for the DEV's
im gunna make a compiled list of the good and bad things as a person that has played the skate series since i was a child. goods: building is actually cool just wish i had a private park so i cou...
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Hey man, as much as I thoroughly agree with 99% of what you've said here. I think part of the issue for them as a games company is something you addressed.. Most fans of the franchise are in their 30s now, so it was only natural that they would have to reinvent the game to be more relevant to a new audience. Sure You and I would happily pay $40-60 for a well made sequel, but would that sequal have had 2 million players in the first week? I doubt it, especially new to the franchise players. I understand the cash grab loot box system for generating income and hope that the fact these ipad kids are getting their parents to pay for garish skins will give them extra financial backing as a studio (not just EA overall) to make the game great. I also agree they are tone deaf to skate culture, but sadly you haven't made the best point about current skate culture by asking for skate mag. The final issue of skate mag was in 2017. Thrasher is really the only thriving skateboarding entity. I know there is transworld and freeskatemag and I guess you can count the berrics too, but if you want current skate culture, it's all on social media for young skaters. The nine club is probably a good outlet to reference for skate culture because they keep up with current skating but being from IMO the last good generation of skating, they lean to the nostalgia side of skating. I honestly thing Pretty Sweet was probably the last really good full length and that was 13 years ago.
Just food for thought, I think OG fans need to taper expectations for what skate culture actually is these days but don't get me wrong, this game is as tone deaf as it comes. Skating has always been and always will be about rebellion, expression and socialising. I think this game has the opportunity to be great. Like the RealisticSkateEA community on reddit have just made a discord for people who want to skate a certain way and I think things like that will drive certain aspects of the game. Proximity chat would massively help with it too. But making the whole map a skate eutopia takes away some of the main points of skating, which is finding places that weren't made to be skated and getting creative.
i tapered my expectation when i saw the art style change and to your point; would it have had 2 mill players at launch probably not. but it more than likely wouldnt have been review bombed to negative reviews if they just stuck to what they had instead of trying to advertise to children and stayed true to form.
at this point even after putting in 20 more hours because im genuinely trying to find the good in this game.
theres nothing guys. all of the challenges are exactly the same. "collect bearings, do this many (tricks) and get this amount of points." with different names. thats blatantly lazy.
not having the original trick catalogue is lazy.
only having loot boxes for progression is lazy.
im tired of everyone coping for companies willing to give us hot dog water and hoping that it will turn into a 5 course meal.
the REASON this game has so many players is because its had an amazing trilogy of games and im guessing a lot of the community like me were really really hoping to get something new and amazing for the SKATE series.
this is downright laziness and cash grabbing with a flick it system.
no one in this dev team can skate or has been to a park or even talked to a skater when developing this game.
the dime park? 4 pads right next to eachother in between two vert ramps with no space? with a giant fkn sword?with nonsensical vert ramps circling the place.
falling used to feel cool in the last games. now when i fall im just like "ehh alright bag of potatoes" or just instant reset when even the last games made falling so entertaining that id replay and rewatch falls for hours like im making my own 411 video (old skate video that just had skaters falling during their parts)
if they wanted to bring in a new audience. they shouldve made a different game series then and called this XtremeWRLD instead of trying to ruin something that was great. the last games made me wanna become a photographer for skateboarding and i did it for years because the SKATE series showed me a world where i could feel not as odd being a grungy kid that liked to ride with my friends and get photos.
this game is only trying to sell you clothes and has nothing to do with skate culture and if you think that adding some thrasher hoodies in a season pass is gunna fix that. then the community itself has a problem.
thats why im upset. i wanted to show my nieces and nephews what inspired me one day.
this is not that at all and just hurts to see something get straight up commercialized. in my opinion this game should be taken down and redone entirely. how it is will only last due to it being a free updated skate. not because its a good game.
