Having said that, there is a nice flow to how these locations progress the game's difficulty, with Los Angeles introducing you to the basics, giving you a tour through the various types of challenge on offer, before Oslo and Barcelona slowly begin to crank up the heat with a little more complexity introduced to the feats you're expected to nail. However, it's also one that results in locations that feel a bit too similar to play through, with very little in the way of surprises or even switching up of the game's atmosphere - besides a basic day/night cycle - as you traverse each of the three areas on offer. With muted colours, very little in the way of detail and a breezy, minimalist soundtrack that matches the look and feel of what's happening on-screen, Skate City rolls with an aesthetic that gives the whole thing an appropriately chilled skater vibe. It's all pretty intuitive stuff and, once you've got the hang of a few moves and a feeling for how tricks flow into one another, it feels pretty great to put together little runs through Los Angeles, Oslo and Barcelona, pulling off combos, nailing jumps, grinding rails and discovering new ways in which to bend the simple environments to your will - and the environments here, from a gameplay and stylistic point of view, really are rather simple spartan, even. Originally released on Apple Arcade back in 2019, Skate City is certainly a rather slight affair, with just three small locations to ollie, nollie and grind your way around but, with all-important online leaderboards present and correct alongside a handful of unlockable special tricks, upgradeable skills and a skate shop from which to purchase trendy gear for your little ragdoll avatar, there's still a decent amount of fun here for avid skaters to sink their teeth into, especially given the game's budget price. This is a much more relaxed affair and one that, for the most part, sells its dreamlike, laid back take on urban skate action rather well. There's no precisely timed landing of tricks required here, no sweaty palms, complex combos or finger-twisting barrages of inputs to worry about. If you've been hankering for a little 2D side-scrolling skateboard action but Roll7's OlliOlli series is just a bit too hardcore for your liking, Agens and Room 8's Skate City might just be right up your vert ramp. Who'd have thought jazz and skateboarding would go so damn well together? 7.Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Muzak: Sick hand-picked soundtrack including the Qemists, Dorian Concept and Flako. Silverware: Capture various gold, silver, and bronze to put on your digital mantlepiece for ultimate bragging rights. Horizontally Challenged: An astounding 250 unique and cunning challenges, honing your skills, pushing you harder and harder - will you step up? Precision Fingering: Over 120 tricks and grinds, from boardslides to nosegrinds and kickflips to impossibles - your digits will never get bored! Ride the World: Five different stages, each with their own unique levels and obstacles, grind over JCBs in the junkyard and heelflip over Dinosaurs in Neon! Showboating: Battle online for the number one spot on every mode, squeeze in that one extra trick for world dominance. Press to Land: Perfect landing and grind mechanic that rewards you for timing tricks to perfection, lock this down and mainline your brain into skateboarding's rhythm. Quad Modal: Four Game Modes - Career, Spots, Daily Grind and RAD mode - will have you grinding for months to come You can practice as many times as you like, but you only get one chance to set your score. Daily Grind gives you 24 hours to challenge the world at a randomly selected Spot. Compete across the world in all modes to get the highest scores on every Level and Spot. Not enough for you? Complete all challenges to unlock the super skillful RAD Mode! Rack up the biggest and coolest combos along the way then time your landing to perfection to rule the leader-boards. OlliOlli mixes addictive one-life gameplay with over 120 tricks and grinds across 50 deviously crafted levels, 250 Challenges, Spots Mode and Daily Grind.
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