Disappointed w/ S3. It's sad to see what has happened to an iconic franchise.
The skate.Pass has actual brands in it now but of course it's only on the premium version that you HAVE to pay for, and the entire skate.Pass itself is so **bleep** now because on each page it's only like 2-3 things you can even unlock for free if you don't actually buy the skate.Pass. Between this new change and locking Isle of Gram behind it, they quite literally are forcing you to buy the skate.Pass. Even Fortnite doesn't do this kind of stuff. This is a new low for any F2P/LS game imo.
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No surprise here, of course they **bleep** up tattoos! There are only even 5 free tattoos (**bleep** ones at that) and then there are a bunch more in the Shop that cost real money. In general all of these tattoos look goofy as hell, and dare I say AI generated. But wait, here's the best part: you can only apply one tattoo at a time, meaning you can't have a whole sleeve. You also can't apply any to your face, your neck, or really have any in-depth customization over them. It's like they spent a total development time of 5 mins and did the most barebones implementation of tattoos and called it a day.
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S1 was 90s-themed, S2 was 80s-themed, now S3 is 70s-themed. Who exactly is this game for? I've always been so confused about this. How about we get a season that's Skate-themed where stuff from the previous games are brought into the game, how about that. Why are we not piggybacking off of the legacy of the franchise as a whole?
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Of course the Shop got a whole redesign with new menus, new icons, and new sound effects, and of course the Shop as a whole functions even better than before. In all honesty it feels like Isle of Gram and a Shop redesign are the only new things in Season 3.
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Overall my main complaints with the game still stand and it seems like Full Circle / EA doesn't care about Skateboarding culture and the community. Both Shop and skate.Pass cosmetics are so mediocre that they look soulless and dare I say AI generated, and I have no desire to spend my time unlocking any of them or buying them with my money. San Vansterdam itself is bland and devoid of life, each district looks and feels soulless. And with each season you would think the map would change, but nope. Oh wait, my bad, I forgot like two areas of the map get a fresh coat of paint each season, but that's about it. I'm sorry but the game is a joke. This game is a shell of what Skate once was. Skate has turned into a background game you play for 15 mins when you have time to kill or you're on the phone or whatever else, nothing more. After a hour of playing I've already got my fill of Season 3.
