The pitch meeting for Slide Stars must have been an experience. “How about we take the tricks and obstacles of Trials HD, replace the bike with a rubber duck, the tracks with water flumes, and the riders with internet personalities from around the world? You know, celebs of the calibre of Holly H, Ben Azelart and Brent Rivera? Then – and here’s the killer – we launch it at full price as an Xbox Series X|S launch title”. We wouldn’t have stumped up the cash for that pitch.
It’s a game concept that shouldn’t work, and… well, it doesn’t. Slide Stars is just about the most empty-headed game we’ve played, and it would be considered among the worst launch titles of all time if it wasn’t for some stupendously under-the-radar marketing. Barely anyone could tell you it had come out.
Don’t get us wrong: Slide Stars works on a ‘press a button…
