Honestly not that fun, but philosophically sturdy and kind of necessary? Gaming as power fantasy isn't as interesting to me as gaming as hobby, and getting good at skateboarding or any hobby worth pursing is mostly monotonous and frustrating and defined by the spiritual catharsis of 100 failures preparing us for that one success. As such, this game does everything it can to bind you -- the physics are grounded, the spots are realistically un-spectacular, and the controls are fucking weird (you press L1+Square+down to do a manual...?). It'll make you less immediately happy than Tony Hawk, but you'll feel a since of accomplishment when you kickflip over a set of stairs for the first time -- and Tony Hawk never binds you, and never gives you a sense of accomplishment.