![]() You can also see it as the ultimate, perfect vision that the old 2D Sonic The Hedgehog games aimed to be: the player has complete control of the character’s momentum, and effortlessly move at high speeds nailing jumps, switching routes and keeping it all together until the end of the stage. Have you ever stared at the scenery outside the window of a train, bus, or car and imagined a god-like skater doing sick tricks and grinds along your travels? If you never played an OlliOlli game before, here’s the elevator pitch before we dive into the nitty-gritty. And the whole spiritual metaphor makes a lot of sense once you get your hands on the game. Lore-wise, becoming a Skate Wizard means you need to be good enough to impress the five Skate Godz, with the ultimate goal being reaching “Gnarvana”. OlliOlli World treats skateboarding as if it’s a spiritual exercise. After a long intro and setup to the world (all perfectly timed to match the backing song, Yama by Fardust), you’ll off creating your character and then start the game. After acing the try-outs, you are set off on a journey with the incumbent Skate Wizard and her merry crew to skate through the lands of Radlandia. In OlliOlli World, you’re an aspiring Skate Wizard. There are places where all sounds are a bit echoey, for example. While the music remains untouched and pure, the audio bits do change to reflect the environment. Wheels audibly roll, an ollie (ollie) off the ground does that satisfying snap sound, and a rail being grinded on and a wall being run is as satisfying as you want it to be. The skateboard sounds are what you expect them to be. If only you can customise what songs you want to be in the playlist, a random shuffle, and a loop-one-song option.Ĭharacters just speak in charming gibberish (think Animal Crossing noises with the occasional discernable English) which is cute. It stops short of bringing back the good old EA Trax options, though. Even in the pause menu, in loading screens and the credits sequence, you still change the music like it’s a separate Spotify app playing in the background. Yeah, you unlock songs.įascinatingly, the shoulder bumpers (L1/R1 buttons) are dedicated entirely to switching to the next or previous song, pressing both simultaneously repeats the song. You start with a handful, but as you progress you’ll find levels with new music that will then unlock and be added to the selection. “Chill songs to vibe and skate to” is what I would call this Spotify playlist, filled with upbeat beats that never demands your attention, but always keeps your attention to the task at hand. OlliOlli World has a banger of a soundtrack, featuring many lesser-known but already established artists. But the little details are there if you want to take in the sights of Radlandia. Which makes it easy to ignore when you just want to focus on the game. The advert walls that you wallrun on have adverts… but the art on there only have stencil lines with very light shading. For example, the main skatable path, the rails, and the hazards have the same colours throughout the same stage, colours that make those gameplay-critical elements strongly contrast against the window dressing. OlliOlli World cleverly shades the main gameplay parts in bolder colours. Yet it’ll never distract or get in the way. Humanoids (which some may not be human), deers and ice creams visiting the mall. See muscular seagulls flex their bods and make them gawk at your sick BS 720 Flip. See other skaters shredding off the main path. The game still only scrolls from side to side, but the 3D models give more room for more background detail to enrich this weird and wacky world. It’s charming and definitely stands out in the sea of today’s video games. Out goes the 2D pixel art and in comes the cel-shaded-ish cartoon style with funky, poppy pastel colours. OlliOlli World ushers in a new age for Roll7 games: the art style is now fully 3D. And man it feels so good when you get it all right. There are so many things that OlliOlli World does right. This third entry, OlliOlli World, has the backing of a new publisher (Private Division), a major shift in art style, and the same hard-as-nails but oh-so-satisfying gameplay of the series, made more approachable. Indie developers Roll7 is back with a new entry to the OlliOlli skateboarding platformer series. Olliolli 2 high score series#These two series are pretty much in the pantheons of the skateboarding video game gods for showing the world the fun, beauty, and how brutal this extreme sport is.īut can the pantheon make room for one more? When you think of skateboarding video games, two names come to mind: Tony Hawk, and Skate. ![]()
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