A wise man as soon as mentioned: “I will face God and walk backwards into hell”. But why stroll when you’ll be able to tear by 9 circles of damnation on 4 wheels and a stable deck? Skate Story, presently in improvement by indie developer Sam Eng, is skateboarding like I’ve by no means seen earlier than. Gone are butt-rock anthems and Jackass-tier celebs. This is skateboarding for the supernatural, tearing a radical line from our mortal actuality all the best way down into the underworld.
Skating games are in a bizarre place. For higher or worse, Tony Hawk continues to be on an indefinite Pro Skating hiatus, and there’s no signal Skate four is occurring anytime quickly. But within the indie house, you’ll be able to’t actually transfer for bodacious sk8er bois.
In one nook, you’ve received Session reviving Skate’s low-angle technicals. In one other, Skatebird is bringing again arcadey combo-busting – resurrecting Pro Skater’s breezey methods by taking the “Hawk” a part of Tony’s identify manner, manner too actually.
Earlier at this time although, this weird picture ollied its manner onto my Twitter feed. I used to be enthralled. Who is that this crystalline Chad Muska tearing their manner in the direction of a crimson solar? Why is the lad from Superhot powering by Richard Perrin’s Kairo?
— Skate Story (@skatestorygame) February 16, 2020
This is Skate Story, developer Sam Eng’s newest trick. Described as “new game about skating down into the underworld”, Skate Story drops mullet-toting stoners for a supernatural descent into the skateboarding afterlife. That doesn’t imply it isn’t taking the act of skating lethal critical, although – it appears like Eng is choosing a Skate-esque method, mirroring the hand-held digicam angles and thumbstick kickflips.
hopefully the 360 flip and kickflip to manny come out is sufficient to distract you from the unhealthy lighting and lack of shadows pic.twitter.com/GBYZ11AEeJ
— sam eng (@bysameng) February 16, 2020
Eng’s final game was Zarvot, a self-described “emotional cube game” for Switch. It had its appeal, however – for me – Skate Story’s alien routes knock it out of the park. Vast, oppressive vistas giving method to tight, intimate paths, metropolis blocks and rainswept streets giving method to otherworldly chambers. Skating games shouldn’t appear like this – and but, Skate Story does, and I very a lot want it. Let me 360 nosegrab my manner straight into oblivion.
Skate Story is coming “soon”, with no confirmed platforms right now. In truth, the official website presently simply exhibits an ominous pair of ft. Fair.
