![]() All basic tricks are with the left joystick, grabs are on the right joystick, ollies are on the A button, and initiating a grind or a wallride is down or up on the joystick, respectively. It even uses every part of the controller for all them. OlliOlli World has all of the tricks you’d expect from a skateboarding game and has appear in prior OlliOlli games. This is a very personal way to tie you with your friends without direct multiplayer, and it’s so clever with these kinds of inclusions. In every loading screen, there will be a snapshot of friend or strangers doing one of their best tricks. You can also check yourself to the game’s multiple leaderboards. In replaying levels, you’ll be given a rival with a their score to beat, adding another level of competition. Often times these new paths are identified as the “Gnarly Route”, which is essentially hard mode for that section of the level. If you’re finding yourself not being challenged enough, there are multiple paths within a level, and by exploring them you’ll find secrets and new things to try. It takes time for your skills to improve, replaying levels to perfect them is one way to do that. No matter how good or bad you do, the characters that you hear from at the beginning and end of levels will speak as if you did the raddest shit ever. ![]() It’s such a perfecting pairing to the gameplay on-screen. OlliOlli World will be remembered for a lot of things, but its soundtrack is certainly one you won’t forget. It’s just a continuous aural onslaught of good vibes that will keep you skating for hours on end. It’s ambient, noninvasive music that seamlessly and effortlessly blends into the game. ![]() The soundtrack is full of amazing artists that range from lo-fi beats to house, and even chillhop. These are the drivers that will have you coming back to reach full completion on every level, or coming back to beat a score. A guy named Mike will issue level-specific challenges like only performing a single grind, or popping all of an animal-themed balloon, or wallriding all walls. There are local heroes to high five, and their scores to beat for competition. Some levels have side quests that will have you following a different path. Each level has a lot going on, there’s goals of simply finishing the level, and doing so without using a checkpoint. The structure of the game is playing through a mostly linear series of levels with increasing complexity as the game unveils new mechanics to you. The story revolves around you as a newcomer, not only making a name for yourself, but working towards skatopia and reaching gnarvana by becoming the next Skate Wizard. ![]() OlliOlli World introduces us to Radlandia, a skatopia for all who inhabit it. OlliOlli World is simply sublime, carefully balancing accessibility and challenge in one magnificent game that’s not to be missed. This is one of the finest skateboarding games out there with incredible depth and detail. Roll7 has revived the series with a new look, a new publisher, but have left the gameplay largely untouched. OlliOlli World is the third installment in the skateboarding platforming series, and is easily the best so far. We haven’t had a new OlliOlli game for 7 years, but thankfully that drought is finally over. ![]()
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