The piece of data that people mad at the new "Skate." game haven't mentioned is:
It is free.
I'm sure it *is* missing features and is based largely on its in-game store
Because it does not *cost money* anymore

ooooh.... after installing anticheat, they drop me in a settings menu with no instructions on how to quit to the menu.
After getting to the menu, I am put *in a queue* for *many minutes*

have they considered

letting me skateboard in a singleplayer session

have they considered

releasing a videoed game

The quit key is "esc", by the way.

The key to skip the cutscene is "F"

you might have thought you'd be playing this dexterity-focused analog-input game with a controller

nahhhh

oh cool, it's an assassin's creed too
AAAAF
trippple eh wot
they never got my agreement that hold controls were okay
and now the difference between a tap and a hold indication is:
is there a circle around the button?
thats it
i mean it reacts, it the *slightest* way, visually to taps. A sliver of color appears onscreen at a place you might be looking
but it doesn't, yknow. *RESPOND TO THE BUTTON DISPLAYED ONSCREEN*
AHH

"Rip chips are *perfect* for scoring stuff from the shop.
Let's try a line challenge to earn some rip chips."

idk man like
we named our coins rip chips this time
you get them for doing things and you can buy stuff
but they're... "perfect" for it?
They're one of two options and I suspect the other costs money or lots of time.

here's the thing: I took this screenshot because I was surprised by the new third currency below the top two

then I was surprised they'd be arranged like that. Maybe more come later?

then... why is the gold overlapping the settings control indicator, which recently says 1 from mouse usage when alt-tabbed.

Is that gear supposed to be balanced that way? This is a 1080 monitor, guys, was this not in the testing slew?

yall. YALL. you are EXPOSING your DOC TITLES

go meet Counselor Firstname.
*COUNSELOR*???
that shit was agreed on after a LONG meeting
that is an INTERNAL OBJECT NAME why WHY is it in your DIALOGUE

and why is this voice actress (always -ress) so fukcing bubbly about every grotdang line WHY

i should just

i should just play american AAA games in a different text and voice language
i might have to be AWAKE

"We set a high score for you to beat because, well, that's what we do!"

so you admit there's no reason for any of us to be here
like
you announce it's a sandbox
I appreciate the honesty
but can I like
fundraise for the local puppy orphanage
i don't have to save the world with my skateboard
but you could
give me a reason to care

oh also there's a mode that isolates you from other skaters to practice a challenge

have they considered

*launching to that instead of a session queue*

(not hard enough)

they really, *really* needed you to see other skaters running around on the overworld