Skater XL

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  • Summary: Skater XL is a head first dive into the skateboarding world, where style, creativity and the perfect trick is yours to define. Create, combine, and style tricks with unparalleled board control as you hit iconic California locations where street legends have left their mark. Play as skatingSkater XL is a head first dive into the skateboarding world, where style, creativity and the perfect trick is yours to define. Create, combine, and style tricks with unparalleled board control as you hit iconic California locations where street legends have left their mark. Play as skating icons Tiago Lemos, Evan Smith, Tom Asta or Brandon Westgate on your way to becoming a skateboarding pro. Dive into the digital skate subculture, with featured community created mods, brands, 'zines, and maps. Hit more than 60 real skate spots connected by block after block of plazas, schools, pools, buildings, car parks and corridors.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. DualShockers
    Jul 28, 2020
    85
    To see a small studio like Easy Day Studios create something that is not only reminiscent of the games that clearly influenced them, but overall improves on what its predecessors did, is heartening. Sure, it has its fair share of flaws, but none of them take away from how much fun I’ve had. Skater XL has successfully brought back the skateboarding genre, and I am eager to see how Easy Day Studios supports the game moving forward.
  2. Gaming Age
    Aug 6, 2020
    83
    I definitely think Skater XL is worth checking out, more so on the PC for the mod side of things than the console version at the moment. But if you’re not opposed to challenging yourself and seeking out your own fun with a responsive, unique physics-based control system, then I think you’ll still get some enjoyment with the current release of the game. Ideally, future updates will flesh out the experience even more, and based on the early access process prior to release, it does seem as if developer Easy Day Studios is committed to Skater XL for the long haul.
  3. Player 2
    Aug 11, 2020
    67
    While there will be a core audience that enjoys mastering the footwork needed to pull off the different tricks, for most people that will not be enough to keep them playing for long.
  4. Vandal
    Aug 3, 2020
    60
    Skater XL has a great foundation to build upon, but right now that’s all that it is. While we expect further updates to bring more content to the game, we can only recommend it to those who need a new skateboarding now and cannot wait.
  5. SomosXbox
    Aug 4, 2020
    58
    Skater XL is a good attempt to recover this genre, but this is it, an attempt. It tries to put some realism in the gameplay, but isn't enough. The lack of content and game modes, the insufficient graphic quality, play against it. Maybe, for these people who wants something now, could be enough, but it's far from being a game that these people deserve.
  6. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jul 29, 2020
    55
    To say that Skater XL's finish leaves something to be desired is an understatement.
  7. Gamer.no
    Aug 20, 2020
    40
    There is a solid fundament in Skater XL, and there is a hit of a potentially formidable skating sand box. But there is a heavy layer of polish that needs to be applied before the game is noteworthy.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 6 out of 13
  1. Ray6701
    Nov 10, 2021
    10
    Awesome game it's amazing how interesting this is it's incredible and cool bro
  2. OctopusWays
    Aug 6, 2020
    10
    Game is really underrated, It's clear this game is not SKATE 3 or 4, This game it's is own thing, However there are a lot of stuff that HAS toGame is really underrated, It's clear this game is not SKATE 3 or 4, This game it's is own thing, However there are a lot of stuff that HAS to be fixed and added in order to make this game really good, Hope more updates come out soon… Expand
  4. FairGamerRating
    Aug 6, 2020
    10
    Already wrote a review for this on the ps4 version, But honestly game isn't that bad, Yall trippin too much, I agree there needs to be wayAlready wrote a review for this on the ps4 version, But honestly game isn't that bad, Yall trippin too much, I agree there needs to be way more content added and fix a lot of the issues the game currently has, But the game is barely in version 1.0 It is clear the game isn't finished yet, The studio just needs funding to afford more updates in order to complete the game, Just be patient LMAO… Expand
  5. Monkapotomus
    Sep 12, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a 34-year-old who got his first skateboard at age 5, spent countless hours mastering tricks on the street, traversing schoolyards, and even in the basement of my home during the chilly and often snow-filled winters of Southern Ontario(Canada), and spending the ensuing three decades immersing myself in skateboarding and skateboard culture the one thing about Skater XL that it does get absolutely perfect is the often demoralizing(and eventually incredibly gratifying) grind that learning to skate truly is. Beyond that frustratingly realistic aspect, Skater XL fails at pretty much everything else that a game should be.

    I've always been of the belief that video games should be "fun". Personal definitions of "fun" notwithstanding I truly believe that one of the most important traits of a fun video game is that it can be booted up and played with even a small level of success. Not feeling totally overwhelmed or in the case of Skater XL entirely hopeless from the get-go is imperative to the enjoyment of a video game. A game with zero story, goals, or rewards for your "achievements" is hardly conducive to creating a fun atmosphere. Add to the fact that aside from a sometimes beautiful rendering of Los Angeles this game is a barren wasteland only populated by you and you alone. This creates a joyless, soulless, lifeless slog of an experience that feels massively disconnected from the reality it's hoping to simulate.

    In a year where there has been a significant forward movement in the skateboarding video game subgenre's "brand name" franchises. From EA's announcement of the long-awaited next installment of the fan favourite Skate franchise to the release of the passionate, faithfully recreated, rebuilt, and rematsered version of THPS(Tony Hawk's Pro Skater) the "grandaddy" of skateboarding video game franchises. With the latter acting as a return to form of sorts for the once considered "dead" franchise and the former acting as a beacon of hope for the future of the genre Skater XL was always going to be caught in a tough position and likely get lost in the shuffle. Unfortunately, that's where it probably belongs with it's less than appealing control scheme and astounding lack of depth. Skater XL is ultimately a game that will appeal to a very specific audience and it may actually satisfy them to some extent. Unless you are the most ardent of skateboard enthusiasts who during the Global Health Emergency really miss the struggle of actually skateboarding or are someone who has always wanted to skateboard but didn't want to endure the cuts, bruises, broken bones, and requisite trips to the Emergency Room and would rather settle for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Skater XL likely isn't going to be your cup of tea. Take it from someone who has put in the time to actually skateboard this game is not worth the trouble of "learning" how to "realistically" skateboard with your thumbs.    … Expand
  6. HMAGames
    Aug 24, 2020
    3
    Muito ruim! Jogabilidade esquisita, manobras com os dois analógicos é horrível.
    Espera algo mais parecido com Skate da EA e entregaram um jogo    Muito ruim! Jogabilidade esquisita, manobras com os dois analógicos é horrível.
    Espera algo mais parecido com Skate da EA e entregaram um jogo sem tempero nenhum fora os mapas feios e com texturas horríveis que só enganam o jogador. (Úse o modo de Spawn que irá ver o quão ruim é)    … Expand
  7. ScreaMXIII
    Aug 1, 2020
    2
    Very disappointed. Coming from a huge THPS and EA Skate background. (I also skate IRL) I get it, you have to break old habits and learn a newVery disappointed. Coming from a huge THPS and EA Skate background. (I also skate IRL) I get it, you have to break old habits and learn a new control system, but that's not even what I'm complaining about. The game is incomplete in it's current state. The character customization is the biggest joke I have ever seen. You can have hair, or you can have a hat, you can't have both. I finished the tutorial challenge and didn't even get a congrats or a notification that I completed it. On top of that, I had to do it switch, because the game forgot to add a goofy version.

    The world/level design is nice, but it feels lifeless and blah.

    For today's technology, I would expect a lot more. This game would be amazing if it came out 20 years ago, but with the technology of today, this is pathetic. Not worth $40, maybe $10. (Even at that price, I still wouldn't buy it unless it went on sale.) This is not worth your money.

    I got a refund for the game. I'll wait for THPS and Skate 4.    … Expand
  8. Jeremybrunner
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Don’t get this trash game ! They are the worse developers ever and refuse to communicate and listen to the community. Save your money for session

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#55 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2020