The gameplay is there… everything else you loved is not

1000% facts. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

This might become a skate game by spring next year

Just wait til they start locking tricks behind the battlepass

Game is f***ing trash skater xl >>>>>

Yeah its pretty empty right now. I kinda knew going in it would be devoid of content. Im just addicted to the trick system and finding big jumps.plus it doesnt hurt that its like 12 gb.

So this game will be worth it by next summer then

Good thing it’s FREE

I would’ve been so pissed if I paid money for this though let me tell you

I had some fun with my brother doing some co-op challenges so that’s kind of worth it

And climbing tall ass buildings is fun (only to discover I can’t fast travel to the top unless I level up to unlock the fast travel point smh)

incredibly boring in its current state lol

if the player count drops first few months ea gonna shut this s*** down

Ok I spent about an hour playing this for the first time yesterday, and just wanted to give my honest opinions so far.
I’ve been playing these games since Skate 1 first dropped, and Skate 2 is by far my favorite of the franchise….so I had no expectations going in to this because it looked nothing at all like the old Skate games, and looked more like it would have a Skate 3 vibe. I really really miss when the franchise had a grounded grittiness to it

But tbh the game feels really good to play. I love the board motion physics, and the look of the tricks. You can tell the developers spent a lot of time working with real life skaters to perfectly capture the look and feel of popping tricks.

But just like everyone else says, the challenges just aren’t great, and are all incredibly easy. I can consistently complete every challenge on the first try. And the game desperately needs to give people more to do.

I actually think I’m going to keep playing though, at least for some time. Like I said, it does feel good to play

also true which is why this game been cooked from the go but unfortunately its the only way EA wouldve greenlit a release

I feel there’s genuinely a lot of potential for this game if they don’t wait too long to add S.K.A.T.E battles, 1Up, death race, and spot battles

Also I think it would be dope if you could join a skate crew. Like if the developers made 5 crews to choose from, and gave players the option to join one of them. And then they could schedule weekly battles and championships among the teams.
That way there’d be a sense of rivalry, competition, and teamwork in the game

Also one more thing, I hate how much things are constantly explained to me.
I know what “footy” means, and I don’t need to learn how to ollie or kickflip

What’s the point of asking me how interested I am in skate culture, and letting me choose OG skate controls if I’m still forced to go through tutorials and have skate slang spoon fed to me like I don’t already know all of that

its very loose with the DaKs, DLC, and SVLoc s*** but i agree, i want them to lean more into it

s*** damn near feels like an ubi game

AC: Skate

Yup and then the winning teams could win exclusive in-game merch, in-game currency, cool decks, etc.
That would give players real motivation to keep playing

Have any of yall climbed that tall ass skyscraper with the red crane yet? I swear it takes like 10 minutes or more to climb to the top

add me i have fast travel

The haptic feedback on the dualsense feels sooo good on here. You can really feel the different types of texture you’re skating over

the street skating feels so snappy, fluid and good. the animation level up is on another level from the other games.

the bowls, pools and half pipes feel dreadful though. super stiff and you dont really get much height and its all super clunky and bad.

im having a lot of fun tho. will be playing this a lot and hopping in every time they flesh it out/add new stuff

Idk man this is kinda fire

I don't feel like I'm getting enough air/speed on half pipes tbh