skate 3: witty title under construction

Nocren · November 2007

Well, considering you get access to Thrasher until about your second picture or so in the Mag.

darleysam · November 2007

I'm now proud to be past the half-way mark. I might actually try for as many of the online achievements as I can get, because some of them don't seem that bad.
Also, breaking my left femur 10 times was more challenging than I'd expect.

Rookie · November 2007

I wish terribly that I could get in on this but I just can't get the stupid skate.reel site to work for me at all. *cry*

darleysam · November 2007

That really sucks. It's probably one of the only complaints I have about the game, that the skate.reel site gives so many people these problems, locking them out of a large part of the game.

ShimSham · November 2007

Yep.

And the only complaint I have about the actual game is that I can't get off my board.

It becomes a monumental task to get to the top of some steps.

darleysam · November 2007

Yeah, it would be very nice to be able to get off my board. That said, for the most part, I've almost always found there's a logical way to get to anywhere I'd like to go. One or two places I've given up on, but most I can get to if need be. But it would be even better to be able to get off and go climbing or exploring across the city to find even more places.

YardGnome · November 2007

ShimSham wrote: »

Yep.

And the only complaint I have about the actual game is that I can't get off my board.

It becomes a monumental task to get to the top of some steps.

I read in an interview that they had planned for walking to be in the game at the beginning, but that if they would have it would have taken away from the rest of the game, citing stuff as slants, ramps, and pools as difficulties.

Makes sense, but I still would have loved it to be in it.

Since I'm poor, I don't have the game, but I play the demo a lot. I managed to pull this off north of the community center. As I was celebrating, a car decided to ruin my fun.

http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/6081/posts/575721.aspx

darleysam · November 2007

http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/2795/posts/577860.aspx

I think I'd like to do a better flip over the first jump, but this took long enough to get right in the end.

YardGnome · November 2007

darleysam wrote: »

http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/2795/posts/577860.aspx

I think I'd like to do a better flip over the first jump, but this took long enough to get right in the end.

You know you don't have to put slowmo on the entire video, right?

darleysam · November 2007

I do, but it's because I want to edit it later, and if everything's at regular speed, then I can't slow it down without making it look like ass. I do it all at 50 or 75%, so I can then speed it up afterwards. If I want things slow, then I have the frames already there.

Nocren · November 2007

I had that same idea, but never really implemented it. It would save time from going back to the other sections and slowing them down.

DarkPrimus · November 2007

Hahaha. Oh man.

I finished The Skateboard Mag and did the Megacomplex challenge, and all of a sudden I had 40 of 44 achievements unlocked. Including a bunch of online ones, despite my only being online to upload stuff, and never actually playing an online match.

But I'm not complaining, no sir.

ShimSham · November 2007

That's crazy. I think the same thing happened to my friend because he has almost all the online achievements.

Thing is... he doesn't have a Gold account.

DarkPrimus · November 2007

OH MAN GUYS. MOST EXCITING VIDEO I HAVE EVER MADE.

http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/34923/posts/580551.aspx

darleysam · November 2007

Primus, I swapped your video in the list.
I might have a different spot I want to hit, after finding it yesterday, but I haven't uploaded a video yet.

Smashism · November 2007

I miss this game. I was so into it when it launched. Remember we were all wondering if you could really do that hippy flip at first, then BAM this happened to me: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=2924027&postcount=1282
I should really play this awesome game more.
I got Halo 3, then TF2, I guess skate just got lost in the shuffle.

darleysam · November 2007

You know, I tried for a good many minutes yesterday to pull one of those. Got so close every time, but kept catching a foot on the rail and slamming head-first into the ground. My parents were sat nearby, and probably wondered why I was trying, repeatedly, to kill my mans.

Smashism · November 2007

darleysam wrote: »

You know, I tried for a good many minutes yesterday to pull one of those. Got so close every time, but kept catching a foot on the rail and slamming head-first into the ground. My parents were sat nearby, and probably wondered why I was trying, repeatedly, to kill my mans.

IM IN UR RAILZ, KILLIN UR MANZ!1

I could only manage to pull it off in either the double kickflip or double heelflip. If anyone did a shuv it hippy flip. You are my new god.

darleysam · November 2007

Yeah, I was getting closest with double flips, but I guess I was either launching too early, or the rail was just at the wrong height. It'd be nice to do, but I'm not overly worried about it.
Now, I just need to go load up freeskate and ride around for hours.

edit: this is a reeally nice line http://www.goonskate.com/video.php?id=1390

Santa Claustrophobia · November 2007

I'm so old, I remember when flatland tricks were the shit. Too bad Skate doesn't really have the engine for it.

darleysam · November 2007

Santa Claustrophobia wrote: »

I'm so old, I remember when flatland tricks were the shit. Too bad Skate doesn't really have the engine for it.

I was under the impression that they were cut at the last minute. I don't see why it doesn't have the engine for it, it would just need some careful implementation on the controls.

Also, I was watching the videos in the 'Extras' section, and they're all really good. The credits (the half that has the video, at least) were also really good. All-in-all, skate is a really, really good production.

YardGnome · November 2007

This game has the greatest opening ever.

jimb213 · November 2007

manny madness can go take a long walk off a short pier.

It seems like I can't keep the speed up enough to jump across to the 2nd box. I can hit the 1st manual relatively consistently now, and get a good angle for hitting the 2nd one, but I never jump high/far enough...

ShimSham · November 2007

YardGnome wrote: »

This game has the greatest opening ever.

I love that White Stripes song.

defaultprophet · November 2007

Ugh, so the game fucking bugged on me when I found a new spot. It never registered and I've "owned" it a couple times and it's still not on my mini map. I have since found all the rest and fear I wont get the achievement. I weep for this reason.

DarkPrimus · November 2007

Rob and Big's challenge can go fuck itself.

So can P-Rods.

defaultprophet · November 2007

DarkPrimus wrote: »

Rob and Big's challenge can go fuck itself.

So can P-Rods.

Once you can do the 360 Flip on at least a fairly regular basis it's not too bad.

And the P-Rod challenge is just about the timing. You jump too early you miss the rail. You jump too late you don't get enough air.

Manny Madness is way worse than either of those. Fuck that. I wish Manny Madness was a person so i could stab him with my wheel-less skateboard truck.

DarkPrimus · November 2007

defaultprophet wrote: »

Once you can do the 360 Flip on at least a fairly regular basis it's not too bad.

I can do a 360 flip at any point in time except after pushing towards that fucking bench.

And even if I do it, 24/25 the board catches on part of the bench instead of me landing on it.

And that 1/25 time I don't get the proper grind. Shit, the part where they start you at, you can only do BS grinds in regular, so I have to move to the other side of the bench.

The P-Rod thing is retarded because it's freaking impossible to get enough air to do a 360 rotation without missing the hubba entirely.

Nocren · November 2007

DarkPrimus wrote: »

defaultprophet wrote: »

Once you can do the 360 Flip on at least a fairly regular basis it's not too bad.

I can do a 360 flip at any point in time except after pushing towards that fucking bench.

And even if I do it, 24/25 the board catches on part of the bench instead of me landing on it.

And that 1/25 time I don't get the proper grind. Shit, the part where they start you at, you can only do BS grinds in regular, so I have to move to the other side of the bench.

The P-Rod thing is retarded because it's freaking impossible to get enough air to do a 360 rotation without missing the hubba entirely.

2 things:
1 it might be cheap, but see if you can just ollie onto the bench, set a marker, then flip->stall (which counts as a grind). Maybe for some people it worked but for me it never did to adjust into the correct grind.

2: it's not a 360 degree rotation in addition to the trick. It's an actual 360 Nollie flip (or whatever). Old thread had some good advice and cake's method was the best (IE it worked for me). Take the stick and move it to the right side of the "A" button (X for you PS3 players), then move it to the right side of the "X" button (Square) before flicking it back down. That seems to give you the proper input range for that particular trick.

EDIT: In other news, I've been tweeking around in WMM some more. I'm actually starting to like what it can do.
I can do this type of intro with an overlay or I can squish the video to one side (or half) of the screen while your chosen info is displayed in the other half.

Just let me know what you want and PM me the links to any videos you want saved/edited for the vid.

J_L · November 2007

i know this hippy flip is very flakey, and my foot does actually manage to go through the railing, but i thought i'd share it anyway
http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/3490/posts/583793.aspx
I'm gona keep working at it and see if i can do it right

darleysam · November 2007

Manny Madness can, indeed, die in a fire. That caused me no end of frustration.

For P-Rod's nollie 360-flip, what Nocen said, it's a nollie 360-flip, not a 360 nollie-flip. It's still a pain to get though, but did force me to learn that trick.

Rob and Big's 360-flip to FS crooked isn't that bad once you understand it. Firstly, make sure you're coming in frontside. I started coming in with my back to the ledge, and it wasn't giving me it. Have your front facing it, and you'll be good. Secondly, aim for the middle of the bench where it's lowest. Thirdly, you don't have to land in a crooked, and you can adjust into it. I did it by landing in a nosegrind then pushing the stick to adjust into a crooked.

And yes, it is one of the best intros to any game.

edit: And to anyone having trouble pulling any trick, go watch Jason Dill's video in the 'Extras' section of the main menu. Do it.

japh · November 2007

I did a short clip just to show I'm not slackin'

http://jpgrdnr.servehttp.com/wang.wmv

I'll try and do something better later on.

darleysam · November 2007

Nice quality there! Use anything special for converting or editing?

japh · November 2007

Nope. The "youtube flv to avi converter pro" prog does the job. Microsoft movie maker for the rest. Movie maker isn't all that great, but just for quick and dirty stuff its ok. I'll probably use imovie in the future.

darleysam · November 2007

Well fair enough. I'll see how I go with WMM, but I have access to Pinnacle on another pc here, which has to be better.

Nocren · November 2007

the only problem I have with WMM is that after a while it starts to look like an animated Powerpoint.

DarkPrimus · November 2007

A Line At The Old Town

I don't know why it looks so shitty after uploaded to YouTube... if I do a compilation video, I will probably have to torrent it or something.

defaultprophet · November 2007

I got fixated on this marble thing at the Art Museum. The spin going into it looks like shit, but I like how the grinds flow.

http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/34979/posts/587245.aspx

DarkPrimus · November 2007

Yeah, that is a beautifully long ledge.

My take of that spot.

xzzy · November 2007

defaultprophet wrote: »

Ugh, so the game fucking bugged on me when I found a new spot. It never registered and I've "owned" it a couple times and it's still not on my mini map. I have since found all the rest and fear I wont get the achievement. I weep for this reason.

I got the same thing, at "big ass wall". I've owned it, got the achievement, but it still doesn't show up on my map.

Penny Arcade

skate 3: witty title under construction

Posts