Skater XL - Full Review: Is it really worth $40 with nothing to do?
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Skater XL is the most realistic skateboarding sim to be released so far. But there are only a few levels, and not a lot of structured content to get through. Is it worth picking up?
I'm playing the Steam version in this video. It's also on PS4, Xbox One, and eventually the Switch.
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UPDATE: I was playing on the Steam version for this review. I just bought the Xbox One version this morning, and the double flips are much, much, MUCH easier. I beat that challenge in two tries. In fact, every flip trick is faster. It may be a controller issue? I'm not sure.
You ever get the tre double flip? Just got to pop with both sticks & hold the right stick in position until literally right about hitting the ground.
Edit: you might have to hold the left & not the right I can't remember. One does a double tre, the other does a 540 tre.
A tip for manuals too, you can use the other stick to modify the angle of your manual, and it makes landing in Manny much easier. So for a regular manual, hold down all the way on the left stick and down center on the right stick as you land
X360 controller on pc dude
I use a PS3 controller for the PC version and double flips are easy, even on flat.
Tip for double flips. In XL, if you want to flip fast, you have to sacrifice pop. So with you nollie double. You front foot i noticed you never actually had the most pop. Try pop the stick from top to the bottom(go up and then pop by bringing it right down). For the flip, dont pop at all just bring it from right to left as you pop, then hold and let go to catch 😍 = fast flips. Good luck, definetly share the clips. ❤ u radrat 😍😍
When that skater falls it looks like he's completely giving up on life.
I hope that’s not a complaint the bails are clean in this game
@@absolutelypro4612 They look hilarious.
Would be nice if they added some bails were they are on their feet instead of falling on the ground each time!
Unreal and Unity games tend to do that especially when they're not optimized enough.
Aren't we all
Shout out to my boys who played the skate 3 demo for hours and hours using the glitch to get infinite play time. One map, no story, no challenges.
You brought back a memory I forgot I had
Fuck yeah boii you know the vibes
Tell me how i never knew about that glitch😔
raikage init I used to restart the demo like 5 times in a row when the timer ran out. how did I never know about that glitch
@@incalycia Yeah I didn't know about it for a long time but one day I got so sick of restarting it that I searched it up and found out how.
My man's skating in them *NINTENDO SWITCH* shoes.
Joycon Boyz!!!!! Lol
im not sure if this was a joke or not so dont woooosh me but that happens when you use the display controller setting.
I hope his feet don't start drifting off the board.
@@DStayFaded woooosh
Nah... jk have a nice day
Nobody released a worthwhile skating game this whole console generation, then all of a sudden everyone releases one around the same time when its already about to end.
Xl is on steam
Skater XL and Sessions have been out for over a year on Steam. Also Sessions was released a bit ago on xbox. Plus Skate 4 will be on next gen.
But before that there was nothing for a long time thats what I'm saying. All of these are coming out close to each other now that its been like 6 years since a worthwhile skating game.
@@Rav_Ram because of greed.. EA is only making the skate 4 game because they seen the hype that got built up from these 2 skate games, and they wanted in on the cash. They have a way bigger development team too, so itll be easy for them to design a "better game quicker" I quoted it because it's not necessarily going to be better, but I think the concept was understood.. they took a hit on skate 3, which is why they didnt want to make skate 4.. but now that the demand has risen, they want to cash in on it.
this is a very pc game that's just being ported to consoles though... this game isn't made with consoles in mind atm.
All i want is a Tony Hawks Underground Storyline with realistic physics.
This
Es skate games
Thug 1 and 2 remaster
Same
Time to buy a ps2
This game realistic AF!! When I mastered tre’s I lost my varials just like irl 😂😂😂
Same for the varial
that is sooo true, i feel now that varial is impossible like seriously.... i can sometimes get 540 flip but cant varial anymore, i just made comeback and will have tre's unlocked next time i go skate it is just the backfoot that must be on the board not 5 cm of the board hahaha. but varial nope did my first 5 years ago but then i stopped doing them just like heelflips but can get the doubble heel flip just by accident well thats good.
@@ramo1484 it's all about catching the board before it over spins
@@tinytim9650 540 flip has a later flip in it so it's not like the tré but I know what you mean. I have the tre fully unlocked now
@@ramo1484 oh I was talking ab varials and preventing 360 spins on em
I love the game but I Skate goofy and there’s literally no point of me doing the challenges because they’re only in regular, what is the point of learning all those tricks in regular if I skate goofy? Wish they’d fix this in the future
they will for sure they already mentioned it. wish they did it at release also. sucks. love the game though
Right me too
Knock the sticks the opposite way
dude theres an option to be goofy or regular
@@sirt1s it switches to regular in challenges
Best part about this game for me is that I live and skate in LA so I’ve been replicating tricks I did in reality and recording it with the same angle it’s like I opened my third eye lmaoo
My favorite thing about skater xl is it makes me feel like I do when I'm skating. There are times when it will take 30 mins to get a trick, and not because it's a hard game, but because the board is acting like it does irl.
Yeah. I love how you are actually doing the tricks rather than just inputting commands
Sounds so fun
I just noticed the game spells it "Noselide." Lol whoops
Have you been having success with the ladies? I pray for you, bro.
lol oops indeed typo
@@galvanizedgnome pretty sure he's married
@@smashyrashy nah his wife left him
Mine says noseslide
Literally just bought the game today on Steam, and I love it, I love how one of the biggest parts of the game is finding a cool spot, lining yourself up and seeing what you can come up with, just like real life skating. Hope they release some more new maps soon, but really glad that the School and LA levels are so large, there's tonnes of things to do there.
Since you got it on Steam you should check out the modding scene
@@onelazyMF I am! There's so much! Love PC
It’s very buggy but I won’t lie addicting because you just want to get some tricks
I wouldn't say very buggy
Why didn't they make good controls? :( Lol
@@SonnyGuillory they are good left stck is left foot right is right
@@Vaiskiz I just suck :)
@Nekaneka15 thanks! :)) And yeah I was thinking the same thing as they add and update more stuff it's going to get waaay better I've been playing for a few hours now and have started to learn how to move more and it's becoming funner :)
so when i first started playing i also complained about the massive ollies in this game, especially when popping out of grinds and mannies. but one of this game's massive strengths is the modding community. there's a mod called XXL mod which includes in it an old mod called StatsMenu, which allows you to have granular control over stuff like that. you can increase the gravity, decrease manny and grind pop out individually, flip speed, scoop speed, and several other things. on top of this, the mod allows you to do new stuff like forward flips and one foot grabs, and even adds a third ollie height called baby pop which allows you to pop extremely low, which is nice for things like hopping up small curbs without jumping like 5 feet in the air. it's great for getting very realistic footy. you can also save your stats so you can quickly swap between presets you've created. what i do is have one preset that i use for more realistic skating, and then tweak it if it will help me make a particular trick i'm trying look believable.
Can you link me? Thanks! Also share preset
Wish i saw this before commenting! Lol great stuff
Find the discord and get ready for a new world
U can do forward flips in vanilla
@@eyelove4206 true, but the mod makes it much easier. It also allows you to do more vertical shuvs, hard flips, and tre flips. I don't even use it for literal forward flips.
Grant Park is surprisingly accurate! They got the bridge going to the metra station and the skyline is pretty close to the real thing. The only thing that was missing was the statues without arms right behind where the player starts the level hahaha
Can you skate across the street to the sea wall?
I was thinking the same thing. It’s so dope to be able to skate one of my local(ish) parks in a video game and do all my dream tricks
I visited there and skated it last summer and I was so surprised how accurate it was
This review is SUPER helpful! I just bought this game on a amazon discount and it has not come yet. I was scared when I saw the low ign review (it was done by luke riely who is usually more credible than igns reputation) it concerned me. After watching this I can tell this game is appealing to skaters a lot more than gamers so I am excited to try it!
I played for a couple hours and haven’t played since. No goals in this game
@into the break yeah after the learning curve it's really fun, you just have to be into hardcore skating to understand the appeal
@@fantommme it's more of a sandbox than anything
That’s really weird. I went to the store on what was supposed to be release day and they didn’t have it and all the other stores in the internet didn’t have it either. Did they all just have one copy and already sold it or were all copies lost? Was it delayed but still available on the PSN?
Fantomme it’s not skate 3 dumbass it’s for actual skaters
FYI the challenges are only in regular stance, so it really excludes half of the audience, you probably didn't notice as you skate regular, that makes the game really bare for all goofy skaters
Im goofy and i play sxl goofy. I have yet to care about the challenges and im pushing 200+ hours
@@iSeeEZEkill Ok but that's your personal preference. People who want to do the challenges but are goofy it's really an inconvenience
THIS! No goofy compatible challenges is a real bummer 😞
@@DSled dang thats crazy do they think were some goofs ? but seriously they should update that soon
@@iSeeEZEkill it is the only real content of the game so far, so it really demotivate people to play if they can play the only content available
"the game did not have that many glitches" ...we must be playing 2 different versions cause I ran into a lot of glitches lol. But it's definitely fun and I mainly bought the game to support the devs cause they seem like they actually care about the game and I'm pretty sure it'll be even better as more updates come out
what glitches?
@@Hunne2303 sometimes you just random pop an ollie, and some fails look funny
Bxch4r that’s because your still turning with thumb sticks. As soon as u put upward/downward input on the wrong stick you’ll pop a trick. Not a glitch just how the mechanics work
I have the PS4 version and I had my fair share of glitches. Examples:
-When I respawn back to the starting point, my skater's back foot is stuck to the middle of the board and it won't unstick until I pop a nollie
-When I do big gaps, the skater would land the trick but the half of the board is stuck in the ground until he eventually bails
-When I try to do challenges, the frame rate drops, hard, and the game lags
-Sometimes when I try to do small turns with the left joystick, even with just barely nudging it, the skater pops a nollie
-At the mega ramp when rolling straight down the ramp, my skater would start grinding even though there is no rail or edges
@@Hunne2303 here's the glitches I've experienced
while I'm playing, the screen goes black for a few seconds (but the game continues to play)
sometimes my skater's legs won't push
wheels go through the ground
game freezes and I have to restart
weird graphical glitches where the surroundings flashes white
sometimes the wrong trick name is shown, if I do a shuvit ...it'll just say "Ollie" or if I do a Tre Flip, it'll say "kickflip"
"My man Chad Muska"
Lmao
I took garrets gaming advice and changed my settings to make it super realistic and I like it it makes even a board slide challenging
Seems real floaty in the air.
And for a 'sim' it looks too easy to land tricks with a bad landing
Imagine once skate 4 comes out .. this game will be in the dumpster where it belongs, and people will stop acting like it's worth actual money.
@@ruffles886 definitely! I think people are hyped for it because there's been such a drought of skateboarding games, particularly on the more realistic side. Look at the animation for switching to nollie, you just teleport to the other side of the board! No actual foot movement. THPS had better animations 15 years ago.
It's more like a demo than a game. But I suppose if people enjoy it, I'm not going to be a snob and condemn them. It's just not for me.
Kris Faulkner Skate kinda teleported you to the nose of the board. Don’t know.
@@Monkeypole yeah same I've been bashing this game alot particularly in rad rats comment section and I feel bad because people seem to like it. But it just makes me a bit upset to see people excited about a game that has worse physics then skate-it on the Wii which came out over 10 years ago. We have to expect more, not less. And when I look at this game, I see way less then i want to see. Especially for all the hype it's getting.
@@Kevin-yx8lm But how many years ago was that man? We're nearly 2 generations of consoles later than the last Skate game.
I love this game, but the gameplay as it is feels like an easy/learning mode. I really want a "hardcore" mode for it: lower pop, quicker flips and spins, manual catch.
Play session, much better and more lifelike feel to it. Ability to modify over 50 settings that change how you can skate
This game needed to be in early access for more time. I have it for PC and love it with all the mods and stuff but id be pissed if I bought this on console...
I have it on pc and im going to be buying it full price for ps4 and my nintendo switch when that releases. Mods or no mods, this game is worth it imo.
To be fair if you had a console you'd have Tony Hawk and no other option, even if its a bit of a rip off at least you get a skating game that'll be updated lol
I'd rather have it now since it's the 'only' skating game on PS4
@@jordanparker7407 No other option on PS4 but Xbox has Skate games backwards compatible
I'm sure (hoping) they continue updating the game and sending the updates to consoles.
Hey man, I’ve been with ya for a while. I am SO FUCKIN GLAD YOU STUCK AROUND! You are starting to receive some respect in the bigger skate scene. I’ve heard a few big boys say some good things mate! Just wanted to say thanks man! This is a niche aspect of a niche space in life. Not too easy! But you are the man!
It’s a good game as it is right now on pc (with mods), can’t ask for too much since its very recent and this isn't a huge company to my knowledge. no story or multiplayer officially but I could spend hours hitting lines and spots while filming. such a great game to just relax with while listening to music and if you can mod it then it becomes even better obviously. for console its lacking ofc. if you dont mind having less features then its a cop, if you dont like that then its best to wait a little longer.
This ain’t free to play and the game is 40 bucks you should have ask for more content day one.
@paula that's my favorite part about Skater XL fanboys. They all think it's acceptable to pay $40 for a beta and then have to wait for PC features. I was told this so many times on reddit lol
Wait... no multiplayer? So the game is about just roaming around picking your skate lines but you cannot do that with a friend? Sorry but why?
@@akiratoriyameme3352 i play on pc so i have access to mods, it doesn't matter for me tbh but for everyone else i get it. games refreshing for what it is and i $40 is only $40 better than $60 :/ im assuming a lot of people wanting it released and they just did it without multiplayer to get it out. its gonna get implemented eventually so you dont have to buy it right now until you feel like it anyway.
paula if its not worth for u dont get it why is that so hard for people
Even with the glitchiness and shortcomings, I’m actually hooked. The difficulty makes it so satisfying when you finally nail a trick or a line you’ve been trying. And the replay editor has personally sold me lol. You can get the most amazing clips, it’s crazy. Can’t wait to see what they continue to do with the game going forward. 🙌🏻
considering all the time i've gotten sucked into while trying to perfect my 3 trick lines on a game i spent 20 bucks on for early access, yes this game was very worth the investment. this is the skateboarder's skating game, the others are good but are more for the general market
That part that took you an hour to do. You were still holding up on the left stick
He does it on the manuals too
@@Terriblegolfer16 they need to work on the manuals tho. The dude was right. They don't hit everytime but again it makes it feel nore realistic
Cody Broberg it’s exactly like real life everything has to end up perfect to land in a manual
Cody Broberg like doing a kick flip manual in real life and trying to just land in the manual is harder than catching it then trying to manual
@@Terriblegolfer16 couldn't agree more! Im obsessed w this game but think we all should be for how long we all waited for a skating game
I absolutely love this game and have certainly already gotten my money's worth, and yet that doesn't blind me to the fact that they really could've and probably should've spent a few more months in early access. The UI in particular is just kind of ridiculous and amateurish for a forty dollar game in the year 2020.
The UI is pretty ass but it doesn’t get in the way of the gameplay so I give it a pass.
Same here buddy! I love it!
@@confucheese sorry for my ignorance, what is UI ?
@@KarloCarl Users Interface
Karlo Carl
User Interface, it’s basically the menus and things like that.
None skater here: XL is a little rough around the edges but I’m confident the devs will support the game. I think it will really take off. XL makes me want to learn to Skateboard 🛹
Yeah I agree with you there
already understanding the way every trick works makes the game so much easier
TheGebs24 they 100% won’t it’s the exact same as it’s been the last year lmao the only way it’s fun is with modding shit lol
Def worth it. (For the double nollie heel and double flip challenge, I feel like when you hold both sticks up to get that extra height it makes the rotation on some tricks slower. So for double flips or heels I usually do normal Ollie/nollie instead of the high pop. I do hope they make the difference between how you do 360 and 180 flip tricks more clear because it’s very inconsistent imo.)
Skating transition in this game is as fun as trying to stroke an angry bull.
really excited to get this game!! Great video
Yea I just got it last night and I played it for hours straight it’s amazing
The game is good but has many flaws. At times the tricks feel amazing and others you see how fake the game can be. I've had plenty of times where I land in primo but my board teleports to where i land on it. Just one of many flaws I've found
@@cfelly92 mods will definitely help with those odd glitches
I’ve never got as bored as quickly as I have with this “game”. I say game with quote marks as, to me, this is not a game. I get that it’s going for more of a simulation vibe than arcadey fun, but some challenges would be nice (not just do this trick here, now do this trick here, now do this trick here, etc). This is more of an experience than a full game. It doesn’t look finished either. Shit.
@@Twuntt when was the last time you saw mods for a ps4 other than skyrim? This game is destined to fail on console because it's the community that's already making the game better not the developers. This game is straight ASS. Yea it can be fun but how long can someone actually enjoy doing the same thing over and over and over with no real objective other than do some tricks in a game that looks like shit
Dude that footage you recorded and edited is so good, i love the realistic hard tricks you picked to do and it had good style, and filming style. props
It's 100 percent worthwhile hours of fun honestly...
i think Session's physics are better because everything looks like slow motion in this
skater xl is kinda floaty yeah, but you can fix it with mods if you are on pc
mods
@@snow5772 okay
Im soooo addicted to this game n it's only the beginning
@Alexander Harris what do you do w life every single day. Kind of the same thing, so do you go off yourself cuz you hear a song you heard earlier. No!!!! Funny how the ones hating are still watching other ppls vids on it. Hmmmmmmm. Your stupid tony hawk game will be out soon, then it can be more realistic to you while collecting the letters for skate 😄😄😄 can it get lamer then that?!?! Cant imagine you just dealing w life if you cant even handle hearing a song you heard 10 mins ago. Sounds like you need therapy
@Alexander Harris do tricks? this isnt a game for normies that want to get to the ISS in a mini ramp, this is a sim, you do tricks and make them look legit and if u want u film them. is it rly that hard to understand?
I'm sure you get this comment every now and then but I gotta tell you i remember watching your freestyle clips over a decade ago and its kinda cool to see you still at the youtube game, a big achievement!
Great video. Try letting the kicking foots analog stick go to the center briefly before flicking for the double flips. Instead of going from the crouch position directly to the kickflip position.
Also for the double tre flips. Just flip it like a varial flip.
Yeah I usually let both sticks go to neutral (back to center), then immediately "flick" straight to the left or right depending on if you are reg. or goofy. Doing this I didn't have much problem with this challenge, doing it within 3 tries or so.
I bought this day one, mainly to show my support to the developers. I appreciate that they made this game. I hope they keep pushing updates, new tricks, new maps & new content.
It's really nice seeing him review something that's not bad for once
I picked this up on the whim (I had been playing Session as well) and I've been very much enjoying it; it honestly reminds of playing the first Skate and just attempting to do lines and constantly attempt to pull off the best one possible. While I do think the game is somewhat limited (and the fact that the challenges can only be done in regular stance is annoying) and that people who are looking for Skate 4 may be disappointed, I do believe that anyone who just wants to skate around a level and do lines will more than likely have a good time with it
I finished my 2 hours on Session and I can’t decide if I should get the full. I really like the control scheme, it’s just annoying falling over everything you touch by accident
I have over 150 hours and yeah I’d get the full. You get used to it and once you get hella comfortable with the controls you don’t hit anything ever
I think that'll get fixed it's in early access and there was a post about revamping all the physics
I think what makes thps so good is the little Easter eggs,secret unlocks,and secret levels. The music is also a plus,I’m excited for the remaster version next month.
Why do none of the reviews for this game talk about how bare bones the customization options are? There are practically no gameplay options. You just have to deal with it. Session has an insane level of depth to deciding how you want to control your skater.
I believe session was in development way before SkaterXL
it was $55 canadian and i don’t regret it at all, i’m addicted
I honestly have had so much fun with this game, is it worth $40? For being the best skate game on PS4 I would say yes but its up to you! I surely don't regret my purchase.
Just found your channel and I love your videos man. Got me thinking about games I would've otherwise never thought about picking up.
I guess Skater XL put itself in a weird spot, especially coming out a whole year or two before Session (or more, since it's still in pre-alpha as of the writing of this comment). I guess everyone can understand and appreciate that it's for skaters, by skaters, but that ultimately alienates a non-skater audience that's very much interested in a game that pushes the genre forward. But that audience would probably need more than what 1.0 has to offer, which is one of the reasons why there's so much complaining about the price. Even a lot of people who bought it in EA agree that $40 is steep for what's in the package. Had it come out close to Session or afterward, perhaps there wouldn't be such a heated discussion around its lack of content cuz Session is aiming to be that content-heavy skateboarding game everyone expected from Skate 4 before EA said it was happening not that long ago (if it's Skate 4, which I really hope it is).
Of course, they can always add to it, but that would probably bring up the question as to why they didn't keep the game in early access for longer when those supposed core features that everyone wants right now (e.g. native online multiplayer) are implemented. And why hike up the price when it still feels like beta? Are they THAT short on money? Who knows in what state it will be when Session comes out of early access, but looking at the two right now, it seems like SXL is perfect for those who just want to free roam and do what they want while Session is going to have a story and missions and whatnot, much like Skate. And the next Skate game might as well come out in the same window as Session, which, as a fan of Session, I think will be a very interesting situation.
Well, considering the state of game development these days where games are released in an incomplete state and expanded through major updates coined as “seasons”, its not surprising that they released it this early. This way, they can keep the hype up through every update, while getting more time to develop. Plus there’s the advantage of market share during a scarcity of skateboarding games. The downside is that future skateboarding games can learn from the shortfalls of SkaterXL to release a better product, IF they take advantage of the opportunity. I personally believe they should’ve taken more time, tho.
I get what your saying about skater xl alienating non skaters, but i don’t think was even trying to be the NEXT genre defining game in the first place. So yeah it is a bit daunting for non skaters, but I think with the support of the skating community I think that this game is gonna be just fine
Session will never attract the casual audience simply for the fact that the gameplay mechanics aren't fluid at all. They are extremely clunky. You have more trick options in Session but executing them properly feels more difficult than on a real skateboard. Session has been in development for 5 years now and they haven't been able to nail down the core gameplay mechanics yet.
Simply put, in its current form, Session isn't fun to play.
@@Kornholic How do you know? It's an early access pre-alpha game that's still under development. What do you expect?
@@victorp1245 Because it has been in development since 2015 and the gameplay mechanics still suck. Use your brain.
Nice! Those were the cleanest lines I’ve seen on this game so far. Thank you for explaining that a skateboarding game only needs to let you do one thing: SKATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I have to get this today.
Nah 40$ aren't worth it at at all, There are no goals or Story mode you get bored easily. It would be good it were 20$. But 40$ no way I wish i could take my money back:/ I bought on console by the way.
Honestly if there were a story mode I probably wouldn't even touch it anyway. The way I see it, this game is just a virtual version of skating in real life. You don't really have a goal outside of the trick you're trying to land, and there certainly isn't any story mode. Just depends on what you value in a game, and what you were looking to get out of this one I suppose.
go play COD then...
I was almost certain this would be a dislike, just going off the title. Thanks for proving me wrong you did an awesome job PogChamp
This is literally the part of the game you get to play while the full game is installing but sadly there is nothing else to it.
Disappointed
I think what your problem was with your nollie double heel and nollie double flip was more your timing with when you flick left or right on the right stick after you let up on your left stick. I've experienced what you were going through through the beta and found that timing practice cleaned up my double flips to not go completly dolphin on me. Once you get the timing down, it all relies on how long you hold the right stick out for the double hell or flip to happen. Hope that helps you out. Loved the review!
It’s 100% worth it in my opinion. Multiplayer will come later, and I’m sure the physics will get way better and customizable. It’s the beginning of a great game.
Nobody cares about skateboarding multiplayer lol
We Win yes, a lot of people do, it’s fun to skate with your friends.
@@therealwewin It is for people that have friends
@@colingagnon9832 real life is better tho
There's multi-player mod for pc already which works without bigger flaws
its the best skater sim out there. you got tons of maps in the discord. its not a game for non skaters for sure, its not tony hawk. And for double flips try moving the flipping analog diagonal and downwards
I have the PS4 version and when I try to do challenges, the frame rate drops and the game lags. Anyone else experiencing that or is that just me?
Bruh mine doesn’t even have the option for challenges. And half the settings aren’t there along with the maps not being fully finished and some gear is missing.
Great great review, I hope that the devs see this and work on the points you mentioned. One thing I noticed is that the skater often doesnt really touch the board when catching the trick, which looks weird because the board just magically stops :)
You really think it's the most realistic skateboarding sim ever released? I'm honestly having a hard time considering it a "sim."
Coming from Session, which feels much more "sim" to me, I'm really enjoying SkaterXL as a more casual experience.
It's always come off as a more arcadey type game to me, but having now spent 15 minutes actually trying it, it plays way better than any clips I'd seen especially ESPECIALLY the official trailers
I didn't know session was out yet?
To be fair. Session it's not fully released yet (not 1.0 version yet) so it's technically skaterXL is most realistic skateboarding game right now. It may be change after session fully released or maybe not if skaterXL update the gameplay with adding modded physic option like they have in pc.
@@JayKayX71 beta program for xbone and been out in pre pre pre pre alpha on PC for years
I feel the opposite. Session feels stiff and unrepsonsive compared to sxl. To me, session has good graphics, a nice selection of tricks and a cool character customization feature. But none of that matters to me when the gameplay feels bad and the animations look... lets just say awkward. For me it seems session = tony hawk compared to sxl = skate 3.
bro you are looking swagged out
It looks like Skate but dull, lacks charisma and everything feels empty and lifeless.
@@michaelruiz3883 still gonna need a lot of work
@@michaelruiz3883 don't want to hear that bs don't put a price tag on a half ass game
Just like your one sentence review
its a simulator that relies on mods.
@@luitsatrap the control scheme is the star of the show.
So glad you posted this! I didn't know it had came out.
Before writing this, let me just say that I know I’m in the minority with this opinion. When I play a skateboard game, I don’t want to play a sim where I’m doing tricks in the game what I can almost do in real life. Obviously I’m not a pro and can’t do everything, but still. I find games like the Tonk Hawk Pro Skater series much more entertaining because they represent, for lack of a better term, the fantasy side of skateboarding.
Skate XL looks great and plays great, kudos to the developers, but I’m much more looking forward the release of THPS 1+2 coming out soon.
Cheers man. Appreciate the vids from over here in London. Gna download now skate rat!
The answer is: No
Saved you 23 minutes.
actually it is worth it for some people, it may not be the funnest game right now, but they'll update in the future. Also multiplayer is going to happen. The reason skaters love it is it's realism.
The answer is yes buy it and do what a real skater does, skate. There's no need for a story when you're looking to create those lines and get better at it every try
This game is for skaters, it's about progression and not giving up. If they add the online I want to play games of skate. When I play skate I didn't care to much for the challenges. It was all about skating.
I'm a diehard for Skate's control layout, but I'm glad Skater XL exists and offers a new avenue for skating games.
all the console kids in the comments who don’t understand how far this game has came and that it’s not being developed by a big company lmao
Have you seen session, crea-ture knows how to handle a development of a game, easy day even had experience with an app game, but I guess they only wanted our trust so we would give them our money and then do the biggest AWOL in recent gaming history
Fr, I bought this game a week after it came on steam
how far a game has come doesnt mean shit if the game just isnt ready for launch. you also shouldnt put a game on console if you need pc mods to enjoy it lmao
Soon Forgot you are 100% correct. I bought this the day it came out on PS4, huge disappointment. Skate was a million times more fun than this tech demo.
@Soon Forgot this isnt a skate wannabe. there are some tricks you cant do in skater xl thats in ea skate, but the controls and level of intricacies in order to style your trick out in subtle ways is so much better in this. its also much more satisfying to learn these tricks than ea skate. i playeda lot of hours in ea skate 1 and 2 and they were amazing but you reach a point where the tricks just dont look good because they are preset animations and not physics based. might not be for everyone but they have reached a level of complexity and user input freedom when it comes to the tricks that far surpasses ea skate. although it still needs a lot of work and polish in certain aspects like the need for an open world, bugs, multiplayer, etc. but "wannabe" is such a lame reductive perspective on something that was clearly made with passion.
Hey! Nice video!
To do double flips you can put your front foot's stick to the right before you pop, it helps A LOT.
I just hate how everything looks so slow and floaty.
Yea thats why i had bought Session instead awhile ago, but i regret it because it seems like Skaterxl is rising to the occasion
Yong Gun same lol
Maxim Saelens i just bought it and installed xxl mod and its so good
Dang you look way older than you did in the older reviews ive seen. I like the new look!
Regarding your "pop out" comments. It just seems like you're popping way too high on everything. For a game where you just record footage on a couple aspect seems meh.
Like you easily nollied over a picnic table longways.
The game is very floaty to begin with and there is a high pop option where both sticks are held down instead of just the back foot you get mad air.
If you want something with a realistic pop height and play on pc/XBox try Session
Yea , that’s why I got mods on my pc version of the game. You can set how high you wanna pop and high pop to make it look more realistic and many more options. I would say the pc version is the best way you can experience this game. Also you can download tons of custom maps and clothes and decks,trucks and grip
When you realize that he’s skating the same deck as your IRL deck
$20 on Steam, at least a few weeks ago . Definitely still in development , it will get better! so go ahead and get this game 👍
Its 33 euros now because of the 1.0 release
1.0 release changed to 40$
Im glad you brought up how frustrating the manual system is. Its def what i struggled with the most
looking back at this video this game has gotten way better importing mods to console and releasing a mp in the month or so
to do double flips and flick hard you have to do this. 1. Pop the board. with one or both sticks 2. let go of the stick that you kick with. 3 flick it to the left or right fast. do NOT pop the board and then kick the board in one motion. you have to let go of the kicking stick and then flick it fast. this is how you do double flips , triple flips or fast flips. like you would do in real life. if you wanna do a high fast good looking kickflip, kicking the board the second after you pop is not the way to go. you have to do it ollie. so drag your foot up the board, like you would do when doing a ollie. when your kicking foot is almost at the top of the board then you kick out. ollie kickflip. not just a kickflip that gets no air at all.
It just feels Incomplete, and definitely not worth 40$. :(
you do realise its a small studio right
Troy Aladi and it’s not a complete game yet
@@WhoopEaterz if its a small studio, then the game should be no more than 20
what made you buy this game, do you do research?
@@ashleyjohansson230 how does that make sense
Thankfully the devs have been so supportive of the morning community, even making modding way easier than any other game (literally dragging and dropping files in most cases.)
Really happy about the official release, but more glad I got it in early release so I only spent $15 instead of $40.
“Nothing to do” 😂skate! Plenty of spots..
I agree. I think people want more challenges, things to collect.. But I am happy they got the skating feeling good and realistic.
I got it on sale for $27 and it feels like a steal. It's hard, but super rewarding when you get it right. It should also be noted that I simultaneously picked up the Tony Crack remaster as insurance.
"nothing to do"
lmao what? it's a game about skateboarding. you skate. that's what you do. kids these days need 'achievements' to be motivated to play the game, rather than just having fun with the game mechanics... you skate, find spots, shoot videos, just like in real skateboarding.
granted, I admit $40 is a bit steep for the console version in particular. on PC, the limitless additional content of mods makes it a much better value. vert does kinda suck, but almost nobody actually skates those kind of ramps in real life anyway outside of the olympics and xgames skaters. all this said, the game is only barely in "1.0" which is really more like it's still in early-access.
Game feels like a big tutorial .. Needs more to do, events and challenges to open up new locations, skaters, outfits etc etc ..
Don't confuse Simulator with Game. Skate XL is a Simulator. Not really what people wanting to play a GAME would like
I don’t like this game to much glitches don’t like how grant park looks don’t like the camera angle the list can go on I’m waiting for Tony hawk & skate 4 coming out
Try Skater XL with mods if you are playing on PC. Highly recommend to try atleast, gaming experience changes dramatically!!
this is a low brain capacity comment
I bought this one it came out for Xbox for the full price and I absolutely think this game was worth the price. Some of the challenges are definitely annoying like you said but I've been having a blast just learning the system and making my own lines here and there.
SKater Xl is NOT the most realistic game. Session is.
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I did double tre flip 2nd try on flat xD. I'm playing it and watching the video. Sweet review!
Best breakdown video by far. Good job
streets was designed by Jean Olive, I remember this guy from the skate 3 community, made great videos and create-a-park's so no surprise his modded level was good enough to be ported into the official S XL game
Skater XL physics with the story/missions of Skate would be the perfect game.
I think the main problem people have is there are gamers that like to be set free, and there are gamers that like to be told what to do next.
Wow, very thorough and great review. Hopefully the devs see this because there's a lot of good comments and feedback here.
Skating mini ramp in this game is just a game changer. So awesome
nice review my dude! very honest and not just hating on the game. Keep up the good work :)
as someone with 300+ hours in this game, and played for the past year! PERSIST!!!! Its UNREAL once you get good at the game... + learning the filming is such a huge part of the game. DO NOT QUIT, I PROMISE YOU ITS WORTH THE COMMITMENT.
you don’t have to pop out a ledge or rail, you can click both sticks to exit the grind in the direction you’re moving :)
Speaking of the double heelflip/kickflip situation, you dont have to pop high, meaning you dont need to press down on both sticks to complete the two flips or if you do, just dont hold the back foot stick after you start flipping so it doesn't manipulate the board.
It's just a cashgrab - it is still in early access state, but they released it as 1.0 just to boots up the price. You can not like Session but it still has like 3x time more stuff then SXL (time-night cicle, object droper, walking, multiplayer, more tricks itp).
"It's just a cashgrab - it is still in early access state" You literally described all games after 2015
Really good review, Rat! I like it for messing around on and I can go for quite a while but I am hoping they give us more tricks and maps in the updates and hopefully some better solutions to the problems you outlined.
The west la courthouse is not in downtown so that's why its a separate map. Pretty cool to see that they added that spot 👌. I live down the street from it!!!
When I played it, it felt like the equivalent of playing with Tech Decks. It's not perfect and doesn't have a whole lot but damn, it's so satisfying just flipping the board around and roaming with it.