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Charm is the saving grace that led to me having short-lived enjoyment.

NintendoWorldReport - Neal Ronaghan - 5 / 10Ī whimsical bird-focused take on skateboarding seemed delightful, but in execution, frustration dominated my playtime, whether it was struggling to find missions or battling with the loose controls. More of a turkey than a pretty boy, then, unfortunately. To top it off, the rudimentary graphics are needlessly hazy. While the core gameplay is functional, the play feel is not fluid and the level design and laborious structure are always working against the fun. However, despite its potential, the best parts of the concept are underused, with neither the miniature skaters nor the addition of wings bringing much to excite. SkateBIRD is a creative addition to a genre lacking in variety, and its fun concept has clearly been realised with a lot of love. SkateBIRD is a wonderful skateboarding game that plays familiar to THPS, but is as much its own game to separate the two. It’s not perfect by any means, and can often be a pretty frustrating experience, but with a plethora of menu options with which to simplify and improve that experience, it’s a game that should appeal to anyone who likes their games on four wheels and a deck.

SKATEBIRD PRICE PRO

Is it on the level of a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2? Or a Skate 3? Alas, no, but SkateBIRD successfully stands out from the crowd with a unique premise, lashings of charm and solid mechanics. Skatebird's rough skating mechanics are offset by its charming internet-age humor.

The birds and the way you can customize them to your heart’s content is really cute and the design of the skating grounds which make normal everyday objects feel so huge is a really great idea that is executed well but sadly because of bad camera design and kind of sluggish controls, the core skating gameplay is not as fun as it should be.Ĭultured Vultures - Ryan Stevens - 4 / 10ĭespite its amusing concept and charming vibes, Skatebird can't get far when it actually gets on the board.ĭigital Trends - Otto Kratky - 3 / 5 stars

Visually, levels are covered in a distracting blur effect for anything not in your immediate vision, which makes spotting collectibles or mission items more difficult than it should.Bazimag - Sina Golabzade - Persian - 6.5 / 10 Many grind rails lead to nowhere, half-pipes are often placed next to perilous drops, and even the opening level has multiple tiers of verticality to deal with before you’ve mastered the basics. Maintaining momentum has always been a core component of skateboarding games, but it feels like levels are unfairly fighting against you in SkateBIRD.

There are options to alleviate some issues, like adjustable sliders for balancing difficulty and steering sensitivity, but you still rarely feel the satisfying elegance of flying through levels – with far too much time spent constantly rebuilding speed to run the same tall obstacles. This wouldn’t be an issue if SkateBIRD was more precise, but too often you’ll fly off your board because of the jolting camera, awkward level design, or when a grind fails to register. This control system means every time you fall you have to ride around and perform tricks just to regain your momentum.

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