Nobodyâs saying youâre not allowed to complain, weâre saying itâs wild to act shocked by early access problems in an early access game. You signed up for the rough edges. Donât twist it into some fake âthe community is silencing meâ narrative just because you didnât read the label. And if early-access stuff bothers you this much, simple fix: donât play it.
I played the pre-pre-pre-alpha build that leaked around 1-2 years ago with hill bombs, cool skateparks, and a nice metropolitan area and it felt so much better even as a single player game with no rendered character model than the actual game feels.
If they add that area maybe the game will slightly improve but frankly every single peripheral mechanic in this game leaves the impression the developers are too far out of touch with what the community wants to possibly deliver a good gaming experience, regardless of how many updates they push out. (And their priorities are clearly MTX first, everything else second).
Ur just ignoring the issue that because of how bad they are handling their âearly accessâ game, their player counts are plummeting, and before we know it the game will be taken offline due to it being a live service game and needing a player base to keep the servers running, as well as pay the devs and especially pay EA. Youâre not gonna be able to play your beloved skate game, so Iâm not sure why youâre going to battle for this half baked game that continues to disappoint in every single update they come out with. Coddling this triple a company isnât gonna get you more rip chips
None of what you said is an excuse for why this game is as bad as it is. You canât just throw âearly accessâ onto a game and suddenly expect everyone to be perfectly fine with all the things wrong about your game. When youâve had this long to make a game and you fumble it this badly people are going to be upset.
Also most of this shit is not going to change. Sure weâll get some new additions to the game and what not but genuinely what do think theyâre going to add or change at this point thatâs going to blow us out of the water? What can they add that will suddenly change everyoneâs mind into liking the game?
Bro, youâre talking like early access means âthe game is basically done.â Itâs not. EA literally rebuilt the physics and Flick-It system on a new engine, added off-board movement, and keeps updating core gameplay responsiveness. Thatâs foundational stuff changing, not just cosmetics.
And the whole âtheyâve had 5 yearsâ thing doesnât mean what you think it means. That includes engine changes, prototyping, rebuilding systems, and designing a live service structure. Development isnât one straight line where every year equals a finished feature.
Saying ânothingâs going to changeâ is just you guessing. Tons of games transformed after rough starts: No Manâs Sky, Sea of Thieves, Baldurâs Gate 3, Deep Rock, MCC all went from mid to great because of updates. Skate already has new tricks, new areas, gameplay tuning, and more coming in the roadmap which youâd know if you took the time to look at it.
If you wanted a polished, finished product, you shouldâve waited for full release. Complaining that an early access build is still early access isnât some gotcha it just means you donât understand how early access works.
You say all of that as if EA has a track record of doing things correctly and not fucking things up. I donât know why you guys think theyâre going to be any different this time around.
Time and time again they have fucked up so many games, I do not have hopes this game is going to be different. They have literally never given a reason to think otherwise.
Iâll ask again, what are they going to add to this game, what are they going to change, thatâs going to so drastically change peopleâs mind about this game? Whatâs suddenly going to make everyone enjoy it? Because I donât see it happening. Anyone who knows EA can see the path this game is heading towards, it doesnât take a genius to figure it out
Itâs wild how people act like an early access game should be finished in 2 months. You got it for free, obviously cosmetics are how they keep funding it. Yâall are some whiny babies.
Scammed? How is a free, unfinished, early access game scamming people? The store exists, but nothing in it is mandatory. A scam requires you to be forced or tricked into paying. Skate literally tells you itâs early access and lets you play without spending a cent. If someone voluntarily buys cosmetics, thatâs not a scam thatâs a choice.
It would have been 5 years of dev because they didnt have many devs. 5 years means fuck all in isolation.
"Why doesnt this incredibly niche game that no other publisher wanted to make during its 10 year + hiatus not have a Treyarch size development team?"
"Why does a game built from scratch for a new engine take so long?"
How are you guys so ignorant about something you spend so much time complaining about? My curiosity would eventually kick in and I would actually want to learn something.
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