What I wonder is if the people who complain about competitive skating in simulation games,
watch things like the x games and street league.
That's the way I've always viewed it.
The core is competitive, but you've got your fluckers, your danny ways, etc.
This is why skateboarding sims are so fascinating to me..
Even when you break main mechanics, it introduces new flaws, Mullen said it best, the flaws become their own, tiny adjustments to make it something worth while.
From there you expand, we see an actual trait, skate style, on a game.
So I've always told myself, everything wrong with the game is everything that is right.
Everything being done only helps us expand and branch out in the long run.
This is why I love the series to death, when it comes to other games..
I'll spot a flaw and want a refund.
With skate, it's a new way to play, a flaw isn't flawed, so crazy.

Things like the skate pack being DLC was a release issue, if I remember correctly.
Deadlines are game killers, and ea is just ea.
Shitty servers, buy new to play, etc. etc.