17 Awesome 2014 Video Games You Might've Missed

2. OlliOlli

What It's About: A 2D, side-scrolling skateboarding game which sees the player trying to rack up crazy high scores along immense obstacle courses complete with the weirdest control scheme you've ever seen in a skating game. Why You Need To Play It: Because it's been a long time since a skateboarding game has been this inventive or addictive, and simply, it might just be the best game of its type since the glory days of the Tony Hawk's franchise back in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The learning curve is certainly steep, specifically that pressing X to land a jump is so counter-intuitive to everything any gamer knows, but once you get the hang of it, pulling off a huge trick chain is supremely rewarding. What's more, the sequel, OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood, is currently available for free as part of the PS4's Instant Game Collection. It's everything the original game was but even more fiendishly challenging. What's not to like?