And most annoying of all is when you start off from a still position and start moving, the camera will jank around a bit trying to reposition itself.Another annoying thing about the game s controls is the fact that the developer opted to use the left analog stick for pulling off moves instead of the D-pad. It also has a tendency to zoom up close to your character when skating around. However the camera control is janky when trying to move it around to look at your surroundings. Much like THPS, SkateBIRD has the camera following behind your character. One of these issues is the camera placement. As much fun as this sounds, SkateBIRD has some issues that had me struggling. You’ll be doing ollies, 50-50 grinds and nose grabs in no time flat. Doing flip tricks, grabs, manuals, grinding, all of it is almost 1:1 with the THPS games, and that’s not a bad thing. When you start the game, it’s obvious thatGlass Bottom Games took inspiration from the Tony Hawk games when creating the game mechanics for SkateBIRD, specifically THPS 1, THPS 2 and the “open world” of THPS 4. With skating games, there are what I like to think are different styles of game mechanics: there’s the arcadey stylings of the early Tony Hawk games, the more realistic thumbstick flicking of EA’s Skate and other (i.e. There’s even an option for them to speak in birb. Again short, simple but really cute and endearing. Worried about their health, the skate bird recurts its friends and some outside help from other birds to cheer up Big Friend and try to fix whatever it is that is making them feel sad. Lately Big Friend has been looking pretty sad and tired, coming home late from work. You take on the role as the skate bird who lives with Big Friend (aka human owner). The story for SkateBIRD is pretty simple but really sweet and endearing. Now Glass Bottom Games hopes to be added to that comeback list with their game SkateBIRD. There have been plenty of misses in the last few years with skating games, but they have been slowly making a comeback with the like of Tony Hawk 1+2 Remaster, Oile Olie World coming out soon and the eventual return of Skate. Games like 720 and Skate or Die made it cool to be a skateboarder, while Tony Hawk Pro Skater and EA’s Skate pushed the sport into the mainstream. ![]() In most 80’s and 90’s media you would always see kids riding down to the local mall’s arcade or the corner store on their skateboards hanging out and playing arcade games. Skateboarding and video games have always gone hand in hand with each other.
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