I needed a bit of a chill out type game in between a lot of stressful shit going on and I was growing a bit tired of Tony Hawk games as they began to progressively get worse and worse in certain ways post American Wasteland and I'd been meaning to try out Skate forever now.

Skate nails those vibes of fucking around, finding a spot and practicing over and over again until you can nail a spot basically however you want to. When you've checked into this game's flow, you get in this kinda rhythm with it, you end up feeling like you're accomplishing a goal you couldn't before and it gives you that kind of weighty gratification that skating can give. Only here you can't get off of your board and some of the missions aren't the most clear/difficulty spike seemingly out of nowhere sometimes in ways I found frustrating.

This game absolutely has a real good vibe to it though, nailing some of those spots or film challenges was so satisfying. When I ended up completing the X-Games Ramp finally I was so stoked. Felt like after just not getting it it just kinda clicked for me.

I just really wish they'd let you get off of your board in this one. Seems like a bit of a massive oversight but maybe they tried and couldn't get it working right for this one.

But yeah honestly really loved just going down a hill and trying to perfect a line or two if I could. There's a really strong base that just needs more within its world imo.