True Skate

App Store Editors’ Notes

Great game, minor inconveniences

Ive been playing the game for about 7 years (since December of 2015), and I can say that this game is probably the most enjoyable skateboarding game i’ve ever played. Ive played Skate 3, Skater XL, and several other games and this always persist. This game has so much diversity (if you have the money), from vert skating to realistic skating. Its all around an amazing time killer too, and it also got me to start skateboarding in real life. However, it’s now time to get into the inconveniences. 1 Inconvenience would be the prices of maps. They aren’t crazy (like 1 dollar a map), but it adds up. My recommendation’s for your first map would be 2017 Tampa, SLS Hangar, or Mondo Ramp. Another inconvenience would be the Subscription required for DIY parks, which gives u Unlimited access to all DIY parks for 5 dollars a month. Now I love this game and everything about it, but at this point it seems like they’re charging too much. Although, the starter map is very good unlike another skateboarding game on mobile. The community is absolutely amazing, including the devs who are super layed back. They allow just enough glitches that are fun, but don’t break the game. Overall, this game is wonderful if you’re willing to dish out a few dollars, but really you don’t have another option so they can ask as much as they want.

Great Game

So I got the game and played it for a while and it feels great. Advices: Show Skateboarder Legs💯 Physics Version💯 Realistic Mode🙅‍♂️ The “Show Skateboarder Legs” makes you feel more realistic and fun to play. I like the way it is designed that part of the body is half opaque and the shoes are 100% visible. And there are even some animations for the character, that’s really great. I didn’t notice there is a “Realistic Mode” there until I read some worst ratings of this game, and then I tried it, and it sucked. The default mode is actually the “Fly Mode” or “On the Moon Mode”, which means the physics in it are too fake or the gravity is too little. The “Realistic Mode” is like “Mini Fly Mode”, although it greatly reduces the jump height or flip height, but it feels really rigid and sticky. No matter how light or hard I tried doing the tricks, the jump height is always that same little. Finally, the “Physics Version” should be called the “Real Realistic Mode”, because with the physics version on, you can really control and steer your board or player, the jump height is good and the feeling of control is realistic, it varies when you’re doing the tricks with different strength. So my advice would be, change the physics version to default and get rid of realistic mode. You can still keep current default mode and change it to fly mode or something to add some additional fun(For instance, people can do some impossible jumps with it if they want).

Fun Game / SUPER BUGGY

True skate is a super fun game there’s no doubt about that. I love how it’s physics based and the tricks aren’t just the same animations. However, this is also THE buggiest game/app I have ever owned, I mean that literally. It’s bad, really bad, half of the time the app just crashes for no reason. Then gets stuck in this loop trying to open it but it crashes so you have to constantly delete the app and reinstall it just get out of the crashing loop just to be able to play it. But then all your settings reset and all of your in game mods erase it’s beyond frustrating. More than half of the features just stop working like the replay editor the camera stops blending smoothly and does whatever it wants. The shop is beyond buggy even though they just revamped the whole thing. It’s frustrating because this game has SO much potential to be incredible. The last thing, the lack of content. It’s not right to have to rely on members in the modding community to keep sandbox alive (in game paid subscription to mods) because without them it would be dead. It’s mainly one person who adds new stuff that’s it. True skate every now and then adds new SLS maps but that’s it as well, no street maps, no creative made up parks, just these smaller SLS parks most players don’t like to skate they want street maps. I really hope they fix a lot of stuff because this game could be 5 stars EASILY! But for now, it doesn’t feel like a finished product.

This game is great

First off I wanna say that this game is awesome, I play it all the time and I love it. The reason I’m only giving 4 stars is because of a few reasons. The first is that when you purchase a new deck after 20 minutes of playing with it, it gets so scratched up from skating with it. I think this problem could be fixed by just adding a reset button for it. I tried fixing this myself by equipping a different deck and then switching back to the one I had just bought, but when I tried to switch back, I had to buy the deck again. I also think that the way you get money in this game should be different. Instead of getting money for just skating around, I think you should get money by doing the missions and getting 100 for the first mission 125 for the second and it just goes up by 25 for each new mission. This would also solve the next problem I have which is that everything in this game is very expensive. This can be a good thing because it encourages people to grind for the stuff they want but is made kind of stupid because you can just buy the money but I also understand this from the devs perspective because the need money. Overall if you’re reading this review, please download this game, it’s amazing.

Goofy tricks

I play this game religiously. Whenever I’m on a call or whenever I’m bored, in an area with no wifi. Just anywhere I can. It is my favorite iPhone game yet there are a couple issues with it. For one, I normally skate goofy so I switched my settings to goofy. However whenever I do tricks such as a frontside flip, it will strangely count it as a switch back heel. This is incredibly annoying in a game of skate when my opponent is regular and has complete control of their tricks. Ive had to play games of skate either in person or on call so I know that the trick I called has a whiteness if it says it’s not the right trick. The second thing also have to do with the game of skate. Whenever I ride off of a ledge or accidentally pop a little it counts tbat as my trick. A system in which it recognizes the trick you select and ends your turn if you do that said trick wrong is good but again it should analayze the flip and turn of the trick instead of counting the first pop as the actual return or setting trick. Overall tbis game is wonderful I love the hard progression with the bolts as it sort of references real life advancements. The customization aswel as price of the sandbox is comprehensible and enjoyable.

Potential

I’ve always loved this game, I come back and download it every once in a while when my boredom of it subsides and I need my True Skate fix again. The only issue I have is just that, boredom. You pay for a game that basically gives you a free trial. Why am I paying for a game that doesn’t give me the full game? That’s the trick, you feel like you’ve already invested your money so why not pay a little more for a new map. There are only so many spots on the starter map to skate before it gets boring. Not to mention the points system is buggy and sometimes when you spend your points on a custom board it resets completely, not only taking your points but also giving you a fresh, empty board. No custom design, and no cool wear marks that you’ve spent hours working on. The funny thing is, this game used to be free with the same content it has now. If I could give suggestions that would make this the perfect True Skate, include the “DLC” maps as playable maps from the get-go. That’s the purpose of buying a game, you shouldn’t have to deal with add-ons. Your money is made when people purchase the game. Also, fix the points system if it hasn’t been fixed already. It really takes a lot of grinding (literally) to customize your deck and when it takes your points and gives you nothing like a broken vending machine, it’s pretty frustrating.

Great Game....but

Ok first off, yes great game, get the mondo ramp it makes the game...um, actually enjoyable? The original map is the worst thing I have ever seen, I have never used it, I only play the other map because everything in the original is wwwaaayyy too small, and seriously, some of the challenges aren’t a test of how good you are it’s how lucky you are that day...#26 - do 5 board slides in 20 seconds, that’s a joke right, took me 10 minutes which I know sounds like nothing but it’s all luck...how fast can u turn around and get back to your rail. So fix those and make a better original map and you’re game would be the best out there IMO. On the other hand...I love the concept, very fun, very entertaining, I like how you can alter your settings so you don’t die if you fall too far, see legs, glitch mode, I also love that the board is very hard control...in that if you’re doing a heel flip and you swipe right to far on the top of the board it will do the flip tilting your board just how it would in real life. That is how skating is in real life, the slightest adjustments throw you off, it’s how it should be even if it is annoying at times...keep up the good work!

What’s with the tail slides not counting?????????¿¿¿???

Honestly this has to be one of my favorite games of all time to play on my phone. I’ve played since I was about 10 when I had and iPod touch. I’ve never had problems with the tail slides and nose slides however I have not played the game in about a year. I downloaded it again about a week ago and I’ve been having problems with them popping up. It will give me score for them but it will only count as an Ollie so my multiplier doesn’t go up. It’s really weird cuz there’s no way I could get and score of 500 by just doing an Ollie. A lot of the time it will eventually pop up and say tail slide or nose slide but it takes like 1-3 seconds to register it. It’s a bit annoying but the game is still really great otherwise. I like how there’s two parks you can buy for credits. Also why is there a cap for how many credits you can earn in a line. I get lines of 50 to 70 thousand sometimes and I still get the same amount if I were to get a 20 thousand line. There’s pretty much no reason to get a good line if your trying to save up money for something. It was nicer to see 500 credits being added when you got a line of 50,000.