They honestly suck. Tony Hawk series has gone to pure liquidized shit. Skate is a much better game, regardless of who is in the game...
Honestly, it doesn't matter. I just enjoy the usual Tony Hawk crew much more than whoever would be in the Skate crew. Eventually, I'll pick up Skate, considering people tell me it's real fun to play, but right now I'm dedicated on deciding between these two. Most are saying Project 8 is better, so I guess that's winning so far. I'd still like more opinions.
Besides, I loved the way THUG2 played, and it was tons of fun, I still have it to this day and was playing it a few minutes ago.
People also say American Wasteland is good, and it's also for the 360, so maybe that should be a competitor too.