I've seen videos of people doing hippy flips off that, and landing on the bench for a grind. Doesn't seem like a very good spot at first glance but once you skate it there's a bunch of stuff to do.
im speaking out of ignorance here, but wouldnt that have racked up like 800 points in tony hawk?
I could be two thousand in skate. The game rewards heavily for stacking grinds like that, and is the easiest way to run up your multiplier.
so do you not need to link everything with manuals to have any hope of playing competitively?
Rather than having to have everything be a continuous linked trick, you get a score for the trick and a score for the line. So you can do a whole bunch of flips in a grind line that for a huge line multiplier, then run off and hit something else with that to score massive points.
Personally, I still prefer to try and make things look natural and realistic, rather than crazy THPS stuff.
Also, I finally got the "keep playing" (or whatever it's called) achievement today for getting the last of the spots, and I'm still finding new places to skate. Like that giant drainage run up the very top of the map, that launches across the street? Never seen it until today.
This game is so awesome.
The game also keeps track of your "sequence" which is a series of tricks between the time all four wheels leave the ground, and the next time all four wheels touch the ground. So chaining moves together with a manual does increase your score. A flip to manual to flip will pump up your multiplier better than a flip to landing to flip.
And then you find a nice ledge to grind, or a ramp/drop to hit, and forget all about scores and multipliers, and just go do the sweetest trick you can think of.
Which was one thing I had a problem with. You've got a game with some awesome, fluid mechanics that can create some really natural and flowing skating, and for those challenges they ask you to go all THPS for 30 seconds. Oh well, at least I've now beaten them.
Yessss, broke all my bones 10 times each (the Danny Way playground megaramp is the best way, there's a great angle I found that was breaking up to 11 bones a time), and I'm just grinding out the "3 hours in a no-skate zone" now for the last of the offline achievements. Nice.
Well, after renting it a couple weeks ago, I finally picked up skate. And I still can't get the McKay challenge...
But I did realize from reading the previous thread that I was missing out on half the challenges with the Thrasher magazine stuff. I've pretty much only been doing the skateboard magazine stuff. so that's a whole buncha new stuff for me to do...
I missed out most of the Skateboard mag ones until I'd completed the Thrasher career, then went and did those after. You're not missing out on anything. You can also go and do any uncompleted challenges at the end of the game, too. I just finished all the offline challenges tonight!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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im speaking out of ignorance here, but wouldnt that have racked up like 800 points in tony hawk?
I've seen videos of people doing hippy flips off that, and landing on the bench for a grind. Doesn't seem like a very good spot at first glance but once you skate it there's a bunch of stuff to do.
I could be two thousand in skate. The game rewards heavily for stacking grinds like that, and is the easiest way to run up your multiplier.
so do you not need to link everything with manuals to have any hope of playing competitively?
Rather than having to have everything be a continuous linked trick, you get a score for the trick and a score for the line. So you can do a whole bunch of flips in a grind line that for a huge line multiplier, then run off and hit something else with that to score massive points.
Personally, I still prefer to try and make things look natural and realistic, rather than crazy THPS stuff.
Also, I finally got the "keep playing" (or whatever it's called) achievement today for getting the last of the spots, and I'm still finding new places to skate. Like that giant drainage run up the very top of the map, that launches across the street? Never seen it until today.
This game is so awesome.
Unless you're trying to do one of those retarded film challenges.
Stop cockblocking me bitch!
edit: Just seen, I've only got 485. What the hell, skate?
but then, I do have such a lovely picture
Comment on this video, because it's the only one I'm going to actually keep up for any amount of time.
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
People can comment on this one if they'd be so kind, I'll leave it up for now
http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/2795/posts/570982.aspx
edit: well I did leave a comment, but it's not showing.. strange.
But I did realize from reading the previous thread that I was missing out on half the challenges with the Thrasher magazine stuff. I've pretty much only been doing the skateboard magazine stuff. so that's a whole buncha new stuff for me to do...
Also, breaking my left femur 10 times was more challenging than I'd expect.
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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.
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
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? :P
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.
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
Thing is... he doesn't have a Gold account.
http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/34923/posts/580551.aspx
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
I might have a different spot I want to hit, after finding it yesterday, but I haven't uploaded a video yet.
I should really play this awesome game more.
I got Halo 3, then TF2, I guess skate just got lost in the shuffle.
Final Fantasy XI -> Carbuncle - Samash
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.
Final Fantasy XI -> Carbuncle - Samash
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
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.