Get your knee and elbow pads prepared, EA have lastly rolled out some extra details about its upcoming open-world skateboarding recreation, Skate. That is the primary bit of reports we have had since final 12 months’s extremely temporary announcement and it’s within the type of a shin-shredding “pre-pre-pre-alpha” gameplay trailer.
“We informed you we’re again, and we’re nonetheless engaged on it – but it surely’s time so that you can see what we’ve been as much as,” EA mentioned. “It’s nonetheless early, however we wish to get this proper and which means we wish you to be part of it.” Don’t be postpone by the very fact it’s labeled as an early-early-early-look, there’s nonetheless heaps stuffed within the trailer’s one and a half minutes to get enthusiastic about. Take a look on the video under to test it out.
So yeah, it positively seems to be like Skate continues to be in very early manufacturing (most of the environments and characters are nonetheless lumpy, textureless shapes), however we get a superb take a look at crucial a part of the sport: the skating.
Methods look clear and exact, with the video displaying loads of slick kick-flips, ollies, and rail grinding. There are additionally parkour components with participant characters working up partitions, leaping off rooftops, and swinging from beams. Appears just like the listing of the way your ragdoll skater can break each bone of their physique simply acquired an entire lot longer.
Should you’re hyped about getting caught in, EA are taking sign-ups for Skate’s closed beta testing. They are saying that there’s no assure of how quickly you’ll be capable to play, however the Skate Insider Q&A says that the playtesting schedule will evolve as improvement progresses pointing to the potential of extra testing alternatives sooner or later.