S3 almost a year later

[Cacty]

Imo each game was the best, in its time,

You cant really compare s1 to s3, due to the major improvents, and add ons s3 got,

the only real somewhat disappointment to me was s2, same city for the most part,

The only real addition other than new tricks was walking and object movement, im note hating on the game, i love it, im just comparing it as best as i can to the other skate games,

but overall this game series accomplished what as skateboarding video game should be about, authenticity.

[MarcoPoloUSN]

Even though I haven't had three solid years with this franchise...

I 100% believe that EA Skate has revolutionized action sports video games in terms of authenticity...

Skate 1... with its incredible nostalgia... is the most fun in terms of just skateboarding (from what I've read, I haven't really played it much). Skate 3... with its major add ons.... is the best in terms of videos and projects. I've seen some of the best fakeskating productions come from Skate 3. Picking the best game overall is impossible to me. Like Cacty said, "each game was the best, in its time." There are aspects of each game that are better than the other game.

[Roccityroller]

Skate 1 was good, but skate 2 is the best imo and here's the reason why.

It brought video making, filming, and production to the masses. Making vids and having fun is the reason why most of us still play the game, 3 years later. If you couldn't film, record what you've done, and share it with the community, there wouldn't be a community. Skate 2 made filming, uploading, downloading, and sharing EASY. remember getting ur clips in s1? there was no "download" button. You had to use mozilla and go through the page source code to find the link and then download it through there. Skate 2 made this simple and we saw a huuuuuge influx in the amount of people making videos, this led to the increase of information through the community. people figured out how to do certain things, what made for a good edit etc.

look at what was considered "good" in terms of video editing in s1 (read: SSS Attack), then in S2 (Read: Catface Full), and now in s3 (Read: Megamyth). I hardly filmed anything in S1, cuz it was too hard to get the clips off and it just wasn't worth my time. does that mean i had less fun with the game? no. Do i have more fun in s2 and s3 being able to actually set my cams up the way i want, ramp my tricks i want, and adjust most visual settings? Of course. But with out the advances in filming that we got through S2, i think A LOT of use would be long gone.

[NotedDerk]

Going to have to go with skate 3 as well, I just agree with everything that has already been stated about it so no need to repeat it.

but I will say this, skate 3 has one of the greatest map makers to ever exist in a video game, in my opinion. Not only does downloading and uploading parks take only literally seconds, but being able to merge and place any piece in any dimension is an amazing attribute. If that didn't exist in CAP, basically only turn objects 90 degrees, then cap would have been dead to me.

The only map editor that even compares to skate 3 that I've experienced is farcry's and I couldn't even enjoy that because the servers were so sketchy that it made it nearly impossible to just have one good match go on.

[Hitmanx123]

my fav is skate o.g and skate 2, but mostly o.g because of the better times editin videos. i dont have any vidzzz for 3 because i just couldnt get any motivation to edit. personally i think it stopped because all the other teams that most people started in 1 and 2 quit but you have to stop sometime right?ill prob end up putting s3 on the shelf before summer or sumthing and become a queers and whores 3 (gears of war) manic......

[BladderBoy]

Nostalgia is the only thing S1 and S2 have to offer me at this point. Yes PC has its problems, but the overall playability of S3 make it the best in the series. HC mode, an advanced free cam that actually works, and CAP will keep me coming back to this game until a new fakeboarding franchise is born.

[Antwan]

A huge city..
CAP..
7 Map DLCs (something like that)
A Reluctantly active community and more video production than ever..
Skate is going out with a bang for sure..
I think it's the kids way of saying we want a Skate 4.. why else would you remain in a community of a game you dislike?

I'm honestly kind've burnt out on skate 3 but I've been playing non stop for 4 months maybe.. every night..
Still producing videos here and there.. hell yeah skate 3 is good just sucks it might be ending.. really gotta dig deep this time to finish videos..
skate 2, 1? Good when they first came out sure.. hell yeah I miss certain spots from time to time but lets be honest it gets old it's why people navigate from game to game.
I'll be needing a Skate 4 to continue doing this Create a park feels to set up fake to me.. every park has perfect rails etc. no challenges within it got old quick.

[Skatehead]

all of them...
each one brought its own fun to the plate....