OlliOlli World Review – The Essence Of Skating – Impulse Gamer

IG writes: When OlliOlli arrived on the PS Vita back in 2014 it had the advantage of being the outlier. Tony Hawks Pro Skater was well and truly retired at that point, and EA was happy to continue ignoring the rabid fanbase seeking Skate 4. Roll7, a tiny team from the UK managed to release a 2D side scrolling skate game with an absolutely banging soundtrack that started a revolution. Its hard to understate just how ahead of its time OlliOlli was. Its fluid 2D motion and precision was years ahead of twitch-based Roguelikes, and it brought 24/7 lofi hip hop beats to relax/grind to into the mainstream long before the meme existed. They quickly followed up the winning formula with OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood a year later, and then moved on to bigger and different things.