Ohhh yeah! I was waiting for another Focus, manual, grind, focus, special-combo game... I got a game with Jason Lee...
The game is bent on being a subberbbian skater to a main street G. You get sponsored for clothes and boards and teams. Theres a shit load of boards in the skate shop so don't pinck' on just one board, look at non-exsistant boards, old-skool boards, wave boards, modern boards and some pretty gnarly ones.
The game is a lot like Skate only a little more precise on skaters' clothes, shoes, etc; You can make your guy look like one of the Guitar Hero guys, it's pretty sikk. Now just relax, you can do all the same stuff in the old games, except for tagging, sticker slapping, and kicking someone's ass. Although you can knock someone over, just 'cause you're a skater... The currency isn't money, it's tokens. They don't have much purpose if you're a hard-core skater. You can pick up random skate scenes from Dustin Dollin, Andrew Ryenolds, Ryan Shekeler, etc. teaching you how to skate, or do a trick at least...
Overall the game is better than THAW in my opinion; some new moves, some new skaters and some new looks. It's what we need in the world!