![]() ![]() The rest…well, at least it’s free on Xbox Game Pass. Perhaps a sequel or a patch will improve things.įor now though, Skatebird offers a few moments of enjoyable absurdity, like when I crashed and my bird endlessly rolled around on the ground until I hit a button. Perhaps if the camera wasn’t an out-of-control pain in the tail feathers and the gameplay was more reliable and precise, I would have had a better time. After about 20 minutes I was forcing myself to play more Skatebird. But if that sounds awful to you, be warned that all of the game’s uninspired missions use this style of writing.īut again - you are a cute bird riding a skateboard! That’s got to be worth something? And it is, for a very short time. Then again, these are adorable birds so I don’t mind that too much. This is the kind of game where words like “doge” and “birb” and “spoopy” are a standard part of the lexicon. The dialogue is very meme-ish and internet-ish. There is a story in Skatebird, but the writing might make you toss your controller at the screen, assuming you haven’t already done that already over your bird missing a simple 50-50 to kickflip. (The number of times I tried to get up a ramp only to miss it over and over again as I tried to turn my bird around…) It leads to a frustrating experience, especially as you struggle to put up with an annoying camera and finicky steering controls. ![]() Sometimes I’d land and think “Wow, they let me land that!” and other times I’d crash for what seemed like no reason. Landing a trick is essentially a roll of the dice. Grinding and manuals feel awful because they have no friction to them. Tricks don’t really look like tricks as a result and instead just look like a bird freaking out. The birds in Skatebird flap around as you skate, making it hard to actually know what you’re doing. But while the THPS games are all about precision action, fluid motion, and responsive gameplay, Skatebird is, well…a bird on a skateboard. Even the combo and scoring systems are directly pulled from the popular skating series. The controls are nearly identical, using the same buttons to pull off grinds, flips, stalls, and manuals. Skatebird is clearly inspired by Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Skatebird review: It’s no Tony Hawk, but it features tiny hawks MSRP 19.99 Score Details Skatebird's rough skating mechanics are offset by its charming internet-age humor. ![]()
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