EA Revealed ‘Pre-Pre-Pre Alpha’ Skate Footage On Purpose This Time

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EA has lastly peeled again the griptape on developer Full Circle’s subsequent Skate recreation…sorta. It’s not like there’s an official launch date or any definitive information aside from the truth that the crew is “still working” on it. However, at present EA Full Circle did drop some “pre-pre-pre-alpha” gameplay footage displaying off what’s been within the works and yeah, this new Skate recreation appears heckin’ dope.

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You may’ve already seen bits of this footage. Pre-alpha gameplay of the following Skate recreation—colloquially dubbed Skate 4, although it ought to completely be referred to as Sk4te—leaked in April. It confirmed some open-world skateboarding just like Skate 3 however a bit extra arcade-y and expansive, with hilarious ragdoll physics and a few solid-looking skateboarding mechanics. EA pulled that footage, however now it’s prepared to indicate us extra. The writer posted a minute-and-a-half-long video to Twitter and YouTube of what you’ll be able to anticipate every time this recreation launches, and it appears it’ll take inspiration from latest skateboarding video games like Session and Skater XL.

So yeah, that is completely “pre-pre-pre alpha.” But what’s on show right here appears actual stable. The audio of polyurethane wheels scraping towards asphalt or the tail of the board sliding alongside a metallic rail sounds perf. The flip of the board has some good life like rotations, too. This is bread and butter stuff for a skateboarding recreation, however the subsequent Skate entry appears to take it additional. In the pre-pre-pre alpha footage, we see exact grind and flip management, which is nice for folk who wanna play extra technically. There are additionally extra arcade-like components with unrealistic physics to assist with methods on flat floor reminiscent of backflipping over a automotive. And it appears you are able to do all of this on-line, in what seem like large on-line skateboarding periods. My physique’s completely prepared.

An EA spokesperson declined to reply questions, merely directing gamers to join future testing by the Skate Insider program. You’ll want an EA account to finish the registration, and there’s no date for when a playtest will begin. There’s additionally no assure that you simply’ll get chosen for the following session after signing up, although the Skate Insider web site does make clear that there can be “more opportunities in the future” to play the sport. So, be sure you monitor these inboxes.

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Who is aware of once we’ll really get to see Skate 4, Sk4te, the following Skate recreation, or regardless of the hell we’re calling it. It’s a disgrace EA didn’t have extra to say, however the subsequent Skate is gonna dwell rent-free in my head now because of this new pre-pre-pre alpha footage.