#Skate 3 for pc review series#
More than that though, while Skate’s last release was in 2010, the series got another burst of popularity around 2013 to 2014 when YouTuber streamers picked it up and helped elevate it to the level of cult classic. With Miele becoming EA’s Chief of Worldwide Studios in 2018, Skate finally had a voice on the inside willing to push for a revival. Parry, Chung, and the rest of the team were under no illusions that Skate 3 might very well be the end of the road, so that’s why the add-ons like green screen mode were thrown at us Black Box didn’t want to leave anything in the tank. Though you could still create skateparks in the game, most often you were left nudging benches and ramps near stairs or rails to make more realistic chains.ĭespite the more grounded mentality of the games, Skate 3 did go all out on the extras, especially when it came to the DLC. Parry and Chung have spoken about feeling like they were ahead of the curve with the Create-A-Spot mode and community features of the Skate games, in particular Skate 3. Will Skate 4 have the usual customization features and creation tools?Īlmost definitely. While it maps each stick to a foot, Skate maps one stick to both feet and the other for steering. This involved using the analogue sticks to control your skater’s feet, a more technical approach which offered more control, but one with a steeper learning curve than skating games usually offered, and one which limited your ability to pull off zany McTwist to Christ Air into a triple kickflip combos.ĭon't expect anything as complex as Session's control scheme though. Rather than the button mashing, fighting game style combos of THPS, Skate used a 'flick to trick' method. While the Tony Hawk series was all about stringing together massive trick combos through the air, manuals, reverts, and grinding, Skate was a simpler experience. Skate was always about being true to skating first and foremost, so expect it to introduce some new features, places, and faces.Īnd If you’re only vaguely acquainted with the series, here seems like as good a place as any to explain how Skate plays. However, not only have graphics and technical abilities advanced since Skate 3, the skateboarding scene itself has continued to evolve.
"It’s going to feel like a Skate game… It’s not going to be something different," Parry and Chung told Jenkem, so that authentic but accessible playstyle will remain. A soft reboot could well be on the cards. After a ten year gap, EA might be wary of numbering the series, so we may see a subtitle instead. The stream did end with one of the Cuz Perry saying "Skate forever!", which might even be a clue to the title (Skate 4Ever). However, in a subsequent interview with Jenkem, Skate 4 developers Cuz Parry and Deran Chung confirmed that it’s definitely an all new Skate game, but the title is yet to be confirmed. The EA Play stream itself seemed to dance around calling it Skate 4, which led some to believe that Skate being back might just mean a remastered trilogy.
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