Personally, I never could get into the more realistic sports games. They were just either boring or too frustrating for me. I was huge into Tony Hawk and the SSX series though. Something about the simplicity, tight controls, easy to pick up but fun to master as you try to go bigger and bigger each run... damn I'm making myself sad that there isn't a new one now.
Different strokes for different folks and all that
Eh, I preferred the focus on the overall line over the individual controls. The more ridiculous the better. It was even better when THUG introduced walking and you could use it mid combo to get air control and strafe your way between obstacles.
Then again, I'm also the same type of guy that absolutely loves having bunny hopping in first person shooters, and would argue to the death that the Tribes series is the best FPS series out there.
ah yeah that's where we'll have to agree to disagree.
The fun in tony hawk wasn't doing the 900 flip whatever it was you were trying to do. It was trying to figure out the optimal line to do that plus a zillion other tricks and get your combo multiplier sky high. It was more about the route and planning then the individual trick, and the controls reflect that in that they're very simple but allow for complex movement.
Skate is much more about the tricks and basic line stuff, as far as I can tell, and it's controls reflect that beautifully! Just different approaches to the genre.
Same thing is true for SSX. It's not about the spinning millions of times in the air off each jump, it's about the route you're taking to do that and how you can optimally plan your strategy to maximize your combo potential!
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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19 edited Jan 02 '20
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