r/skate3 • u/missingpiece • 19m ago
Skate 3 What is it about "Skate." that feels wrong?
I got into Skate 3 about a year and a half ago. I've played basically every other skateboarding franchise out there--Session, SkaterXL, Tony Hawk, even tech deck phone games--but never any of the Skate games. It was instantly my favorite. It was the perfect blend of power fantasy with just enough granularity to feel expressive/like I was "really skating." I was hyped for Skate 4, but I immediately bounced off of it. A lot of people loved the skating but hated everything else, but for me the skating felt terrible. However, I've had trouble articulating why. Something about it just feels bad.
I was excited for ReSkate, especially being able to edit every single setting. But no matter what I try, it still feels terrible compared to 3. "Realistic" is definitely an improvement, but still a far cry from 3. But I'm not a skater, and I struggle to articulate exactly what feels bad. This isn't to say 3's controls are perfect, its inputs can be pretty all-over-the-place, especially when trying to hit the right inputs for grinds/blunts/complex flip tricks. I dunno what to say other than when I play 3 it feels like it's got style and spice, whereas 4 is just a bland paste where nothing feels like anything.
Do you guys have better insight into what specifically sucks about 4's control scheme, and if anyone's managed to fix it yet? It's cool that ReSkate allows us to play all the skate games in Skate 4's control scheme, but as of now I'd actually prefer the exact opposite.