There is free roam and its called Free-Skate. You can play any level as long as you want. You have a level editor to make massive levels of your own plus the ones offered are god tier. Its a high combo gameplay style. It all flows....Skate you go do a grind on the steps....then 5 seconds move to another object and so on, its boring.
The charm in these games is objectives, they were made for PS1. Of course there were no massive levels at that time possible. Then again i cant say all maps are small besides skateparks which in reality are never huge, not sure if you ever saw one in real life.
$40 for 2 games with the most addicting gameplay, probably best OST in any game. And yes there was a demo on PS4 before it released. At the end of the day this is a game for fans of the originals and it was a total remake yet it kept what made originals awesome.
I'm not saying the game is bad at all. Just not my cup of tea. I loved skate 2. The massive world, hell it could be a 1/4 of the size of that and I wouldn't of cared. The joy of doing grinds on the railings of some court like building and holding on to the back of a car for speed was just fun. Being chased by cops. The cool drainage/sewer pipes that went down a large concrete hill. The being able to record everything when that was a new thing. It was an amazing game. Sucks its been over a decade for a new one.
Maybe I will give this a go again, I really only put about an hour or two into it and I sucked at it. The tutorials took a while and after that i don't remember the game giving a direction on what to do. I am not that familiar with skating outside of video games and the little I did in real life back in the early 1990s (which was basic shit ollies, and just cruising).
So will replay once Sony and retailers get their act togeather and I can actually purchase a ps5 without forking out a grand. My launch day ps4 sounds like a rocket ship after 5 minutes of being on. I am not risking playing it until i have a ps5 replacment. Not shelling out for a new ps4 when the ps5 plays all those games.