Are we witnessing the slow demise of Skate.?
I don't think there is any hiding from it, this game is a disappointment. 15 years of waiting for something that feels like it has been thought about for around 15 mins. The game lacks any soul, ...
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The frustrating thing is that the game has so much potential. I was in the playtest for a long time like others were and some of the changes prior to early access were promising. However, that momentum has not carried. The big picture things like art style, cosmetics, game loop, and lack of culture are being studiously ignored, despite being long term points of concern within the community.
What is ultimately killing this game is the lack of transparency. We are being told ‘it’s early access’, but there’s no vision being shared for what they are aiming for. Where we do have that info (the 2022 preview video), we see a vastly different game - suggesting that they pitched sharply toward a different target audience, resulting in the identity crisis title we are left with. With that track record and the ongoing silence, it’s hard to trust any of the statements that the dev team have come out with. They look very much like empty platitudes.
I was in the playtest too. Trying to give feedback in the hope that things may have changed.
I think the lack of culture is the one for me, and it is just so far removed from any of the previous games.
As a standalone title, it isn't a bad game... It's just not Skate.
