A former developer on Skate has admitted they wish the team were allowed at least one more year to work on the game instead of it being pushed out into early access.

Although it’s not quite at the heights of Half-Life 3 or anything, a new Skate game is something that fans of the classic trilogy spent years begging EA for. After all, there was an entire decade between the launch of Skate 3 and the long-awaited confirmation that a brand new game was being developed in 2020.

Even with all of that hype and a pretty generous five years of development, it’s fair to say that the Skate reboot didn’t come close to living up to the anticipation. While it had strong mechanics and some good additions to the formula, the always-online focus, monetisation, slow rollout of features, and more ended up holding it back. In fact, even former developers wish it wasn’t released in the state it was.

Earlier today, the official Skate account announced that the series’ namesake mode, S.K.A.T.E, is finally being added to the game on December 1. That means it’s taken more than a whole year to add a mode that’s synonymous with both the franchise and skating games in general, something that fans were quick to point out.

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The post even drew the attention of Adrian Campos , a former developer on the game who worked as as senior environment review artist before unfortunately being let go at the start of this year.

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