1. 3:26 my b, should of proof read the scoreboard lmao 2. Glad there are some people who share a smiliar opinion from those who have played all 3 skate games 3. Don't worry youtube isn't after my ass lol 4. "This video could have been 5 minutes long" okay fine, I'll make more brain rot shit in the future
If you want to try out some games that have a similar soundtrack to skate 2, try out MX vs ATV Untamed, or Unleashed, as they both have killer soundtracks. 2 others that are more obscure. 1. Baja 1000 Xbox 360. Has shockwave just like skate 2, and many other punk rock music. 2. Nail’d. Has never been ported to the new-gen consoles, but damn was its soundtrack great. American Sixgun, Backyard Babies, Slave on Dope, Slipknot, Rise Against. So many good songs and a (surprisingly) good sounding OST collection that matches the vibe of the game.
go look at the soundtrack for basically ANY tony hawk game and they're so much better. Skate 3 is a good game.. you surely don't really like all those songs.
The "Kush Pop" was named by myself and player/friend OGKush. He was figuring out the glitch and teaching the community at the time how to do it. The amount of hours we've played together is countless and during those hours I said dude just name it The Kush Pop after your name and it stuck. A few graphics were made celebrating the new name. Love your content man.
bruh i cant just go write a 30min video called "why Gran Turismo menu music is bad" with zero experience in professional music and just expect the internet to just agree with me. if u dont like it dont listen to it
@@youtubeaccountlol4942 its almost like its his channel and his personal opinion, you dont need experience in said field to criticize it, i can call your mazda ugly without having a mechanics degree
@@vexzhiiive done some legendary lines to that one. In the games early days that was a favorite of people not into gaming when the game was on at parties.. shimmy was another one
They defined my childhood and my music taste today, skate 3 soundtrack became a big part of the backbone of songs and genres that i listen today. Nice to know more people with similar taste, it's so rare in my social spherez. What a great game!
Videos not even out yet but I just want to say my opinion. I think the soundtrack really fits with the different environments and challenges we have to do. So many of the songs are included in this game due to their history in popular video parts from professionals. The soundtrack really exposed me to so many punk rap and indie acts at such a young age it was really a unique listen experience for any kid who loved skateboarding. I think it definitely doesn’t compare to other soundtracks from other games in this genre, but I think it’s safe to say some of these songs are still aging well today because of the impact of this game and how people thrive for that nostalgia Can’t wait to watch this and hear what you have to say
Shimmy Shimmy Ya in Skate 2 just feels right. First time I remember hearing it in Skate 3 was after Josh Kalis whooped my ass in the Maloof Money Cup Street Comp by getting a 2k point grind. Fittingly, the Maloof Money Cup map was originally in Skate 2.
i watched this video yesterday and am still wondering how bro thought a 30 minute yapping video would help with his point. one of those I love the internet for what it is moments.
A Lot of the songs in the soundtracks are there because they were used in skate videos, like the song in marc Johnson's fully flared part (Goodbye Horses) was used in skate 3. And the song in Eric Koston's fully flared part (Harder than you think by public enemy) was used in skate 2. Oh yeah and the song in Paul Rodriguez's Yeah right part (Made you Look by NAS) was used in skate 2.
I’ve always thought skate 3 had a pretty lame soundtrack, it wasn’t until I looked at the Skate 2 soundtrack and realized that soundtrack was 10x better. There’s a couple songs from skate 3 I like and know, but the soundtrack feels so weak compared to what it could’ve been
I think the first Skate has the best ambient music out of the 3. Tommy Guerrero, XXXChange, and Z-Trip all made really great ambient music to skate to if you set the music to "environmental". It really set the tone for the whole game, which I'd argue has the most relaxing vibe of the series. I didn't feel like Skate 2 or 3's ambient music came close at all to the vibes of the first game.
Skate 1 absolutely felt the most like a true piece of skateboarding culture, skate 2 too but at 3 it just felt like a commercialised shitshow even though there's some absolutely great tracks
@@masterwizard7796 i get goosebumps even talking bout this😥 we getting older brother enjoy life so long we can! When skate 4 drops goddamn im gonna cry the wole game🙏🏽🙏🏽
The skate 2 soundtrack is absolutely transcendent and unbeatlable, but I think the skate 3 soundtrack is alright, the biggest problem really is what you said about the atmosphere of the game and that it's completely absent, so the music really just doesn't hit like it should... Personally I do think that the choice of tracks could've been a lot better, but it wouldn't fix the previously mentioned fundamental issue of the empty atmosphere. When I play skate 2, It feels like I'm visiting an old friend and immediately getting along with them, but when I play skate 3 it feels like meeting a coworker and making small talk just so the silence doesn't get weird. The game itself is amazing, but the vibes are seriously off, which is kinda disappointing.
honestly i feel a lot of the same way about the whole feel of skate 3. growing up with 2 for the longest time prob made it attach more but it just has a completely different feel that i like a lot more. was really hoping when they announced the new one it would be more similar to 1 or 2 in feel but really not sure with how much skate 3 took off.
That’s a hot take of which I strongly disagree with, there is a lot of very good music and even promotes small music groups like the demonics, who I found through skate three and now thoroughly enjoy
@@youtubeaccountlol4942No one can decide any music is objectively bad or good you melon no matter what ‘qualification’ they may have, that’s one of the best things about music and art in general. If you want to hate just say Syphrus sucks and move on with your life, or better yet just don’t watch his content and spare us all your embarrassing trolling
Have you watched the video ? He doesn't like the soundtrack, not the songs themselves. It's the fact that they don't fit as well as they could (by comparing with older titles) that is a shame.
There's one thing i think you missed in this video that i think is super important. A lot of the music in the skate games are songs that are in legendary skate videos / parts. "Going Up Country" was used in Clark Hassler's part in Enjoi's "Bag of Suck" video. If you've ever seen that gif of a dude doing a tre flip then flying into the sky, that's where that comes from. That being said, i think the environment thing has more to do w/ the game rather than the soundtrack. Still a great vid tho!
while skate 3 has: Japanther - The Gravy Johnny Thunders - Born To Lose Pixies - Debaser Joy Division - Disorder skate 2 has: Cut Chemist - Addictive Korrupted Hoodlums - S.K.A.T.E Louis XIV - Guilt By Association NAS - Made You Look Oh No - Heavy Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think The Awesome Snakes - I Want A Snake War - Lowrider But tbh I love almost every single skate 2 song. Skate 1 had some bangers too, skate 3 a few good ones, but damn... Listening to: The Clash - Death Or Glory Underground Railroad To Candyland - Square Ball Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster could almost make me cry from nostalgia. The environment aspect was also really interesting! Couldnt agree more with everything in this video. Skate 2 was my childhood and so was the soundtrack of it.
Going back and listening to the soundtrack after not playing in years i see so much stuff i listen to now but never fully payed attention to or noticed while playing
I think that of all the time that I played Skate 3 I just enjoyed one song and it was "Eyes of a Panther". And I didn't care much about the soundtrack either way cause I would just put headphones and listen to my music. But I agree that the Skate 3 Soundtrack feels a little weak compared to other games.
me when I forgot to edit a comment and just straight deleted it. ☹️ Everytime I played skate 3 I would disable all of the music except for one song and I honestly forgot it off the top of my head, and some of the other songs to me didn't feel right to skate to. Though, I remember loving the soundtrack regardless. Even if my memory is hazy 😭
@@ohgerm Unironically I think it was Lowrider by WAR but I also remember doing Put On by Jeezy & Kanye. Unless I'm misremembering how often the AFK cinematic plays in the main menu 😭
Not only is the skate 3 soundtrack incredible but the interactive music fits it SO well. One of my favorite childhood memories is exploring the university district for the first time while listening to interactive mode. That feeling was unreal. But the playlist mode is also very good in my opinion, lots of indie rock
Although I do understand the points you make. skate 3 was one the first games I’d ever played I was probably around 7 or 8 when I first played it. now I’m 15 and music is the important thing to me. if it weren’t for skate 3 I wouldn’t have gotten in to joy Devision, the misfits or pixies just to name a few. The skate 3 soundtrack for ME brings me back to when things were simpler any time I hear a song from the soundtrack out and about it brings a nostalgic feeling I Know it sounds exaggerative but it makes me feel safe and comfortable.
this game definitely does not have the best soundtrack out of the 3 but this video was more rambling about EVERYTHING but skate 3s soundtrack. To say the soundtrack doesn't match an enviroment is silly, for the reason that if you just watch hundreds of different peoples skate videos the genres of the music change even when the environment is the same (example of different people doing tricks in the same spots) Also add that orange grunge filter that skate 2 has to anything it will always look/feel better its just the way humans see it
Specifically regarding that ending segment... I agreed that every song fit better in Skate 2, but I feel like the songs fit because of the visual filters that Skate 2 had vs how clean Skate 3 looks. I feel like if Skate 3 had similar visual filters, then the songs might fit better. P.S. We let Chuck party hard in this household.
The textures and environments aren't the same though... Even without the filters skate 2 would be a better fit. Post processing doesn't make ambiance, the setting does.
It's crazy how much more perfect of a game Skate 3 would be to me if it didn't feel like I was in purgatory where the sun never moves, the sky never changes from a nauseating blue, and there is never any weather change. I don't know how to explain it, but there is no vibe in Skate 3. And it sucks because in every other way, it's my favorite skating game, no other game in the genre feels as satisfying to play. The atmosphere of the game is truly bland, plastic, and fake compared to Skate 2. I really hope the new skate game delivers with things like the ability to change the weather and time of day, especially considering one of the main draws to the game for a lot of people is creating footage, montages, photos, etc.
Honestly, the only song I play when I put the music volume up on Skate 3 is Lovers Leap by Bim Sherman, I'm now a big fan thanks to this game. I too agree that Skate 3 is just too dystopic although I played a lot of it before trying Skate 1. I wanted 2 but it isn't available anymore, and I couldn't be more surprised, I miss getting off my board but Skate 1 us just more grounded and feels way smoother.
For me, even after not having my xbox 360 for over 6 years at this point, Skate 3 is the game that has the most songs on my playlist today, after all these years, songs that i would never know otherwise like Goodbye Horses and Right Place Wrong Time, it introduced me to Joy Division as well, so itll always mean a lot to me.
Yeah, Skate 3's weakest component is definitely the atmosphere. I feel people make the "Skate 3 takes place in the afterlife" is because of bland, lifeless and boring it is. The time of day doesn't change either (in the base game at least) so that's another argument for it. I love Skate 3 for how broken it is but Skate 2 will always be superior
That's more related to the world design itself and EA crunch. Really has nothing to do with the soundtrack when you break down the mediocrities of Skate3. You could argue that soundtracks need to provide atmosphere (which I agree) but that's in the context of a already fulfilling world. Soundscapes are the cherry on top of world design and I think (as you mentioned) poor shadowing, like warm AI and no time progression suck a lot of the 'life' out of it. The only thing that brings any vibe back at all is the music
SSX 3's soundtrack matches the game itself for a fairly good reason: it's in-universe the biggest snowboarding competition of the history of the world. Atomika mentions in the opening that they took like a whole year to prepare the mountain (a mountain where people live in, no less) in order to create the finest snowboarding competition possible. So of course the bangers fit well with the setting, it's aiming for the peak of the sport on itself.
7:19. You've got to be kidding me, it's happened again. I SWEAR to God, the world of music revolves around me. I can not tell you how many times I have been listening to a song, really liking it, or learning about an artist or group, and then 1, maybe 2 weeks later, hearing them be played or mentioned in a video, a movie, TV show or even the radio. At collage, I've been learning about UNKLE and Mo'Wax and such, and now you mention them in your video. Why does this always happen!?. Great video by the way, as amazing to watch as always. Skate 2 soundtrack is the best.
This is maybe the most pointless video I've ever watched in my entire life. You only named one song in Skate 3 you didn't like, and every point you made was completely nonsensical or applied to Skate 2's soundtrack as well. Point #1 for why you don't like Skate 3's soundtrack is that... every song is copyrighted? That applies to every single game in this video. I honestly agree that Skate 2 has a better soundtrack, but your reasoning is just that you spent more time on Skate 2 as a kid and you like the color grading and map better in that game than in Skate 3. The title is hyperbolic clickbait, you talk in circles for over 20 minutes about your opinion that no one really cares about, and then you refuse to defend that opinion in any meaningful way. You don't hate Skate 3's soundtrack. You just like Skate 2's better which is a pretty grass is green take, but you present it in a way that's obviously going to piss people off. Also 13:59 you meant subjective, not suggestive.
for me, skate 3 was my first skate game, xbox 360 watching my brother play while goodbye horses goes on in the background. i cant deny that skate 2 soundtrack is absolutely goated, but skate 3 one just feels so special to me.
7:14 That little tangent about why you didn't like the UNKLE remix of No One Knows is precisely why I like it. It's intense, it's foreboding. That, and it's the intro song for Race Driver Grid, one of my favourite games of all time
i just wanna say, the skate 3 soundtrack is very good. I despise rock but somehow this soundtrack is something i can dig into. especially the shimmy shimmy ya one all the homies love shimmy shimmy ya
Skate 3 definitely has some bangers, hell, the game got me into stuff like Misfits and Agent Orange, but after playing all 3, Skate 2 is easily my favourite, followed very closely by Skate 1. They just had the better variety, and I'll always remember going into Skate 1, having just got into some melodic death metal, and then Hate Crew Deathroll comes on and I went fuckin nuts. Every soundtrack has its ups and downs, but the ups don't get close to outweighing the downs in Skate 3 imo. Did love coming back and listening to stuff again in the game, onky to have the revelation that MF DOOM is in Gunfight, sad that ain't out on szreaming platforms.
I always thought Dead End Friends always suited Skate 3 in a more specific spot, that being at the University when youre going down the massive dam wall just as the song starts
I agree that the filter that skate 2 has is alot more suited to its soundtrack, but gold and put on for my city in skate 3 was for me an introduction into a different type of rap, they also had volbeat which is danish rock. Which is crazy to me as a norwegian, i really like skate 3s soundtrack without the thinking of the filter or anything its just creating hype for me, but i do understand the comparative.
I absolutely love the Skate 3 soundtrack, sorry bud but Cigarette Machine, Bare Feet on Wet Griptape, Disorder, Cracklin' Rosie, etc. It's full of great songs
i feel like they chose a lot of "safe" and "clean" sounding songs ("clean" as in production rather than lyrics) to fit the game's "clean" and "positive" theme. Skate 1 had a lot of songs related to video parts or even songs made by pro skaters, and had more of a "skateboarding roots" type vibe. almost like you're playing your very own video part. Skate 2 had more heavier and rough sounding songs to fit the whole "rebellious" and "grungy" theme the game has going on, rebelling against a big corporation and all. Skate 3, however, doesnt really have a plot outside of skate around and sell decks. nothing but bright colors and strictly positive vibes. all i can really say is it's so 2010, even down to the "safe" and "clean" minimal graphic design. i personally love the Skate 3 soundtrack, but it definitely seems more safe and washed out compared to the other games. P.S. For the longest time, my brother thought "Rock the Casbah" by The Clash was in Skate 3. it was cuz he watched an old video of someone playing the game, and it had that song in the background. Also, "Even Flow" better be in the new Skate (aint callin it Skate 4)
SSX GAMER, BASED BEYOND BELIEF. The combination of both first impression and longevity is at least personally true. SSX 3 sits as basically second best to OOT for me because I spent SO much time on both, but I played OOT first. Randomizer and emulator have brought my love for them back in recent years, but it also applies to soundtracks, namely SSX3 and Tricky. Way away, Jerk it out, It's Tricky, etc. So many consistent classics have been burned in my skull since I was 6. I can't not love them.
imma be real w u homie, look into brevity. sometimes ur yappin on on a 5 minute tangent about a point u couldve drove home in one sentence. i respect a controversial take and you seem very passionate but this coulda been a quarter of the time
love crusty demons of dirt its where I got my music taste from as a kid especially "holy man" by one minute silence as you see the pov in side a trophy truck while dirts getting sprayed into the cab as the co pilot is gesturing him to punch it
Although I really like Skate 3's soundtrack (mostly from growing up with the game), I completely feel your critiques. The setting of the game doesn't really fit the song particularly well, but I still find myself vibing around the University District bumping Summertime Clothes by Animal Collective and Goin' Up the Country by Canned Heat. Imo, most of the songs fit more in Session than Skate 3, but I still like the songs, and when they hit, they really hit. Great video!
It's crazy you mention a dirtbike edit as your first sound track you remember because the first sound track I remember and recognize anytime something from it is played is a dirtbike edit called Throttle Junkies my dad brought it home in like 04 or 05 on dvd I was crazy into motocross and anything dirtbikes I watched that dvd probably 1000 times over the years sometimes multiple times a day. If anyone is interested in it it's on youtube just type the name in and it should be the result.
I listen to the Skate 2 soundtrack in full at least thrice a year, shit just fills me with so much joy. Also just wanna say I'm happy I'm not the only one who immediately thinks of Gonz's hippie flip whenever Surrender's playing
Tbh all of the soundtracks kinda feel somewhat generic to me when it comes to the vibe. I still love all of the soundtracks equally (minus Skate It, istg if I hear For Kristoffer one more time I'm blowing my disc). Also Mad Society isn't an IOS exclusive song, its on the Wii verson aswell. EDIT: hell yeah ssx 3 is amazing
I’ve forgotten most of Skate 2’s soundtrack other than letting me be myself again just because it played in the demo, which I played a trillion times before I got the game. I got Skate IT before I got Skate 2, other than my first ever all nighter where I “one more mission’d” my way through the entire game at my cousin’s house while he was asleep. I do dislike most of Skate 3’s soundtrack, except for maybe 10 songs that are still active. Eyes of the Panther was supposed to be a joke but it’s a jam, Almost Ready missed its bus on the way to Regular Show, and the line “God bless unconsciousness” is hilarious when you’re jumping off a building and intentionally splitting your head open.
i completely agree. something always felt off about the environment and the song choice. it could also be because i played skate 2 the most when it came out, but for some reason skate 3 always felt empty.
i'm 7 months late but something that i personally find kinda funny is, i agree that skate 1&2 has a better vibe in general than 3 but because i live in a planned city in an east asian country skate 3's settings feel more familiar with those boring ass waves of concrete and glass panels. so my experience of listening early~mid 00's rock and hip hop in those places just clicks into my impression of skate 3 too well
Outside the subject of soundtracks I personally have beef with skate 3 on them changing the voice of Shingo from Dante Basco who’s been playing him since Skate 1 and 2 but on 3 his voice is just annoying as hell and don’t fit at all
Mx vs atv unleashed is what made me love nickleback. Listen to side of a bullet doing double backflips. That and smack down vs raw 2008 is another soundtrack I love to this day.
Aside from the music skate 3 being the wrong game that got popularized made me not lile this game. This internet refuses to make sense and we can't really do anything about it which is sad.
Dude harder than you think is such a fucking classic, back when I used to skate still it played at this comp I was in for like "fastest grind" on the box. Takes me back every time, fucking banger.
DUDE as soon as i saw SSX3 i had to jump to the comments, it's my favourite game of all time and it holds a very special place in my heart because it got me into snowboarding, my biggest passion and reason to live, and also skating AMAZING game and soundtrack, it influenced my WHOLE life, the music i listen to, my lifestyle... i literally live for snowboarding and i owe it all to ssx3
1. 3:26 my b, should of proof read the scoreboard lmao
2. Glad there are some people who share a smiliar opinion from those who have played all 3 skate games
3. Don't worry youtube isn't after my ass lol
4. "This video could have been 5 minutes long" okay fine, I'll make more brain rot shit in the future
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If you want to try out some games that have a similar soundtrack to skate 2, try out MX vs ATV Untamed, or Unleashed, as they both have killer soundtracks. 2 others that are more obscure.
1. Baja 1000 Xbox 360. Has shockwave just like skate 2, and many other punk rock music.
2. Nail’d. Has never been ported to the new-gen consoles, but damn was its soundtrack great. American Sixgun, Backyard Babies, Slave on Dope, Slipknot, Rise Against. So many good songs and a (surprisingly) good sounding OST collection that matches the vibe of the game.
Should have* "should of" isn't correct
@@bonnibaby technically, should've is more accurate.
I put on for my city
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@@SuperMarioJacksonYT I put on for my city
@@F11N on-on for my city
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This is actually the ONLY song I actually hate in the game!!!
Nah you better have a good reason for this. Skate 3 soundtrack has some fucking bangers
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go look at the soundtrack for basically ANY tony hawk game and they're so much better.
Skate 3 is a good game.. you surely don't really like all those songs.
A game with a few good songs does not make a good soundtrack. It's terrible compared to skate 2's and repetitive af
@@clowwwwwwwndon't care I love skate 3s soundtracks
@@bagofveins7789skate 3 had songs purposely picked from skate videos. 😂
So...its the game's lighting
Ong
not fully what he said
The "Kush Pop" was named by myself and player/friend OGKush. He was figuring out the glitch and teaching the community at the time how to do it. The amount of hours we've played together is countless and during those hours I said dude just name it The Kush Pop after your name and it stuck. A few graphics were made celebrating the new name. Love your content man.
i watched all the kush pop compilations when I was 12. Glad you liked it
you still have time to keep this in the drafts son
Could have kept this comment in drafts until you heard me out
@@Syphrus would be good if we didnt need to wait 33 more hours.
bruh i cant just go write a 30min video called "why Gran Turismo menu music is bad" with zero experience in professional music and just expect the internet to just agree with me. if u dont like it dont listen to it
@@youtubeaccountlol4942 its almost like its his channel and his personal opinion, you dont need experience in said field to criticize it, i can call your mazda ugly without having a mechanics degree
@@dog1320 Mazda? If u wanna also be wrong, go for it
Disorder and Goodbye Horses definitely fit that empty feeling to me
those are the top 2 songs in the soundtrack in my opinion. Disorder is my favourite song of all time
goodbye horses is def a top song
@@vexzhiiive done some legendary lines to that one. In the games early days that was a favorite of people not into gaming when the game was on at parties.. shimmy was another one
They defined my childhood and my music taste today, skate 3 soundtrack became a big part of the backbone of songs and genres that i listen today. Nice to know more people with similar taste, it's so rare in my social spherez. What a great game!
Videos not even out yet but I just want to say my opinion.
I think the soundtrack really fits with the different environments and challenges we have to do. So many of the songs are included in this game due to their history in popular video parts from professionals. The soundtrack really exposed me to so many punk rap and indie acts at such a young age it was really a unique listen experience for any kid who loved skateboarding.
I think it definitely doesn’t compare to other soundtracks from other games in this genre, but I think it’s safe to say some of these songs are still aging well today because of the impact of this game and how people thrive for that nostalgia
Can’t wait to watch this and hear what you have to say
Shimmy Shimmy Ya in Skate 2 just feels right. First time I remember hearing it in Skate 3 was after Josh Kalis whooped my ass in the Maloof Money Cup Street Comp by getting a 2k point grind. Fittingly, the Maloof Money Cup map was originally in Skate 2.
i would just have "eye of a panther" on loop constantly, so after so many years, I'd go back to the game, hear the panther roar and just get sad
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fun fact: the 5 exclusive skate it songs go hard af. i havent played the game in over 10years but "king of the street" is still stuck in my head
You’re so real for this lmao, loved that track when I was a kid
i watched this video yesterday and am still wondering how bro thought a 30 minute yapping video would help with his point. one of those I love the internet for what it is moments.
Ong this dude is actually starting to piss me off wondering when he is gonna get to the point😭
A Lot of the songs in the soundtracks are there because they were used in skate videos, like the song in marc Johnson's fully flared part (Goodbye Horses) was used in skate 3. And the song in Eric Koston's fully flared part (Harder than you think by public enemy) was used in skate 2.
Oh yeah and the song in Paul Rodriguez's Yeah right part (Made you Look by NAS) was used in skate 2.
I’ve always thought skate 3 had a pretty lame soundtrack, it wasn’t until I looked at the Skate 2 soundtrack and realized that soundtrack was 10x better. There’s a couple songs from skate 3 I like and know, but the soundtrack feels so weak compared to what it could’ve been
For reference I never played skate 2 so I never knew. But the second I seen some Black Sabbath and Rage Against The Machine I was just like damn
I think the first Skate has the best ambient music out of the 3. Tommy Guerrero, XXXChange, and Z-Trip all made really great ambient music to skate to if you set the music to "environmental". It really set the tone for the whole game, which I'd argue has the most relaxing vibe of the series. I didn't feel like Skate 2 or 3's ambient music came close at all to the vibes of the first game.
Skate 1 absolutely felt the most like a true piece of skateboarding culture, skate 2 too but at 3 it just felt like a commercialised shitshow even though there's some absolutely great tracks
skate 2's ambient music was good too
“Psychedelic reggae” winston wright
Skate 3 got me into old dub reggae in a major way! King Tubby, Tommy McCook, Augustus Pablo, etc... All funky af!
I love Dead End Friends!
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To be fair, while playing Skate 3, I only listened to Going Up the Country on repeat.
Finally someone on my page‼️🤣 thats my favo song of my life just bcz of the childhood memories it brings me bcz of this game
@@mitaime1055 Exactly, the nostalgia hits every time I listen to this song.
@@masterwizard7796 when i used to skate i had that song blasting in my ears the wholeeeee session🤣
@@masterwizard7796 i get goosebumps even talking bout this😥 we getting older brother enjoy life so long we can! When skate 4 drops goddamn im gonna cry the wole game🙏🏽🙏🏽
No fucking way someone did this too
Least articulated person ever rambles for 14 minutes before stating the first point of their argument. 🎉🎉🎉 congrats.
The skate 2 soundtrack is absolutely transcendent and unbeatlable, but I think the skate 3 soundtrack is alright, the biggest problem really is what you said about the atmosphere of the game and that it's completely absent, so the music really just doesn't hit like it should... Personally I do think that the choice of tracks could've been a lot better, but it wouldn't fix the previously mentioned fundamental issue of the empty atmosphere. When I play skate 2, It feels like I'm visiting an old friend and immediately getting along with them, but when I play skate 3 it feels like meeting a coworker and making small talk just so the silence doesn't get weird. The game itself is amazing, but the vibes are seriously off, which is kinda disappointing.
honestly i feel a lot of the same way about the whole feel of skate 3. growing up with 2 for the longest time prob made it attach more but it just has a completely different feel that i like a lot more.
was really hoping when they announced the new one it would be more similar to 1 or 2 in feel but really not sure with how much skate 3 took off.
I wonder how many copyright strikes this video will get
That’s a hot take of which I strongly disagree with, there is a lot of very good music and even promotes small music groups like the demonics, who I found through skate three and now thoroughly enjoy
@@youtubeaccountlol4942No one can decide any music is objectively bad or good you melon no matter what ‘qualification’ they may have, that’s one of the best things about music and art in general. If you want to hate just say Syphrus sucks and move on with your life, or better yet just don’t watch his content and spare us all your embarrassing trolling
@@youtubeaccountlol4942woah, no way.
so true
Have you watched the video ? He doesn't like the soundtrack, not the songs themselves. It's the fact that they don't fit as well as they could (by comparing with older titles) that is a shame.
There's one thing i think you missed in this video that i think is super important.
A lot of the music in the skate games are songs that are in legendary skate videos / parts.
"Going Up Country" was used in Clark Hassler's part in Enjoi's "Bag of Suck" video. If you've ever seen that gif of a dude doing a tre flip then flying into the sky, that's where that comes from. That being said, i think the environment thing has more to do w/ the game rather than the soundtrack.
Still a great vid tho!
while skate 3 has:
Japanther - The Gravy
Johnny Thunders - Born To Lose
Pixies - Debaser
Joy Division - Disorder
skate 2 has:
Cut Chemist - Addictive
Korrupted Hoodlums - S.K.A.T.E
Louis XIV - Guilt By Association
NAS - Made You Look
Oh No - Heavy
Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think
The Awesome Snakes - I Want A Snake
War - Lowrider
But tbh I love almost every single skate 2 song.
Skate 1 had some bangers too, skate 3 a few good ones, but damn...
Listening to:
The Clash - Death Or Glory
Underground Railroad To Candyland - Square Ball
Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
could almost make me cry from nostalgia.
The environment aspect was also really interesting!
Couldnt agree more with everything in this video.
Skate 2 was my childhood and so was the soundtrack of it.
Going back and listening to the soundtrack after not playing in years i see so much stuff i listen to now but never fully payed attention to or noticed while playing
I think that of all the time that I played Skate 3 I just enjoyed one song and it was "Eyes of a Panther". And I didn't care much about the soundtrack either way cause I would just put headphones and listen to my music. But I agree that the Skate 3 Soundtrack feels a little weak compared to other games.
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Everytime I played skate 3 I would disable all of the music except for one song and I honestly forgot it off the top of my head, and some of the other songs to me didn't feel right to skate to.
Though, I remember loving the soundtrack regardless. Even if my memory is hazy 😭
What was that one song?
@@ohgerm Unironically I think it was Lowrider by WAR but I also remember doing Put On by Jeezy & Kanye. Unless I'm misremembering how often the AFK cinematic plays in the main menu 😭
i only wish the soundtrack was longer tbh
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Not only is the skate 3 soundtrack incredible but the interactive music fits it SO well. One of my favorite childhood memories is exploring the university district for the first time while listening to interactive mode. That feeling was unreal. But the playlist mode is also very good in my opinion, lots of indie rock
Finally someone else who is obsessed with the skate soundtracks
Although I do understand the points you make. skate 3 was one the first games I’d ever played I was probably around 7 or 8 when I first played it. now I’m 15 and music is the important thing to me. if it weren’t for skate 3 I wouldn’t have gotten in to joy Devision, the misfits or pixies just to name a few. The skate 3 soundtrack for ME brings me back to when things were simpler any time I hear a song from the soundtrack out and about it brings a nostalgic feeling I Know it sounds exaggerative but it makes me feel safe and comfortable.
this man could upload a video about the different varieties of cheese and I would still watch it
this game definitely does not have the best soundtrack out of the 3 but this video was more rambling about EVERYTHING but skate 3s soundtrack. To say the soundtrack doesn't match an enviroment is silly, for the reason that if you just watch hundreds of different peoples skate videos the genres of the music change even when the environment is the same (example of different people doing tricks in the same spots) Also add that orange grunge filter that skate 2 has to anything it will always look/feel better its just the way humans see it
he wasnt talking about the environment. he was talking about atmosphere which skate 3 completely lacks.
Specifically regarding that ending segment...
I agreed that every song fit better in Skate 2, but I feel like the songs fit because of the visual filters that Skate 2 had vs how clean Skate 3 looks. I feel like if Skate 3 had similar visual filters, then the songs might fit better.
P.S. We let Chuck party hard in this household.
just throw that same orangey grunge filter on anything and you will agree just the way people honestly look at things
The textures and environments aren't the same though... Even without the filters skate 2 would be a better fit. Post processing doesn't make ambiance, the setting does.
no, the physical models and textures in skate 3 look bland and unclean
It's crazy how much more perfect of a game Skate 3 would be to me if it didn't feel like I was in purgatory where the sun never moves, the sky never changes from a nauseating blue, and there is never any weather change. I don't know how to explain it, but there is no vibe in Skate 3. And it sucks because in every other way, it's my favorite skating game, no other game in the genre feels as satisfying to play.
The atmosphere of the game is truly bland, plastic, and fake compared to Skate 2. I really hope the new skate game delivers with things like the ability to change the weather and time of day, especially considering one of the main draws to the game for a lot of people is creating footage, montages, photos, etc.
That ssx 3 section was literally what my experience was with the game and its soundtrack.
Honestly, the only song I play when I put the music volume up on Skate 3 is Lovers Leap by Bim Sherman, I'm now a big fan thanks to this game. I too agree that Skate 3 is just too dystopic although I played a lot of it before trying Skate 1. I wanted 2 but it isn't available anymore, and I couldn't be more surprised, I miss getting off my board but Skate 1 us just more grounded and feels way smoother.
Skate 3's soundtrack is the soundtrack equivalent of the guy who tries too hard to be different. It sacrifices being good for being quirky.
For me, even after not having my xbox 360 for over 6 years at this point, Skate 3 is the game that has the most songs on my playlist today, after all these years, songs that i would never know otherwise like Goodbye Horses and Right Place Wrong Time, it introduced me to Joy Division as well, so itll always mean a lot to me.
Yeah, Skate 3's weakest component is definitely the atmosphere. I feel people make the "Skate 3 takes place in the afterlife" is because of bland, lifeless and boring it is. The time of day doesn't change either (in the base game at least) so that's another argument for it. I love Skate 3 for how broken it is but Skate 2 will always be superior
That's more related to the world design itself and EA crunch. Really has nothing to do with the soundtrack when you break down the mediocrities of Skate3. You could argue that soundtracks need to provide atmosphere (which I agree) but that's in the context of a already fulfilling world. Soundscapes are the cherry on top of world design and I think (as you mentioned) poor shadowing, like warm AI and no time progression suck a lot of the 'life' out of it. The only thing that brings any vibe back at all is the music
SSX 3's soundtrack matches the game itself for a fairly good reason: it's in-universe the biggest snowboarding competition of the history of the world. Atomika mentions in the opening that they took like a whole year to prepare the mountain (a mountain where people live in, no less) in order to create the finest snowboarding competition possible.
So of course the bangers fit well with the setting, it's aiming for the peak of the sport on itself.
7:19. You've got to be kidding me, it's happened again. I SWEAR to God, the world of music revolves around me. I can not tell you how many times I have been listening to a song, really liking it, or learning about an artist or group, and then 1, maybe 2 weeks later, hearing them be played or mentioned in a video, a movie, TV show or even the radio. At collage, I've been learning about UNKLE and Mo'Wax and such, and now you mention them in your video. Why does this always happen!?. Great video by the way, as amazing to watch as always. Skate 2 soundtrack is the best.
7:20 that song was great as a intro and trailer for GRID 1
for a racing game I get it
@@Syphrus nostalgic trip man, check out the song that was used in the main menu of grid 1. such a relaxing tune
Skate 3 has one of my favorite sound tracks, not my favorite but still absolutely amazing
This is maybe the most pointless video I've ever watched in my entire life. You only named one song in Skate 3 you didn't like, and every point you made was completely nonsensical or applied to Skate 2's soundtrack as well. Point #1 for why you don't like Skate 3's soundtrack is that... every song is copyrighted? That applies to every single game in this video. I honestly agree that Skate 2 has a better soundtrack, but your reasoning is just that you spent more time on Skate 2 as a kid and you like the color grading and map better in that game than in Skate 3. The title is hyperbolic clickbait, you talk in circles for over 20 minutes about your opinion that no one really cares about, and then you refuse to defend that opinion in any meaningful way. You don't hate Skate 3's soundtrack. You just like Skate 2's better which is a pretty grass is green take, but you present it in a way that's obviously going to piss people off.
Also 13:59 you meant subjective, not suggestive.
for me, skate 3 was my first skate game, xbox 360 watching my brother play while goodbye horses goes on in the background. i cant deny that skate 2 soundtrack is absolutely goated, but skate 3 one just feels so special to me.
i personaly really like the bgm u add to ur videos and tbh its why i keep coming back, the editing and the storytelling/narrating is really good
dude to see you still on youtube after all these years still doing skate 3 content, love the consistency
7:14 That little tangent about why you didn't like the UNKLE remix of No One Knows is precisely why I like it. It's intense, it's foreboding. That, and it's the intro song for Race Driver Grid, one of my favourite games of all time
i literally used to just disable every song but put on
i just wanna say, the skate 3 soundtrack is very good. I despise rock but somehow this soundtrack is something i can dig into. especially the shimmy shimmy ya one all the homies love shimmy shimmy ya
Skate 3 definitely has some bangers, hell, the game got me into stuff like Misfits and Agent Orange, but after playing all 3, Skate 2 is easily my favourite, followed very closely by Skate 1. They just had the better variety, and I'll always remember going into Skate 1, having just got into some melodic death metal, and then Hate Crew Deathroll comes on and I went fuckin nuts.
Every soundtrack has its ups and downs, but the ups don't get close to outweighing the downs in Skate 3 imo. Did love coming back and listening to stuff again in the game, onky to have the revelation that MF DOOM is in Gunfight, sad that ain't out on szreaming platforms.
i remember hearing Gator Jaws in Skate 2 for the first time, god that one is such a banger
omg, whenever I think of "should I stay or should I go" I also think of that movie specifically
I always thought Dead End Friends always suited Skate 3 in a more specific spot, that being at the University when youre going down the massive dam wall just as the song starts
Best thing to do while playing skate 3 is just play your Spotify playlist in the background while playing it lol
I agree that the filter that skate 2 has is alot more suited to its soundtrack, but gold and put on for my city in skate 3 was for me an introduction into a different type of rap, they also had volbeat which is danish rock. Which is crazy to me as a norwegian, i really like skate 3s soundtrack without the thinking of the filter or anything its just creating hype for me, but i do understand the comparative.
Do we need to call 911 at 20:48
come on shimmy shimmy ya has to be good
Shimmy shimmy ya shimmy ya shimmy yeah
gimme the mic so I can take it away
Odb is fire in general
I absolutely love the Skate 3 soundtrack, sorry bud but Cigarette Machine, Bare Feet on Wet Griptape, Disorder, Cracklin' Rosie, etc. It's full of great songs
i feel like they chose a lot of "safe" and "clean" sounding songs ("clean" as in production rather than lyrics) to fit the game's "clean" and "positive" theme. Skate 1 had a lot of songs related to video parts or even songs made by pro skaters, and had more of a "skateboarding roots" type vibe. almost like you're playing your very own video part. Skate 2 had more heavier and rough sounding songs to fit the whole "rebellious" and "grungy" theme the game has going on, rebelling against a big corporation and all. Skate 3, however, doesnt really have a plot outside of skate around and sell decks. nothing but bright colors and strictly positive vibes. all i can really say is it's so 2010, even down to the "safe" and "clean" minimal graphic design. i personally love the Skate 3 soundtrack, but it definitely seems more safe and washed out compared to the other games.
P.S. For the longest time, my brother thought "Rock the Casbah" by The Clash was in Skate 3. it was cuz he watched an old video of someone playing the game, and it had that song in the background. Also, "Even Flow" better be in the new Skate (aint callin it Skate 4)
SSX GAMER, BASED BEYOND BELIEF.
The combination of both first impression and longevity is at least personally true. SSX 3 sits as basically second best to OOT for me because I spent SO much time on both, but I played OOT first. Randomizer and emulator have brought my love for them back in recent years, but it also applies to soundtracks, namely SSX3 and Tricky. Way away, Jerk it out, It's Tricky, etc. So many consistent classics have been burned in my skull since I was 6. I can't not love them.
20:48 huh what
does anyone know what he said
It's a joke about not knowing how to pronounce the name of the song (he just mumbled).
imma be real w u homie, look into brevity. sometimes ur yappin on on a 5 minute tangent about a point u couldve drove home in one sentence. i respect a controversial take and you seem very passionate but this coulda been a quarter of the time
agreed lol
Weird name at the top of the scoreboard @ 3:26
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love crusty demons of dirt its where I got my music taste from as a kid especially "holy man" by one minute silence as you see the pov in side a trophy truck while dirts getting sprayed into the cab as the co pilot is gesturing him to punch it
I love Gang Starr, RIP Guru
Although I really like Skate 3's soundtrack (mostly from growing up with the game), I completely feel your critiques. The setting of the game doesn't really fit the song particularly well, but I still find myself vibing around the University District bumping Summertime Clothes by Animal Collective and Goin' Up the Country by Canned Heat. Imo, most of the songs fit more in Session than Skate 3, but I still like the songs, and when they hit, they really hit. Great video!
14:00 Wait so is the implication that Syphrus gets turned on by music tastes?
Alot of those songs from the Skate Trilogy i’ve heard from skate videos
Yeah the skate 3 soundtrack is kinda ass compared to some other skateboarding games STs. (Looking at you THPS3)
I agree in the most part but I will say that the sound track introduced me to one of my favorite songs.
Bros bouta get copyrighted to bits
Skate 3 helped me get into Animal Collective
It's crazy you mention a dirtbike edit as your first sound track you remember because the first sound track I remember and recognize anytime something from it is played is a dirtbike edit called Throttle Junkies my dad brought it home in like 04 or 05 on dvd I was crazy into motocross and anything dirtbikes I watched that dvd probably 1000 times over the years sometimes multiple times a day. If anyone is interested in it it's on youtube just type the name in and it should be the result.
I listen to the Skate 2 soundtrack in full at least thrice a year, shit just fills me with so much joy. Also just wanna say I'm happy I'm not the only one who immediately thinks of Gonz's hippie flip whenever Surrender's playing
3:26 top of the scoreboard
Tbh all of the soundtracks kinda feel somewhat generic to me when it comes to the vibe. I still love all of the soundtracks equally (minus Skate It, istg if I hear For Kristoffer one more time I'm blowing my disc).
Also Mad Society isn't an IOS exclusive song, its on the Wii verson aswell.
EDIT: hell yeah ssx 3 is amazing
well this one is for kristoffer he hadn't knew just why it came a second beating and a one-time lover, the first of us to die with no name.
"songs i don't like such as no one knows"
now, we're all allowed to have our own opinions
***but***
I’ve forgotten most of Skate 2’s soundtrack other than letting me be myself again just because it played in the demo, which I played a trillion times before I got the game. I got Skate IT before I got Skate 2, other than my first ever all nighter where I “one more mission’d” my way through the entire game at my cousin’s house while he was asleep. I do dislike most of Skate 3’s soundtrack, except for maybe 10 songs that are still active. Eyes of the Panther was supposed to be a joke but it’s a jam, Almost Ready missed its bus on the way to Regular Show, and the line “God bless unconsciousness” is hilarious when you’re jumping off a building and intentionally splitting your head open.
i completely agree. something always felt off about the environment and the song choice. it could also be because i played skate 2 the most when it came out, but for some reason skate 3 always felt empty.
less of why you don't like the Skate 3 soundtrack and more of a glowing review of SSX 3
did you watch the full video?
@@gavinrolls1054 yeah lol let the girl use hyperbole
i'm 7 months late but something that i personally find kinda funny is, i agree that skate 1&2 has a better vibe in general than 3 but because i live in a planned city in an east asian country skate 3's settings feel more familiar with those boring ass waves of concrete and glass panels. so my experience of listening early~mid 00's rock and hip hop in those places just clicks into my impression of skate 3 too well
Man syph remember the soundtrack to the Krusty videos while I’m just in the corner, watching CKY
Outside the subject of soundtracks I personally have beef with skate 3 on them changing the voice of Shingo from Dante Basco who’s been playing him since Skate 1 and 2 but on 3 his voice is just annoying as hell and don’t fit at all
i think the lighting just ruins skate 3 with the music and it would be good if they made it so only certain songs can play in certain districts
"Girl! You have no faith in medicine!"
I know I'm 2 months late or something but lets be real playing the older skate games are just a vibe like it just looks more beautiful then skate 3
Mx vs atv unleashed is what made me love nickleback. Listen to side of a bullet doing double backflips. That and smack down vs raw 2008 is another soundtrack I love to this day.
Aside from the music skate 3 being the wrong game that got popularized made me not lile this game. This internet refuses to make sense and we can't really do anything about it which is sad.
1:33 well WaW introduced zombies... but that campaign is still my favorite out of any CoD. That first mission with reznov is a core memory for me 😂
Dude harder than you think is such a fucking classic, back when I used to skate still it played at this comp I was in for like "fastest grind" on the box. Takes me back every time, fucking banger.
cant hear you over jeezy and kanye
DUDE as soon as i saw SSX3 i had to jump to the comments, it's my favourite game of all time and it holds a very special place in my heart because it got me into snowboarding, my biggest passion and reason to live, and also skating AMAZING game and soundtrack, it influenced my WHOLE life, the music i listen to, my lifestyle... i literally live for snowboarding and i owe it all to ssx3
hell yeah
Dilated Peoples is in a game soundtrack?? This really does look like such a vibe, I gotta try that snowboarding game.
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