Rollerdrome: Colorful single-player shooter promises an innovative concept

The last State of Play had a lot of new announcements in its luggage. One of the highlights was certainly the confirmation of the Resident Evil 4 remake, which is due to be released in spring 2023. But also the colorful shooting game Rollerdrome joined the list of announcements. Rollerdrome combines roller skating with shooter elements, an unusual combo that you wouldn’t expect.

Rollerdrome, an innovative genre mix?

The combination of roller skating and firearms is rather unusual and a novelty even in the colorful world of video games. From the third-person perspective you will experience action-packed combat in many different arenas. The shooter touches down fast-paced gameplaycoupled with a hand-drawn and colorful drawing style.

Of the latest trailers shows how a roller skater performs daring maneuvers in the air and almost casually lays the arena and the opponents inside in rubble and ashes. For this, from the handgun to the grenade launcher numerous weapons be available. Despite the innovative concept, Rollerdrome has one shortcoming. At the moment it is only as Single player shooter announced. It remains to be seen how motivating it is to compete exclusively with AI in the long run.

Also the story You’ve heard something similar somewhere about modern gladiator fights and malicious corporations: “The year is 2030. In a world where corporations rule and the lines between reality and performance have blurred, the public is distracted by the violence and excess of a brutal new blood sport: rollerdrome.”says the official Steam page.

The developers of Roll7 have already been involved in the past OlliOlli World showed that they can do fun sports. This was also reflected in the final rating of our test. You’ll soon be able to see for yourself whether the makers can build on their success.