Trashers: Skate and Destroy is developed by studio: Z-Axis and published by Rockstar Games. -
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Yeah right. Skate and Destroy is about skatin’…all out…or not at all.Thrasher: Skate and Destroy is the first skateboarding game to enable players to participate in real street skateboarding.
The legendary Thrasher Skateboard Magazine contributed their name and expertise to translate the mechanics of true street skateboarding to a video game. The game’s real-time physics engine, along with a unique open-ended trick system and unrestricted free play, allows the player to combine moves to create new tricks and execute creative, original skate runs.
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Trashers; Skate And Destroy On IGN
Reviewers noted the more realistic style and different control layout, compared to Tony Hawk, which added to the overall difficulty of the game. Because it is more of a simulation of skateboarding as a whole, the focus of the game is mostly on technical tricks and to perform tricks efficiently, a formula that the future skateboarding series Skate would build on, whereas the Tony Hawk series, even from its outset, had a focus on arcade style gameplay and is rather more forgiving.
Like the other Z-Axis developed sports titles, the game features ragdoll physics. In keeping with the realistic nature of the game, players can break their skateboard and even bones if they crash hard enough (especially if the player does so into moving vehicles). Breaking their skateboard will mean the player has the restart their run and will lose their score, so it is in their best interest to use the ‘bail’ button combination (L2 + R2), as well as the ‘tuck’ button (Circle/O), while in the air to minimize the damage.
Multiplayer Mode
There are 7 total multiplayer game types available for 2 players. In the same way as Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX, the players do not skate simultaneously, instead they take turns. The game types are actually the exact same as Dave Mirra, just renamed. Each game takes place on a different level associated with the specific challenge. The game types are follows:
- Sessions: Each player has a two minute run to beat the other player’s score.
- Nickel Bag: Players take turns doing single tricks. The highest scoring single trick wins.
- H.O.R.S.E.: One player does a trick, then the other must match it. If they do not, they are assigned one of the letters of ‘HORSE’. The first player to get all the letters, spelling out the whole word, loses.
- Top Dog: Each player takes turns doing different tricks at five different spots. The highest total point score wins.
- Sick Fix: Taking advantage of the ragdoll physics, the players take turns inflicting the most damage to the player by crashing into different objects in the level. The highest score wins.
- Long Grind: Longest grind in the level wins.
