You probably have seen some wild gaming clips, haven’t you? For example, a headshot from a thousand meters or a perfect combo in a fighting game. And who has seen that stuff? The imposition of a city skyline as the skater’s personal area where the skater changes the roof gaps in one single line of smooth and anti-gravity skating? Not you, me, or anybody else until now. One of the strangest things in the gaming world, a video that is now becoming popular, has been published by Dexerto and shows a player of Skate doing literally what can only be defined as an insane trick in three rooftops, and the gaming fans are, understandably, going absolutely crazy.

A clip reportedly posted by a Reddit user named u/Interesting_Data_595 has been nothing short of a ‘skateboarding over the edge’ lesson delivered in the virtual universe. At the beginning, the video reveals the skater to be climbing on top of one rooftop, gaining momentum, and then simply…catapulting himself. The first gap is not only massive, but they also fly over it with no obstruction and land up on the next building smoothly. The very next moment, without a bit of celebration, they start to prepare for the second jump that is an even bigger chasm between the buildings. The dedication here is, as a person named Glitchy 🪄 put it, ‘unreal’. The faint pause before the second jump is visible; that fractional second of calculation is pure professionalism. They do not just hit the keys haphazardly; their actions are very precise. They execute the second landing flawlessly and in a move that goes against reason, they do a laser backflip off the edge of the roof to clear the third and last rooftop. The whole thing is so smooth that it could easily be mistaken for a cut-scene, but the comments are there to assure that it was all player skill. ‘That landing alone would have permanently retired me,’ was the humorous comment of a user named Robin, and quite frankly? Same here.

There is a perfect mix of thrill, astonishment, and the usual gamer chaos in the replies. People from the likes of the one called VR were just astonished and even went on to say ‘no way that’s real life 🤯 this looks crazy for a game,’ to which most others replied with a simple ‘real or ai? 🤔’. Others, for example, Navy were just wondering the reason behind such an amazing observation, hence the question, ‘no way that’s real life 🤯 this looks insane for a game.’ But the biggest reaction was among the ones who were just hype and nothing more. ‘This is what gaming is supposed to be,’ Michael said, and it is hard to argue with that. It is a video that displays the complete, unrestricted, and very skilled utilization of the features in games like Skate. Helium Wars were right when they said, ‘Three rooftops in one line is the kind of skate game magic that makes you try it once and then fail 47 times in a row.’ That is the ultimate truth. We see the highlight, we get inspired, and then we spend an hour getting our faces planted on the first edge.

But wait, what was I saying? Oh right, the clip. Well, not every response to the movie was about the stunts. This is the internet, after all. One user, dabo0, was not very impressed, telling Dexerto they were ‘skate videos more than actual gaming news/content,’ specifically mentioning the lack of a report on the recently concluded CS:GO major. Another user, HasanTheDogAbuser, responded rather bluntly, ‘No one cares about cs anymore.’ Wow! Another user, Demy, was pointing out something odd and inquiring, ‘Why are 90% of the replies here AI-botted?’ which is… a whole different meta discussion about social media we do not want to have now. The reality is that the video sparked debates of all sorts.

On the other hand, the clip sparked the forever question among the franchise fans: ‘skate 4 when??’ This has been the question that has been reverberating in the replies of every single Skate content for the last ten years. The breathtaking exhibition of what could be done in the game just serves to add more fuel to that fire. Gamers watching such an incredible, creative gameplay would almost physically feel the desire for a good next-gen sequel. Is this the new (and officially untitled) Skate project that is presently under development? Martinez.Sol, a gamer, asked directly, ‘Is this game officially out or is it beta?’ The crisp answer is that it is likely from the early playtest stages that are still happening and this makes the quality of the clip even more outstanding.

The most attractive feature of this type of clip is that it is much like the creative showcases seen on platforms like PlayStation and other gaming communities on PlayStation, while also resonating with players on Xbox.