OlliOlli
- July 22, 2014
- Tom Hegarty
Satisfying arcade skate-'em-up that's fun from the off, and promises many hours on the hard path to mastery.
OlliOlli mixes addictive one-life gameplay with over 120 tricks and grinds across 50 deviously crafted levels, 250 Challenges, Spots Mode and Daily Grind. Not enough for you? Complete all challenges to unlock the super skillful RAD Mode! Rack up the biggest and coolest combos along the way then time your landing to perfection to rule the leader-boards. Just don’t slam on your face*. Compete across…
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Reviews
- gameplay4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- music1 mentions
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Critic Reviews
OlliOlli Review
Aside from the minor disappointment of lacking added features, the core game has translated across intact; thankfully it's as good as it ever was. Obsessive high score perfectionists will love the one-more-try gameplay together with the 'twitch' skills needed to top the scoreboards. For everyone else, career mode contains more than enough content to get stuck into, just be aware it can get difficult fast. OlliOlli is an addictive, unique and fun game that's a worthy addition to anyone's library, whichever format you own.
80%OlliOlli Review (PC)
If the hard path to mastering a completely irrelevant skill like speaking fluent Swahili when you live at the North Pole is something that appeals to you, then OlliOlli might be your perfect game. Instead of a learning curve, you're hit with a brick wall, and just like Hotline Miami, OlliOlli demands that you repeat the same level over and over until the right twitches become second nature, and makes sure that they are beat into you the hard way. Although its theme is skateboarding, it's got nothing in common with the old high-profile skating games. Instead of being able to roll off and mess around with stuff or just experiment, jumping over bums, you are constantly struggling, ever so slightly improving, tested by the game's demanding and unforgiving systems. Some people though find immense relief in attaining the pointlessly difficult goals of a contrived video game. If you think that being able to solve a Rubik's Cube in 5 seconds while blindfolded is something rewarding, you'll definitely enjoy OlliOlli. If you just want to pull off some tricks, look elsewhere.
65%An enthralling puzzler disguised as a skateboarding game
Tony Hawk who? This skateboarding game turns America’s favorite extreme sport into a puzzler, with excellent results.
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