Skate Story
Accessible on PC, PS5, Change 2
To paraphrase Fatboy Slim, the most effective time for skateboarding video games is proper right here, proper now. Between the Tony Hawk Professional 3 + 4 remasters, Skate kickflipping again to life, and some older video games like Session: Skate Sim, I’ve felt spoiled for selection with all the pieces on supply. However amongst them, Skate Story emerged as a gem of originality, model, and authenticity.
Whereas the efficiency on console has been mixed–at the time of writing, I am presently grabbing a brand new patch for it on my PS5–there’s an underdog attraction to Skate Story that makes it an instantaneous traditional. In any case, you are a demon made out of glass and ache who’s making an attempt to destroy the moons of hell with a well-timed pop shove-it, however Skate Story is greater than only a handsome recreation with wildly imaginative artwork course.
Skating has a tangible really feel within the recreation: a sensation of urethane wheels slowly being worn down as you ollie over demons and lean ahead to achieve some additional velocity, your contractually obligated fragility be damned. That feeling of fixed hazard, a close-up digicam angle with a fisheye lens that makes the sport appear to be it was filmed with a Sony DCR-VX1000, and an irreverent humorousness solely add to Skate Story’s attraction. — Darryn Bonthuys
