SurfsUp

This game does not accurately emulate Source engine surfing. Use [b]Momentum Mod[/b] for that. Specifically, SurfsUp encourages mooning off ramps, collisions are funky, and speed decrease due to turning too fast is inconsistent. The maps are presented as if they were created by the game authors (aside from "Classic Surf Maps" in the trailer which is vague) and I don't think that's cool. Acknowledge the community you are standing on the shoulders of. Also, This game should remain free of any monetization considering all of its content is not original. There are also a lot of missing clip and reset brushes on maps. The creator posts on reddit about their Claude Code subscription, but there is no disclosure of generative AI use in the development of the game. I don't think that's cool. I appreciate the attempt to improve onboarding to surfing, and hopefully this game will get more people into proper surf and other movement modes. As I see it now, this game shouldn't even be legal to monetize on steam considering what it uses.

I was trying to give this game a fair shot at first, but the more I played it the more it just kinda showed how bad it actually is. It’s not even in a way that makes you mad, it just feels off the whole time. Like something is always wrong but you can’t even point to one thing at first. The random resets are one of the biggest problems. They just happen and there’s no reason for it, no warning or anything. You’re just doing your thing and then suddenly you’re back at the start. After a while it doesn’t even surprise you anymore, you just expect it, which is kinda sad honestly. The surfing feels like ♥♥♥♥ too. It’s really clunky and inconsistent, like sometimes it works and sometimes it just doesn’t for no reason. It doesn’t feel smooth at all, and it’s hard to even tell if you’re doing something wrong or if the game is just messing up. It never really starts to feel better either, it just stays bad. And the tutorial… yeah it’s basically useless. It doesn’t really explain anything properly and just kinda throws you in. I had to figure most of it out myself, not because it’s hard in a good way, but because the game just doesn’t explain stuff. Overall it just feels really low effort. Not in a loud way, just like they didn’t really care that much when making it.