Skater XL

bluntslide · 19 Dec 2018 at 09:09

hey everybody
Skater XL is out on early access today, 19th december 2018 at £15.49
https://store.steampowered.com/app/962730/Skater_XL/
i don't know if there are many skateboarding fans or ex-skaters on here but i am/was (hence the name)
one thing we never had was a decent skateboarding game on the PC...i played skate 1,2 and 3 to death on console and this looks and feels like it could become that style of game.
obviously being early access there is not much content at this stage, just a small area to do flat ground and grind but mechanically it is good!
i can see a lot of people refunding because of the bare bones state of it but hopefully the content will pick up.

dan958 · 19 Dec 2018 at 10:20

I backed Session, so I'll probably just wait and see how that one turns out (was rpetty fun from the small demo they sent out a whole back). Always good to see similar games get made though, makes a bit of compeition to make a good game.

LewisRaz · 19 Dec 2018 at 14:38

Spent 12 or more years on my skateboard. Loved all the PS1 tony hawk games. Wasnt crazy about Skate but this looks good.

Junglist · 19 Dec 2018 at 14:49

I haven't skateboarded in a few years properly (broke my ankle in a skating related accident and never got fully into it again) but would love a skating game

OT - I don't know what it is with new boards these days but everyone seems to be riding something 8"+ Even as a guy with size 10 feet I always preferred a 7.5" board. Even 7.75" felt too wide.

LewisRaz · 19 Dec 2018 at 15:34

JunglistE said:
I haven't skateboarded in a few years properly (broke my ankle in a skating related accident and never got fully into it again) but would love a skating game

OT - I don't know what it is with new boards these days but everyone seems to be riding something 8"+ Even as a guy with size 10 feet I always preferred a 7.5" board. Even 7.75" felt too wide.

I always skated 8.5s.. And I hae size 9 feet

But I mostly skated vert/halfpipe.

Junglist · 19 Dec 2018 at 15:37

LewisRaz said:
I always skated 8.5s.. And I hae size 9 feet

But I mostly skated vert/halfpipe.

Jesus! that would be like a king size bed! I was more of a street skater with occasional bits of mini-ramp. So i was about a skinny board, low trucks and 50mm wheels!

Drollic · 19 Dec 2018 at 16:52

Really hoping this is good. The early Tony hawk games are some of my favourite console games.

Digital X · 19 Dec 2018 at 17:12

Just having a session now, feels very "fluid", like Skate 3. Left stick is left foot, right stick is right foot. You can catch a pop shovit etc in any rotation with your feet, it's awesome.

Also since it's Unity, It can be modded fairly easily, Lineryder has already done a small ramp and pieces.