This game for consoles is a fraud, it had a lot of potential, but the fact we cant control the stats makes the game impossible to play coherently and have fun with it.
If you have consoles dont waste money on this game.
Sadly, that's the truth. SkaterXL on console (or vanilla sxl) is actually just a demo version, and people have to accept that.
The full game on PC though... fuck, that shit is simply amazing. The SkaterXL + XXLmod gameplay is unbeatable.. Even Skate 4 will probably fail in provide better gameplay than that.
Add XXL's "total decouple rotation" setting to the mix and you will have some serious challenging hardcore simulation ting!
Session has everything I'd love to see in a skate game: amazing graphics, the whole core skate vibe and all, beautifully recreated eastcost spots.... but it will never truly deliver the feel of actually skating. The mechanics for it is just not there (not to mention animations, which just make you feel depressed as fuck)
The way you control shoulders, feet, and board flicks in SkaterXL is crazy. No wonder why some people have been buying new PCs just to be able to play this one game.