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Digging into the random acts of gaming a lengthy PS Plus subscription offers February’s lineup offered plenty of bang for your buck. On PS5 and PS4 there was multiplayer madness in the form of sci-fi shooter Destiny 2’s Beyond Light expansion and Evil De
We’re not going to blast our way through this month’s column, though. Instead, we’re laying down our arms in favour of beasting it on the board in
OlliOlli World, which is available on both PS5 and PS4. The third game in the demanding 2D skateboarding series invites you to bend your knees and trust in your hands’ muscle memory to pop some sick kickflips once again.
Its side-skating action, now with 3D characters and environments, presents a surprising amount of challenge. You launch into tricks with a flick of the left stick, before pressing q to stick the landing – it requires no small amount of dexterity from your digits but keep playing and you’ll soon fall into a natural-feeling rhythm. Add to this far more open, friendlier windows of opportunity for nailing a trick, multiple paths through levels, and plenty of checkpoints, and it’s not hard to see the appeal of four dinky little wheels; unlike its predecessors, perhaps, World is pitched to please newbies and grind-hards alike.
The low-pressure, chill vibes throughout are what keep us coming back for just one more go. In real life I have all the grace of a honey badger on a board but here, in the fittingly named realm of Radania, I can try, try, and try again with no fuss. Perhaps it’s just me, but my custom character’s quest to reach Gnarvana one fumbled olli at a time makes me want to give hitting the asphalt for real just one more go too. So get your board at the ready, let’s boogie – but don’t forget to bring the kneepads!