no one likes how the game looks.

EA REVERT THE CHARACTER CHANGES LOOKS REALLY BAD!!!

EA/Full Circle's artistic vision is not in-line with their customer base.  The feedback is not new, and it's been consistent for years now.  All of the Current & Future customers are asking for the same things and Full Circle is choosing not listen to the feedback.

All of the Current & Future customers are asking for the same things and Full Circle is choosing not listen to the feedback.

I expect it’s more of an EA decision than a Full Circle one. EA will have been the decision maker when it comes to making the title F2P and no doubt mandated the art style change evident between the teaser of 2022 and what we’ve received in 2025 as a way of making it mass market (ie. kid-friendly.)

It obviously hasn’t worked out like that and the devs are catching the heat, but the distant hope is that Full Circle, armed with the relentless nature of the feedback, can present it to EA as evidence that a different route should be taken. The concern is that the publisher is more likely to write the project off than finance a costly reinvention, but it remains to be seen.

I actually like the character model artstyle, and I know my friend does too, so there are people out there who are fine with it, we're just not making threads about how we like it compared to those who hate it and are being vocal about it.

I also strongly disagree with comparisons to Fortnite, I don't think anyone saying that has actually looked at Fortnite's artstyle recently, or done a direct comparison between it and the new skate. They're both stylized, but that's as far as that goes. One is vastly more cartoon-y than the other. Also idk what you mean with everyone looking androgynous and "kind of Asian," I made my character looks pretty feminine and not-Asian, and I've seen plenty of masculine-looking white dudes running around.

Anyway, asking the devs to change the characters to a new realistic artstyle is such an insanely monumental task. You're asking them not only to entirely change all the character models, but also all of the clothing to fit the new models and that realistic artstyle. That would take so much time to do, time that could be spent on improving the gameplay and adding more actual content, the main reasons we're playing it.

My only complaints with how the game actually looks are the new S2 face complexions, I'd prefer if those were reverted, and the lighting for the map itself is pretty hit or miss. A lot of areas are overly bright and washed out, and darker areas have that weird splotchy Lumen lighting stuff going on.

My character came out looking even better since the last update (saved for the still-remaining stoned eyes) and I was already pretty happy with how he looked before. If you don't like the stylization that's one thing but if it's a complexion issue just play with the character creator again. Tons of complexions and skin tones that still look good visible in this after shot.

Before

After

look at just facial features and tell me with a straight face they arent trying to have a fortnite style with the game? i expected with them using what EA toted as one of the most advanced engines in gaming thats made battlefield battlefront etc. that they woudnt cop out for a fortnite/adrogynous style thats out of touch with the original fanbase. 

genuinely it makes me not wanna open the game but unfortunately im playing this corny BS because they made it impossible to play skate 3 on pc 

Ok. They aren't trying to have a Fortnite style with the game.

Fortnite has cartoony visuals. skate. (2025) uses stylized realism.  And the character designs are hardly androgynous, unless you make your character such, since you can, you know, make your character look how you want. Plus, I don't see how that would be out of touch, regardless.

This is my attempt at matching the hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth with as close to the same shapes as the game offers, and you can see how wildly different they still are. I don't want to give an art lecture, so please, use your eyes.

Furthermore, what you expected the game to look like is kind of irrelevant, as advanced engines don't necessitate photorealism. BioShock was made with one of the most advanced engines of its time and it has more stylized world and character designs than skate. (2025) does. And arguably even more stylized than Fortnite.

Edit: And for the record, I also quite like the art style. I just wish lower settings didn't so drastically change/ruin the lighting.

I use a long beard and those huge 80's glasses just to cover as much of the face as possible. 

crazy how that wasnt the character i was comparing it too. but okay with your fantasy. 

i was saying that his mans facial features look like the womans features from fortnite. 

im saying  its hard to not be androgynous in this game. 
what i am saying is somehow within 15 years EA copped out on making something realistic and instead is making something cartoony and unappealing. somehow me emulating skate 3 and upscaling with my 4070 not only runs better but looks better. 

the old games had women as main characters even throughout the series and no one cared.  why? because they were just included as skaters. this is such an androgynous corny mess that it quite literally hurts to play at times. this is just a sims experience with skating and parkour. theres no resonance with skate culture in this game. 

ea thinks getting brands to sell is creating culture.

and even with what you provided it appears your character has pink eye. just because they add ashy blotchiness to skin tone doesnt mean its "more realistic" 

this game is on the same engine that all the recent star wars games were created on. aswell as battlefield and you are telling me with a straight face that they couldnt have done better?