Skate Story might be a surreal skate sim, but its engine is solid as a board. After years of development delays, Sam Eng’s sublime paean to the pastime was worth the wait, blending a vaporwave VHS aesthetic and dreamlike dialogue with satisfying skateboarding fundamentals.

The bulk of the challenge here is self-directed, but the tactile feel and function of your glass avatar rolling over countless spectacles of delirious neon geometry is a winning combo, manifesting a transportive Zen-state skate experience in its finest hours.

Devolver Digital officially announced Skate Story three years ago, though the game has evolved leaps and bounds from Eng’s prior video reveals. With a massive visual upgrade from those early sneak peeks and a sensational soundscape by Blood Cultures et al. to

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