Honest Feedback (update)
The game is not good, but it can still be saved. I have several grievances about Skate. ranging from objective to subjective issues. I’m going to start with objective issues: The flick-it system is ...
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Now imagine you did that to a type of challenge? *cough* Own The Spot *cough*. If you hide the OTS challenge icon from maps and campuses and tell players to “go find it”, it will get us excited. Not only does this make sense from a skate culture perspective, it is also one of the joys of playing previous titles: stumbling across an OTS challenge. Alternatively you could invent a whole new type of challenge and hide that :/
But not everyone thinks the same way. For me (and for many others, I'm sure), they'd end up just looking up the location on YouTube and getting it over with as quickly as possible. Like with the Christmas props. It's like the people who ask for a story mode and more "skate culture." But I think there's a large group of people who ultimately just want to skate. It's good to have a couple of challenges here and there, but what's important for this group is free skating, and for that, you need a varied map, which is currently a problem because it's true that the city has become a bit small after all this time the game has been out.
My point is that there needs to be a balance between being able to skate freely and having challenges that don't feel tedious and create a kind of anxiety each time you log in, because otherwise you miss out on the rewards.
Even so, the core gameplay is fun, which is what's important.
On the other hand, I agree with many of the points made in this post, such as the fact that the shop system is "small." It would be nice to have shops distributed throughout the map that didn't rotate their items and were dedicated to a single type of item (e.g., a shoe shop, a skate shop). I also agree that if this isn't possible, at least everything should be available and not be a rotating system. FOMO is unpleasant for anyone, especially when we're talking about wanting to spend money. I mean, maybe I want this item, but I have to wait... 3 months to buy it? And maybe I won't be home on release day, then what? The game isn't perfect, but I sincerely want to have faith. So far, they've been polishing things, and well, we'll see what Season 3 brings and what comes after to continue judging. AND PLEASE, A DAY/NIGHT CYCLE!!!!
