Skate 2

"Skate 2 makes modest improvements over the original title, but isn’t nearly as groundbreaking as its predecessor. Still, if you're a skateboarding fan looking for something new or you enjoyed the first Skate, then you should check the sequel out."

"Skate 2 is technically an improvement over the first title, and anyone who hadn't yet played the original should skip it and go right to the second. It's a really fun game that allows you to play it the way you want with a control scheme that is second-to-none at the moment. However, it's far from perfect. The story presentation has issues, the on-foot controls suck and it can feel a little too similar to the first game on the whole. Again though, for all its issues, Skate 2 is still a hell of a lot of fun and anyone into skateboarding titles should look no further for the best thing on the market right now."

"For us, Skate 2 is about hopping into Freeskate, turning off the pedestrians, the cars and the security, and just losing ourselves in the environment and the mechanics. That's fantastic, but we can't help but think how much better it would be if the team had fixed those damn bail animations and given us the tools to make the mother of all skate videos. "