EA skate. Review

I waited for skate. to come out after I read about it in Skateboarder magazine about 5 months before it was released. So I went on EA.com to check out the next day and when I read about the control scheme I was very excited to find out that Black Box decided to break away from the old button mashing that is the Tony Hawk Franchise and go for a more realistic feel. So after watching all the videos on YouTube I decided to start saving for this game. And then I read that a demo was going to be released on the Xbox Live Marketplace on August 15. So by the time 8/15 rolled around I signed on XBL and I found nothing. Then on the website and a few other places. That the demo was delayed because the PS3 version wasn't working and the 360 users need to wait to. That was one of my only complaints about this game. But then on Sept 14 the game was finally released and I beat it in about 8 1/2 hours which was the best time I spent on a game since Halo 2. But there a few technical problems but those were overshadowed by the feel of accomplishment you get after finishing a hard challenge. Then when I played a few online games I feel in love with playing games of SKATE online. Plus the video editor is very well done. I didn't think anything could top it in a sport/sim game. Then when Tony Hawk's Proving Ground came out I rented it. I and must say that game was decent. And they only way THPG was better than skate. is the video editor which superior in many ways buit skate. is still in my opinion much better in almost every way. Which is why I give a 4.75 out of 5