True. I felt the same about THPS series. But EA Skate was pretty sweet. Controls felt really nice. Everything was a flick of the analog stick.Hmm yea I feel like I did.
Kinda one sided on the THPS band wagon though, although after 3, which was basically an expansion pack for 2 I also fell outa love with it.
There was no need to really change it just make the levels fun and update the graphics a bit, they tried to make it new. Ruined it ever since.