Naturally what follows on OlliOlli 2’s more challenging stages, is frequent, pad-hammering restarts as stage objectives are lost by the smallest of margins and where success always seems no more than one more try away. Here, developer Roll7 are keen to lower the artificial barriers in this regard, with an instant restart just a couple of button presses away, players can immediately retry a level in an effort to improve their skills with absolutely minimal delay. Mastery in OlliOlli 2, much like its predecessor, is achieved through constant replay and refinement of technique. Just like its predecessor, OlliOlli 2 is so responsive and pixel-perfect in its skateboarding hyperkinetics that the smallest adjustment can prove to be the difference between a perfect trick and a terribly botched one. With blistered thumbs, worn analogue sticks and torn hair follicles all being tell-tale signs of long-term exposure to Olli Olli’s brutally engaging pixel-perfect gameplay, it comes as a pleasant surprise that Roll7 have not diminished the sequel in anyway in this regard. Simply put, OlliOlli 2’s new locations and trick friendly, multiple path stages provide a veritable playground for newbie and stalwart grinders alike to ply their trade.Ĭontinued what a trade it is.
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Representing much more than just a cosmetic switch from the disparate and disconnected stages of the original, OlliOlli 2’s extravagant movie sets and film-themed locations provide an excellent playground inside which the sequel’s newly expanded combo system and array of tricks are able to flourish.Ī massive robot on a sci-fi set provides ample opportunity for long grinds with its extended limbs, while multiple routes seamlessly integrated into each stage, ensuring far more variety than the decidedly linear stages glimpsed in the original.
Clearly though, it’s the inclusion of manuals, which are able to almost indefinitely extend trick combos, that serve to augment the experience most meaningfully beyond the original OlliOlli’s already substantial creative scope for trick-fu.įurther freshening up the experience, is the new Hollywood style setting that permeates throughout OlliOlli 2. Elsewhere, the inclusion of additional tricks compounded by the presence of newly rolling hills and huge-air enabling glowing ramps provides yet further creativity for budding skaters to unleash their art.