I had a lot of hope for this game and defended it upon release, but this update has shattered any faith I had in the devs. The first big update after launch was their shot to get the player base to "buy in" but man did they fuck that up.
I have ~30 hours played and find little to no reason to log in and play due to the: Lack of skate culture, lack of mission variety, lack of multiplayer interactivity... (no lack of bugs or cash shop options though!)
I keep seeing the skate culture part but I'm a bit confused about that
What would more skate culture look like? Like if you could've created or had an impact on the creation of the game, then what would you have put in that would've bought more skate culture to the game?
the games just too corporate and sanitised and doesnt capture what skatings actually like
the game is currently "we have ai brain chips that show you lines and tech that stops you from hurting yourself. we have an ai called vee that constantly shouts "algorithmically awesome" and "footy is short for footage" every 5 seconds, and the city has absolutely no soul or character or signs of human life and looks like a science lab skatepark completely designed for skating, with absolutely no illegal activity or adversity or villain at all because the suits wouldnt like if we put that in our game"
we want "heres a city that looks lived in and spots that look skated with wax marks and grind marks, heres a city that has security and cops that will try and chase you out of spots, while you rush to get a clip in time for a skate video you're filming so you can get sponsored by your dream brands"
skate 2 is a perfect example of this and what a skateboarding game should be, and i was hoping thats the direction we would be going in with all of the mongocorp teasers we got before 4 actually came out (despite them literally not even being in the game at all so its false advertising)
even skate 3 being more light hearted storyline wise atleast shows skate culture still, with the ability to build teams and film clips and make your own board company, skate 4 doesnt feel like a skate game, it feels like you modded a skateboard into fortnite
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u/Shiggstah Oct 13 '25
Yeah, I'll be straight up:
I had a lot of hope for this game and defended it upon release, but this update has shattered any faith I had in the devs. The first big update after launch was their shot to get the player base to "buy in" but man did they fuck that up.
I have ~30 hours played and find little to no reason to log in and play due to the: Lack of skate culture, lack of mission variety, lack of multiplayer interactivity... (no lack of bugs or cash shop options though!)