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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 658.2 hrs on record (287.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: Jun 9, 2023 @ 9:07am
Updated: Jun 9, 2023 @ 10:02am

8/10 Base game, but nearly perfect with mods

Having played almost all the main big Skating games from THPS1 to Session including all the PS1,PS2, & PS3 era forgotten/clones (except Skate 1 and Skater XL) all in the past 2 years, Session is slowly making it's way to my most played game on steam just a few months after starting PC gaming with my Steam Deck and has been a daily go to since.

I bought Session on sale for $17 for almost half of what Skater XL's lowest $32 sale been, and Sessions offers great vanilla content with a cool story mode, hard historical and nice daily challenges, a great replay editor, about a dozen great maps with DIY potential and a fun skate sim experience with lots customizable settings. I put about 60 hours causally enjoying vanilla game before easily modding it and with mods it's nearly perfect and runs great on the Steam Deck. With mods you mainly get all new custom gear, bug fixes, and new custom maps that rival the base game and with a thriving community and a little know how, you can make or get your own gear in the game while skating in your favorite map you helped make, adding to it with custom DIY object droppers to have a park editor mode in your favorite custom parks. The potential for the game with the community is endless, making this one of my favorite games to chill with on the Steam deck DIY editing parks, listening to music and getting clips.

The only things needed from Creature to add to the game that would make it finished & perfect 10/10 are

1. More tricks, Vert, Grabs, More animations
fix messed up animations, Caveman, Throwdown

2. Cloud saves!
I reinstalled the game and had to start my game from scratch, took 2 days to grind out the story mode but still, add that.

3. Unlimited DIY Dropper!
Why are some in store DIY objects set to Max 1 or 3 etc. Give us Max 50 -100 or unlimited amount that we still buy, that way there's more things to spend money on & with that you basically have a full park editor.

4. Online/Multiplayer, Quality of Life, Photos!!
Honestly if points 1- 3 get done, It'd be great enough for me but even if we can or can't get multiplayer, it'd be nice to still have more online aspects connecting the community. Maybe have the TV or laptop in the apartment be where you can view all your skate clips sorted by their map location, (instead of having to be at that specific map), upload clips and view other community clips, comment etc. Also you could have an option to have a social menu there where you can have your uploaded steam screenshots from your game uploaded in-game for others to see. I think the film editor brings a lot of replayability so having a photo editor too with magazine covers and other filters could add alot. You could then use the photos as posters in the apartment and have some new photo shoot missions to introduce it in an update would be dope.

TL:DR If interested in skate games at all, I'd highly recommend it especially if it's on sale for $25 or less, definitely worth it with mods. If you were a fan of Skate or Tony Hawk but want something more realistic & customizable, then modded Session is for you. Damn near perfect game for me and the best street skate sim yet.
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3 Comments
Jul 2, 2023 @ 8:22pm 
@DOOM It runs great on the Steam Deck and as expected has become my most played game and will probably stay that way. I play on max/epic graphics and lock my fps at 40-45 for the most battery life and fps never drop except in a few the huge/detailed custom maps buts never under 35, I just avoid foliage lol. Must have for skateheads with a steam deck, I just finished swapping a majority of my vanilla decks with my favorite rare deck grails even adding stickers and customization like that goes such along way in making something both nostalgic and timeless something I can play forever.
Jul 2, 2023 @ 5:41pm 
how does it run on steam deck?
Jun 13, 2023 @ 12:47pm 
Unfortunately Crea-ture has stated that multiplayer is not possible in the engine. :gnomechild: