No more single city

[Bud Muhnquai]

So I just found out that there's no longer one single city, which for me was one of the best things about Skates 1 and 2 - the freedom to skate for miles, one end of town to the other...

Totally bummed in the gob on this one.

How's everyone else feel about this? I mean, sure, I teleported a lot, but just as often rode the city end to end.

Sorry if this has already come up, but I've not been around on here for like a long long time.

[schnavolda]

you have to weigh the pros and cons.

sure, you don't have one big city but each of the three districts is a lot larger than 1/3 of san van, at least that's what you hear.

the game might run a lot faster with less city to stream, so less frame drops like at the library in s2 hopefully.

and honestly, how often did you skate san van from top to bottom?

for me, it's no big deal really. i always teleport around. i only skate around aimlessly when looking for new spots. i can still do that in each of the three sections.

it may sound like a step backwards but i guess we won't be missing it in the end.

[Bud Muhnquai]

"how often did you skate san van from top to bottom?"

Hmmm... probably one in three sessions, at most, but still, going to miss it. I'm dreading the thought of invisible walls. You're probably right, it will make it smoother and will probably be handled in the best possible way, but it'll still feel weird... at least for a while.

This minor setback hasn't really diminished my skatelove, though. I'm super ready for 3.

[schnavolda]

I'm dreading the thought of invisible walls.

i think it will be like the current maps borders. mountains, houses or walls or large hedges or something. it will be like three totally self-contained areas.

there will never be stuff like an ongoing street where you just can't skate further at some point.

[Demzilla]

you can still skate from one area to another..
you just wont be in a city..
youll be on the interstate...

while i dont like the idea of splitting the areas up..
the pros weight over too much to ignore...

and hopefully later these areas become cities and we have our gta size multi city weve all dreamed for...

[pawnluvguitarist]

wonder what kind of estimate they have going for how big PC is compared to SV, like just a rough estimate...

[ell595]

you can still skate from one area to another..
you just wont be in a city..
youll be on the interstate...

Wait....what?

So you can glitch up onto the interstate like in S1 and skate to the next part?

Doesn't that go against what they said about having to stream a whole city at once causing frame drops?

[blackhawk17]

wait!!?!?! its really not all connected?? WTF?

IMA HELLA MISS A FULL CITY
i used to skate top to bottom and vice versa day in and day out.
fucking bummbed....