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Skate launches to 'mixed' Steam reviews claiming it's a "soulless cash-grab"
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EA and developer Full Circle's long-in-development Skate reboot is finally here, but complaints about its art style and thin content abound.
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In the perpetual chase for the next live-service behemoth, every franchise under the sun is getting online capabilities. Even Pokémon, a solid single-player RPG, has FOMO-laden Tera Raids to coax players back in every month. Skate, too, has fallen foul of this modern trend. I say fallen foul not because I'm against live-service games as a concept (my hours in Apex Legends are a testament to that), but because the game has released to 'mixed' reviews on Steam, with many players citing these live-service trappings as the core of their problems.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: Skate launches to 'mixed' Steam reviews claiming it's a "soulless cash-grab"
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In the perpetual chase for the next live-service behemoth, every franchise under the sun is getting online capabilities. Even Pokémon, a solid single-player RPG, has FOMO-laden Tera Raids to coax players back in every month. Skate, too, has fallen foul of this modern trend. I say fallen foul not because I'm against live-service games as a concept (my hours in Apex Legends are a testament to that), but because the game has released to 'mixed' reviews on Steam, with many players citing these live-service trappings as the core of their problems. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Skate launches to 'mixed' Steam reviews claiming it's a "soulless cash-grab"
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17 September 2025, 11:34 am
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Ben Sledge
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title: Skate launches to 'mixed' Steam reviews claiming it's a "soulless cash-grab"
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link: https://www.pcgamesn.com/skate-4/steam-reviews
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EA and developer Full Circle's long-in-development Skate reboot is finally here, but complaints about its art style and thin content abound.
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In the perpetual chase for the next live-service behemoth, every franchise under the sun is getting online capabilities. Even Pokémon, a solid single-player RPG, has FOMO-laden Tera Raids to coax players back in every month. Skate, too, has fallen foul of this modern trend. I say fallen foul not because I'm against live-service games as a concept (my hours in Apex Legends are a testament to that), but because the game has released to 'mixed' reviews on Steam, with many players citing these live-service trappings as the core of their problems.
Read the full story on PCGamesN: Skate launches to 'mixed' Steam reviews claiming it's a "soulless cash-grab"
content_text: In the perpetual chase for the next live-service behemoth, every franchise under the sun is getting online capabilities. Even Pokémon, a solid single-player RPG, has FOMO-laden Tera Raids to coax players back in every month. Skate, too, has fallen foul of this modern trend. I say fallen foul not because I'm against live-service games as a concept (my hours in Apex Legends are a testament to that), but because the game has released to 'mixed' reviews on Steam, with many players citing these live-service trappings as the core of their problems. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Skate launches to 'mixed' Steam reviews claiming it's a "soulless cash-grab"
pub_date: 17 September 2025, 11:34 am
guid: https://www.pcgamesn.com/skate-4/steam-reviews
creator: Ben Sledge
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