The jump in quality from Yooka-Laylee to Impossible Lair was insane. And now seeing as they’re taking what they learned and applying it to their first game that started it all, so soon, goes to show to me that Playtonic take criticism incredibly well and always see ways to improve themselves as developers and publishers. They have so much of my respect for that
More incentive to explore those giant worlds is definitely what I'm looking forward to the most. Only criticism for me is the text box tbh. Wish the characters' mouths moved
Glad to see how well this is shaping up! I am excited to go back and play this game in an improved state. I got near the end of the original but lost interest, partly due to the emptiness I was feeling from the levels. It's very encouraging to see them mixing them up now and adding new collectables and challenges.
Oof, it hurts how much I relate. They should have limited the final tome expansion until the post-game, and made the level design small and compact, like a little chameleon terrarium or miyamotos boxed garden philosophy, with worse graphics to save on cost, and no I'm not kidding.
Oh my god, the not-talon-trot requiring stamina was literally one of my single biggest issues with the original. It felt like it was only implemented to make the race against that cloud guy more challenging, at the expense of making the ability way shittier and less fun in literally all other contexts. SO happy they fixed that.
I always wondered if they did that in order for 90% of the game NOT be Laylee's noises hahaha. Like it was in Banjo, where moving as Banjo was MUCH slower and hearing Kazooie all the time got old kinda fast (and having to hold an extra button).
I was hoping for Yooka-Laylee 2, but Replaylee looks like what the original should have been. I'm glad they are polishing this one. I found the original Yooka-Laylee kind of "meh" at best and not fit to wear Banjo's trousers, but Replaylee has me intrigued as it looks pretty polished. I'm glad they are making some design changes to improve the experience. I do love 3D platformers, but I'm still cautiously optimistic as I'm curious what other improvements they have brought to Yooka-Laylee. Might add this to my Steam wishlist if it ends up running on the Steam Deck.
To be fair, the devs said that this is their way of experimenting with the new engine version and hinted at a sequel if this does well enough to fund one.
I grew up on Banjo and was delighted by the idea of a spiritual successor so I did pledge the original Kickstarter but I never actually wound up playing the original for whatever reason. After seeing the abysmal reviews, I didn't buy it to play it for myself. I definitely wanted to do SOMETHING with the IP, so I got Impossible Layer for my Switch. A friend of mine told me about Re-Playlee and got me really curious. I'm so happy to see your review is so positive and I definitely plan to pick this game up when it drops so I can be part of Yooka's redemption arc!
As someone who 100%-ed both the original Yooka Laylee and it's sequel, I'm excited for the opportunity to do it all over again with Replayee! All the small adjustments and improvements they're making here look awesome. I'm especially a fan of the little victory dance that Ant highlights: it's charming as heck! 🙂
I love the original Yooka despite its flaws. It’s so cool that this isn’t just a fresh coat of paint but is also fixing a lot of people’s gripes with the original.
looks promising. My biggest issues were rolling cost power (and the whole power system in general), flying being so unwieldy and hard to control, and swimming having similar issues to flying. And once you had explored most of the level it was near impossible to find what you were missing. Looks like they addressed some of my issues. Rolling costs power being a big one. A map is huge addition too.
I'll absolutely take a re-tooled and refined version of this game. I enjoyed the first one well enough but eventually gave up on the final boss fight. Reworked flight controls and reduced power usage already fix two of the big problems with that final fight so I'm optimistic.
My biggest issues with Yooka Laylee were poor conveyance of what to do, horrible object placement (especially) the feathers, and traversal was a pain. To expound on my third issue. The talon trot equivalent had an energy gauge which was baffling and frustrating like who thought that was a good idea. And the worlds were huge but there were no warp pads like in banjo tooie. It made me quit because I didn't know what to do and getting around to find out was an absolute pain. The transformations are a perfect example of this. To give a specific example the flower transformation in world 1. Going around as the flower was incredibly slow and tedious, trying to find where to use it was a pain, and even if you knew exactly where to go it took forever, and due to lack of warp pads going all the way back to transform to normal was a pain too. All of these issues are relatively easy to fix with a remake, and I hope they do. Edit: LMFAO I probably should have watched more than 2 minutes of the video before commenting.
Man... I just wish they went the extra mile and gave these characters something to do besides existing. Like, I don't feel they are characters at all, these guys to me are just npcs. This is the snowy area right? Well, make them shiver or have them wearing a scarf. In the casino? Make them count bills or something. Small stuff like that would ground them to the place they are visiting
I’m definitely getting this. I hope that the levels are a bit smaller when Tooka is eventually made, because they were often way too big in the original. This is actually true for Banjo-Tooie as well, but that game made up for it by having tons of content whereas Yooka felt empty. I also hope that they will make the moveset more interesting in Tooka.
So, I WAS replaying the original a couple months ago -- and enjoying it. Then this remake got announced and I had to stop haha! I want to go into this remake without remembering much from the original. Can't wait for this remake to release! One thing I'm really glad to see is more collectables! Hopefully there will be a lot of these hidden all over the level. I always found it disappointing that the levels all seemed to be built in a way that you could explore every nook and cranny, as long as you had the will to do so, but you were rarely ever rewarded with a collectable. Once you found the super-secret Pirate's Skull, that was it -- no longer a point to hunt for super-secret spots. I hope that's fixed in this game
As a fan of the series at first I was disappointed that they were remaking the original because I thought the original was extremely over hated and I really wanted a sequel, but after watching this video I’m excited to play this, It looks like a huge improvement and a step in the right direction.
Playtonic have confirmed a sequel IIRC, so we are gonna be getting Tooka-Laylee (or whatever they end up calling it) eventually; this is just to tide us over until then, and get them some experience with the engine.
I finally 100%'ed the game today and thought to myself (Yup... Never again) Not because its a bad game but because of how hard and how much time it took... But after SEEING the remastered... I'd replay the whole game, AND 100% it if it came out today
Yooka-Laylee was legit my first PlayStation Platinum trophy, and I played it at release and did encounter the glitch in Capital Cashino that locked you out of a Pagie. I was streaming it, and stopped the stream there, and spent the rest of the night and the next day before my stream (with sleep of course) playing the entire game again up until that point. And it was a blast. I usually hate redoing things like that but I had so much fun. Suffice it to say I'm hyped as hell for Replaylee and I'll definitely be platting this one too. Game's good.
Okay, I'm sold. I wasn't really interested when I saw the trailer cause I didn't really enjoy the original, but after watching this, I'm more excited for it.
I’m genuinely impressed with how seriously Playtonic is taking all of the criticisms they received with the initial release. This remake is looking incredible! I can tell many are still skeptical, but I’m confident that it’s going to blow the original out of the water, which I already thought was a decent game to begin with.
I’m so glad that it’s coming along nicely. I beat the original Yooka Laylee and knew this franchise had so much untapped potential. I’m so glad the developers are listening to the players and tweaking this game to make it the best version of itself.
Only thing that stuck out to me here was when activating the silver coin challenges, there's a delay before you can collect the first coin seemingly, which seems like it does hurt the flow since you have to double back and lose time. Hopefully something they fix
This looks amazing! I backed the original way back on kickstarter but haven't gotten around to playing it yet, which is kind of a good thing I guess with a better version releasing. Looking forward to it!
I played about half of Yooka Laylee earlier this year and after seeing what you've shown here, it looks like Replaylee is shaping up quite nicely. I really like what they've done with the visuals. It may not look too different if you haven't looked at the original in awhile, but there definitely is a fine coat of polish over everything that makes the world appear more real - lighting is much better, didn't see any 2D models like for the quills, and I agree, the added charm is definitely a plus. Since Kartos wasn't available, I'm taking that as a sign they are reworking the entire minecart mini game which was DESPERATELY needed as that whole thing controlled so unintuitively most players probably thought it was completely broken. The map looks like a huge game changer as well. This may not win over people who had a lot of fundamental issues with the design, but for new players it looks like it will be an easy recommendation.
Imma put my money on the fact that quid will be used for some sort of cosmetics or costumes. I can just imagine a space pirate costume from the cosmic ocean, or a transparent ghost costume from the swamps.
My only complaint from what we’ve seen so far is the new dialogue boxes… I know they look fine and good, but I prefer the Banjo style text boxes we got in the first game, especially considering that’s literally what the main inspiration for this game was. I don’t think they should be embarrassed to embrace it even though it stands on its own!
I dont remember if I ever finished the original, but I had so much fun with it and with Impossible Lair, really underrated games, will definitely give it a proper go this time around
If there is one thing I hope that will be in the final game, is more enemies. If memory serves correctly, the original game had like a total of 7 types of enemies.
This definitely has my interest especially since I’ve beaten the original several times. While the infinite roll would certainly improve general traversal, I’m wondering how they’ll change the racing challenges cause the stamina meter was the only real test with those.
I think some of the newly redesigned levels seem a bit blindingly bright (both the snowy level and just all that volumetric fog in the forest one), plus that new water doesn't seem to have proper reflections so instead of kind of looks a bit disconnected since the cubemaps don't really reflect the environment. Those are fixable though, so I hope they're able to iron out the few remaining quibbles.
There were such good bones underlying this game. It just felt like it needed a bit more time in the oven. The later levels in particular didn't feel as amazing as the first few stages, but they had such potential. I'm really glad they're going back to rework the game.
Well don't need to convince anymore once I saw there was a MAP in this game I think I will give it another go. I got lost waaaaaayyyy too much my first time through because the levels were so big.
I did play the original Yooka-Laylee on my Switch But I didn’t get to finish it But hopefully I’ll be able to play and finish this one remake on the Switch 2 though!
I really remember the original being O.K. not bad really, but somewhat of a disappointment and at times a slog. Generally I enjoyed it though, I just wished that the levels were smaller and more instanced off to be more approachable. The map expanding could have been great if they had made the areas that were expanded their own separate thing, instead of one big world for every single level. Bigger isn’t always better, especially in collect-a-thons. What you want is to be able to easily check stuff off once you complete a level, OR once you have a new power-up to go back to a separate section that you noticed to explore that separate area, not a bunch of areas in one level generally. The original Banjo Kazooie did that perfectly, most stages were a one and done once you get the power ups for that level, BUT you had a handful like Treasure Trove Cove and Freeze-Easy Peak where you could do more later in the game. You didn’t need to go back to Clankers Cavern past the first time because you had everything you needed if you explored it well.
I just bought it today on Switch and instantly fell in love. I’d heard about the upgrade and wanted to know more, then…just a matter of hours ago you posted this. Outstanding. 💪
In the original I actually got stuck in the hub, unsure of where to go which is when I dropped it. This version looks like a perfect excuse to give it another shot!
I remember 100%ing the original game somewhat begrudgingly given how bad the mine cart levels and arcade levels were, but man this looks like such an upgrade so far so I’m hoping those levels get big improvements too, I look forward to playing this.
As someone who skipped the original release because of the lukewarm reception, I'm genuinely excited to play this updated version and for it to be my first experience with Yooka-Laylee.
I can't wait to see what they do to the casino level. I think all of us can agree that that level feels rushed and empty. A level that can easily take you out of the well crafted immersion and remind you that you are playing a video game instead exploring a whole new world through the eyes of our new beloved friends Yooka & Laylee
I really liked some aspects of the original but some clunky aspects and maybe the fact that I played it on switch made me stop playing sooner than I expected, I'm really excited for this remake. Also I don't understand why everyone is freaking out about the "Nintendo console" thing on the trailer, as if Nintendo hadn't already announced that they will say something about the Switch 2 already, but if it draws more attention to this game then I'm all for it!
My thoughts as well. I don't think it can fix the world's being too large problem, but it looks like they are changing and adding a lot. I'm looking forward to seeing more. Hope they fix the mini games/minecart sections as those were overly difficult. I feel like I have a list of a hundred things I'd like to see changed/be done better. 😅
I hope they tweak the Expanded Worlds part as well. I did a replay recently, and tried out to only play each world in their base-form. You could get all the way to Capital B, but I was a bit annoyed that you couldn't collect all Ghost-Writers this way, for example. I think the Ice Level was one of the ones where they were all hidden in the first part.
Looking at the gameplay here my only main issue is collecting coins doesn’t give out a give enough *sparkle* effect when grabbed, they just sort of disappear into a puff of dust and doesn’t have the same satisfaction compared to Spyro gems and Sonics rings for example.
For me my issues were not feeling like there was enough precision in the walking controls, and I'll really only know if it feels right if they give a public demo, so I really hope they do
I never played the first one. I remember hearing the negative comments and then I just ignored and forgot about it. I never played the side scroller issue because I figured if the first one wasn't good then ignore the second game. But looks like I need to change that
As someone who’s too young to have played Banjo-Kazooie as a kid (btw my first console was a PS2, jsyk I’m not 12 lol), I was excited to play Yooka-Laylee when it came out, but I never really got that into it. Yooka-Replaylee seems like a massive upgrade and looks like exactly what I hoped the original was. Please let the minecart section be fixed…that part was terrible in the original lol.
I wasn’t too huge of a fan of the original but this looks a lot better. Hopefully it shows up in a bundle or something cause I am not too excited to pay again for a game I never really enjoyed that much the first time.
I didn’t even know about this! I’m so excited cause I wanted so bad to play the first but all the “let down” reviews made me skip it. And I love platformers more than anything. This SAYS ALOT about the developers wow! So impressive
You know, it’s not just about a good platformer… it’s also about who you playing as. I just want to play as a cool looking character like banjo and kazooie again
One level I’m curious about is the swamp stage because although it had some cool stuff in it the level design was very messy. I’m legitimately interested to see how they fix it all up
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is soooo much better than its predecessor here , which disappointed me a lot, due to its huge empty maps, somewhat woody controls and with useless enemies that literally were of no use and were not a danger. With this game, I'd say they redeemed themselves.
I'll be honest, my "hype" isn't that big personally. I just have a high bar to meet for whether a remake is worth getting when I already own the original, and since I was one of the backers, I do. However, since I AM one of the backers, I would be eligible for the discount they've been teasing for this remake... Not a clue how much of a discount it is yet, but there is a world where I give them money Day 1 for the upgrade.
Honestly I hate the idea of this as a "remaster". No, this is the game they promised us 9 and a half years ago and they finally bothered to actually deliver on that. It never should've taken a remaster/remake to get the product they told me I'd get.
This is cool and all but this should just be a free update to people who own the game. If they want to charge us again there better be a new level or two
I'm generally quite tired of the trend of remasters and remakes instead of if new IPs, but this is one that I feel is definitely more justified than most given Yooka had some very glaring issues that brought the experience down
The jump in quality from Yooka-Laylee to Impossible Lair was insane. And now seeing as they’re taking what they learned and applying it to their first game that started it all, so soon, goes to show to me that Playtonic take criticism incredibly well and always see ways to improve themselves as developers and publishers. They have so much of my respect for that
Impossible Lair was incredible, the best non-DKC DKC game.
Why wouldn’t they just make yooka laylee 2 ?
@@julianmitchell5776In the Replaylee announcement video they clarified in the comments that the “and more to come” was referring to a sequel.
@@protocetidthe sequel would be: Yooka Laylee and the re-impossible lair
The kinda remember New Super Lucky Tales in comparison to the original Super Lucky Tales for me.
More incentive to explore those giant worlds is definitely what I'm looking forward to the most.
Only criticism for me is the text box tbh. Wish the characters' mouths moved
An option to change the text box would be appreciated.
Well it could just be placeholder art, the level of polish on this remake is going to be fantastic.
Glad to see how well this is shaping up! I am excited to go back and play this game in an improved state. I got near the end of the original but lost interest, partly due to the emptiness I was feeling from the levels. It's very encouraging to see them mixing them up now and adding new collectables and challenges.
Oof, it hurts how much I relate.
They should have limited the final tome expansion until the post-game, and made the level design small and compact, like a little chameleon terrarium or miyamotos boxed garden philosophy, with worse graphics to save on cost, and no I'm not kidding.
Emptiness from getting lost trying to find the remaining stuff? Because the levels were far from empty.
Oh my god, the not-talon-trot requiring stamina was literally one of my single biggest issues with the original. It felt like it was only implemented to make the race against that cloud guy more challenging, at the expense of making the ability way shittier and less fun in literally all other contexts. SO happy they fixed that.
agreed, this was one of issues I didn't really like in the game even if I loved Yooka-Laylee a lot
I always wondered if they did that in order for 90% of the game NOT be Laylee's noises hahaha. Like it was in Banjo, where moving as Banjo was MUCH slower and hearing Kazooie all the time got old kinda fast (and having to hold an extra button).
I was hoping for Yooka-Laylee 2, but Replaylee looks like what the original should have been. I'm glad they are polishing this one. I found the original Yooka-Laylee kind of "meh" at best and not fit to wear Banjo's trousers, but Replaylee has me intrigued as it looks pretty polished. I'm glad they are making some design changes to improve the experience. I do love 3D platformers, but I'm still cautiously optimistic as I'm curious what other improvements they have brought to Yooka-Laylee. Might add this to my Steam wishlist if it ends up running on the Steam Deck.
To be fair, the devs said that this is their way of experimenting with the new engine version and hinted at a sequel if this does well enough to fund one.
@@SkyfectaThat's not true. They said their new game has been in development for some timen now. Replaylee is meant to be an appetizer.
@@Skyfecta That actually makes perfect sense! I probably will pick this up as I'd love to support Playtonic in creating a sequel.
I can't wait to replay this on... Nintendo.
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"But, please... Give the original game a try...on Xbox..."
Ah yes, my favorite console. Nintendo Eyeballs
The original has not aged the greatest especially that camera eek. But apart from that agreed @@gigastrike2
@@Patichur/woooosh
they were quoting sakurai talking about banjo-kazooie
I grew up on Banjo and was delighted by the idea of a spiritual successor so I did pledge the original Kickstarter but I never actually wound up playing the original for whatever reason. After seeing the abysmal reviews, I didn't buy it to play it for myself. I definitely wanted to do SOMETHING with the IP, so I got Impossible Layer for my Switch.
A friend of mine told me about Re-Playlee and got me really curious. I'm so happy to see your review is so positive and I definitely plan to pick this game up when it drops so I can be part of Yooka's redemption arc!
As someone who 100%-ed both the original Yooka Laylee and it's sequel, I'm excited for the opportunity to do it all over again with Replayee!
All the small adjustments and improvements they're making here look awesome. I'm especially a fan of the little victory dance that Ant highlights: it's charming as heck! 🙂
I love the original Yooka despite its flaws. It’s so cool that this isn’t just a fresh coat of paint but is also fixing a lot of people’s gripes with the original.
But at the same time it's also ruining lots of things for people who loved the original Yooka Laylee game like myself.
@@enesog for example?
@@SilentGinja visuals of this world. Gameplay changes etc.
looks promising. My biggest issues were rolling cost power (and the whole power system in general), flying being so unwieldy and hard to control, and swimming having similar issues to flying. And once you had explored most of the level it was near impossible to find what you were missing.
Looks like they addressed some of my issues. Rolling costs power being a big one. A map is huge addition too.
I'll absolutely take a re-tooled and refined version of this game. I enjoyed the first one well enough but eventually gave up on the final boss fight. Reworked flight controls and reduced power usage already fix two of the big problems with that final fight so I'm optimistic.
this could be like how new super lucky's tale fixed the original
My biggest issues with Yooka Laylee were poor conveyance of what to do, horrible object placement (especially) the feathers, and traversal was a pain. To expound on my third issue. The talon trot equivalent had an energy gauge which was baffling and frustrating like who thought that was a good idea. And the worlds were huge but there were no warp pads like in banjo tooie. It made me quit because I didn't know what to do and getting around to find out was an absolute pain. The transformations are a perfect example of this. To give a specific example the flower transformation in world 1. Going around as the flower was incredibly slow and tedious, trying to find where to use it was a pain, and even if you knew exactly where to go it took forever, and due to lack of warp pads going all the way back to transform to normal was a pain too. All of these issues are relatively easy to fix with a remake, and I hope they do.
Edit: LMFAO I probably should have watched more than 2 minutes of the video before commenting.
Man... I just wish they went the extra mile and gave these characters something to do besides existing. Like, I don't feel they are characters at all, these guys to me are just npcs. This is the snowy area right? Well, make them shiver or have them wearing a scarf. In the casino? Make them count bills or something. Small stuff like that would ground them to the place they are visiting
Actually, do that with Yooka and Laylee themselves as well. They are going to snowy world, so give them an anorak!! That would look so cute on them!
A video by Hivory Hub showed that they do have a new shivering idle animation.
@@DakotaSagePika Yaaaay!
I’m definitely getting this. I hope that the levels are a bit smaller when Tooka is eventually made, because they were often way too big in the original. This is actually true for Banjo-Tooie as well, but that game made up for it by having tons of content whereas Yooka felt empty. I also hope that they will make the moveset more interesting in Tooka.
Man I hope they chance glitter glaze's lightning back to how the original looked, cuz it went from a cool blue evening to BRIGHT DAY
So, I WAS replaying the original a couple months ago -- and enjoying it. Then this remake got announced and I had to stop haha! I want to go into this remake without remembering much from the original. Can't wait for this remake to release!
One thing I'm really glad to see is more collectables! Hopefully there will be a lot of these hidden all over the level. I always found it disappointing that the levels all seemed to be built in a way that you could explore every nook and cranny, as long as you had the will to do so, but you were rarely ever rewarded with a collectable. Once you found the super-secret Pirate's Skull, that was it -- no longer a point to hunt for super-secret spots. I hope that's fixed in this game
I was considered replaying the game as I haven’t touched it in years, but it seems I’ll be waiting for the same reason you are.
As a fan of the series at first I was disappointed that they were remaking the original because I thought the original was extremely over hated and I really wanted a sequel, but after watching this video I’m excited to play this, It looks like a huge improvement and a step in the right direction.
Playtonic have confirmed a sequel IIRC, so we are gonna be getting Tooka-Laylee (or whatever they end up calling it) eventually; this is just to tide us over until then, and get them some experience with the engine.
How so ? He's really it saying why and what's better about this. He's just making baseless claims.
I finally 100%'ed the game today and thought to myself (Yup... Never again) Not because its a bad game but because of how hard and how much time it took... But after SEEING the remastered... I'd replay the whole game, AND 100% it if it came out today
Yooka-Laylee was legit my first PlayStation Platinum trophy, and I played it at release and did encounter the glitch in Capital Cashino that locked you out of a Pagie. I was streaming it, and stopped the stream there, and spent the rest of the night and the next day before my stream (with sleep of course) playing the entire game again up until that point. And it was a blast. I usually hate redoing things like that but I had so much fun.
Suffice it to say I'm hyped as hell for Replaylee and I'll definitely be platting this one too. Game's good.
Okay, I'm sold. I wasn't really interested when I saw the trailer cause I didn't really enjoy the original, but after watching this, I'm more excited for it.
I’m genuinely impressed with how seriously Playtonic is taking all of the criticisms they received with the initial release. This remake is looking incredible! I can tell many are still skeptical, but I’m confident that it’s going to blow the original out of the water, which I already thought was a decent game to begin with.
I’m so glad that it’s coming along nicely.
I beat the original Yooka Laylee and knew this franchise had so much untapped potential. I’m so glad the developers are listening to the players and tweaking this game to make it the best version of itself.
Only thing that stuck out to me here was when activating the silver coin challenges, there's a delay before you can collect the first coin seemingly, which seems like it does hurt the flow since you have to double back and lose time. Hopefully something they fix
I noticed the exact same thing, really hinders the flow having to double back because of the delay.
This looks amazing! I backed the original way back on kickstarter but haven't gotten around to playing it yet, which is kind of a good thing I guess with a better version releasing. Looking forward to it!
they’re offering a discount if you already own the game
@@protocetid Yeah, I saw that on the steam FAQ; no mention of how much yet though.
What?! I had no idea this was even happening! I'm very happy about this...and "replaylee" 😂 love it!!
The soundtrack it's slighlty ,,crisper", because they rearanged the entire Soundtrack. 🙃
Mark the bookmark who lets you fast travel is genius
I played about half of Yooka Laylee earlier this year and after seeing what you've shown here, it looks like Replaylee is shaping up quite nicely. I really like what they've done with the visuals. It may not look too different if you haven't looked at the original in awhile, but there definitely is a fine coat of polish over everything that makes the world appear more real - lighting is much better, didn't see any 2D models like for the quills, and I agree, the added charm is definitely a plus. Since Kartos wasn't available, I'm taking that as a sign they are reworking the entire minecart mini game which was DESPERATELY needed as that whole thing controlled so unintuitively most players probably thought it was completely broken. The map looks like a huge game changer as well.
This may not win over people who had a lot of fundamental issues with the design, but for new players it looks like it will be an easy recommendation.
Imma put my money on the fact that quid will be used for some sort of cosmetics or costumes. I can just imagine a space pirate costume from the cosmic ocean, or a transparent ghost costume from the swamps.
My only complaint from what we’ve seen so far is the new dialogue boxes… I know they look fine and good, but I prefer the Banjo style text boxes we got in the first game, especially considering that’s literally what the main inspiration for this game was. I don’t think they should be embarrassed to embrace it even though it stands on its own!
I dont remember if I ever finished the original, but I had so much fun with it and with Impossible Lair, really underrated games, will definitely give it a proper go this time around
If there is one thing I hope that will be in the final game, is more enemies. If memory serves correctly, the original game had like a total of 7 types of enemies.
impossible lair had the same issue. it was just the same enemies over and over.
They added a map, fast travel, and made the rolling move not use power.
THANK YOU!!!
This game is going to be actually GOOD this time!
I’ve just started playing the Nintendo Switch version and i am having so much fun i think its a game done well 🙏🏽
I am very happy they are remaking it! I never got the original, and this will give me the perfect reason to finally get it
I can't wait! Loved the original version and this looks even better!!!
The thing I'm most excited about is the map. This is a rare non-Nintendo day one buy for me.
This definitely has my interest especially since I’ve beaten the original several times. While the infinite roll would certainly improve general traversal, I’m wondering how they’ll change the racing challenges cause the stamina meter was the only real test with those.
I think some of the newly redesigned levels seem a bit blindingly bright (both the snowy level and just all that volumetric fog in the forest one), plus that new water doesn't seem to have proper reflections so instead of kind of looks a bit disconnected since the cubemaps don't really reflect the environment. Those are fixable though, so I hope they're able to iron out the few remaining quibbles.
There were such good bones underlying this game. It just felt like it needed a bit more time in the oven. The later levels in particular didn't feel as amazing as the first few stages, but they had such potential. I'm really glad they're going back to rework the game.
It’s been long enough where a new playthrough of Yooka is going to feel mighty fresh. Can’t wait
The trailer on Twitter’s subtitles said something about it being a derivative work of The Touhou Project, wonder where that comes into play
Well don't need to convince anymore once I saw there was a MAP in this game I think I will give it another go. I got lost waaaaaayyyy too much my first time through because the levels were so big.
the rolling move not consuming any power is the biggest game changer for this game!!!!
I did play the original Yooka-Laylee on my Switch But I didn’t get to finish it But hopefully I’ll be able to play and finish this one remake on the Switch 2 though!
5:24 oh damn they made completely (kinda) new areas
I never felt the first game was bad at all. I never understood the hate towards it. It was not perfect but very far from being bad.
I really remember the original being O.K. not bad really, but somewhat of a disappointment and at times a slog.
Generally I enjoyed it though, I just wished that the levels were smaller and more instanced off to be more approachable. The map expanding could have been great if they had made the areas that were expanded their own separate thing, instead of one big world for every single level.
Bigger isn’t always better, especially in collect-a-thons.
What you want is to be able to easily check stuff off once you complete a level, OR once you have a new power-up to go back to a separate section that you noticed to explore that separate area, not a bunch of areas in one level generally.
The original Banjo Kazooie did that perfectly, most stages were a one and done once you get the power ups for that level, BUT you had a handful like Treasure Trove Cove and Freeze-Easy Peak where you could do more later in the game. You didn’t need to go back to Clankers Cavern past the first time because you had everything you needed if you explored it well.
Looking forward to playing this on my Nintendo 👀
I just bought it today on Switch and instantly fell in love. I’d heard about the upgrade and wanted to know more, then…just a matter of hours ago you posted this. Outstanding. 💪
As a fan of Banjo-Kazooie, I loved the original Yooka-Laylee and looking forward to replaying it again once released on the new Nintendo console.
I hope this sells well, even if i’m not hugely interested after beating the original late last year, i wanna see more of this duo in new adventures
In the original I actually got stuck in the hub, unsure of where to go which is when I dropped it. This version looks like a perfect excuse to give it another shot!
Hope this is the remaster that cements the possibilities of a Tooka-Laylee
I remember 100%ing the original game somewhat begrudgingly given how bad the mine cart levels and arcade levels were, but man this looks like such an upgrade so far so I’m hoping those levels get big improvements too, I look forward to playing this.
As someone who skipped the original release because of the lukewarm reception, I'm genuinely excited to play this updated version and for it to be my first experience with Yooka-Laylee.
"Tooka-layee" sounds about right.
Dude, Twooka-Laylee is such a clever name. Can't wait for Yooka-LayThree also
Let's be real. The third game is gonna be called "Yooka-Laylee: Screws and Sprockets."
I can't wait to see what they do to the casino level. I think all of us can agree that that level feels rushed and empty. A level that can easily take you out of the well crafted immersion and remind you that you are playing a video game instead exploring a whole new world through the eyes of our new beloved friends Yooka & Laylee
I really liked some aspects of the original but some clunky aspects and maybe the fact that I played it on switch made me stop playing sooner than I expected, I'm really excited for this remake.
Also I don't understand why everyone is freaking out about the "Nintendo console" thing on the trailer, as if Nintendo hadn't already announced that they will say something about the Switch 2 already, but if it draws more attention to this game then I'm all for it!
I want this game to be good.
I hope this remake does the original game justice.
My thoughts as well. I don't think it can fix the world's being too large problem, but it looks like they are changing and adding a lot. I'm looking forward to seeing more. Hope they fix the mini games/minecart sections as those were overly difficult. I feel like I have a list of a hundred things I'd like to see changed/be done better. 😅
@kylebarclay9352 I don't know about the world being too large problem. Can't be any worst than Banjo-Tooie.
I liked the chat portraits moving in the old one though, but otherwise this looks better
I hope they tweak the Expanded Worlds part as well. I did a replay recently, and tried out to only play each world in their base-form. You could get all the way to Capital B, but I was a bit annoyed that you couldn't collect all Ghost-Writers this way, for example. I think the Ice Level was one of the ones where they were all hidden in the first part.
Looking at the gameplay here my only main issue is collecting coins doesn’t give out a give enough *sparkle* effect when grabbed, they just sort of disappear into a puff of dust and doesn’t have the same satisfaction compared to Spyro gems and Sonics rings for example.
I just really hope the ps4/ps5 version doesn’t have that annoying input lag like the original. PC was the only way I could play it for that reason.
For me my issues were not feeling like there was enough precision in the walking controls, and I'll really only know if it feels right if they give a public demo, so I really hope they do
Definitely grabbing this at launch!
I really liked the original, I never understood what everyone was complaining about.
I never played the first one. I remember hearing the negative comments and then I just ignored and forgot about it. I never played the side scroller issue because I figured if the first one wasn't good then ignore the second game. But looks like I need to change that
As someone who’s too young to have played Banjo-Kazooie as a kid (btw my first console was a PS2, jsyk I’m not 12 lol), I was excited to play Yooka-Laylee when it came out, but I never really got that into it. Yooka-Replaylee seems like a massive upgrade and looks like exactly what I hoped the original was. Please let the minecart section be fixed…that part was terrible in the original lol.
I've always tought that I was the only one that enjoyed this game through and through, I really never met anyone in person that actually liked it lol
Wow I've played tooie way more than kazooie and never noticed they removed the dance animation
I wasn’t too huge of a fan of the original but this looks a lot better.
Hopefully it shows up in a bundle or something cause I am not too excited to pay again for a game I never really enjoyed that much the first time.
I didn’t even know about this! I’m so excited cause I wanted so bad to play the first but all the “let down” reviews made me skip it. And I love platformers more than anything. This SAYS ALOT about the developers wow! So impressive
just seeing Vendi's new model. holy crap she looks a lot better.
I never got to play the original, so I'm excited for this.
You know, it’s not just about a good platformer… it’s also about who you playing as. I just want to play as a cool looking character like banjo and kazooie again
Yooka & Laylee are cool
WE'RE GETTING YOKKA-REPLAYLEE BEFORE WE GET BANJO-REDOOIE?
The real question is how much longer the credits on this remaster will be than the original
It could be pretty cool
However,
If this stuttering thing every time you hit an enemy is in the final game, this is not gonna be it
One level I’m curious about is the swamp stage because although it had some cool stuff in it the level design was very messy. I’m legitimately interested to see how they fix it all up
I have both yooka-laylee games on the switch and this finally gives me a good enough excuse to go buy it a 2nd time for the pc :))
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is soooo much better than its predecessor here , which disappointed me a lot, due to its huge empty maps, somewhat woody controls and with useless enemies that literally were of no use and were not a danger. With this game, I'd say they redeemed themselves.
I hope the mine cart sections are completely redone. If they emulate the way they were done in Impossible Lair that would be more than sufficient!
Excuse me...they added a map and fast travel?
Okay, definitely picking this up when it launches. Sad the double jump is gone but I guess I'll get used to it.
literally when you play astro bot, it takes alot to impress, this has a LONG way to go
me going “wait, yooka laylee isn’t that old at all!” and then finding out it was released 7 years ago. hm!
I do recall the Minecart boss with I.N.E.P.T in the Casino rather frustrating so I'm wondering if that's gonna be fixed.
I'll be honest, my "hype" isn't that big personally. I just have a high bar to meet for whether a remake is worth getting when I already own the original, and since I was one of the backers, I do.
However, since I AM one of the backers, I would be eligible for the discount they've been teasing for this remake... Not a clue how much of a discount it is yet, but there is a world where I give them money Day 1 for the upgrade.
I truly hope they release it physically.
As someone who loves DK64 and Banjo Tooie…I need to know what those coins are for.
they are used in the same way the purple coins are used in mario odyssey, seems vendi now sells both cheats and outfits.
@@daniel_organero_perez5330 ahh I see
I need this game in my veins right now
Ooooo I'm excited for this
The ultimate Redemption arc!
Honestly I hate the idea of this as a "remaster". No, this is the game they promised us 9 and a half years ago and they finally bothered to actually deliver on that. It never should've taken a remaster/remake to get the product they told me I'd get.
This is cool and all but this should just be a free update to people who own the game. If they want to charge us again there better be a new level or two
I'm generally quite tired of the trend of remasters and remakes instead of if new IPs, but this is one that I feel is definitely more justified than most given Yooka had some very glaring issues that brought the experience down