Some of the levels, most notably Big Friend’s room, feature some creative obstacles made of items that you would typically find in a bedroom. Seeing SkateBIRD through to the end becomes less and less appealing! The World of SkateBIRD And because of this, seeing SkateBIRD through to the end becomes less and less appealing! Whilst some of the story objectives can be entertaining for a few moments, such as riding around with a cleaning tool and doing tricks through stains on the floor and wall to clean them, the others just become very tedious to complete! That is mainly due to the clunky controls. From cleaning Big Friend’s room, by doing tricks and flips over bits of rubbish, to attempting to find their way to Big Friend’s work, there seems to be nothing that these little skaters won’t do for their owner. As they haven’t really seen much of their owner for a long while, they take matters into their own hands to try to get Big Friend to return home. It’s centred around a group of pet birds that just want to spend more time with their owner that they call Big Friend. On the other hand, SkateBIRD’s narrative is quite charming. Hmmm… Seems like some sort of reference to a certain famous skateboarder… SkateBIRD’s Charming Narrative Overall, the controls and gameplay mechanics cause way too many frustrating moments! They leave much to be desired. I will admit that this seems a little nitpicky! However, because these kinds of small issues appear all throughout this title, they quickly become irritating. It also seems very odd that tricks such as a nosegrab and tailgrab are mapped to the left and right buttons in combination with the grab button, rather than the up and down buttons, seeing as the bird is grabbing the front and the back of the board. This becomes especially frustrating when you have a time limit to complete certain objectives. This led to many occasions where I got stuck and struggled to get out of a corner or move away from a wall without completely resetting to a different area in the level. It’s also very common for the camera to start going haywire! It became a frequent issue when approaching any sort of wall or obstacle. I can’t count the number of times that I tried unsuccessfully to pull off a trick or do a simple ollie! I had to mash the button multiple times before the game would register what I was trying to do. This title is riddled with issues! This makes what was supposed to be a fun and arcade-y skateboarding experience into an absolute chore! A major problem is the lack of responsiveness in the controls. Check out our full video review of SkateBIRD here!
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