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Published: 2020-08-21, Author: Mat , review by: gamespot.com
Abstract: The world is full of spots. They invite you, seducing you into skating on them. A great skate spot encourages you to nail a line of tricks on it, pushing you to keep trying after every bail. An expertly placed ramp that leads you to a rail and down a flig...
Abstract: There hasn't been a good skateboarding game available for consoles in about ten years. We've watched Tony Hawk go peripheral, and a handful of one-off mobile games from a variety of developers. Until recently, even EA was quiet on the Skate series despite...
Skater XL feels incomplete. There's not a lot of content, and the game is lacking a personality, a vibe to engage the player. In a year that has Skate coming to mobile, the Pro Skater games being re-released (again), and Session also working its way throu...
Published: 2020-08-11, Author: Mat , review by: gamespot.com
Abstract: The world is full of spots. They invite you, seducing you into skating on them. A great skate spot encourages you to nail a line of tricks on it, pushing you to keep trying after every bail. An expertly placed ramp that leads you to a rail and down a flig...
Published: 2020-08-09, Author: Chris , review by: wccftech.com
The skateboarding itself is fantastic, offering a real sense of control and achievement once you get over the learning curve, Strong audio design, particularly that of the skateboard on different surfaces, Freedom (within the maps) to do whatever you want
However, it is lacking many maps and some aren't the best for skateboarding, not offering much in variety, Quite difficult and unapproachable, requires a lot of patience and effort to get used to, Maps are barebones and, sadly, completely empty. The game
Skater XL is, simply put, an unfinished product. It's a Skateboarding Simulation Game without the game. A barebones five developer-created maps and three user-created maps have no path, purpose or direction with just a handful of 'challenges' that are ide...
Skater XL tickles the same part of my brain as my favorite racing sims. It provides a compelling sandbox with enough depth that it makes me want to do a difficult thing well. It's simultaneously relaxing. You can fall on your face 500 times, but there are...
Skater XL is being positioned as a platform but on console it still feels a bit too much like a prototype. Regular glimpses of promise appear when I operate within its limits and focus on managing its complex controls and limit myself to earnest, realisti...
Skater XL is being positioned as a platform but on console it still feels a bit too much like a prototype. Regular glimpses of promise appear when I operate within its limits and focus on managing its complex controls and limit myself to earnest, realisti...
Pros, Individual left/right foot controls fosters skating creativity, Smooth skating animations, Well-designed levels, Replay editor lets you review lines, Licensed music, and a few real-world skater pros
Cons, Wonky fall animations, Limited character creation features, Occasional graphics clipping during testing, Lifeless environments
Bottom LineFresh out of Steam Early Access, Skater XL attempts to resurrect the once-popular skateboard game genre through the use of a creative, intuitive control scheme. The core skating action is good, but the game still has too many rough patches...
Abstract: However, playing on Xbox has exposed the fondly-regarded PC version's secret: it's heavily reliant on user-made mods to flesh it out. This has left the console version feeling extremely light on content at launch and, combined with some regularly occurrin...
