Finished with the first section tonight and… I think I’m finished with the game as a whole.

While I did enjoy the game, especially the visuals, I can’t help but be bored with the ‘story’ and the challenges. Beating the high score? Sure! Finish the course without crashing? Bring it on! High fixing Uncle Mike without crashing while he’s in a stupidly small area likely to bail on? Nope.

Again, I enjoy this game but there’s a “gotta complete all of the things before moving on to the next level” mental snag that simply wouldn’t let me go.

Something about this game is pulling me back to it. Aside from the fact that I have gaming OCD and need to complete games once I start them, what is intriguing is the quality-of-life enhancements of the game itself.

So far, I’ve played other Olli Olli games in the past, and the difficulty is nowhere near as bad (so far) as the previous games, and I’m really enjoying that. The goals for each level are attainable, not that the multiple save points in the level aren’t a dead giveaway - I completely missed that point.

What is really pulling me is the 120fps mode that the game gives on PS5 - it’s BUTTERLY SMOOTH on my gaming monitor in my office and I CAN’T STOP PLAYING IT.

Combine my gaming OCD with such a beautiful presentation, I now have a dedicated offstream game for home play.

Good grief.

I really need to stop starting games aka showing my kids games I think they'd like.