This is a terrible skateboarding game. The Story is that there is a skateboarding contest for the whole town for $99, yes this is all the story is, it's terrible and does not require a paycheck to mess up. The Characters you play as are the 4 talking Simpsons, the others are unlocked after cheat codes, I can't find another way to do so. The graphics are not bad for PlayStation 2, but it doesn't give off a good skateboarding atmosphere. The Gameplay has you skate around and finish skating tasks to move to the next level. But the stats when choosing a character only show after a small intro, you have to play the intro again before finding checking another one, this is annoying. Also pressing forward on the analog stick, makes you go forward instead of X, so you can't keep up your speed when turning, not only that but also when going up a track, you can't spin no matter how much you try, despite the intro showing characters doing it, and this is a skateboarding game. You spend time completing tasks for money, to improve your stats, oh and you better make your character easier to use for you, because if you want to play as another character, you have to play the game over again, I know I read those words to, (since I wrote them). There is an arrow that helps point you to the nearest, so that does help you know where to go. The tasks themselves are not bad, but they can be difficult if you are not used to controls. You can grind and go up ramps which are expected from skateboarding games, but controls make them hard too. There is Kent Brockman commentary during you skating and it can be funny. The Music sucks, especially the Simpsons remix. There are extra items for each player like a new costume or certain collectables, but they are not fun to get thanks to the gameplay. Simpsons skateboarding is a badly designed attempt at brining the Simpsons into a new type of genre and should not even be played by die hard skate game lovers.