Skatemasta Tcheco Review (PlayStation 4)
Tcheco is back! After visiting the Castle of Lucio it’s time for another herculean journey riding his shiny new skate. Be prepared to survive even crazier stages! The challenge is also bigger, that’s why Tcheco now is able to perform deadly attacks.
Pros:
- 8 Bit graphic style.
- 145.9mb download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Chiptune soundtrack.
- Aspect ratio-4:3/8:7/15:9/16:9.
- Scanlines-on/off.
- Rolling platformer gameplay.
- Game-you are on a skateboard and avoid obstacles, collect money, stomp enemies and kill the boss at the end.
- Letters-collect them to spell a friend’s name who will come in and help you.
- Cash-points.
- World map level select.
- Play any level you want as they are all open.
- Levels have a difficulty rating.
- Boss fights.
- Life bar that goes down slowly and you can pick med kits up.
- Save between levels.
- Variety of attacks like air and ground pound style moves.
- Half a dozen or so levels.
- Easy Platinum trophy.
- Some cool locations.
- Trains your reflexes and muscle memory.
Cons:
- Really easy to do an air attack which usually kills you.
- Small window to see what’s coming at you.
- No tutorials.
- No leaderboards.
- The platinum trophy doesn’t require you to play much of the game.
- Music can grind after a while.
- Levels begin to feel the same.
- No replay value
- Graphics - 7/107/10
- Sound - 6/106/10
- Accessibility - 7/107/10
- Length - 6/106/10
- Fun Factor - 7/107/10
Summary
Skatemasta Tcheco is a platformer game where you navigate via a skateboard, the level is constantly rolling so it’s more a runner. It leans into the nostalgic retro game a lot with its 8 Bit graphics and Chiptune soundtrack, the thing is though the gameplay is just kind of boring and noneventful. I mean I clocked the game in under an hour, the only challenge was not accidentally doing air attacks into death which was way too easy to do! Calling in friends didn’t really do anything constructive and in fact, boss fights were so simple it wasn’t ever an issue. Levels began to feel the same and just generally the game never really did anything memorable. I liked the graphics but aside from that it just never got going and I had to force myself through it. Definitely, one for Platinum hunters though as the Platinum took less time than the game completion time. To be fair though the later levels do provide a bit more challenge and are at least nice to look at. Overall if you want a short nostalgia trip then you have a new game to play.
