The ones that come to mind when I think back are the few that gave me the most trouble, but even then, I’m only really remembering those specific stretches that were hard. They provide solid challenges, but they go by so fast that there’s little time to take in the scenery, and even with so many alternate paths, I can’t think of a single standout level after completing the game. You’ll even unlock some extra challenges for each previous level when you’ve met the last of the gods.Ĭonsistently Good, But Few Standout Momentsįor as much fun as each level is, and as much as OlliOlli World gives you to do, I wish some of the individual levels were a little more memorable.

Each stage has a variety of challenges, and while you can progress just by getting to the end of each one, you’ll unlock the most items and get the most bragging rights by beating each of the level-specific challenges, completing the level without using a checkpoint, and achieving a high score. Divining all of the hidden objectives and alternate paths through each level is another matter. Levels fly past you lightning-quick, but things aren’t so fast that you can’t keep up, at least with the moves required. That doesn’t mean it can’t get to be a lot, especially later in the game when you’ll often have to cycle between these moves incredibly quickly and where you’ll almost certainly have to restart plenty, at least at first, but you’ll have time to get a feel for one part of your skate arsenal before another is thrown at you. OlliOlli World does an excellent job of introducing all of this a little at a time, never feeling overwhelming or like it’s throwing too much at you too quickly. You’ll learn to do grabs, grind, manual, spin in mid-air, wall ride, and do all kinds of moves that those familiar with skating games will be used to. The game teaches you to stomp as you hit the ground, which is worth extra points, and was required to land tricks in older games in the series. You use the left stick on your controller to do a variety of different flip tricks and ollie, with each direction on the stick giving you a different move.īefore long, though, things start to get a lot more complicated. OlliOlli World starts you off with just the basics. Along the way, you’ll have to beat a whole bunch of levels in increasingly complicated fashion. Each world culminates in you meeting one of the gods and getting their blessing. With that, you’ll set off to meet all kinds of characters and take on the game’s many levels. That leaves an opening, and after your early exploits, the wizard and their crew decide you may have what it takes to step into the role. The gods communicate with their followers through a skate wizard, and it just so happens the current holder of the office is ready to step down. This world features five different areas, each ruled over by its own god, all of whom like to hang out in the mythical land of Gnarvana.

Easing the requirement for landing is the biggest change to make this possible.Īfter going through a very solid character creator, you’ll be dropped into the land of Radlandia. That’s not to say it won’t kick you around, but most players willing to put a bit of time in will find they can see the end of this one, not something that was necessarily the case for the series’ first two installments.

OlliOlli World is a lot easier than earlier games in the series.

Well, that’s the other significant change this time around. After this many years, it’s nice just to have some new challenges to take on. While it doesn’t offer a ton that’s brand-new outside of an entirely different art style that has a lot more personality and looks great, that’s not a terrible thing. Nearly seven years after the last new release in the series, OlliOlli is back, bringing its unique combination of 2D skateboarding with wild, platform-style challenges to players in OlliOlli World.

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