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Posted 12 May 2023
Session: Skateboarding Sim - PC / Steam Digital Key - £8.79 @ CDKeys
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If you're wanting some skateboarding goodness for the PC, then Session at this price could tick the box for you. I've played a few hours of this and more recently Skater XL . Skater XL is the one I ended up playing the most, although I must admit, when I last played sessions was quite some time ago. I plan on going back to it this evening, because there have been updates since my last look, as well as more content.
Sessions came out of early access at the end of last year, so I'm hoping to fall in love with another skateboarding game again.
Controls are NOT easy and you will need a pad for it. That said, there is an easier control settings (Legacy), which puts things closer to the likes of the old SKATE games, but also... not quite It's worth taking it slow and figuring it out, because the native control system can be awesome and adds a lot to it, if you really stick it out. It's not very forgiving, but it feels awesome when you nail a perfect run.
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The top 3 reasons to play Session: Skateboarding Sim Game PCTrue Stance Stick controls: Don’t be fooled by copycats and experience the real pioneering dual stick board control feature!Session offers for the first time a per foot stick control giving you the full power in your hands where each stick represents a foot.Explore the best and most iconic skate spots, starting with New-York which helped shape what street skating is today.About Session: Skateboarding Sim Game PC
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Sessions came out of early access at the end of last year, so I'm hoping to fall in love with another skateboarding game again.
Controls are NOT easy and you will need a pad for it. That said, there is an easier control settings (Legacy), which puts things closer to the likes of the old SKATE games, but also... not quite It's worth taking it slow and figuring it out, because the native control system can be awesome and adds a lot to it, if you really stick it out. It's not very forgiving, but it feels awesome when you nail a perfect run.
Get your instant download with CDKeys.com
This product includes Session: Skateboarding Sim Game PC.
The top 3 reasons to play Session: Skateboarding Sim Game PCTrue Stance Stick controls: Don’t be fooled by copycats and experience the real pioneering dual stick board control feature!Session offers for the first time a per foot stick control giving you the full power in your hands where each stick represents a foot.Explore the best and most iconic skate spots, starting with New-York which helped shape what street skating is today.About Session: Skateboarding Sim Game PC
- "Inspired by the golden era of skateboarding, Session's primary goal is to make you experience what skateboarding really is; an incredible culture where there are no other goals other than expressing your creativity and achieving success through hard work, perseverance and bits of madness for no one else other than yourself.
- Be ready to play the most authentic and grounded skateboarding experience in the most legendary spots on earth, film and make the gnarliest skate parts out there.
- True Stance Stick controls: Don’t be fooled by copycats and experience the real pioneering dual stick board control feature!
- Session offers for the first time a per foot stick control giving you the full power in your hands where each stick represents a foot. Careful though, skating switch now has a real meaning.
- Filming has always been a big part of the skateboarding culture. With Session's video editor players can perform their tricks; edit, and create a montage in-game.
- Explore the best and most iconic skate spots, starting with New-York which helped shape what street skating is today. Recreated on a 1:1 scale and supported by grounded and realistic skate physics, get the feel of what it is to skate the infamous Brooklyn Banks and our fresh twist of the surrounding financial district of Manhattan."
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sorted byI only say that as timing and positioning is mega important to pulling off tricks, but mainly grinds.
Personally I prefer to have a bigger screen for this one. However there are settings to make grinds auto lock on, so that would make it easier 100%.
I don't like that though, because it does limit versatility. If I had a steam deck, I think auto locking in would be a must.
Hats off to anyone playing it well with standard settings on the SD. It's hard work enough on a big screen (Gets easier though)
I was discussing this last time about taking the plunge lol, was on the fence. Not sure I can resist anymore. Especially at this price.
I have no patience, so not sure how annoyed I would get lol. Not so much at the controls and how hard it could be to play but more the levels and bumping into things. I used to hate that in some skateboarding games.
Ken, when it downloads will you let me know how bad it is in regards to that lol. I've played some skateboarding games where the slightest bump and you fly half way across the map haha! (slight exaggeration :P)
It's a learning curve for sure and anyone that plays it will find it hard to start with. (edited)
OMG, I absolutely love it lol.
Ken, I am Goofy so the entire tutorial I was like why is it telling me to do this, this feels so wrong. I kept using the wrong feet, well in my head I was like "this is not right, why is it telling me this" lol. I just kept going though, it wasn't too bad even with that.
Then I finished the tutorial and it mentioned "True stance" So I was like. "Ohhhh, please, this must be it!"
Sure enough, it's what my brain was expecting!!! That should be the absolute default method if you ask me, but that's me as a skater. I can see why the controls would not be that way by default. As it's much simpler to not have to think about which foot your using (or rather, hand/stick on controller for the most part) but this was having a counter effect on me. I could barely pop out of stuff with the default controls as my head was automatically relating each stick to my correct foot and the default controls make that harder!!
I now have it set to true skate, I don't think I will ever turn that off. Now I can naturally do a Kickflip without thinking, Ollie etc. Jeeze the Ollie, on the basic controls. My head was struggling with that one the most as it was basically forcing me to do an Ollie as if I am regular but as I am Goofy my brains like your using the wrong foot!! but just ignore the game, finish tutorial and set it up correctly lol.
With the "True Stance" I now feel like it's natural. As I am goofy, my back foot is now correct as if it was my real back foot lol, and now if I end up in Switch stance I can easily understand the controls...well I say easily, in time maybe. I am still finding it a bit confusing and hard to get used to although no were near as hard as I thought it was going to be!
You know what I find the hardest, timing, positioning, figuring out when I need to pop, how fast to go etc etc.
Though even in real life I always found it hard to react fast enough when doing lines, with trick after trick with not much thinking between! Maybe it's getting older but my reaction times felt pretty bad trying to pull off an ollie into a grind then popping out lol. I haven't tried that with "True Stance" yet but I plan to later. Without True Stance that thing was messing with my head as it felt like I was getting told the "regular stance" controls lol.
Definitely looking forward to more of this and hopefully getting good. It feels so satisfying when you do pull something off!
The only thing I hate so far, switching to True Stance is the fact I then lose the ability to turn left and right with the sticks and I am forced to use the LT and RT? I can't see a way to change that. I am so used to turning with sticks in all games that, this feels weird but I will soon get used to it and it's worth the sacrifice if it means I can play in the correct way i.e True Stance is the only way that is going to feel right to me as a fellow skater!
Do you play with True Stance? I am trying to think if that is how Skate was, that's how I remember it but maybe it wasn't but that's how my brain naturally thinks the controls should be!
Sorry for the huge message but I had to share in case anyone else is on the fence, this is absolutely awesome lol and the bumping into things and falling was my major off putting point of buying it and I can say this doesn't bother me at all!! mainly due to how fast you can just jump back on your board or to your set marker. It was annoying in games in the past as the bail animation took ages but this is basically instant if you just press to get on your feet when you bail.
Absolutely amazing
Thank you for the deal alert! (edited)
The good thing is how customisable it is. I've been playing hardcore settings, just to feel it out. It's hard work, but so nice when you get a line down
Standardly though, I use normal, but have dabbled with truestance.