signed up to have their likeness and voices included in the game. ![]() The story is there, but it's not in the way. The more boards we sell, the more challenges open up and new members are added to my team. The more challenges I finish, the more boards we sell. Me and a friend have started up a new skateboarding brand, and we want to sell boards. There's a story here, luckily not as intruding or worthless as in certain other games in the genre. It's about improvisation on the fly, while still maintaining your calm. It's about taking your time, approaching every obstacle with a clear mind. ![]() It's not about speed, it's not about playing as Darth Maul. With the relaxation comes the feeling of cruising around, and then Skate 3 really starts to shine. It takes a while before the panic that keeps setting in as soon as I get near a ledge or jump dissipates and I start to relax. I've been brainwashed by Tony Hawk, I keep expecting to do a Force Grab or an insane stunt with the press of a few buttons. So yeah, my eyes and my hands don't really want to play nice together. Didn't I have this conversation with myself last time I played a Skate-game? Why can't I shake this bad feeling that I'm growing old, the same feeling I got when I tried to stand on an actual skateboard a few years ago? I had problems going in a straight line, while the 12-year old kids were doing ollies like they were born with their boards glued to their feet. ![]()
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