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You can start ringing the new Skate's death knell, because EA says it's online only
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Runescape back in the day did it pretty well, F2P with a single optional subscription. This model is pretty much dead at this point though.Turning my business mind towards Skate, they can make money through sources other than the customers. Clothing companies, in game billboards, in game music deals, skateboard companies... you get the game in front of enough people and the players wont be the whales.
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Free online multiplayer game doesn't have an offline mode? How bizarre.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...
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>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 gameThey should have an option to pay for a single player, offline experience. I'd buy that if it worked on my Steam Deck.
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I'm not buying any more games with a killswitch
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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.
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That's what EU is for (in Europe), but honestly, even as an avid gamer, there are other priorities, even in the IT/digital department (european alternatives, open source, research, ...), so as of now I keep voting with my wallet
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Is anybody in this thread in the playtest? Gonna be lots of feet in mouths lol. Is it perfect, no, what is. Is it SKATE, yup. Does being online only take anything away? Not really.
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What is good about Skate? Honest question to a true die hard fans. It is a skill and learning curve game, right?
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Is that a good enough reason not to enjoy it now? I'm laughing about the downvote from salty folks. I get it, but if you don't like it save your energy. Lots of people are having a good time with it and your opinion isn't going to keep us from that. When it goes away we go back to ps3 emulation.
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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.
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Do you even know what the difference between a "European Citizens' Initiative" and petition is?As a non euro and hopefully soon to be better trade partner, no I don't. But I'll go look it up.
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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.It was announced to be free to play years ago
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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.
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Turning my business mind towards Skate, they can make money through sources other than the customers. Clothing companies, in game billboards, in game music deals, skateboard companies... you get the game in front of enough people and the players wont be the whales.
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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.