#SKATEBIRD BRINGING IT HOME FULL#

There are some good things though, and the level designs are pretty fun. In fact, some of the challenges forced me to genuinely rage quit, take a little breather and come back with a clear head not because they are particularly hard, but that the terrible control system and off kilter physics make some of them so difficult to actually pull off. It made me remember how many insanely creative and fun challenges there have been in other skating games I’d played before. This is however both a blessing and a curse. It is definitely able to inject some great feelings of nostalgia, reminding me how many hours I’ve sunk into those iconic skateboarding games. The missions themselves are reminiscent of early Tony Hawk games collect a certain number of items, find this/that, hit combos, do tricks and the like. Obviously that makes the whole speed/finesse aspect of the game even more annoying. This became increasingly tiresome and I avidly went out of my way to try and never come to a complete standstill. This means it throws you off your placement where you are on the map, immediately needing to reverse itself to continue going forwards. When you bring yourself to a standstill, by holding down on the left thumb stick, the camera jolts 180 degrees. The camera is also insanely jerky and the odd angles it delivers can be incredibly frustrating.

Everything from then on feels the same in SkateBIRD. This minimal array of tricks gets old pretty fast and within 30 minutes I felt like all the variety had been seen. You can perform a small variety of flip tricks such as kickflips and impossibles, you can grind, stall and also grab your board, but because you don’t have arms you grab it with your beak, sadly limiting the amount of grabs at your disposal.

I found I was having to reset again and again as I wildly flapped my tiny wings, not able to get over a ramp or not able to reach an area as my board kept getting stuck on the terrain, for reasons beyond me. Things can be adjusted slightly in the menu system, but I don’t understand why the game should even have this setting just slow the damn bird down. If you have a mission where some kind of finesse is involved, I wish you good luck.

#SKATEBIRD BRINGING IT HOME FULL#

You see, in SkateBIRD you can’t seem to move slowly, instead left to blast full kilt in any direction. This makes navigating each area, frankly, beyond frustrating. You’re a lot lighter for one, but you also don’t push off the floor with your foot and you slightly glide/float. Playing as a bird/birb is different to that of a human. Just a couple of minutes with this game and you’ll understand why people are buzzing about it.No matter how long I played as a birb, I still found it difficult to understand the physics of SkateBIRD. It knows what it wants to achieve: Have fun going around beautifully designed courses and learn some cool tricks. It all feels so fun and refreshing.Īdditionally, the game doesn’t take itself too seriously. This small budget doesn’t take away from Skatebird’s amazing experience. In fact, the lead developer Megan Fox claimed she spent around twenty thousand in total. It seems like a lot of time was poured into the physics of this game, which is pretty impressive given that Glass Bottom Games didn’t have a large budget. Grinding a rail, riding a wall, and transitioning into a quarter pipe feels pretty realistic. Despite being such a cute and funny concept, the skateboard mechanics actually are pretty decent. It hasn’t been done before, so this novelty is pushing the game ahead of many other games that have been announced this year at E3. To start, the concept of a bird doing tricks on a skateboard is pure genius. So what is Skatebird and why is it gaining so much attention? This gave Skatebird the perfectly opportunity to steal the spotlight. This year, many expected to hear more details on Skate 4 or Session. That’s pretty incredible and just goes to show you that out of unique ideas, greatness is possible. It’s receiving just as much buzz as the big AAA games, in fact. This small game got its start on Kickstarter not too long ago, and since then, it’s gained so much positive feedback. Sounds like a particularly odd combination, but somehow, it all works. The trailer shows off a cute little bird skateboarding like the pros. This game pretty much came out of left field, which is being developed by Glass Bottom Games. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch.Īll of these reveals were amazing, but one game that seemed to steal the show was Skatebird. And, Banjo-Kazooie is coming to Super Smash Bros. A sequel to The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild is in the works.

We finally got a little more details on Cyberpunk 2077 told by none other than Keanu Reeves. So far at E3, we’ve seen some amazing announcements.

Skatebird bringing it home