How hard is Rollerdrome? If you\u2019re thinking of trying out the game for the first time, you might be wondering quite how much of a challenge you\u2019re in for, especially if you\u2019ve seen the explosive trailers full of fearsome-looking foes and back-flipping skateboarders.<\/p>\n

In our experience, Rollerdrome starts off easy and gradually gets more difficult, but most players should be able to complete it with a bit of perseverance. If you fall off the map at any point, the game loads you back in. But if your health bar drops to zero, you\u2019ll have to restart that particular match from the beginning.<\/p>\n

If you find yourself losing repeatedly, it\u2019s worth remembering that Rollerdrome does have a wide array of \u2018assist\u2019 options. These basically allow you to make your own easy mode. Head to the settings menu, find the assist-related section and you\u2019ll see that you can give your character unlimited life and ammo (as well as making reflexes less important).<\/p>\n

Turning on assists in Rollerdrome will not halt your progression through the campaign, but using these helpful options will stop your scores from appearing on the leaderboard. When we spoke to the developers prior to the game\u2019s launch, they explained why these options are in the game.<\/p>

David Jenkins, Head of Quality Assurance at Rollerdrome developers Roll7, gave us a lot of insight into the thinking behind these optional assists.<\/p>\n

Jenkins explained: \u201cFor me, playing games when I was younger, I wasn\u2019t particularly good at some of them. I found that I enjoyed the game much more, and I could learn much more about the game, experience more of the game, get better at the game, with those sorts of assists on. They allow you to sort of free your mind a little bit, to kind of focus on individual bits and then go, \u2018OK, right. I think I\u2019ve got this now. I\u2019ve got this. I can do this.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Baking these assists in Rollerdrome, Jenkins said, \u201cmeans that if you\u2019re struggling with it, you can still experience the whole game, start to finish, without that sort of blocker, basically, that makes you kind of go, \u2018OK, well I played this game for an hour, and that\u2019s all I\u2019ve got, I can\u2019t do anymore. I give up’\u201d.<\/p>\n