[previewyoutube=Z2ecFWChyyU;full][previewyoutube=Z2ecFWChyyU;leftthumb][/previewyoutube] [/previewyoutube] Helskate is first and foremost a skating game. There’s also story, player progression, and combat: all of this is added to give new context to classic skating gameplay. The focus is still on doing tricks, finding cool lines, and landing big combos, as we truly love this kind of freeform, find-the-line improvisational skating gameplay. In fact, we love it so much, we want more people to experience it and enjoy it! This is why we’re trying something new, inspired by the joy of skating… but unrestricted by the confines of the real world. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44224898/6a36bed6a397e5fb70e5442eca9738693e301bd1.png[/img] [h2]Skating is Everything[/h2] Combat and skating are fully integrated. Our goal is to make combat fun, satisfying and challenging, but also to make enemy encounters part of the lines and combos. There are long, snake-like enemies to grind across. There are enemies that can be used as ramps. There are enemy projectiles that you can skate on. And hitting them will fluidly continue your skating combo. In other words: enemy encounters donot take away from the skating; they add to it. It’s all part of the same system. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44224898/1c3721301f80f78c794e31aae78222b08008cab4.gif[/img] [h2]Have It Your Way[/h2] You start the game with a familiar set of basic tricks: kickflips, grinds, manuals, grabs, et cetera. Each run into the Helskate you gain Trick Tapes, Gear, and Stat Points, all leading to different builds with different playstyles. Skateboarding tricks power up your attacks, so if you take stat points that give you extra high ollies and reduced flip trick time, you’ll be able to spam missile flips. Or you might create a grind-based build with extra grind damage so you can charge up lightning as you grind through the middle of a bunch of enemies. Or you might just go all in on raw, unadulterated damage so you can do a massive grab trick to buff your next hit to 1000% damage, and kill enemies with a single, powerful hammer strike. It’s all up to you. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44224898/a281e77c3709a1374dd9f5352a170ce572f6d4b9.png[/img] [h2]Skate and Die[/h2] In summary: it’s been our goal to make Helskate a classic arcade skating game blended with unique elements. Being good at skating will make you better at combat. Being good at combat opens up more ways to skate. Basically: if you’re into skating, Vertheim will be your playground. Embrace the pain, [i]Phantom Coast[/i] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44224898/cdfa5c8846df2ad2e4ca22f2d0da1bb552a8e1e0.gif[/img]