OlliOlli World hands-on preview: New skateboarding game sticks the landing

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OlliOlli World never feels like a grind.

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By Rob Leane

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Eagerly awaited by fans of skateboarding games, OlliOlli World is the latest trick-stuffed title to come to us from Roll7, the developers behind 2014’s OlliOlli and 2015’s OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood. This time they’ve really outdone themselves.

The first thing that returning fans will notice is a significant change to the art style. While the previous two games in this franchise were 2D side-scrollers with very old-school graphics, OlliOlli World has character models that look like Adventure Time characters or Rick & Morty cast-offs, as well as ‘2.5D’ levels that are positively oozing with detail and charm.

In this case, 2.5D refers to the fact that, although players are still almost always moving from one side of the screen to the other, there are multiple different paths you can take through levels, and the depth of field has been enhanced greatly. For example, at certain points, you’ll be able to hop between two different routes, one of which is normally a ‘gnarly’ option that’s a little bit more difficult.

As part of a digital demo event prior to the game’s launch next month, RadioTimes.com went hands-on with an early PC build of OlliOlli World, and now we’re allowed to tell you what we think. Read on for our full thoughts, then!

First things first, let’s take a second to stress that OlliOlli World is utterly charming. When those character models were first revealed, it was easy to fear that they would spouting overly edgy dialogue and generally outstaying their welcome. But we were very pleasantly surprised to find that they’re all pretty likeable people, and you can skip right past most of their dialogue if you