OlliOlli World captures the essence of skateboarding, and then makes it weird
OlliOlli World might be the strangest skateboarding game of all time. It takes place in a fictional realm called Radlandia, which is ruled by skate gods, where players train continuously to become a skate wizard by grinding their way through haunted deserts and mystical forests. It looks and sounds like a long-lost animated series on Adult Swim. But even with all of the oddball humor and bizzaro levels, OlliOlli World still manages to capture the soul of skateboarding - and it's a hell of a lot of fun.
The OlliOlli series dates back nearly a decade, and is probably best-described as a side-scrolling take on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. You control a tiny skater in a 2D world, skating your way through intricately-designed levels in search of a...