![]() “Stories? But I’m here to grind!” you say? I thought so too friend, but the more time I spent in the Pendleton Ward fever dream that is OlliOlli World, the more that I stopped caring about the skating, and instead I cared about my new family. Welcome to Radlandia, a collection of six wild and varied locations, each with a myriad of challenges and stories to unlock. In a time where mainstream games are focused on length, challenge, dark stories, and whitewashing the colonialization of far away lands with pocket monsters, OlliOlli World delivers a skate-topia that is an absolute delight to play, no matter who you are. A jubilant psychedelic world filled with nothing but good vibes, griptape, and honest empathy. In many ways, it’s hard to deny that OlliOlli World is also years ahead of the curve. They quickly followed up the winning formula with OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood a year later, and then moved on to bigger and different things. It’s fluid 2D motion and precision was years ahead of twitch-based Roguelikes, and it brought “24/7 lofi hip hop beats to relax/grind to” into the mainstream long before the meme existed. It’s hard to understate just how ahead of it’s time OlliOlli was. Roll7, a tiny team from the UK managed to release a 2D side scrolling skate game with an absolutely banging soundtrack that started a revolution. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was well and truly retired at that point, and EA was happy to continue ignoring the rabid fanbase seeking Skate 4. An easier game would make it more welcoming to all those who have not yet performed a beautiful krumpgrind.When OlliOlli arrived on the PS Vita back in 2014 it had the advantage of being the outlier. Welcome to Olliwood was harder than a bunch of nails melted down and smithed into one bigger, harder nail. They also say if they did repeat the skateboard game, they would make it easier. This could mean anything, but if a new skateboard ‘em up from these flipping good boys is announced this year, I will do a 540 gumptwist in celebration. "When we finished OlliOlli 2 we were like, no more skating games ever," one of the devs tells Eurogamer. A recent Eurogamer interview with the developers at Roll7 ends with a speculative ellipsis regarding the possibility of a sequel. There is also the inviting possibility that this may not be the last OlliOlli. The Xbox controller’s trigger buttons are like gravel under the wheels. But you will want to use a PS4 controller if you can. But this is a PC site, so pretend I did not say that. ![]() It recently came out on Switch too, as part of a two-for-one package with the first game. But you should try because it is very fun. ![]() I regularly perform plopslides, and 720 bellysnaps. The character from the first game is buried in a mineshaft level. It adds manuals and grind-switching and reverts. It is good enough to play for the rest of your natural life. And I was hesitant to adapt to the sequel, but I have evidently come around. I have already spoken about OlliOlli the first, a skateboarding game that relies on the flicking of a dual stick and judicious taps of the “land” button. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Īs the 21st best player of OlliOlli 2 (on PlayStation 4), it is my duty to inform you of its pleasing qualities. Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. ![]()
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