Skate.
I thought skate was a great new take on the old skating games. The controls were intuitiave and really made you want to learn new tricks. And although that was the focus, the gameplay that came out of it can be compared to real skating almost side by side. Most of the time i spent with the game, I spent finding new stairs or a rail, or just an upward angle. It really pushed the video uploading and I wish they got rid of the X Games segment because it was just a really big distraction from the rest of the gameplay, sure it was good for n00bs and casual gamers. But for someone who just enjoys sitting down and finding new spots like how the game is supposed to be play i have to say i hated the X Games and most of the online community in skate sux. Almost all of them are just dumb dumb casual's