Awesome start! Hope this helps

Hi guys! First off thankyou for bringing the series back! Absolutely loving the game and how it plays but I have some gripes.

First is map clutter ruining your line. I feel like I'm constantly getting stuck on every bin, lamp or tree while grinding a ledge or rail, or that the ledge ends to a dead end or is blocked with something. There are a good number of places that hold a pre-designed line but if you go off track and experiment with some of the quieter areas of the map and try and grind a cool ledge to find halfway down is a tree or a random peice street furniture that spits your character off the board. I feel like I spend more time on the floor that enjoying the map.

My second is sound design and sound texture in comparison to skate 3, in the old game you can hear the ground change under your wheels and it made the game feel really visceral and engaging with every ground texture having a unique sound profile.  Also how sound changes in different environments is a major factor in this, for example in skate 3 as you go up a quarter pipe the sound space tightens up reducing echo as you approach the ramp wall making you more aware of your position, you could almost skate a bowl in skate 3 with your eyes closed as you could hear the space around you! 

Lootbox's nahh. Just let me buy the hoodie I want. Instead of opening the same box 8 times. It really limits character creation and personality.. I'm surrounded by 20 people wearing the same orange top and green camo trousers... even the old game let you have basic clothes that you can change the colour of, then unlock branded clothing with progression.

Map again, alot of unusable space and filler, like I mentioned before I like to explore and find little corners to make lines but they don't seem optimised or full of clutter to get stuck on, if you look at the menu map you can see everyone is skating the same areas... once they get bored of jumping off skyscrapers there isn't much else to explore, reducing longevity of the game.

Character design, getting a grazed elbow, dirty torn clothes and a black eye is pretty standard in skating, add some grit!! Board's getting scratched! griptape scuffs! 

Summery:

 The map needs looking over so more of it is actually enjoyable.

Sound design could do with a rework with sound reacting with the environment and space.

Less lootboxes more personality expression freedom's

Add some grit!!!

Again I'm really enjoying the game but I see so much more potential!! The current state of the world is a good canvas!

Also whoever designed the tutorial map has the right idea! Awesome variety and it all flows together into one line! Wish I had a way to get back on the boat and explore it again!