OlliOlli World review: The gnarliest game of 2022

digitaltrends.com:

OlliOlli World is more than just a skateboarding game — it’s one of the best 2D platformers since Celeste. Like the best games of the genre, it knows that easy-to-learn-but-hard-to-master mechanics, rewarding obstacles, and high speeds that test one’s reaction time are the hallmarks of a great platformer.

Within minutes, OlliOlli World immediately got its hooks in me, and I’ve had a hard time putting the game down since. Players will never want the journey to end, even if it does somewhat abruptly.

OlliOlli World is remarkably easy to pick up and incredibly hard to put down. Players press a button to push themselves forward and flick or hold their controller’s left and right sticks to perform tricks. Of course, the game requires the players to pull off other stunts like grinding, wall riding, and manuals to progress, but it never strays too far from that simple core.

The game teaches the player new mechanics all the way through the final world, but if a player knows what they are doing, they can pull off these tricks right from the start of the game. Every level takes the player to a new, beautiful vista and lets players skate at high speeds through levels with branching paths and opportunities for sick stunts. It’s part Sonic the Hedgehog, part Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, and part something wholly unique to this series.

Some levels are simply there to give the player a rush as they rocket down the side of a slope before taking off and flying far through the air. Others are more challenging, but checkpoints are scattered just frequently enough throughout levels so that players never lose too much progress and still feel like they accomplish something after each checkpoint. That approach worked for Celeste, and it works here.