![]() ![]() ![]() The key evolution of OlliOlli 2 is actually the same as the last skateboarding masterpiece Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, and it has the same revolutionary effect: manuals. One flick of the stick on landing, and suddenly, the traveling between jumps and grinds can also be a part of your combo. Throw in Reverts and Transfers, and you have enough going on at once to make your head explode. These additions arguably make OlliOlli 2 even harder than OlliOlli 1, but the difficulty curve has been smoothed down to compensate. You'll make more progress faster, but when you eventually hit the wall, you'll also have more of the game waiting on the other side.īeyond the controls, British developer Roll7 have smoothed the edges off the presentation. In a world where examples like Super Meat Boy exist, we used to get frustrated at how long OlliOlli 1 could take to restart a failed run, but OlliOlli 2 is near-instant. Once you get in the zone, it’s easy to stay there for hours at a time, even if those hours are just playing the same level over and over and over again. Brute force and repetition will eventually work, but not on the returning Daily Grind – a fresh challenge against the world, every 24 hours, where you can practice all you want, but get just one recorded run. We’ve never felt so much stage fright in a game before… ![]() ![]() What’s a platformer? Easy – it’s a game where you jump around from platform to platform. It’s one of gaming’s most essential genres, and that makes the jump one of its most important moves. We couldn’t even begin to count the number of titles that involve jumping – but hold on what about landing? That’s pretty important too right? OlliOlli – the crazy addictive, side-scrolling, BAFTA award winning indie skateboarding gem - was all about landing, and it was brilliant. Now, it’s back back for more jumping, back for more grinding and back for more landing. Welcome to Olliwood…ĭespite a clean new art style, on the surface OlliOlli 2 is more of the same. Once again you’ll skate from left to right through branching obstacle courses first to get to the end and unlock more levels, then to perfect your high scores, combos and complete a five-star ranking. There are five worlds of five levels each, each with a trickier version unlocked when you complete the original. It’s not a huge amount of content, but like all the best platformers, OlliOlli 2 is all about its replay value – you’ll want to master it, and that’s gonna take a very long time.įair warning: OlliOlli 2 is a difficult game. It often demands nothing less than perfection, a feat of timing and patience that will be beyond some players. The basics are the same as before. Almost everything you do is mapped to two inputs – the left thumbstick and a button. Unlike most platformers, the button’s not for jumping, it’s for landing – you jump, trick and grind using only movements on the left stick. Every time you hit the ground, you need to time your landing. Nail it, and you’ll maximise the points of the proceeding tricks mess up and not only will your score suffer, you’ll likely skid into disaster. Getting the rhythm of landing right can take a while, but once you have it, OlliOlli becomes unexpectedly involving. In the first game, that’s about where things ended, but this time, there’s a world of extra depth. ![]()
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