street sk8er

playstation

skateboarding

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The difference is in the details. Tony Hawk lets you string together hundreds of moves to make wicked combos. Street Skater seems to have about three moves per character. TH requires real skill to be land tricks, SS lets you land flat on your face and still pull off a trick. TH's control configurations are more intuitive -- maybe it's because I learned them first, but it seems like SS is harder to control. Street Skater's levels are massive, like TH's, but since each level is timed and has a linear progression you have to make from start to finish, it's not easy to explore.

The only plus on SS' side is that it has a skate park editor, which is fun to play around with. But I found myself wishing I could create a park and skate it with Tony instead of SS four characters, and TH2 is coming soon and features a better editor.

Like I said, SS is a temporary fix. You'll only go through its three levels so many times before you'll crave more levels, more space, more goals, more characters, and better play control, and you'll find yourself getting Tony Hawk for whatever price you can.

3 of 4 found the following review helpful:

good game for the most partJun 22, 2000

this game graphically and in many other ways is better than Street Sk8er, the levels are mcuh better and you have to work at the moves instead of pressing "X". however, whoever made this game must be a poser cos what once had good punk music now has lame metal music. not something that you'd want to skate to. how many other skating games do you play that skate to Static-X and Deftones? especially when the first one had all punk bands. the music was what Street Sk8er had going for it the most. also, the announcer on this game is 10 times more annoying than the first one. so, aside from all that, it is a good game but there are much better games out there for us skate punks such as grind session, tony hawk, and some others that i have yet to check out.

3 of 5 found the following review helpful:

a much better game than SS1Aug 04, 2001

THIS GAME IS DA BOMB!!!!IT HAS A KILLER SOUNDTRACK AND IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN STREETSK8ER 1.AND IT HAS A SKATEPARK EDITOR WHICH IS ALSO VERY COOL.AND THE LEVELS R MUCH MUCH MORE BIGER AND WIDER.THE LOW THING ABOUT IT IS THAT ITS JUST TOO EASY!!!!,I MEAN,I BEAT THE GAME IN 1 DAY!!AND COMBOS ARE JUST TOO HARD TO LAND.BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS NICE.IF U ARE GOING TO GET 2 GAMES.GET STREETSK8ER2,AND THPS2,DON'T BUY THPS,IT IS OLD AND DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH MOVES.THATS ALL FOR ME,PEACE OUT.

4 of 9 found the following review helpful:

good gameMar 31, 2000

definatly a good game great graphics greatdetail and you can build your own skatepark tell me thats not cool