How EA could make Skate 4 a triumph

After Tony Hawk’s Pro glitch fest, gamers want Skate 4 more than ever: here’s what EA needs to include.

[TLG1991]

after THP5 has given people the hype for a skateboarding game all they really need to do is just release someone that you wont glitch and throw you miles when you try to do a simple ollie.

[3-4-5]

Skate 4 is needed.

The Tech is here to take Skate to another level and make it even more realistic, not sure why they don't do it.

Give us multiple cities EA.

[iSuperSaiyanGod]

Multiple city's would be awesome or a tour type mode after you get signed

[Black0ut]

Skate 4 is definitely needed. As TLG1991 pointed out, THPS5 has indeed given the skating genre a boost in interest and there is definitely more than a healthy market of fans out there.

I just bought Skate 2& Skate 3 on 360 while on sale and they're still bloody incredible games.

Time will tell but imo things are looking promising.

Let THPS be a prime example of what NOT to do in a skate game let alone any game. It's almost a good thing that it came out in order to bring up discussions for a decent skating game to be made!

[lipton101]

I feel they're so pubescent at best. When I was a kid I liked them, I guess I was a part of the original tony hawk generation. But now in my late 20's with a wife and kid, I roll my eyes at these skateboarding games. I can never see myself playing one again. But snowboarding games, on the other hand, like SSX, I can still jam that all day long. I wish they'd bring those back.

[iceman06]

The thing about what you are saying is that, while YOU grew past them, doesn't mean that everybody who was part of that Tony Hawk generation has. That being said, I can't see it being on the same level as then sales-wise (as skating isn't as high profile as it once was in pop culture). It's trying to make a comeback. But, it's nowhere near where it once was.

There is STILL a market, as the new THPS has shown, for skating games. The question is whether that market is enough for a company to invest money in trying to reach it again? They did it with SSX to huge success. I'd say it's worth a gamble.

[user9950279]

make it. and make it more like the original SKATE. They really nailed the weightyness of riding in that game. Would love a new gen skate with all the balls and whistles.

[DanielEndurance]

I believe it's "bells and whistles," but if you want balls that's cool bro.

[Scatpants]

I would like the next Skate game to have huge balls.

[boing1]

I would love new Skate game. Still going back to Skate 2 from time to time.

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

I only played Skate 3 and it was so much worse than Underground. There is no story mode and I couldn't play online because it required a online code that was supposed to come with it but for some reason didn't come with my brand new copy. It felt very bare-bones in my opinion with no real purpose other than random challenges that I could care less about. I don't know what Skate 1 and 2 are like but in my opionion Skate 3 is the worse Skateboarding game I've ever played and I've played THPS1-THAW.

[boing1]

Skate 3 was crap. Second one was the best IMO.

[JoeReno]

Skate 1 & 2 were both fun. Never bothered with skate 3. I just had a feeling it was going to be crap

[PS3Freak]

Skate 3 was not crap. It was still good, just not as good as the 2nd. Still the best skateboarding series ever.

[lipton101]

Yeah, this game would be awesome in like 2004. I just don't see the average gamer over the age of 23 going for a game like this. Just seems so pubescent to me.

[WizzroSupreme]

Well, making it work will be a good thing.

[Chocoburger]

Skate is a terribly overrated series, with awful framerates (especially on PS3 where I bought it for), and filled with glitches as well.

What we always needed was a NEVERSOFT skateboarding game, not a Black Box or a Robomodo game.