“The Ultimate Skateboarding Game”, eh? That’s a daring declare you’re making there, Skater XL. While the park could have been empty while you began early entry, even Tony Hawk is returning to trip some verts lately. Now, builders Easy Day Studios goal to drag off their sickest trick but – taking the coaching wheels off Skater XL and launching its profession correct with immediately’s 1.zero launch.
Yes, I do know skateboards don’t have coaching wheels. Shhh.
Naturally, Skater XL couldn’t depart early entry empty-handed. Easy Day Studios have inaugurated the game’s 1.zero launch with a honking nice ramp in the midst of the desert – excellent for screaming at your damaged shins with out the cool youngsters overhearing.
We truly haven’t talked about Skater XL on the positioning, even again when list-goblin {and professional} OlliOlli esports star Brendy was flipping his vans all around the workplace. Perhaps that’s as a result of the game’s early prototype reflected poorly on his flawless real-world footwork – as an alternative, delivering a collection of painful gifs of a digital bloke consuming concrete time after time after time. Our Brendy would by no means be so reckless – no, absolutely it’s the game that’s mistaken.
For actual, although, Skater XL appears a grand time – an iteration of EA’s long-dormant Skate series that leans far more durable into simulationist controls that contemporaries like Session. Mind, it’s additionally lacking each the otherworldly surrealism of non-public fave Skate Story and Skatebird‘s aviary grinders. Over its two years in early entry, Skater XL has stored a gradual tempo of recent tips, new skaters, and maps from each the devs and the boarding group.
If that every one feels like your jam, kickflip your means over to Skater XL’s Steam web page, the place it’s at present going for £31/€34/$40.
