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I know I’m not alone when I say PS4 is screaming for a Skate 4.
With the new possibilities available to developers, a new Skate could have so many features. Plus I’m sure skate 4 would sell better than a lot of games will on launch, so the new features in my ideal Skate 4 would be this;Way bigger maps, with more realism. Day / Night cycles + Sleep option and time based events. Maybe you can only do a certain contest at say 5pm, or a photo shoot at sunset.
Board damage / Breaking – This would add to the realism in the game
Stores, Money, Sponsors. Progression – While focusing on realism, I don’t think its very realistic to press start and equip any piece of clothing I’ve unlocked. There should be stores and money.
Different stores would have different items, maybe even some stores that sell only one brand.
Start out with only a few $ and a board and try to make a living off of your board.
Maybe you could earn money by uploading film of yourself to an in game youtube like website and the higher the trick line in the video the more views, along with bonuses for certain environments, time settings, and the like. After you get a good amount of fame, you can unlock event invites and sponsorships.Better off-board mechanics (Parkour) – Sure skating is awesome, but what if you threw some parkour in the mix. Maybe some spots would only be reachable by parkouring to them.
No-Skate zones – A*Hole security guards or Bonehead cops, some areas could be more hostile to skaters, and those areas could have sick spots in them so landing that perfect trick there would mean getting it done before some c*nt anti-skating whore comes to ruin your session, and they could chase you down and try to catch you and break your board over their knee or something, so getting chased would have real consequences and give you that holy crap feeling while you’re trying to get away. Or getting to certain spots would involve slipping past some security hut thing. As long as the game isn’t a skate vs. cops sort of deal I think this feature would be awesome for certain spots.
Local multiplayer
Improved online multiplayer.
Bikes. – Sure it’s a skating game, and skating should be the main focus, but adding some decent bmxing would definitely add more ways to play.
The hardest part about implementing bikes in a Skate 4 title is to not take away from the skating.
Maybe there are bikes laying around here and there you can grab instead of being able to own a bike. So when your board breaks you would find a bike to get to the store or parkour it to the store.
Or maybe the chain or tires will pop after too much use.
Just some ideas, I’m sure EA can do better
Also, it’d be pretty cool to see some bmxers at the skateparks too, and maybe some friendly or not so friendly competition/beef between the 2. Maybe bmxers control an awesome park and wont let any skaters in and you have to compete with them to skate there without getting into a fight/jumped/thrown out. Not every park but a few biker havens would be cool.No teleporting in career mode. I wouldn’t want every place to be locked until you unlock it like GTA does, but in a career mode it’d be fun to add an element of traveling to the game. Which leads me to,
Transportation – Buses / Trains (with skippable rides) for faster transportation would be awesome. Also, a sort of GPS map to help you negotiate the bus lines. Some guy in game can tell you about a spot and show you it on a map and you go there, or maybe a group of skaters look like they’re about to go hit something and you could follow them to find a sick spot.
Better create a park – More items! More unlockables! Bigger Height limit! And way larger terrain cap!
Ok, well that’s enough typing for me, sorry for the wall of text lol.
Oh yeah one more thing, This is all my opinion and I’m entitled to it.
What do you think? Please leave comments!
Harakudoshi says
Not sure on the bikes. To me, it’d detriment on time and money, as well as memory space it. It’d hinder gameplay and not be very useful. I’d rather they put their all into a skating game, and a stand alone biking game. Same for inline skating. Since next gen runs off the cloud, hell they could make it so the three games can co-mingle in multiplayer.
Damien says
I´m thinking the same way like u
slogan says
Awsome ideas im sure if there was a vote for all the other skate 4 ideas im sure yours would win
Christopher H says
every skate game was improved in some way. 1-2 you could get off board, 2-3 made the walkin less sketch. i think skate 4 needs to have the sick graphics as next gen, the skating movements from skate 2 and walking like skate 3 just i cant stand when you run and get on your board its not like real skating. you like sprint and drop it under your feet, not cool imop. but i was hypin for a new skate cuz when i get home from a fatty sesh i love to kick it and skate in a game. tbh the skate 3 story blew ass chunks, it wasnt hell in a cell but id rather see skate 4 be like the life of being a skater. a real one who loves skating and appreciates the background. you should start out by making your guy and have story mode options like making a video part and getting your name out. get sponcors and do some contest. then if dont giva nut about goin pro you can just feeskate and do some online stuff and skate with the homies. i feel like the skate 3 underflip crap was bogus. the whole darkslide crap was wack. no disrespect to those tricks but i think instead of that stuff id love to see if they could make a nightmare flip, tre double, 540 shuvs and stuff. idk ea has yanked my marble satchel to the floor by keepin skate 4 away from the brothers. also skate 3 falling sucked dog logs. falling is apart of skating and skate 2 had it down. combine 2 and 3 and make it based of the life of a skater so when i get off my real board i can hop on my digital one and still kick it and have some fun. and to end. what the fuck is a powerslide in skate 3? cmon dino heads, skate 2 powerslides killed it, bombing hills is dope irl. in a skate game if you get sucked into the game it feels like your the guy, i think skate 2 powerslides need to be in skate 4. the skate 3 ones looked like you tried to powerslide in sand or some jungle grass, idk this shits skeet as fuck EA. give us skate 4 or else imma shit out some reds bearings into a coffee cup. duces bros!