The ability to slow your movement and have a little more control was necessary, as the camera often felt disconnected. None of them really helped me get my footing in the game other than the slow down option. Skatebird has plenty of options that you can mess around with. Unfortunately the ease in which you do so isn’t the best. Zooming around, doing ollies, and attempting to grind on ramps (and cereal bowls) still matter. This is Skatebird, which is a good thing! It still has all the same combo chains and tricks you would expect in a game about skateboarding. This isn’t the next Tony Hawk game and it isn’t marketed as such. On top of it all, the birds have such charming personalities to go with their sweet outfits. Frankly, talking to other bird NPCs and seeing the different attitudes come through was a highlight.
Add a scarf, put on a little hat, or maybe even a pair of shades. Beyond that, you can change so much about the bird of your choice. In addition to the budgie shown in previews, you can even skate around as an owl. Glass Bottom Games captured that, but not quite in the ways you’d expect.īefore breaking the game down, I really want to talk about the birds you can play as. Or focusing how realistic the stunts look and how immersive the movement feels. Skateboarding games have always had a strong focus on being technically advanced. Games can become monotonous and sometimes a unique point or even new gimmick is exactly what you need. I really enjoy when a developer decides to take an established genre or game type and do something completely different with it. It is about skateboarding, but it’s also about just hanging out in worlds that feel too big and not suited for small avian creatures. That probably isn’t the case for a lot of people playing this game, though.ĭeveloped by Glass Bottom Games, the premise of Skatebird is literally in the name. It’s hard to pinpoint what my hesitation was, but regardless Skatebird knocked it right out of me and I’m right back into them.
But despite all of the titles that have come out since, I’ve never dove back into the genre.
SKATEBIRD BIRDS PS2
I often settled for PS2 hand-me-downs that I didn’t give up until my console died. I sunk hours upon hours into skateboarding games as a child and preteen.
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