Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee is getting a remaster
Yooka-Laylee, the Banjo-Kazooie-inspired platform collect-'em-up from developer Playtonic Games, is getting a bit of a spruce-up for PC and unspecified consoles by way of a newly announced (and dubiously named) remaster, Yooka-Replaylee. The original Yooka-Laylee launched back in 2017, garnering modest acclaim - Eurogamer called it a "gentle, irreverent platformer let down by spotty handling and a slight shortage of genius" - and was followed by a far superior side-scrolling sequel, the Donkey Kong Country-inspired Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, two years later. Yooka-Replaylee, though, revisits the colourful if occasionally cumbersome original with an eye to polishing things up for a new generation of players. To that end, Playtonic is implementing an improved camera, revised controls, a world map, a challenges tracker, and more. Read more
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Yooka-Laylee, the Banjo-Kazooie-inspired platform collect-'em-up from developer Playtonic Games, is getting a bit of a spruce-up for PC and unspecified consoles by way of a newly announced (and dubiously named) remaster, Yooka-Replaylee.
The original Yooka-Laylee launched back in 2017, garnering modest acclaim - Eurogamer called it a "gentle, irreverent platformer let down by spotty handling and a slight shortage of genius" - and was followed by a far superior side-scrolling sequel, the Donkey Kong Country-inspired Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, two years later.
Yooka-Replaylee, though, revisits the colourful if occasionally cumbersome original with an eye to polishing things up for a new generation of players. To that end, Playtonic is implementing an improved camera, revised controls, a world map, a challenges tracker, and more.
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