Yooka-Replaylee

This is a hard one. I'm a huge fan of 3D platform games like A Hat in Time, Banjo-Kazooie, DK64 etc... so obviously I was very excited. The first Yooka-Laylee was... okay. It wasn't bad, it wasn't good. It was meh. Which often is the worst kind of emotion you can produce in a customer. Yooka-Replaylee is much much better and I'm very thankful to the devs for not forgetting Yooka-Laylee existed. It takes the positives from the original and builds on them. You can tell that the developers took all feedback to heart and changed everything that was not on a level that the developers should be able to produce. Is it on a level as Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie or A Hat in Time? No. It is good, but still has a couple of strong weaknesses. [b]Negatives:[/b] Apart from Pagies (main collectible like time pieces or jiggies) you collect coins and feathers. I don't think it was a good decision to hide the feathers and use the coins to lead the way. It doesn't feel good when you miss one bunch of feathers and now you can look behind every corner to find those last 4. I love that you can buy things with coins! But I think just coins or just feathers would have been enough. Pagies are weird and not as rewarding as they should be. Sometimes you have to work for them hard (boss fight) and most of the time you can find them randomly laying around or by doing a stomp. And sometimes you get 3. This made them feel less rewarding. I would have preferred less Pagies [spoiler](There are like 300 of them and the game is not very huge)[/spoiler] to make them feel more rewarding. You get the minimum Pagie amount for the last boss fight way too fast. The levels should be smaller and there should be more of them. They are still too big. And sadly there are [spoiler]just 5 which in my opinion was too low. I expected more than 7.[/spoiler] The puzzle pieces were the worst idea. You need 8 in every level to get all Pagies and it is awful. They can be any shiny thing on the ground you have to stomp. 99% of the time it is just coins. It will happen that you get 7/8 pieces and look an hour for the last one. Having to check literally everything because it could be really anything. Tip for future updates: Let us pay 50 feathers to get an area circled around where the next piece is. The difficulty was way too easy. I was disappointed how easy the game was most of the time. It was still a lot of fun to do but a little more challenge would have been great. The Hub was okay. [b]Positives:[/b] The movement in the game feels amazing. There is nothing to complain about it. You always feel under control as it should be. The characters felt good. None of them are exceptionally likable but I didn't see one that annoyed me with their dialogue. The main cast obviously is inspired by Banjo and Kazooie. Still I think Laylee could have been even more sarcastic. The villain is okay. I personally don't find him super exciting. He is very bland compared to others in that genre. He just feels like a goofball. Music was phenomenal which isn't surprising since they hired a couple of the best composers in that genre. The art is amazing. Good animations. It all fits well together. [b]Fazit[/b] Overall the game still is an amazing game and I can recommend it to anyone who loves platform games. There aren't many on PC so this one is a must buy. And I really really hope that the devs will make a second Yooka-Laylee game even if this game didn't get the success they hoped for.

One of the best platformers I have ever played in my life. I know some people might dissagree with me, but I do believe it captures N64 platformers quite well, from its changin music wether you are underwater or on the top of the level to the charming and characters and sillines. Back in 2017 I completed this game 100% and now I did it again, no discussion I truly love this game and hope they do a sequel (Impossible lair is a Spin off)

This is an absolutely wonderfully done remake! Now, for the record, I was one of the few who still enjoyed the original Yooka-Laylee despite its flaws (and yes, being one of its Kickstarter backers did likely contribute to that bias...) but there's no denying that this version is such an all-around improvement in just about every area that it makes the original genuinely obsolete! Just about all of the most common criticisms of the original version are addressed here. You can now fast travel in the worlds, there's no more forced backtracking thanks to all moves being given from the start, the story is more fleshed-out thanks to an extended tutorial sequence, the dialogue is less ear-grating due to the voice clips being shortened, and thanks to Playtonic having a much stronger grasp of Unity than they did the first time around, the levels all feel so much more lively! If you enjoyed the original, you'll likely enjoy this remake even more. If you didn't, please give this version a shot! It just might change your mind!

Yooka Replaylee looks, feels and plays like a game that finally shed it's hangups about being a spiritual successor to the, much beloved, collectathon series featuring a certain bear and bird and has found it's own voice and identity. Everything about it is an improvement over the original release and I'd highly recommend anyone who tried that one to give this one a shot. Hopefully Playtonic can now start spreading their wings a little and come up with some games beyond Yooka Laylee now too.

A notable step up from the original. If you enjoyed the original at all, then this will be a great experience for a replay.

Aucunne raison de faire cette version quand on a fait l'original

Wundervolles Remake des Originals von 2017! Die Grafik hat sich wirklich enorm verbessert und auch die Steuerung kam nicht zu kurz. Die überarbeiteten Rextro-Minispiele sind ebenfalls super gelungen und die neuen Pagies/Areale lassen das Spiel in neuem Glanz erscheinen. Der Schwierigkeitsgrad war insgesamt eher auf der einfachen Seite, was ich etwas schade fand. Die Gegner waren kaum ein Hindernis und auch die Bosskämpfe in den einzelnen Welten waren in kürzester Zeit besiegt. Besonders beim Endboss hätte ich mir mehr erwartet, da ich ihn in nicht einmal 15 Minuten besiegt hatte. Dennoch hatte ich sehr viel Spaß mit dem Spiel! Ich musste immer wieder schmunzeln, da der Humor wirklich etwas Besonderes ist. Auch die ganzen, wenn auch kleinen, Anspielungen sind sehr gelungen! Über die Musik müssen wir eigentlich nicht wirklich reden, da diese einfach nur fantastisch ist! Bin schon gespannt auf den nächsten 3D-Platformer!

didnt know if it was worth to buy but its definetly a really good upgrade gonna have fun playing more :)