Rollerdrome Reviews

In what is effectively Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater meets The Running Man in a war of attrition, full of guns and vibrant colour, Rollerdrome is a well-crafted arena combat-survival game set atop jam skates. Though as solid as the core loop is, the game is let down by a narrative that fails to measure up to the game’s pulsating setting as well as a disappointingly sparse range of arenas that you’ll see far too often.

Rollerdrome beautifully meshes two very different genres and defies all expectations coming into it. The style practically drips out of the screen as Roll7 delivers one of the most unique and exciting games in recent memory.

After the brilliance of OlliOlli World, Roll7 has outdone itself with Rollerdrome, delivering one of the most mechanically accomplished, beautifully executed, and unique arcade-style experiences around.

I kind of feel like, with the popularity of the skater genre and the endless appeal of competitive shooters, a game like this was an inevitability. It’s too perfect a combination to not work, and I’m just glad Roll7 got to it first with Rollerdrome. This is an exceptional and welcoming game, one that takes the best elements from both genres and combines them into a sophisticated and unabashedly cool experience.

Developer Roll7 is known for being one of the very few studios out there keeping the flame of extreme sports video games alive. They are mostly known for their widely acclaimed OlliOlli titles, one of the few skateboarding franchises to maintain a steady release of games during the long absence of the Tony Hawk franchise, as well as Laser League, a flawed but innovative attempt at creating a combat-sport hybrid. So what would happen if you tried to mix the Tony Hawk vibe with Roll7’s pencha...

A stylish, slick skater-shooter that'll give you a shot of adrenaline, Rollerdrome's sudden difficulty curve might put some players off, but it's rewarding if you stick with it.

So, anyway, yeah, Rollerdrome is Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater with a gun, but it’s also a commentary on the capacity of violent entertainment to dull our senses to the violence in our actual lives. Good luck remembering that when you’re chasing an S-rank score.

Rollerdrome is an incredible arcade shooter that combines fluid movement with addicting mechanical loops which encourage you to pull off visually appealing stunts with ease. Though your mileage may vary be you a high-score chaser or not, it never fails to be fun, and Rollerdrome is more than worth a look for any arcade shooter lover.

There's a moment in all 11 of Rollerdrome's levels where everything just clicks. Runs rewarding grades unfit for college graduation are the norm in the latest game from OlliOlli World developer Roll7, but practise makes perfect, and this futuristic Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game knows how to make top marks feel good. The Birdman makes it look easy, and you will too having flirted with death enough times. Rollerdrome is a game all about movement, speed, and style. It feels extraordinary once you've mastered it.

Rollerdrome combines the skate game feeling of satisfaction from landing the perfect trick, with pulse-pounding adrenaline of fighting for your very life. Between the story you must find for yourself and the varied arenas that throw new ways to move and do tricks, there's never a dull moment to be found. Rollerdrome is by no means a long game, but it is one that is just so easy to pick up and play.

A sleek skating hybrid with plenty of compelling ideas and some stylish presentation, but the longer it goes on the more frustrating it becomes.

What's less fun is the lack of stage variety. It was novel to see Kara skate through an indoor skate park, a mall, and an outdoor ski resort. Then I watched her skate through an indoor skate park, a mall, and an outdoor ski resort. From there, it was time to skate through an indoor skate park, a mall, and an outdoor ski resort. It would have been nice to have more environments in place. Given how imaginative Rollerdrome's central premise is, I would have liked to see that same level of creativity applied to the game's stages.

Rollerdrome Review

With easy-to-grasp (but tricky to master) extreme sports, over-the-top arena combat, and a sublime audio-visual aesthetic, Rollerdrome deserves its place in the pantheon of 70s sci-fi sports fiction.

Rollerdrome is an innovative, upbeat, often sadistic, and utterly satisfying shooter-skater that had me completely immersed in its 10 hours long single-player campaign.  Coming off from OlliOlli World, I would have preferred a little more variety in the visual department, not to mention more forgiving combat encounters in the latter half of the campaign, though what's here is substantial. If you're up for the challenge, Rollerdrome is well worth your money and time.

Roll7’s Rollerdrome is decidedly more complex than the OlliOlli series that the developer is known for. This is a full 3D affair, complete with a gritty near-future background in which a corporatocracy controls the people through televised sporting spectacles. When the game was showcased in the July State of Play, it raised a lot of heads, and now we’re seeing if its blend of skating and shooting hits the ground rolling or wipes out.

You’re off. Careening into an arena via a quarter pipe, you sense the danger ahead of you. Combatants equipped with sniper rifles, rail guns, riot shields and the likes are bombarding you with heat. Dodging, leaping, flipping and grinding away, you do your best on your trusty rollerskates to make it out alive in this Thunderdome. Soon, you pick up speed and flow, engaging in harmonious bullet ballet, creating symphony and magic with every movement. This is hectic but silky smooth gameplay i...

Rollerdrome is a fun, fast-paced new title which borrows ideas from multiple classic games and meshes them together in order to create something new. Skating around whilst shooting enemies in slow-motion feels as cool to play as you might imagine and the game’s stunning visuals only help to enhance this stylish experience.

Blending the momentum of an extreme sport with the action of a third-person shooter, Rollerdrome creates a unique experience that will resonate with those who love to chase a high score.

We tell you, it’s a good game! It’s not average! It might have some problems here and there, but you have to admit it is a “Good” game.

Rollerdrome is an incredible game. There’s a lot of frustration involved with the more difficult arenas, aiming for higher scores, and completing challenges but when it hits, it hits so good. I absolutely adore the 70s futuristic aesthetic, the accompanying soundtrack, and the character art. The progression from the first few arenas to the finals is very rewarding. There were a few times I’d get stuck but I was given the tools to keep trying.

Roll7 blends genres with total mastery in Rollerdrome, one of the most breathlessly stylish and casually, outrageously cool games you'll ever play.

Extreme sports games are having a bit of a moment right now, partly due to the success of Roll7’s OlliOlli indie skateboarding titles. After proving audiences were still hungry for kickflips and rail grinding back in the early 2010s, the British developer is now looking to answer a new question – what if you added guns to the mix? Enter Rollerdrome, an inventive mashup of skateboarding, roller derby, and arena shooting set in a near-future dystopian world.

Rollerdrome is exciting and fresh, where roller skating and gun shooting come together in perfect harmony to create a special and satisfying gameplay loop.

With slow-mo action and skating, this is the sport of the century.

Developer Roll7 excellently mixes high-scoring skating gameplay with shooter ideas to make a hybrid game that's tough to put down.

If you're itching for a brand new third-person shooter with some unique mechanics, then Rollerdrome may be the game for you. Its presentation, arena design, controls and combat are superb, and make up for the otherwise short length.

For a studio that has spent the better part of the decade making games that can mostly be categorized as 2D experiences, their first venture into the full 3D realm of gaming was certainly a risky one. However, risks are why we love the video game industry. It allows people to make something new, something unexpected. Yes, sometimes they do fail, but every so often you get a title that feels so refreshing, so beautifully crafted that it inspires others. I think that’s Rollerdrome. In the end, we’re the audience, and Roll7 is James Caan defying the odds, and beating the big corporations at their own game. We are chanting their name, wanting more as they skate around the rink for one last victory lap. This is one exceptional game that hopefully has a bright future.

Way back in 1975 there was a science fiction movie, that postulated a world run by corporations, where the major outlet for violence lay in a violently modified and deadly game of roller derby, called Rollerball. Aesthetically, Rollerdrome takes 1970s artistic inspiration from that movie and comic book artist Moebius from the Heavy Metal magazine. This gives the game a look and feel that makes it stand out from other games.