![]() With the exception of the Tony Hawk redux that came to the system earlier this year, the skating scene on Switch has been on the slim side. I hope the developers continue working because the game does have a lot of potential. The basic mechanics are in, but they could do with a lot of fine-tuning. All in all, this game feels like a late alpha, not a full release. The player feels incredibly heavy and clunky to control, which to me is extra weird, given the theme. I also expected the game to be far more forgiving and arcade-y because of the silly theme. And the first few missions are so boring in their objectives that I could barely bring myself to finish them. There is no hook, you just get plopped into the game world without any ceremony or explanation, while the mechanics get introduced through walls of text. However, as I mentioned before, it doesn't seem like the level was designed with that moveset in mind. The theming is very cute, and the addition of a double jump could have opened up a lot of possibilities. The level design is cluttered and sparse at the same time and is more focused on the theming rather than gameplay. There is very little variety in the tricks you can perform. However, it seems that they couldn't figure out what makes skating games fun. The team behind SkateBird obviously likes skating games and wanted to create something like that. ![]() Retrieved September 16, 2021.Great concept, poor execution. ^ Ronaghan, Neal (September 16, 2021).^ a b "SkateBIRD for Xbox One Reviews"."SkateBIRD Is No Longer Landing On Switch In 2020, Gets Pushed To Next Year". "Be a skateboarding bird in the adorable Skatebird on Switch next year". "Skatebird, the game about a skating bird, now has a free alpha demo". "SkateBird grinds its way to Switch in late 2020". "Bird-centric skateboarding game, Skatebird, coming to Nintendo Switch". ^ a b Carpenter, Nicole (December 10, 2019)."Skatebird is a game about a bird on a board who's trying his best". ^ a b c d e Chalk, Andy (November 7, 2018)."Skatebird, about a bird who skates, looks great". ^ McWhertor, Michael (November 6, 2018). ![]() In July 2021, it was announced that the game would be delayed to September 16, 2021. In June 2021, it was announced that the game is scheduled to release on August 12, 2021. In July 2020, it was announced that the game's release had been delayed into 2021, not because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but because the game was simply taking longer than expected to make, partially due to the decision to include a new story mode to the game. The game was announced for Nintendo Switch and Xbox One platforms in December 2019, with a late 2020 release date. The game met its funding goal of $20,000 in a single day, and ended up raising over 67,000 total. An early alpha build demo was released in June 2019 after the Kinda Funny E3, and a Kickstarter was launched to help funding at the same time. The game is being developed by indie developer Glass Bottom Games, who had previously developed the first person roguelite Spartan Fist. The game was first announced in November 2018. The bird takes up skateboarding as a means of getting the human's attention, and getting them back into skateboarding in efforts of making them happy again. ![]() The game follows a small pet bird, who is saddened that their unnamed human owner no longer skateboards or is around much due to their new job that they hate. Tricks are more simple to perform and lead to over-the-top tricks, unlike games like Skate, which focus on realism in trick performing. Similar to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games, gameplay is a mixture of performing skateboard tricks, exploration, and item collection. Levels take place in a similar setting to the Micro Machines series of video games, with small-scaled "bird-sized skateparks" taking place across play areas of a house across real-life objects such as pencils, erasers, and other desktop type items. The game plays similarly to the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series of video games, except for the player controlling a small bird on a skateboard instead of a human. It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Amazon Luna on September 16, 2021. Skatebird (stylized as SkateBIRD) is a skateboarding video game developed by American studio Glass Bottom Games. Linux, macOS, Windows, Switch, Xbox One, Luna ![]()
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