Review: The Videokid (PlayStation 4)
Test your skills to the max with this fun & challenging arcade style skate game set in a retro 1980s neighborhood filled with danger…
Pros:
- Nice chunky voxel graphics.
- 379MB download size.
- 12 Trophies.
- Chiptune soundtrack.
- Paperboy free runner gameplay. Deliver VHS tapes in the red mailboxes whilst avoiding obstacles and people whilst collecting coins and hitting bonus objects.
- Jump, Skate and grind cars, Trucks, and benches to rack up your score.
- Use the VHS tapes to not only deliver but used to hit people/targets.
- Collect coins for the shop.
- Shop where you spend coins to unlock new skins and new moves.
- Score and length reached markers.
- Very addictive nature.
- Levels randomize so no two games are the same.
- Great fun to play.
- Easy to pick up and play.
- Strong “One more go” ethos.
- Cameo overload! Characters and vehicles from the golden age of TV. From the A-Team, Turtles, Batman to Herbie, Ghostbusters and so many many more.
Cons:
- Controls feel a bit sluggish compared to the Xbox One and Steam versions.
- Restarting is slow.
- No checkpoints.
- Levels randomize but after lengthy play, You start getting the same parts over and over.
- Cannot avoid the sewer sections.
