If this wasn’t the case, this would have been a great skating game. This becomes a problem when I have 120 seconds to collect seven things and now, I have to climb a ramp again because I hit an edge at just the wrong angle. It was almost like edges in the game served as a reset for motion. There were times I would absolutely touch a lip, but the game wouldn’t have my initiate a grind or I would hit a small bump and my bird and skateboard would either flip without warning, or worse, would pop my in the air and take away my entire velocity. On top of all of this, the hit detection could have used a bit of leeway.
Then, I run into the issue of not being fast enough to reach a jump or get high enough for a collectable. The problem is, when moving fast, it’s hard to actually aim a turn properly. This game really wants player moving at all times. First, it’s difficult to actually turn from a standstill. What dampens the experience is the movement in the game. It’s there, it’s never overly long or intrusive, and has a few jokes thrown in that may give the player a chuckle. There is a simple story here told mainly through mission givers and it leans into the tongue-in-cheek nature of the fact that birds are skateboarding. Trying to actually find a mission giver in some of these areas would take much longer than it should in some cases. Many of the levels are sometimes a bit too big for their own good. Players start off in the bedroom, but after doing a certain number of missions, they unlock more levels to take on with their own set of objectives. There are collectables in the levels that can add to the soundtrack, new clothing accessories to dress up my bird, and other cosmetic things. Much of that didn’t matter since I could always do a double jump and a quick flip if I needed an extra combo multiplier. Screeching is designated via a button that would extend my combo for a short time just incase I wasn’t close to a grinding area or a ramp. I could also keep my combo going by screeching. The higher the combo, the faster my speed would increase. If I wanted to get to a higher lip, I would have to do a few tricks to bring up my combo.
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Just like in the Pro Skater series, players will skate around doing tricks, performing combos, and doing small missions that vary from collecting letters, to reaching a certain location in a timed manner. This came in handy a few times since jumping and controlling can be an issue at times. One unique thing is since I’m playing as a bird, I can also double jump with the flap of my wings.
It feels a lot like the Hawk games we all know with simple flip tricks and grabs that can be done via a button press and a direction. SkateBIRD is literally what the title says – a skateboarding game with birds. While the material may be strange, for the most part, this is classic skateboarding a la Tony Hawk (hehe, I get it) mixed in with a few features that normally don’t come with the pro skater. Strange how things come together, isn’t it? I can’t believe I’m actually playing a skateboarding game that features birds, but here I am.
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