New Skate Announced - Next to no info on it

[Jack Awful]

EA just announced a new Skate game at EA Play.

It seems like they just started working on it because there's no info on it at all. No features, no release window, no trailer, no concept art, no logo, not even an official title, nothing. All we know is it's being made by a lot of the original devs from the now-defunct studio Black Box and it's not that mobile port of Skate 3 Jason Dill complained about.

Presumably it will launch on next gen consoles in a few years.

The devs claim that everyone spamming EA's social media with "Make Skate 4" helped convince EA to make it happen, but I think the wildly positive response to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 had more to do with it.

Interview with the devs at Jenkem that reveals minimal info:

http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2020/06/18/new-ea-skate-game-coming-real/

 

[Mel Feasance]

Skate 2 and 3 are among my favorite games of all time, and I could not possibly be more excited for this.

 

[Super Hans]

Fallen Order got the same non-anouncement announcement treatment and was out less than 18 months later. And with how long EA has been dragging their ass on this, the game could be further along than it would normally seem.

This is also EA, so it's going to be shit for one reason or another.

 

[Jack Awful]

Fallen Order got the same non-anouncement announcement treatment and was out less than 18 months later. And with how long EA has been dragging their ass on this, the game could be further along than it would normally seem.

This is also EA, so it's going to be shit for one reason or another.

Fallen Order was really good, though.

 

[OwO What's This?]

They announced C&C Generals 2 years back and look what came of that.

 

[Noideawhattopick]

They announced C&C Generals 2 years back and look what came of that.

It still sucks to remember my excitement. Generals was my favorite C&C...

 

[DragoonSierra]

nice bait. I clicked

 

[The Last Stand]

Fallen Order got the same non-anouncement announcement treatment and was out less than 18 months later. And with how long EA has been dragging their ass on this, the game could be further along than it would normally seem.

It seems like EA just announces stuff and releases it shortly after. Apex Legends being a prime example.

Skate 2 and 3 are among my favorite games of all time, and I could not possibly be more excited for this.

Given how it's EA, I'm skeptical. Not to say I was shocked, but given their track record, it could go either way.

I hope they get rid of the "team aspect" from Skate 3. That was unnecessary.

 

[Jack Awful]

It seems like EA just announces stuff and releases it shortly after. Apex Legends being a prime example.


Given how it's EA, I'm skeptical. Not to say I was shocked, but given their track record, it could go either way.

I hope they get rid of the "team aspect" from Skate 3. That was unnecessary.

The team aspect doesn't work that well in Skate's high score modes since you can't really use teamwork. It's 4 players (or 1 player and 3 AIs) playing independently from each other and no way to coordinate, with the weakest players dragging the team down. Especially AI since it's literally a random number generator.

A better system would be either an objective based mode where teams rush around an area and do objectives before their opponents (kickflip down the stairs, do an invert in the pool), or a Tony Hawk style graffiti mode where you claim objects by doing tricks on them, and can steal them from your opponents by getting more points than they did at the same spot, with the team with the most objects at the end winning.

Those two would at least have coordination and planning the routes.

 

[The Last Stand]

The team aspect doesn't work that well in Skate's high score modes since you can't really use teamwork. It's 4 players (or 1 player and 3 AIs) playing independently from each other, with the weakest players dragging the team down. Especially AI since it's literally a random number generator.

Plus your teammates would get in the way sometimes. The online aspect was hit and miss too. You needed to be in a preset team to participate, no matchmaking.

And refine the physics. Or make the goals less strenuous. I hope they don't bring back the S.K.A.T.E minigame as well. That was based on luck.