From that preview, it doesn't even look like the dude is rolling, he's just floating right above the ground. After EA Skate, the whole button mashing combo shit does not entice me, even for nostalgia's sake.

For the sake of nostalgia and early childhood memories, I would totally get this game. I think I got the first THPS before I even got my first board. I hope they include those unlockable videos you get to watch in the game.

Which is a huge bummer, I want another skate 3 with a few things fixed like not being able to just ride into another part of the city. I don't want to have to teleport there

wtf? aside from some of the skateparks you can still go through the whole city without teleporting. you always could

if you did get into the EA skate games you would understand there's no reason to be hyped for this

No Skate 4. Skate 3 was meant to be the last, thats why Black Box included such a massive creative aspect to the game. Everything they did was meant to bolster the user community so the die hard fans would keep creating and keep the game evolving. They released tons of DLC packs for it too.?  Not tons, but four or five.

THPS 2 was by far the best Tony Hawk game. It was just enough realism and just enough arcade for nearly perfect game play. You had manuals with out it being super arcadey I spent years and years and years playing that game. Fond memories. After that everything was so contrived I stopped really liking it as much. It slipped further and further into the arcadey narrative and crazy shit and I stopped caring. 2, 4 and THUG were solid, everything else...eh.

Skate on the other hand was fucking inspiring. I'd wake up and play skate for an hour or so, use the replays to analyze tricks and then go try them. Seems weird, but fuck, it worked. Great way to waste hours drunk or stoned, or to get ideas to actually get out there and do stuff.

Also included to show the end of the series was the "Jumping the Shark" challenge, which I thought was pretty damn hilarious

grind session had the right mindset.  Popping out of rail tricks looked good, had Ed in there, music was tight, and skaters leaned into banks / any sort of slope.  I'm pretty sure if they kept that going as a franchise it would have turned out tight.