Skate city review12/15/2023 I know that these controls aren’t for everyone but that’s why I gave it hours. Every one of these controls is so counter-intuitive it’s like trying to play piano using a drum set. You can’t turn the camera, you move forward with X, you stop with O, the triggers turn you and each joystick controls each foot. Skater XL seems to have looked at the Skate game and the flack it received for its complex controls and wondered if the complaints stemmed from the controls not being more complicated. Once there you can feel free to skate around and crash into everything, which you will, a lot. There are five stages plus three stages that were taken from the PC version’s mod mode which is absent in the console release. Every map is open to you right out of the gate. Upon completion, you can pause the game and check the few menu choices. But as Skater XL taught me, sometimes failing a kickflip will also send you plummeting through the parking lot and sailing through a cloudy void as the city you were skating in becomes a distant memory in the skies above you. For example, in real life, if I failed a kickflip, I’d fall on my ass and question my life choices. Unfortunately, these tricks open a world of nightmares I didn’t necessarily want to explore. Skater XL is here to teach this old dog new tricks. So I have some history and some knowledge when it comes to boarding. I even remember the Thanksgiving where I ditched my entire family to watch Tony Hawk knock out the 900. And I could lose a friend in a single hour with my long-winded “skateboarding is not a crime” rants. I had a collection of Hookup boards that I didn’t necessarily think were good but I loved the anime aesthetic. I wasn’t particularly good but I could do some sweet manuals. ![]() When I was in my late teens and early 20’s I used to skateboard. Platforms: PS4 (reviewed on), Xbox One, PC
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