![]() Another sees a wall-street bird, dressed in a full suit, asking you to collect the letters that spell “MONEY”. For example, one of the opening missions sees you collecting forks, and throwing yourself into the window to “Open it”. ![]() The context surrounding each mission is where you’ll find the variety in this game. But what sets SkateBIRD‘s missions apart from its countless predecessors is, once again, its surprisingly witty writing. These missions range from the standard tutorial-like “Do trick x times” to collecting glowing letters around the environment, achieving combos of certain amounts, and picking up objects around the map classic skateboard game stuff. Throughout your time with SkateBIRD you’ll be given various missions by your wacky bird entourage. This charming humour extends to the missions themselves. It might not be for everyone, but I fell in love with SkateBIRD’s humour. It’s self-awareness and unique contemporary lens gives it a charming genuineness that I didn’t see coming, and I’m sure I’ll still be thinking about for weeks. This is really where SkateBIRD shines for me. In my ~6 hours with the game, I found myself laughing (genuinely laughing not just exhaling more noticeably) at least once every two or three interactions. From Millennial existential dread to Gen-Z optimistic nihilism, these birds don’t let up. Now, humour is subjective and all that, but I loved practically every one of these interactions. Between each mission, your little create-a-bird can be seen conversing with his other bird friends during small dialogue cutaways. SkateBIRD prides itself on its humorous writing, and rightfully so. It sounds cheesy, but as I alluded to up top, I think we could use a little cheesy right now. Flicking through the ridiculously extensive 39-species of birds and choosing which scarves, hats, glasses or accessories I wanted my little boy to adorn immediately gave me the impression that this game has one express purpose: to make you smile. The tone of SkateBIRD is set right here, in these opening moments. What I wasn’t expecting was a full-blown bird character-customisation screen. Huh, That Bird’s On a Skateboard… That’s Pretty Radīefore getting the chance to play SkateBIRD, I knew a few things about the game it had a tiny development team, it was about skateboarding birds, and the tone of the game looked really unique. But that humour might not last you the entire run-time. It turns out, a game about skateboarding birds is pretty damn funny. I have never needed SkateBIRD more.Īfter just an hour with the game I knew I was safe. In a 2021 plagued with viruses, Kissing Booth 3 and some pretty horrific news about seemingly every triple AAA publishing studio, SkateBIRD has never been needed more. That being said, all opinions expressed in this review are entirely that of the author.ĭeveloped by a core team of just five people, SkateBIRD promised the world something bold, something new, something fun. * Disclaimer: SkateBIRD review code was provided by Glass Bottom Games for the purposes of this review.
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