The best is Gnarvana League, where you compete against a small pool of online players for the high score. You don’t need a reservation to buy a Steam Deck anymoreĪside from the campaign, OlliOlli World offers two modes with multiplayer elements.
The dialogue fits the trippy cartoon aesthetic but, in truth, it’s never memorable enough to make the interactions worthwhile, so you’ll likely find yourself skipping through to beeline back to the skateboarding. You’re joined on your quest to Gnarvana by a group of characters who bicker between levels, as you try to impress five skating gods that preside over each area. Coupled with the graphical overhaul, OlliOlli World’s levels are impressively dynamic, with background details like bustling skate parks and sentient trees making each environment pop.Īll these levels are tied together with a light, goofy narrative.
It’s mostly a stylish visual trick, but there’s certain points where you choose your path manually, which might lead to a hidden character or a ‘gnarly’ difficult route. Each is presented in 2.5D, with half-pipes and rails often switching your path into the background or foreground. This is amplified by the increased options within levels. Some smart signposting of obstacles alleviates some of the juggling, like crystals which require you to perform grabs to smash through them, but at the highest level it’s still demanding, to the point where playing in handheld mode on Nintendo Switch might leave you concerned for the lifespan of your Joy-Cons. Once all the mechanics open up – between tricks on both sticks, button inputs and spins on the shoulder triggers – OlliOlli World can become overwhelming in the amount of moves to consider. The trick system tied to analogue flicks is still fully intact, while maintaining combos between manuals, grinds, wall rides, and aerial tricks is still a delightfully challenging test of your dexterity and reactions. It means that while a good landing is still necessary for racking up high scores, it can be ignored if you want to breeze through and simply enjoy the momentum.Įven though it’s more forgiving, OlliOlli World is no pushover. It still works largely the same as before where you tap a button just before you hit the ground to achieve a ‘perfect’ landing, but you’re no longer harshly punished for failing to do so.
There’s subtle changes which make this entry more welcoming, most notablly in the landing mechanic.
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Thankfully, these are rolled out at an excellent pace across the campaign, allowing just enough breathing room so you’re always ready to learn a new mechanic – like spins, grabs or manuals – as they’re presented. OlliOlli World is accessible on the surface, yet fiendishly layered and challenging when the breadth of its systems are unpacked. While you only need to reach the end of a level to progress, repeat runs are incentivised through high score challenges and obscure objectives, like performing tricks in specific locations, finishing without using checkpoints or, for example, completing a run while avoiding scattered bananas.Įven if you’re not interested in unlocking cosmetics, the satisfying mechanics make repeat runs consistently fun. This time around there’s an overworld map akin to Super Mario World, complete with secret side quests which are locked behind specific criteria like high-fiving a character. Similar to the previous titles, OlliOlli World is split into five areas in a mostly linear sequence of levels.
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