There are not as many side quests as one would expect from something like a sprawling open-world RPG, but there’s enough to provide a nice break when needed. Players can also unlock side quests on the overworld map, which adds some nice twists to the core gameplay loop. Some of that even translates over to the levels in OlliOlli World, which feature a number of branching paths and alternate routes. Overall, there’s a lot of extra content packed into the game. Beyond the standard side-scrolling levels, players can complete trick-oriented challenges, unlock side quests, beat the scores of local heroes, and more. The story isn't particularly deep, but it’s sufficient in explaining what the player must do to become the next Skate Wizard, primarily meeting and impressing the various Skate Godz. Players have to complete a certain number of runs in each area, with any story elements slowly being revealed by new characters including the current Skate Wizard, Mike, who hosts the various challenges per run, and an awkward skater named Dad. Radlandia is divided into five distinct sections, all utilizing different environments: the beach-like Sunset Valley, the woodlands of Cloverbrook, the wastelands of Burnt Rock, the industrialized Sketchside, and the appropriately named Los Vulgas. As players meet “Skate Godz,” they unlock mastery challenges that can provide even more customization options, as well as other methods in the game. Players can also customize their skateboards, including trucks and wheels, how a player pushes off, how a player ends a run, and more. Players can tailor this experience by designing their own character, changing everything from their clothes to their body size. In Radlandia, the OlliOlli World player’s goal is to meet all the “Skate Godz,” master various tricks of the trade, reach enlightenment in “Gnarvana,” and ultimately become the new Skate Wizard.
RELATED: Private Division Acquires OlliOlli Developer The overall graphics have a hand-drawn feel and look like something straight out of Adventure Time, welcoming players into this experience whether they are newcomers or veterans. From the get-go, OlliOlli World is very expressive in terms of its own identity, throwing players into a prologue filled with over-the-top skateboarding puns and language that befits the setting’s name: Radlandia. Whereas most skateboarding titles focus on realism (or some semblance of it), OlliOlli World brings in more fantastical elements and really lets them shine.
It’s not what many may expect when they hear “skateboarding game,” but it holds its own in comparisons to games like Skate and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. As the inclusion of “World” in the title would suggest, OlliOlli World builds on and expands over these past entries in strong ways. OlliOlli World is the third entry in Roll7's side-scrolling platforming skateboard game franchise, following OlliOlli and OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood.