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Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
Yooka-Laylee is a 3d platformer, collectathon and adventure game
developed by Playtonic Games
and published by Playtonic Friends.
Released on April 11th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.
It has received 5,257 reviews of which 3,937 were positive and 1,320 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.99€ on Gamivo.
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 (64bit)
- Processor: Intel i5-2500 3.3GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GTS450 / AMD Radeon 6850HD
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 9 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows Compatible Card
- Additional Notes: A Controller is STRONGLY recommended to play this game.
MacOS
- OS: OSX 10.11 or higher
- Processor: Intel i5-3470 3.2Ghz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce 675MX / AMD Radeon R9 M380
- Storage: 9 GB available space
- Additional Notes: A Controller is STRONGLY recommended to play this game.
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or later or SteamOS
- Processor: Intel i5-2500 3.3GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GTS450 / AMD Radeon 6850HD
- Storage: 9 GB available space
- Additional Notes: A Controller is STRONGLY recommended to play this game.
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An excellent game, similar to a 3d metroidvania without combat, and perfectly suited to kids and adults alike. The native Mac version of the game has game breaking bugs ( at least on Apple silicon ) but the windows version works fine with crossover (!).
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If you're a fan of the old school collect-a-thon style 3D platformers I can almost guarantee you'll find something you like in this game. While it does have it's warts (no fast travel to different levels or locations in levels) it's definitely still a fun game!
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Such a fun game. It feels very nostalgic of GameCube era games. The difficulty level and content seems good for all ages. I'm a very casual gamer adult and I find the difficulty just right (just enough challenge to keep me entertained without being infuriating or stressful). But I can also see this being achievable for kids. If the game feels too easy for you, the nostalgia factor may be enough to carry you through.
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This game is gorgeous looking; the cartoonish wonderland of simplicity and magic is maintained throughout the adventure. The more interesting part is the main maintenance of these themes are supported by many realized elements in the world around them. The game has characters that fit their perspective worlds perfectly, everything blends beautifully with a sense of purpose. Yooka, throughout the game, has a very straightforward and honest approach in conversation, you’ll find the character to be assertive, kind and willing to assist anyone in need. Which, I believe would hit placidly if not for the counterpart. Laylee is a fun-loving, selfish, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with a tendency to annoy and insult many characters including what we can assume is her best friend: Yooka. Laylee will regularly make it clear that she likes to look out for herself, and by extension, Yooka. She wanted to get the book back to sell it, so she’ll do anything to get the pagies in order to reach that goal. Combined with Yooka, it makes for a very interesting and satisfying back and forth between characters while also binding the unlikely duo in a ying-yang sort of way. They look fantastic in the way of character design; from Laylee’s overgrown nose and her cute little feet hanging at the back of Yooka’s head, there’s detail throughout them. Opposing them are two equally interestingly designed characters. Capital B is a fat, greedy, corporate bee who wants to write the world as he sees fit. He spends his time in the game trying to reach his domineering goal while belittling each of the heroes and his workers. Complete with a honeycomb cane and a very classic suit and tie (with his initials sewn in) and a series of sharp, broken teeth. A glace from his spiky, veiny and misshapen eyes gives you a strong sense of his presence and what he represents. Next up is Dr Quack, who seems to be more a subordinate enemy, being sent as the reporter of trivia and stats. He will take the opportunity to exercise power and pride while remaining in safety as much as possible. He is clearly self-centered and will remain careful, for the most part, he’s an opportunist. Quack is living in a repurposed gumball machine complete with a DIY medical head mirror and 3 wheels to power him around the level. They both open the game being surrounded by their army of corplets, who are essentially faceless drones doing exactly what they’re asked of. I guess you could say that Capital B and his oppressive goal in controlling the way things go represents Microsoft in their control of Rare when they bought them. And the corplets represent the incredibly brain-trusted normies who buy game after game of series’ that have been run into the ground simply because there’s nothing else for them to do and thusly defend their purchase against those who seek to criticize them. Or yknow, its not. Whatever. Looking at the video reviews for this game, it’s safe to assume that most everybody bloody hated the voices for the most part. Yooka-Laylee being set in a magical land and of course being the spiritual successor to Banjo that it is, was going to choose to have this style of voice almost by necessity. Other games have performed this crap in the past and haven't received the same criticism. These voices are not only not annoying to listen to but really are well suited to the characters that have them to be honest. They can really add to the environment at hand as well as the world that’s been crafted. This childish wonderland, filled with whimsy and talking clouds really falls right in with this. Funnily enough one of the little more annoying voices to me was Capital B and his repeated lines. But I want to bring up that his voice is less annoying that Grunty’s voice in Banjo. So, when people criticize this, I’d like them to be more consistent and tell me that Banjo ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it up too. As opposed to saying “Ah, people in the 90’s, they just didn’t hear things like we do now.” Basically, take both games, or leave both. With all that out of the way, let’s move on to something meatier. How does Yooka-Laylee compare with controls? Everything is tight, very tight, the game is very consistent. Plenty of areas get demonized not because of unresponsive controls or lack of control, it simply is the challenge. Honestly, I think people have forgotten what it feels like to play many of the platformers of the age it’s referencing and how often you would feel like the game screwed you over with a certain jump or ledge when, in reality, you simply didn’t react fast enough. Obviously, that doesn’t ring true for every game, but I can confirm that mechanics do indeed function well. But seriously, you will encounter moments in which things are really hard to traverse. But this is on the player to perform and succeed; an intrinsic part to the platformer experience. Each of the bosses in their worlds has pretty decent character design, have their own relevant theming as well as reasons for existing there. Combine that with the pacing and mechanics it makes for a decent break, as well as a battle to punctuate the world. But for last, we have Capital B, the crowdfunded corporate creep. This ♥♥♥♥♥♥ has 8 phases, why does he have 8 phases? You’ll likely get multiple restarts in the entire fight since they don’t supply you with hp at any point, I think they wanted to crank up the difficulty here but they made an extremely drawn out and kind of just annoying boss, I mean even the camera is against you. Other than that, it isn’t exactly clear when you’re dealing damage to capital B, this kind of cartoon smoke appears from him, and I feel like flashing red is the way to go, I don’t know when he’s immune to attacks or not, look why the ♥♥♥♥ so many phases just why? So, Playtonic have completed the project they set out to do. They ran a highly respectable campaign to create a product that they figured many of us wanted, and though there were some bumps in the road, they pulled through and created a genuinely fun and whimsical game filled with a series of mechanics that we’re all very familiar with, combined with some new ones to experiment with. They gave us a new world to approach and absorb with immersive visuals and music to really take us back to a time where we could enjoy a world for what it was, as opposed to reaching a particular area or boss. The gameplay we valued from these games breaking down the puzzles in a logical matter and defeating the challenge within, and finding the items in places that we would hide them ourselves if we were a dev. With extra sequences put on top to seal the game off, and a simplistic childish story to help frame the entire thing. Yooka-Laylee is not exceptional, but it is an awesome entry into the platforming collectathon genre that earns its side-by-side position with the greats.
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This recommend hinges entirely upon the fact that I got this for around 3 dollars. The game is okay. Great for the price but okay if not on sale. There's almost none of the old sass or witty dialogue from the Banjo games even though they're trying so hard for it. Dialogue speed is atrociously slow. So much so I had to turn off the continuous voice because it was driving me insane. I 'accidentally' started boss encounters for Chapter 1, 4 and 5. The fact that 4's boss is contingent on you doing and completing the Kartos mini game is kind of wild. I know it's a collecathon and you're expected to do that but weird choice. Enemies might as well not be there. For the majority of the game I just ran past them. On the off chance a Pagie required that I needed to defeat them then it took seconds to dispatch them and get the Pagie. Chapter 4 boss and Final Boss also don't follow the Rule of 3's and are tedious and dragged out. The music is also just not it. I described it to a friend that it's as if they hired people off Fiverr to get it done. It's 'competent' but just forgettable and one note. The fact Kirkhope is labeled as a Composer is weird as it really doesn't show. Overall it's an okay game if you want to do a collecathon. There's not that many out there and very few will be made. Look for it on sale and you'll only pay below 5 bucks for something that took me almost 13 hours to 100%. Decent time to cost ratio for an okay time. Or wait for Yooka-RepLaylee.
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Yooka-Laylee is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
Yooka-Laylee is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
Yooka-Laylee received 3,937 positive votes out of a total of 5,257 achieving a rating of 7.30.
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Yooka-Laylee was developed by Playtonic Games and published by Playtonic Friends.
Yooka-Laylee is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yooka-Laylee is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yooka-Laylee is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yooka-Laylee offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Yooka-Laylee offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There are 2 DLCs available for Yooka-Laylee. Explore additional content available for Yooka-Laylee on Steam.
Yooka-Laylee does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Yooka-Laylee supports Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Yooka-Laylee is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Game modes
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Online players
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Developer
Playtonic Games
Publisher
Playtonic Friends
Release
11 Apr 2017
Platforms
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