![]() In the end, Skatebird is a charming but flawed game. This cute indie game successfully delivers a goofy skateboarding experience most of the time, but annoying and plain inconsistent movement as well as some boring level design prevent SkateBIRD from being great. If you've ever desired to roleplay as a variety of avian creatures with a tendency to pull off sick tricks on four-wheeled boards, then SkateBIRD is basically your only option. Windows Central - Zachary Boddy - 3.5 / 5 stars ![]() Skatebird had potential, and I hate to drag it down, but I simply did not have an enjoyable experience with it. Overall, SkateBird is way more reminiscent of the janky but sometimes enjoyable games that came out in the wake of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater's success than the original product itself. 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. 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 Glass Bottom Games provided us with a Skatebird Switch code for review purposes.Bazimag - Sina Golabzade - Persian - 6.5 / 10 It’s the sort of game that you’ll want to love - right up until the moment you play it, at which point you’ll just be left saying, “But it looks so cute!” Ignore the cuteness, focus on the gameplay, and skip this one altogether. Everything is next to impossible in Skakebird. Not only does it have delightful visuals (especially as the birds wear ever-more-outlandish costumes), it’s backed by a fantastic lo-fi soundtrack that it’s easy to imagine grooving along to on a skateboard.īut grooving is next-to-impossible in Skatebird. From a purely aesthetic perspective, Skatebird has so much going for it. Couple that with controls that aren’t exactly tight and a camera that doesn’t take sharp turns very well, and you can see where the whole thing falls apart. Even at the easiest, most forgiving difficulty level, it’s still impossible to chain together many tricks without wiping out. Again, while even that looks adorable beyond words, it’s not the most enjoyable experience. In practice, your bird is the weakest skater imaginable, barely able to muster up any speed before it falls off its board and rolls around on the ground waiting for you to reset him. This means that you skate on pizza boxes and cushions, around pop bottles, and up little, tiny, bird-sized ramps, pulling off ollies and nosegrabs and grinds and all kinds of other tricks as you go. It gives you decent-sized skateparks to explore, each of them filled with small everyday objects that look huge next to your bird. Much like the little birds in the game, Skatebird tries so hard to be fun. Unfortunately, while I can’t imagine anyone hating Skatebird, I also can’t imagine anyone liking it all that much, either, for the simple reason that it’s not very fun to play. It’s easily one of the cutest games I’ve played in quite some time. It’s an adorable game about birds who like to skateboard, and they do so in tiny little worlds filled with everyday objects.
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