You can start ringing the new Skate's death knell, because EA says it's online only
The upcoming Skate reboot will apparently be online only, meaning eventually, somewhere down the road, it'll become completely unplayable.
Why would they stop? Cause you asked? Sadly this online crap is what’s making money and game companies are and have always been about money, all of them without exception
Do you know what you're talking about or are you just assuming stuff? Tell me, what is a "European Citizens' Initiative"?
Hot take: If its a free to play online multiplayer game, its not very upsetting.
Yeah, fans want another skate in the vein of the trilogy and it sucks we wont get that... But if i dont have to buy this game then idc if it will hit a premature death when it stops being supported. Yeah its a waste of development resources and i wish online-only games didnt exist for the sake of preservation, but i wont be upset if i get to play this game and dont have to pay a dime.
Im not entirely sure itll be ftp though, so this take can be completely void.
If its FTP and all mechanics beyond cosmetics can be accessed with grinding (skate-pun... nice) rather than passes and subscriptions then a great many people need to STFU.
Mechwarrior Online is FTP and Online only, has been since 2013 when it was released, still has players, still gets updates and still makes money without p2w shenanigans. Ive got 3600 hours logged, I still play regularly. Sometimes I buy some shit in game because I'm a grownup with disposable income and 3600 hours worth of entertainment is worth a few bucks.
It was announced to be free to play years ago
How come I took flack for this same opinion? I'm in the pre alpha and it's coming along nicely. Same feel of skate 3, tight mechanics, I don't see the big deal. It's free. If you don't like it don't play it what's the big deal?
People are upset they arent getting the same type of game the IP is known for. Unfortunately the IP is being used to push a different type of product. I do think people are justified to be upset about that.
As a gamer who wants more to play and wants to pay less, i am ok with this particular IP(which i dont particularly care about) becoming ftp, even if it degrades the overall experience. If this was happening to another IP i enjoy, I might be more upset about this.
I'm not buying or spending money in any more games with a killswitch
It's free to play
Free online multiplayer game doesn't have an offline mode? How bizarre.
People expect something different, because the Skate series was different up until now. They should've branded it differently, if they didn't want fans asking for singleplayer.
I don't understand why games don't have two modes: paid, offline single player experience, and F2P online multiplayer experience. The former ensures the game will survive once the servers shut down, and the latter is a gravy train if it works out. Surely that doesn't add much to the development time...
Pretty sure the new Call of Duty games work like that.
How bizarre, how bizarre.
I guess I'll play SKATE on RPCS3.
What is good about Skate? Honest question to a true die hard fans.
It is a skill and learning curve game, right?
Tony hawk games were the only other skating games, but they had button-press controls and goofy physics. Skate came out with much more realistic physics and the thumbstick flicking controls that made tricks feel purposeful. I think people who do skate (or wanted to) got pulled in for the realistic skating lines and tricks. There was also still enough over-the-top jumps and tricks to keep younger kids entertained.
Yes, with an emphasis on street skating specifically, and it just feels great to play and nail lines of flip tricks and rails.
Tons of reasons. My reason is that it felt like the first skate simulator. And the control scheme was freaking brilliant and intuitive. I couldn't adapt to Session... too complicated.
Fuck online only games
Another game I simply won't need to buy. Neat. I guess some publishers just don't like selling games or something.
Another game I simply won't need to buy
I mean, that would be the case whether it was online-only or not; it's a free-to-play game
they don't like to sell games, they like to sell in-game "content" now!
It's dead, Jim.
It's bad, yes, but historically even online only games have had long lives.
