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Japanese creator’s opinion.

Day 7 since my first play.
I started SKATE just to kill some time, but the mix of real skating physics and Saints-Row-style goofy stunts hooked me fast.
Still, once you clear the missions, there’s suddenly not much left to do. No new clothes show up, the loop dries out, and boredom hits faster than it should.

One big reason: interacting with friends barely matters.
Over ninety percent of players are always “party unavailable”, and the whole experience feels almost offline. Forming a party just feels like extra work with almost no benefit, and everyone clearly senses it.

Even though the game offers a ton of clothes, accessories, and gestures, none of that really gets used.
Everyone moves so fast and silently that no one actually looks at anyone else’s style. People are just skating and flying around. Showing off your look barely matters, which feels like such a waste. Fashion isn’t only for yourself. It includes the joy of being seen.

For example, I clear missions seriously, but I also dance like an idiot at hotspots. Other bored players join, more people gather, and we end up having spontaneous dance parties.
But most players just skate quietly and ignore each other.

Here are my requests and suggestions:

Party play is basically four people doing solo tasks at the same time.
Rewards are tiny, and there’s almost no reason to play as a team.
It would be better if all four players cleared a single mission together, with points combined and rewards distributed so everyone benefits equally, from beginners to veterans.
Right now, even if you become friends, there’s nothing meaningful to do together, so everyone ends up splitting up immediately.
There should be missions that clearly benefit party play, or that simply cannot be cleared without a party.

Since the dance gestures are hilarious, I actually tried doing synchronized dancing with a party.
The game absolutely needs goofy gesture-based missions.
For example, all players timing gestures together, or everyone slamming into one spot in the dumbest way possible. That shared chaos would feel great.
Players who are done with solo missions would keep coming back just to mess around with friends.

As mentioned earlier, fashion is barely seen by anyone.
No matter how stylish you look, it ends as pure self-satisfaction.
Adding just one Like button would change everything.
It would also help if viewing someone’s profile showed their full outfit.
Since I often stay in one place dancing, people compliment my clothes and send friend requests, but nearly no one else plays this way. Most players don’t look at anyone.
If you want the fashion system to shine, SKATE needs a way for players to show off styles and Like each other.
New players could discover role models, and creators of great styles would feel motivated.
I spent about 2000 yen for clothes, but since no one actually sees them, I don’t feel like buying more.
With the system above, I definitely would.

As a professional creator, I managed to make a beautiful female character, but customization options are unbalanced.
Faces can’t be fine-tuned, so most players struggle to make good-looking women.
Eyes especially turn out unappealing for nine out of ten characters.
Since bodies seem based on male models, thin builds become wiry and unfeminine.
If SKATE includes female clothing and gestures, it should also offer templates for cute faces that match those styles.

SKATE is fundamentally a fun game.
It only feels wasted in its current form.
This is the first time I’ve ever submitted feedback to a game studio.
I hope for better development in the future.