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.

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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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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"
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