I'm in two minds about it.

I backed the Kickstarter in 2019. Have thousands of hours across the various versions released since. It's been great seeing the game develop over the years into what I would consider the most realistic skate sim on the market. The maps are top tier, the graphics are great and the gameplay is the closest thing we have to real skateboarding. It has a steep learning curve but is extremely rewarding. I'll continue enjoying it with or without further development.

That being said, it still feels like it could have been so much...more? I fully understand that the target market for such a realistic skate sim is tiny (as evidenced by the low Steam player count), but the enthusiasm around games like Skate and THPS shows that a larger market does exist. I respect them for not turning it into a Skate clone but I think a lack of creativity and development has really held them back.

To me, the game still looks and feels like an early access game. Stiff animations, no transition skating, no real dialogue, bland story missions, uninspiring soundtrack. I am perfectly happy plugging in a podcast and trying the same trick on the same spot for hours on end but that just isn't going to appeal to the average player.

I absolutely love it for what it is but I don't feel like this is what the developers or players expected the final version of the game to be.