I've just had a quick look at the Skate 2 trailer (there might need to be a dot in there somewhere) and it looks as if it's doing everything I want it to. You can get off the board, which fixes a vast majority of the problems that the first game had (getting to certain spots and navigating congested areas). It also looks as if you can move objects around the world to create you own lines, which is an added bonus.

The thing that got me the most excited, however, was simply seeing the extra movements you can now do in the game. It looks as if they're putting in the ability to manipulate your feat more, so you can do foot plants and rails and boost of the floor, and the like. The fact the they had an actual Hippie Jump in the game trailer is also promising, as it  looks like you may be able to do tricks by simply moving feet off of the board. Excellent. Plus, people hand planting while someone jumps over the is totally...rad?

EA seems to be far from the monster is was. They have a lot of, dare I say it lest the cliché gods smite me down, innovation going on. I honestly think EA have a rare opportunity to turn public opinion around, probably thanks to Jonh Ricoo....Rica...Riccotellio....let's just say that John guy who runs EA.