WhileÂSkate 3Âseems to beheading to mobile devices, andÂTony Hawk’s Pro SkaterÂisrumored to be launching sometime this year, there’s another skateboarding game that appears to have gone under our radar.ÂSkate StoryÂlooks to be taking the player on a skateboarding adventure…in the underworld.After seeing the latest tweet from the official Twitter account, there was a video attached in which the character performing an ollie, landing to perform a grind. The first thing that grabbed my attention was the style of the world, although I had assumed this was just prototyped placeholder graphics. However, after scouring through the account, it seems to be the visual style, and I love it.
It turns out, that the game seems to find the player in a stylized underworld that consists ofcreepy robed people with flashlights for heads. Judging by the clips, your job is to basically avoid them while skating through, however, you’ve also got the ability to pop an ollie and perform tricks. There’s an earlier video âbefore the grind function above was implementedâ which seems to show the control style.
Famitsusays that the game is set in a surreal New York underground world and states the game isn’t about getting the high score, but instead describes it as “skateboard zen” which in honesty I’m all for.
As you can see, there’s a small circle next to the board which seems to be giving balance information as well as looking like you use the thumbstick to perform the trick you want. There’s also an official teaser trailer that you can watch below. It shows a lot more environmental settings and tricks being performed, and it also seems to include a story…which would make sense given the game is literally calledÂSkate Story.
Skate Storydoesn’t have a specific release date and is slated to be “coming soon”. There also appears to be no platform specified anywhere, with afairly empty official websitenot containing any additional information. However, Famitsu seems to report the title is looking at a 2022 completion target.
