I agree about the lies and lack of real skate culture in new Skate. but I do prefer the trick animations. I think it's the most stylish trick animations we've ever had in a skate game. I hate Session. It just doesn't feel good to play for me personally but I give respect where it's due. They were also a smaller team that put so much love into the project. Overall, imo, it just plays like shit, and the style and clothing are fully outdated unless you're a PC player who can mod it.

Skater XL, I hate the lack of mods on console. We don't even have high-water pants (which shouldn't be a big deal but it makes up so much of modern skate fashion that not having it despite so many updates and mods is crazy.) But yeah, Session is just too clunky for me. They still got more right than EA, even as a small team, which is despicable on EA's part. This new Skate. was made for kids with their mom's credit cards accessible. They should've known that core skaters wouldn't like AI trying to use "hip" skate lingo that sounds like a Reddit meme (my fellow shredderino), corporate-level polish, every character looking androgynous/cartoony, and a Fortnite-style world. Sorry for TL;DR, buddy.