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Skate

200787/100
SimulatorSport

Open World · Sandbox

Skate's innovative Flickit controls offered an unprecedented level of precision and realism to the skateboarding genre, allowing for nuanced trick execution with the right analog stick. The open-world environment of San Vanelona provided a playground for experimentation, encouraging players to discover new spots and string together creative lines. Even today, the game's physics-based approach to movement and the satisfying weight of each board make it a standout, influencing the design of every skateboarding title that followed.
SKATE delivers the feel of skating through innovative controls, authentic cameras and a fully reactive skateboarding city. The game features professional skaters such as Danny Way and PJ Ladd, as well as a reactive city and relevant in-game cameras. SKATE's unique control scheme captures the true feel of skating versus the typical button mashing gameplay of past skating games. Featuring physics-driven animations, gamers will have a unique gaming experience every time they pick up the controller since no two tricks will ever be the same.

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79
Match
Recommendation strength
85%

Tony Hawk's Project 8

2006 · Sport

If you loved the open-world feel and trick-based gameplay of Skate, Project 8 offers a similar blend of realistic skateboarding physics with a more arcade-like progression, encouraging exploration and mastery of tricks in a sprawling environment.

Why recommended

  • Features a large, interconnected open world where players can freely explore and discover new skate spots and challenges, much like Skate's sandbox approach.
  • Criteria — Designed primarily as a Singleplayer experience, allowing players to progress through the career mode at their own pace.
  • The core gameplay loop involves mastering complex trick combinations and lines, requiring strategic planning of routes and trick execution to achieve high scores and complete objectives.
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Critic & community
77
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Recommendation strength
82%

Building on the open-world concepts of Skate, Proving Ground lets you define your skater's path through a massive, interconnected city, offering a similar sense of freedom and discovery as you carve out your legend.

Why recommended

  • Provides an expansive open world with multiple cities connected, encouraging exploration and offering numerous opportunities for creative skateboarding.
  • Criteria — Focuses on a Singleplayer career mode where players make choices that shape their skater's journey and style.
  • The 'Adventure' aspect comes from exploring the vast environment, finding hidden spots, and uncovering new ways to interact with the world through different skater styles like 'Hardcore', 'Rigger', and 'Career'.

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