Landing at an odd angle rarely sees me bailing, and a number of optional settings decrease the difficulty further by slowing down gameplay, triggering automatic grinds or triggering automatic tricks. In terms of bailing, a core feature of any skateboarding game, SkateBIRD is noticeably more forgiving than Tony Hawk’s titles-and certainly more forgiving than any Skate title. The mission structure reminds me of the story-based Tony Hawk’s titles, and so does the trick system, albeit with a healthy dose of Goat Simulator’s floaty physics stuffed in there for good measure. Spine transfer from one roof to another collect eight bags of tools and a blowtorch launch through the air using a ventilation exhaust-you get the idea. The game’s sandbox environments are populated by fellow animals who engage in brief, quip-filled exchanges with my little skate-birdie before sending them off on some skate-related task. If this title’s ludicrous outfits hasn’t already clued you in, SkateBIRD has its tongue buried well within its cheek. The demo randomises my bird’s appearance upon subsequent launches, but it’s this cowboy hat-wearing skatebirder who stays in my heart. Of course, that’s not the first thing I notice: that honour goes to my skateboard-riding avatar, a multicoloured little bird with 3D glasses and a cowboy hat. The demo thrusts me into the game’s second level, a collection of highrise rooftops connected by power lines. I find myself curious to see what it brings to the skateboarding genre and so I’ve downloaded the limited-time demo available in the Steam Game Festival: February 2021 Edition. And so I turn to SkateBIRD, the upcoming arcade skating sandbox from Glass Bottom Games. Perhaps I need to be taken down a peg or two and reminded of the absurdity and dangerousness-for an uncoordinated schmuck like me-of skating. I’m growing emboldened by the idea that it’s a good idea to go careening down a hill on a plank of wood attached to some polyurethane wheels. I, for one, can feel a worrying delusion working its way into my mind with all of these videogames serving as inspiration. #SKATEBIRD TRAILER PRO#Skating games are enjoying something of a resurgence lately, with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, the announcement of Skate 4 and indie projects like Skater XL making us fall in love with the pursuit of skateboarding once more. Previews // 12th Feb 2021 - 2 years ago // By Jamie Davies SkateBIRD Preview
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