Yooka-Laylee

I've heard a lot of different opinions about this game before playing it, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I finished downloading it today and I was very pleasantly surprised. If you've ever played a 3d puzzle platformer such as Banjo-Kazooie, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, or Sly Cooper, this game will feel familiar. The basic objective of the game is exploring worlds, and collecting treasure. It sounds simple, but the variety of challenges and techniques in the game certainly make it feel like there's much more to it. In fact, the size of the worlds almost makes you feel overwhelmed until you spend a good contiguous hour or more exploring the environments. I found that when I had to stop playing I'd always feel frustrated, like I didn't want to interrupt the game. Since the game finished downloading about 7 hours ago, I just stopped playing to write this review. The controls are tight and it is relatively easy to control your character with only a couple hours of practice. Each new ability does require more practice to learn, but it doesn't feel frustrating because they are simple enough to learn that you never feel like the controls are unfair. A lot of the objectives in the game are fairly challenging. I would compare the difficulty of this game to Mario 64, or Banjo-Kazooie. The art is excellent. I find it fun to just explore the worlds aimlessly at times. It simply hasn't stopped being interesting to look around at the environments yet. The writing is just like Banjo-Kazooie with the main character just trying to get by and his buddy sassing everyone. The NPCs in the game all have lots of character, and I've found myself laughing at dialogue more than a couple times. The music is also very reminiscent of Banjo-Kazooie, with catchy marimba-based tunes. It also changes the music depending on what part of the world you're in. All in all, I highly recommend this game. Whether you are experienced in 3d platformers or not, this game has a lot to offer.

Its Banjo and I love it. the camera is a bit odd around walls, but that does not stop me from loving every second of this game, the charisma of Laylee is somethng I sorely miss from mothern games. To wrap it up, as a collectibles game, it has taken Banjo's formula and ads some neat ideas on top.

I love this Game. The spirit of the old Rare-Games of the 90's i loved so much is back again. I like the humor and of course the soundtrack. The graphic is fantastic. But i think i need a controller. :-)

What else do people want me to say? it's just another Banjo Kazooie like game with some new and fun elements. The ability to explore worlds and even EXPAND those said worlds further. The characters are likeable, the idea of in-game currency is also sort of a welcome addition and some of the humor is pretty spot on with it's predecessor, including some humor they we're able to get away with they normally wouldn't allow to get away with under nintendo. There are SOME problems I have had with this; the lack of a map. The game world or worlds I've so far explored are HUGE! and that is no under statement; I've had to make crudely drawn maps just to track myself down to where I am even at. It becomes more required when the worlds expand further out. It's also problems like this I can see why they changed the last Banjo Kazooie Game into a custom vehicle-like game when they mentioned the worlds we're getting to big; I've had to litterally ROLL everywhere to get from point A to lord knows where else. That aside, the worlds are MASSIVE and colorful, so there's plenty to explore providing you don't mind getting lost for the fun of it. The music is catchy and upbeat that it makes the exploring the worlds feel as nostalgic as it's predecessor. Team 17 has done an excellent job bringing another plat-former to the front when the whole world has been observant of only either FPS, MOBA or RPG games. If they have a sequel for the pair in this IP; I would love to see what they do next!