The year 2022 marked a turning point for the return of the skate license. since EA and Full Circle took the opportunity to give us a lot of information about this fourth opus. The last major news concerned the presentation trailer showing us the city of San Vansterdam, but today, it is leaks from the ongoing playtests that reveal new information that will leave many players perplexed.
The loot box model should be present in this new skate.
Released in May 2010, Skate 3 has not experienced all the developments that have appeared over the last ten years in terms of economic models and game service in video games. While license fans thought the new skate. could escape these not very virtuous and advantageous models for the players, we learned this summer that EA had chosen to make this new opus a free-to-play game service with microtransactions. Even if it is difficult to expect anything else, the disappointment of the fans was all the same palpable and who says “free-to-play game service” published by EA also says loot boxes.
Indeed, several testers who played the skate beta. on behalf of Full Circle and EA have confirmed to Insider Gaming reporters than skate. would contain a system of loot boxes called “Swag Bags”. These chests would be unlockable with “stars”, a kind of currency that can be earned by completing challenges or that can be exchanged for another currency called “Taps”. Suffice to say that this economic model is nothing new.
It would be possible to obtain “Taps” by advancing in the game, but according to the testers, it will be possible to buy them with real money. As for the cost of each loot box, the price would range from 2 to 3 stars, knowing that the items in the 3 star boxes would be rarer. For the rewards in question, the skateboard universe offers a wide range of accessories likely to attract customers, from skateboard stickers, clothing and even household furniture.
Note that each box would contain five individual objects and that it should be possible to see them before buying the box in question, as with the Preview Packs introduced in FIFA 22. On the other hand, it will only be possible to unlock one of these five objects. In addition, no percentage on the chance of receiving an item has been given and it will be possible to unlock duplicate items.
To date, there would be 16 loot boxes in skate. but EA and Full Circle will regularly supply the game with new features. The application of such an economic and reward model was foreseeable for skate., it will now be necessary to see if it is fair, “healthy” and does not harm the player experience.
skateboarding. currently has no release date, but will be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC as well as Xbox Series X|S and PS5. It will be cross-play and cross-progression compatible, so you can resume your game on any medium. A mobile version is also planned.
