Just a few months ago, specifically in February, the surprising OlliOlli Worlda game focused on skateboarding but totally different from what we already knew of this genre, with a unique aesthetic that is well reminiscent of the mythical Jet Set Radio and a gameplay that is still simple and easy to learn, but can become quite a challenge at certain levels.
As if that were not enough, its dozens of levels spread over its various 5 zones, challenges and side missionsthe developer Roll7 beside Private Division has announced to the world VOID Ridersthe first official DLC of OlliOlli World, an addition to the story that adds new and numerous content to the game. To do this, the first thing we will have to do is go to the flying saucer that is crashed in burntrock. There, and if we have finished the level Route 666a kind of prologue will open up that adds 9 new levels distributed throughout the zones, once completed and having defeated 3 ‘hard to beat’ bosses, we will be able to have access to VOID, the spooky new area where you can show off our heart-stopping tricks on board the board.
15 new levels from story mode, new outfits and accessories inspired perfectly for the occasion in the hilarious Kerbal Space Program, numerous heroes to discover and of course, Mike’s crazy challenges accompany us in this DLC with a unique style and theme. Who said aliens didn’t skate?
We start by meeting the 3 hosts of the area, who give us little tips to adapt to what lies ahead in our future ‘incursions’. Mobile platforms, UFOs that abduct us defying gravity -even more so-, new movements and tricks… Honestly, if in the last levels of the original game one already thought that things couldn’t get any more complicated, we were wrong. VOID houses what is necessary to continue challenging our ability in OlliOlli World, put us to the test in each level but yes, without losing that fluidity that characterizes it.
No matter how many obstacles and inventions they add to their scenarios, something is never forced if you know the precise movements and that, accompanied by its chill out soundtrack makes it a perfect experience to play during this summer, Do not you think? Yes, it is true that more content is missing in ‘community’something like, for example, a common hall where we can communicate with other players apart from challenging them in levels to see who gets the highest score, something that has been possible since the launch of the game.
Despite this, it is clear that OlliOlli World it focuses on what matters, on the stunts, the combos and their eternal fight to make the player the new god of Skateboarding while we meet the other groups of skaters that inhabit each world. VOID Riders and its rollers from another world is just the beginning of all the additional post-launch content that awaits us in the game and, looking at it this way, the future of OlliOlli looks very good although, personally and as I have already mentioned, it would be great if they added more multiplayer options.