Feedback for Skate.
Vee needs to be removed and Shingo needs to be brought back. Vee’s robotic voice is horrible and it doesn’t add anything to the game. Having a cameraman following you recording your journey actually makes sense and just works. The tutorial needs to be skippable. We’ve all played Skate before. There is too much talking from the characters which are not interesting and a drag to get through. I found myself skipping it all. Just let us skate and complete objectives. Not follow an AI trail. I agree with others this game seems to have AI use all over the place. The world seems empty. There are a lot of micro transactions/items behind a paywall. “Return to session marker” stays in the middle of my screen.The Skate Franchise
I grew up playing Skate 3 and it is my favorite game of all time. I love Skate. but I feel like there should be a little more things around the map that pay homage to Skate 3. There is a little bit of that with the Landsharks and a couple monuments to skate by the stadium. But with how big the map is I feel like there could just be a little more. Hopefully in the new section of the map there will beThey've destroyed the skate franchise but it's all we're gonna get.
EA stated at first that this wasn't skate 4, to attempt to avoid backlash for a clear copy of fortnites store, monitization tactics and pretty much the whole style of graphics, but they sell things that relate to all the other skate games (Is it supposed to be skate 4 or not?). They have foccused so much on microtransactions way too early on and even made it so that you have to scroll through the store to get to the lootboxes if you want to open them through the menu, just to tempt people more to buy basic branded cosmetics that should be earnable. I really hope that they put more care into the game in the future but at this rate I've got no hope. This game is gonna be a microtransaction sim before a skate sim, wouldn't be surprised if they add advertisements and a premium plan to block ads.
Franchise Ruined
The Skate franchise was a unique and beloved game that catered to skaters and skate enthuists first and foremost. The story was great (and I do miss it), but it was the overall environment and feel of the game that made us beg for a new game for 10 years. Exploring the map felt like skating around your hometown or having access to spots that mimicked your favorite skate video locations. It just felt like a game made by skaters for skaters. This game, while I am grateful to have something to play, is nothing lile what made the first 3 games what they were. The map, the spots, the people, the colors, the annoying narrators/guides, everything, just seems sterile. Even the flick system has been sterilized some. I hope this game does well because I know people worked hard to get it out, but this is not Skate. This is something different and and its not better in anyway. Like I said, thanks for getting something out, but to wait 10 years for a fourth Skate game that was breathed to life by the FANS, and to receive this is a major dissapointment and a failure by EA. I would have rathered you given us a PS5 version of one of the original games. This is pathetic.
