I freaking love Skate 2.  After I got 1000 gamerscore in the game, I got the DLC and 100%'d that too.  The question is: Why do I keep playing?  There are no more challenges for me to do online or career mode.  There really is nothing more for me to achieve in the game and yet I still play it daily.  It is fun just to skate around the city and find/create new spots to try to  get higher scores on them.  And when I get bored of doing this solo after a couple hours or so, I can go free skate online with some friends and do the same thing. 

The online community is really helpfull and can also be a blast to play with.  Even in ranked spot matches, where we take turns to trick on an object,  the competition is not only in beating the highest score; but to beat your own best score.  When I came in last place, the people online have been willing to help me out with tips and commented on how my trick was the smoothest (and sickest) even though I didn't kill the spot.

There is a joy to be found in the game that doesn't involve achievements or challenges.  It can be found in development of your skill over time.  When you work on a trick over and over again only to finally get it; there is a satisfaction that is better than any challenge in career mode and it makes you want to learn the next one.  The only thing I can equate this to is how the GiantBomb crew talked about Burnout Paradise.  The single player, the online, and the sense of achievement make Skate 2 a game that I simply can't get enough of.  If the developers continue to release DLC's for this game, then I don't think I'll ever stop playing this game any time soon.

So I felt the need to blog about it.