Rollerdrome review: A blast if you don’t think too hard about it

roller drome can be written exactly as tony hawk pro skater with a gun. The latest work of Roll7, which developed the OlliOlli series, roller drome A score-based arena shooter, but with roller skates. The game tasks you with skating and shooting past the “house player”. The enemy is decked out in his armor with spikes that make him feel at home in Mad Max. From the clean cel-shaded art to the pumping synth his soundtrack, the game’s presentation is designed to trap you in the thrill of the famed bloodsport.

in the fiction of roller dromeis set in another dimension in 2030 and is a hugely popular televised sport. You can see why, but the way protagonist Karahis Hassan sucks a ton of air out of the halfpipe, does a nosehis grab, and pumps out his shotgun to knock the sniper off the perch. It’s really beautiful. In the hands of a skilled player, Hassan’s run through the game’s various arenas looks as much of an art as a murder.

It’s a game that feels good to play, and that’s important. roller dromeA more serious story of. Gunplay and skating interact mechanically. Using tricks gives you more bullets, and using bullets gives you fewer enemies, so you can do more tricks and eventually wipe out even more enemies. Enthusiastic, compelling, and surprisingly easy to parse. This is important when bullets pass by and the last he must dodge in one second.to activate it roller dromeA version of Bullet Time, Super Reflex makes even the simplest kickflip look like something out of The Matrix. [Editor’s note: We now realize that you can’t really do a kickflip in roller skates, and apologize for the error. The grenade launcher distracted us.] From start to finish, the gameplay is hypnotic yet challenging. Will definitely try again soon after beating a stage. a little betterbecause you barely missed the A rank.

roller drome We want an absolute blast and it succeeds. roller drome I also want you to know that the “explosion” you are experiencing is in the service of the Matterhorn, a monolithic corporation that is growing increasingly friendly with the fascist police state. The fact of selling has not escaped public awareness and has led to violent uprisings among the working class. A coalition that includes Rollerdrome participants like you. Pay a six-figure fee to get into the sport of the Rollerdrome and rack up the life-ruining debt that the company hangs on them.

But keep that in mind when you’re wall climbing with a grenade launcher in hand!

roller dromeThe narrative portion of is separated from the gameplay. Occasionally, I find myself in the locker room before a match, or on the train en route to the next round, reading notes, letters, conspicuously unguarded notes written by unscrupulous capitalists. Everything you read is very concerning, game It’s all about the part of the game, the part you enjoy shoe shoe, prisoner of war, and whatever onomatopoeia for rail grinding. It’s totally possible. roller drome Forget you’re testing weapons and killing prisoners and other disadvantaged people in the game’s near-future dystopia. Too much fun! It’s so much, so much fun!

Image: Roll7/Private Division, Take-Two Interactive via Grayson Morley

at a glance, roller drome not talking to each other The seriousness of the story and the pure adrenaline candy of the gameplay just don’t go together.not like encryption Also thesis please — Other games that make you think about what you’re doing — roller dromeseems to obscure the critical and political narrative rather than enhance it. It turns out that it makes sense that everything but desire will disappear.The Rollerdrome is a fictional sport roller dromenever been so much fun to play or watch, how was it possible to cover up the plot of a faceless monolith to control the masses and force them into a state of surrender? roller drome must be a lot of fun to play I want Dissent, even if there is a tendency to do so.

So anyway, yeah roller drome teeth tony hawk pro skater With a gun, but it’s also a commentary on the ability of violent entertainment to dull our sense of real-life violence. .

roller drome was released on Windows PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 on August 16th. The game was reviewed on PlayStation 5 using a pre-release download code provided by Deep Silver. Vox Media has affiliate partnerships. These do not affect editorial content, but Vox Media may earn commissions on products purchased via affiliate links.discoverable Additional information on Polygon’s Ethics Policy can be found here.