Here's Why Skate 1 Looks Better Visually.

[MachineGunChung]

The world in skate 1 and 2 felt really immersive, the gritty streets and screen filter made it feel real. The world in skate 3 looks like those towns they build to test nukes on, just plastic and lifeless

[themadhattress]

Skate 1 and 2 have a sort of 'filter' overlay that I believe helps make them more appealing as well as hide any notable graphical glitches or rendering flaws. In fact, San Van is so well-constructed in either game, it's hard to actually find unfinished areas, unless you're actually looking for it. I appreciate that they wanted to make Skate 3 a 'cleaner' and more-polished game, though. The effort shows. It's just that what we got really displays the graphics for all their worth. The attempts at realism are always going to be common, but it's easier to see just how horridly they've aged in the last 12 years. Again, compare that to Skate 1 and 2, which came out in 2007 and 2009, respectively. Those games also attempted realistic graphics, but for the reasons I've laid out, have aged much, much better. As excited as I am for Skate 4, I know it won't look as timeless as the first two in the series.

[Hayden]

The filter on the first 2 games be looking like a Instagram filter from 2012

[arlindblaze]

Thats because it was the first game, and they went for more realistic skateboarding. In the third one they went for big gaps and crazy hall of meat stuff, leading to the character/physics being super floaty (making tge tricks look like they are being performed at zero G lol. Goated games nonetheless

[itachi]

Skate 1 has the best graphics, skate 2 has the best atmosphere & skate 3 has the best gameplay mechanics

[goodvibestv]

In skate 1 the camera perspective changed depending on how you chained flips to height the space around you it was perfect

[SkrGamer]

the entirety of skate 1 is an instagram filter

[ephxiaa]

Skate 1 and 2 will always have the better graphics, in my case especially 2, it gave off the exact same vibes i get when ever i went outside to skate, same skies n stuff

[metismercury]

It would be cool if in Skate 4 you could buy and choose between different cameras that would have more color and improved quality

[patsaBK]

God the way you just spam tricks without any style is so hard on the eyes

[AnimalzyNL]

Personally ive always preferred the cleaner and brighter skate 3 graphics. It just felt cheerful or something.

[PXKLE]

skate 3 does have a filter option but idk skate 2 an 1 still just hit different

[cuxnediii]

Ayo this is my favorite spot to skate. But I do that trick line bullshit there lmao

[MrWilljthrill]

im pretty sure wispp just breaths in skate 24/7 or else he will croak...

[tombenizrilevi]

Do the same thing with the low camera in skate 3, I wanna really see the difference

[PuertoRicanStyL]

Skate 1 always felt the best to me, too.

[sweetolbrew]

whats with god tier games with sequels that are nothing like the original game but are still bangers downgrading their graphics from cooly heavy bloom and clairty with lens flare to sfm animation

[jarrodfulton]

Don’t think it’s the graphics, it’s the color contrast and camera angle

[totalcreep]

i loved building parks for friends though

[Mellow]

Anyone remember trying so hard to try and land a hippy flip??? I miss my ps3 dude