the skate community loves competition
Expression and creativity are the core of both skating and Skate, to which competition comes second. That’s why the original trilogy had a camera man and tasks like shooting magazine covers. Also, I’ve been playing since the first game too and I’ve never much cared for spot battles and the like because they are spam heavy.
we can’t even do lines anymore because you guys messed up the manual speed.
Manual speed is physics based, so you naturally lose speed as you try and pop out and land back in. I actually think bearing speed/momentum in this game is too high, as it takes a loooong time for a regular manual to start slowing down - ditto for regular rolling. I never have trouble using them to cheese a line when I have to, though I hate that the game forces you by setting arbitrary score targets. If this was made any easier than it already is, the game would be cooked.
also we can’t pump when in half pipes or bowls like we used to…there’s no pumping anymore???
Pumping absolutely exists. The easiest way to do this is to pull the triggers on transition surfaces. You can change it to up on the thumb sticks though if that’s easier for you. Either way, it’s definitely there. You can also tweak the pump settings so the game does it for you if you need the assistance.
