Session: Skate Sim, a new skateboarding simulation game from creā-ture Studios, provides a great alternative to older Skate games, and can certainly fill the gap until Skate 4 arrives. The original Skate made huge waves upon its initial release, introducing a novel control scheme that allowed players to control their tricks' movements in slow-motion. Now, Session: Skate Sim has arrived to challenge the skating sim throne, and presents a new approach to a beloved corner of sports gaming.
The next Skate video game, simply titled skate., will serve as a soft reboot of the series and will be free-to-play. This presents an interesting opportunity for new and old staples of the series, including adjustments to its signature control scheme and big changes to Skate's classic Hall of Meat, which flung players' avatars down stairs and counted broken bones in comical fashion. In comparison, Session: Skate Sim has attempted to pare down the skateboarding simulation experience, drawing its focus to the look and feel of true-to-life skateboarding sessions. Complete with a fish-eye lens and intricately designed skating environments, Session: Skate Sim brings the focus of the game on to what matters most in a skateboarding video game: the best tricks at the best spots with the best editing.
Throughout Session: Skate Sim's long road to release, developer creā-ture Studios promised a back-to-basics approach in developing a new skateboarding video game. Its slickly edited launch trailer (ed to the launch event for Session: Skate Sim in Brooklyn encouraged live skating next to monitors for virtual skating. creā-ture Studios has demonstrated a genuine love for the sport in its approach to Session: Skate Sim, and has developed a game it hopes captures that love.
Session: Skate Sim Brings New Gameplay To Old Tricks
But, ultimately, skateboarding video games live and die by their control mapping, and Session: Skate Sim's approach to hyper-realism in its gameplay experience provides for a brutal learning curve. Players' feet are controlled by the left and right analog sticks, while left and right triggers turn the player. Coordinating player movements and tricks is extremely challenging in Session: Skate Sim, but (like any good skating trick) is deeply rewarding when timed just right for the perfect shot.
New news of development on the next Skate game is scarce. A behind the scenes video from skate.'s developers promised fans in July that fledgling developer Full Circle is definitely working on new features for the latest Skate game, teasing multiplayer, open-world, and character customization gameplay. While any news is good news for the next Skate game, Session: Skate Sim is great news for players looking for a sick new session.
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