Yooka-Laylee
SCORE: 70
I am grateful Family Friendly Gaming was offered a digital download
code for Yooka-Laylee on the Xbox One. This video game is in the style
of Banjo-Kazooie. We have a small bat that is on the back of a larger
lizard. The level design, concepts, and even the sounds remind me of
Banjo-Kazooie. This should come as no surprise since many of the people
that worked on Yooka-Laylee also worked on Banjo-Kazooie.
It is neat to see old styles of games come back into fashion.
Yooka-Laylee looks better than a Nintendo 64 video game. There are some
long loading times though. Yooka-Laylee also contains violence,
skeletons, ghosts, ghouls, and more. The sounds made while text is
scrolling on the screen is such a throw back to the Nintendo 64 video
game. I hoped for some voice acting personally.
Books are the main theme in Yooka-Laylee. The bad guys steals everyone's
books to find one book. We collect Pagies, and quills while we play
Yooka-Laylee. Pagies unlock new worlds, and quills are used to purchase
upgrades for the characters in Yooka-Laylee. These upgrades are
generally some new skill that unlocks parts of the levels previously
inaccessible.
The game play areas are very large and impressive in Yooka-Laylee. I
liked going around and finding all of the different things to do. It can
take some time to beat each of the worlds in Yooka-Laylee. The modes in
Yooka-Laylee are Main Adventure, Rextro's Arcade, Solo, and 2P. Coins
that are found in the levels can be used to play at the Arcade.
Yooka-Laylee has a retail version for the millions of gamers in the
physical copy movement.
If you have wanted a new game like Banjo-Kazooie then you will get into
Yooka-Laylee. Expect some difficulty though. It took me time to figure
out how to do certain things. I learned to be careful with my special
skills in Yooka-Laylee since they can be drained quickly. I also learned
to get new skills and come back to certain worlds later. Yooka-Laylee is
modern retro with mild violence, and other issues. Overall I enjoyed my
time with this game.
- Sam
UPDATE: {04/10/2017}: FFG was provided a physical copy of this game.
Graphics: 65%
Sound: 70%
Replay/Extras: 85%
Gameplay: 65%
Family Friendly Factor: 65%
System: PC/PS4/Xbox One(tested)
Publisher: Team17
Developer: Playtonic Games
Rating:
'E10+' for Everyone TEN and OLDER ONLY
{Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief}
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