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Two weeks ago I found SKATE - Collector's Edition for small money while checking a local shop. I didn't buy it, cause I did't know if SKATE or SKATE 2 is better. (I bought NBA Ballers - Chosen One, erm...ok.) I'm not that freaky board gamer like most Tony Hawk or Skate Fans, I might say I have Rookie to Amateur skills, playin more casual style.
Should I buy Skate, Skate 2 or none of them? ;-)
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Well in skate one you are limited to the things you can do. IE (can't get off the board, can't move object)

But in skate 2 you can, and they added alot more tricks. Really it's up to you both are great games.

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For a beginner Skate might be the more easy going choice?!?

Ahh yea if you are use to TH then it takes some getting use to on skate. but it's not hard to master. really both are awesome 1 just has slightly more features than the other. not to mention Skate 2 has I think 4 DLC packs which also include 4 levels from skate 1.

 I say go with 2.

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Which version has more offline achievements points?!?

Skate 2 has more SP achievements, skate 1 has alot.

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both!!! skate is epic and skate 2 is just slightly better

What exactly comes in the skate 1 collectors edition?

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i decent wooden box with a skate logo printed on board-material (the kind of layer you put on top of your board that your shoes stick on). very nice looking.
and also a dvd with some kind of skating films. that's it.
but i did't buy it, shame on me. ;-)

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i decent wooden box with a skate logo printed on board-material (the kind of layer you put on top of your board that your shoes stick on). very nice looking.
and also a dvd with some kind of skating films. that's it.
but i did't buy it, shame on me. ;-)

How could you not buy that? That has to be a serious contender for one of my favourite collectors editions ever.

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if i were you i would buy skate one because it s way better than skate2

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I could bite my quantum singularity for letting this special edition of SKATE go.
But I will keep an eye on @m@z0n, perhaps I will buy it there.

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I could bite my quantum singularity for letting this special edition of SKATE go.
But I will keep an eye on @m@z0n, perhaps I will buy it there.

Actually I might check the net for a copy of it as well, I haven't played skate 1 in ages and skate 2's city is beginning to bore me.

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For anyone deciding between the two, I'd definitely suggest checking out the demos (there is a demo for Skate 1, right?)

Skate 2 is without a doubt the smoother of the two.  And the viewpoint is a bit easier to deal with.  Between that and the many other improvements (ability to walk, more tricks, shinier look, etc) I'm guessing most folks will prefer Skate 2.  I've only played the demo at this point (many times), but it's looking like I'll prefer 2 overall myself.

However, as a long time skateboarder [been at is since the Animal Chin days of the mid 80s and, for what its worth, I won my first real life game of SKATE just yesterday with a tre flip ... not bad for an old man ... chuckle] ... anyway, there's just something about the feel of the first game that I really like.  For those of you that are bigtime skate video addicts, especially if you dig the closeup perspective often used in, say, Zoo York videos, I wouldn't pass up the first game.  It has a slight fish-eye perpective that makes you feel like you're controlling a skate video ... moreso than Skate 2.  I especially love how the perspective changes when you are trucking down a hill.  You feel the speed.  [I'm guessing this is still a part of Skate 2 ... no hills to bomb in the demo so I wouldn't know].  The perspective can be a pain at times especially when dealing with trees and pedestrians at high speeds.  But you eventually get used to it and it just looks so amazing. 

Also, the tricks pop differently in the first game.  I like both to be sure, but there's something extra rough and raw about the tricks in the first game that appeals to me.  It took me a couple of times through the demo to start liking the way tricks were animated in the new game.  Though now I've come to see how the style in Skate 2 is keeping up with the big/smooth/bangers style made evident in places like theberrics.com.  

Anyway ... I could blab on this all day.  Both games are unique and great.  I'll grab Skate 2 soon and I'll cherish them both.    

I picked up a copy of Skate 1 again, it's ok but I prefer skate 2. I'm only playing the original 'cause I've played the he1l out of New San Van and I want some "new" spots again.

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I played through Skate 2, and eventually traded it in when I grew bored with it. However, I picked up Skate for the first time on Wednesday, and I admit, Skate's a good game. But Skate 2 is a massive improvement on an already solid title.

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I like them both, they both have their highlights. My fav things bout skate are voice behind you and the roads. My fav things bout skate 2 is the fact that u can be a girl and u can walk around.

I bought SKATE yesterday, as a collectors edition in a sweet wooden box with extra skatevideo. :-)
Hope to get going soon, hope it something for casual gamers, too.

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I bought SKATE yesterday, as a collectors edition in a sweet wooden box with extra skatevideo. :-)
Hope to get going soon, hope it something for casual gamers, too.

It's an odd game, different form Tony Hawk (assuming you played the TH series). it takes some getting use too. Still both 1 and 2 are my favorites games.

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I played SKATE for 2 hours and love it already.
But it's hard to pull of the tricks you want, as the controls are so organic that I mostly do random tricks instead of the planned ones.
Do you experience the same?

At first yeah, but eventually you will get the hang of it. I can pull of a 360 flip like 20 time ina  row but you will always get that random trick.

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I would say SKATE is easy to learn (the controls - the buttons) and hard to master (all the tricks - the feeling for the game).

where are good sites to look for tricks, controls schemes etc., FAQs, walkthroughs?

Well in the game actually, there is a trick book. As for walkthroughs you don't really need them, it tells you what to do but if you need it just search in google.

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In the game I always have to remind me not to do the crazy tricks, instead do easy ones first to get a grip and don't crash all the time.
It's like real skating, you have to be patient. I like the fluidness of the game very much. Tony Hawks Project 8 was my last skating game on the PSP, SKATE ist much better.

Once I played the DEMO for skate 1, I was hooked. I have always been a fan of TH games stub skate completely trashed it.

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We all knew when we were playing TH that it wasn't really skating.
Then skate. came along and put all those crazy buttons into two simple sticks.
Needless to say the intelligent half of the TH community crossed over.

You haven't experienced the proper skating until you try skate. as well.
Skate is better but only because of the additions. Not the skating.

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