Can Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Top Tropical Freeze?! - REVIEW (Switch)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2019
- Is Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair a worthy successor to DKC: Tropical Freeze? Find out in our in-depth review that explores the gameplay mechanics, graphics, 3D hub world, 40 worlds, and tons more!
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"This game is just as good as Tropical Freeze!"
-Slams down glass and double takes
Really glad to hear the team seems to have found their footing. Here's to hoping their next 3D game turns out great with this experience.
short answer its not
@@imperfect_dan7519 Don't be a bummer.
malaki7123 I don’t want to hate or anything, but this game doesn’t not touch Tropical Freeze in terms of quality at all.
Even though Tropical Freeze is a good game, it is not impossible to top it at all. Imo it is not even the best DKC game...
I'm really looking forward to Yooka Laylee!
@@manuelalbertoromero9528 just being honest lol. Do you expect this to be in the same league as tropical freeze
"Yooka-Laylee Racing, anyone?"
Don't tempt them. Knowing Playtonic, they just might.
I would be down for that, as long as they went the Diddy Kong racing-route.
TEMPT THEM!
I wanna see a Yooka-Laylee’s Bad Scale Day
Yoo-Kart Laylee.
Loved Diddy Kong racing so here's hoping they do 😁
6:40-
"Don't worry. There's no real money required here."
Mario Kart Tour: **Sweats Nervously*
9:09
"Performance wise, the frame rate is nearly a rock solid 60 frames per second."
Link's Awakening: *Sweats Nervously*
Glad YookaLaylee is finding its footing, would like to see another 3D game once they’re ready
Jun Edenfield big agree, and if they don’t name it “Tooka-Laylee” there will be pitchforks and torches ^•^
Theoretically the Impossible Lair is "Tooka-Laylee", so that naming convention would have already happened with this game if that were to be the case XDD
Next game should be 3d world/land style. Keep changing things up. Maybe after that, a crash style game.
Atari-Dude 1 Thats really true actually 😅 I guess I thought of this more as a spin-off sorta thing like how Banjo Kazooie had Gruntys Revenge on the GBA or something, but now I’m sad that we’ll never get Tooka-Laylee :(
Don't worry, Playtonic confirmed that this game isn't a sequel. So a 3D sequel to the original game is possible after this.
The thing that people forget about both Yooka Laylee games, is that they're low budget indie games for niche audiences, rather than big budget system sellers made by one of the big console owners.
Any platformer that reminds me of DKC2 or Tropical Freeze is an instant buy for me.
I was hoping this would live up to tropical freeze, definitely buying this
Tropical Freeze is a beast of its own that Retro Studios cultivated.
Playtonics only has a footing of understanding.
That's cuz it's eerily familiar to Tropical Freeze
@@rayminishi689 I thought the people in Platronics made Donkey Kong when they worked for Rare.
RayMinishi Playtonic is made up of ex-Rare staff, who worked on the original DKC games, so..
@ it sounds like you're horrible at it, not that it's horrible, because tropical freeze controls flawlessly
The idea of the final level being acessible from the beginning really came as a twist! Maybe that means there's a special reward for beating it on the go, and that you can tackle it whenever you feel ready. It's a pretty smart idea, sorta like Breath of the Wild, but in a platformer!
Edit: What?! 136 likes?! That's the most I've ever got! 😁
I'm curious to see what speedrunner do with that.
@@Bocahj4 they'll finish the game really fast. It's quite cool for speedrunning the categories are clean
@@Terranigma23 well that's just rude. Besides, I wasn't thanking anyone for likes, I was just surprised I got this many, it never happened.
@@TG-kt9vg thanks, I guess... You're not being sarcastic, right?
Can't wait for someone to beat it damageless
These guys are the creators of the SNES donkey kongs, so they're the OGs
yes! thank you! dude keeps saying that this was inspired by DKC Tropical Freeze....umm...no. It's inspired by DKC---the game these guys developed in the first place *sigh* Glad to see someone knows what's up...I thought I was taking crazy pills.
Yup, also when the clip of the music was played it sounded exactly like something you'd hear in dkc
Joshua Thompson It definitely plays more like Tropical Freeze than the SNES games though.
@@justinc.5591 definitely would say their angle was more to theorize what a DKC4 would be if made today, hence the hubworld, and taking inspiration from both tropical freeze AND the rayman origins/legends 2d platformers while maintaining gameplay aspects from the original DKC games that didn't survive into returns.
They should make the new Donkey Kong games. Nintendo should hire them.
Definitely getting this, tropical freeze is one of my favorite games. Also yeah a Yooka Racing in the style of Diddy Kong racing would be a great next project for them and a new Diddy Kong racing has been wanted for years, but don't copy it 1 for 1 just inspired by it is good enough.
Would be cool to see some kart racing game for the Yooka Laylee series. But I think they need to establish a lot of memorable characters from the series first though.
@@videogameadventure Luckily Kevin Bayliss works at Playtonic who was the person who created Diddy Kong Racing. He was the leader of the team of that game.
@@videogameadventure DKR introduced some new characters that people never heard of before and yet they loved it (Banjo being one of those characters).
I think if we actually have a YL Racing game, I would love to see brand new characters, not only the ones from previous games.
Renato S. Hmm! You do have a good point. Without the Diddy Kong Racing, we wouldn’t be introduced to the Banjo Kazooie and Conker series. So yeah! It can be possible. ☺️
Considering that Playtonic were former RARE developers who created the original Donkey Kong Country series on the SNES in the first place, it is refreshing to see them get back to basics and find some inspiration from Retro Studios that took what make the original games great.
Retro perfected it in Donkey Kong Returns series, now Playtonic perfected the perfection of their inspiration.
I am impressed seeing how well the game is played.
Nintendo needs to give Playtonic a huge contract to half own the company like they did with RARE in the 90s so we can see the magic of the SNES and N64 days.
Micro Transactions suck in today's games but thankfully this developer knows that you can unlock the bonus stages with in-game currency, just like how games used to be in the past.
Definitely buying this, I'm happy that Yooka-Laylee are on the right track
I like how Playtonic Games made a game based on a game based on a game they once made. It’s come full circle. But then they brilliantly added elements of Wario Land, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Yooka-Laylee.
"Top tropical freeze"
*laughs in banana*
Yup
I find it kinda sad/funny that this game is being compared to Retro’s interpretation (Tropical Freeze) of the original donkey Kong country game, a game originally made by these same people (Rare/Playtonic) 25 years ago
The combination of the music and visuals makes me feel something. No idea what, but something positive.
"I feel so... happiness"
Day one pick up for sure, this is just what I was hoping for.
Pre-order it so you can get the Pre-Order bonuses!!!
What r they?
@@samus-alita4252 Pre-order now to receive 'Trowzer's Top Tonic Pack' and play with even more tonics! With this pack of top tonics, players will have even more choice when customising the way they play! Trowzer's Top Tonic Pack includes Largee head tonic, Glow Worm tonic, D.I.S.C.O tonic and the Yooka 64 tonic!
I just finished Tropical Freeze (And I loved it).
So definitely picking up this.
As someone who liked Yooka Laylee anyways, I’m soooo hyped for this!
Well I mean the game WAS made by staff that worked on DK country series on the SNES. So no it wasn’t copying Tropical Freeze, these guys just know how to make 2D platformers. I’m excited for this game.
Oh wow, this came out with little fanfare. Maybe if it does well, Playtonic will try 3D platformers again sometime?
They should try the 2D/3D switch from Sonic Games. Would be cool.
@@Adeyum64 Then it would be exactly like a Crash Bandicoot game. A 2D platformer with occasional 3D/2D camera swaps. Which I wouldn't complain about.
@@IkesDaddelbox Oh yeah, didn't think about Crash! That would be kinda awesome to play something like the old Crash games again, but with new levels
This is a relief to hear. When I heard it was a DKC clone, I was not very excited. I love Banjo-Kazooie, which is why I wanted Yooka-Laylee in the first place. But I never really liked the Donkey Kong games. But I might pick this one up after a glowing review like this xD And now hopefully, they will make a true sequel to the original and give us another great 3D collectathon, since Mario Odyssey proved that they still work very well~
Y'know, on second thought, I think I absolutely WILL buy this game. I want to support the Yooka-Laylee IP and this company. If it were a bad or mediocre game, I wouldn't, but since it's a good game...yup, I'll do it~
Now I just have to finish Ori and the Blind Forest and my Golden Deer playthrough of Three Houses and I can make this my next Switch focus. xD
Hello people from the Internet, please support this studio. They keep the spirit up. Buy their games!
Funny how Risk of Rain was 2D with a 3D sequel, and then this is the reverse
Difference being both risk of rains are good and it transitioned well into 3D
I’m so glad to hear that it’s similar to tropical freeze. Absolutely gettin this!
I wouldn’t mind seeing Yooka Laylee Racing game in the future. I’m looking forward to getting this game on the Nintendo Switch. 😊
Does this game have a new Funky Kong mode?
New Super Yooka-Laylee U XL Lite
New Funky Mode!
No Funky Mode = No Buy
It has Trowser mode! (Actually I don't know if Trowser mode even exists but was appropriate for the game)
Great review Andre! Really excited to pick this one up!
NICE, it may lack epic setpieces but if it has personality and good gameplay, i'm all for it. I was a bit skeptical with original YL, so this'll be my entry point.
WHOA!
I'm super happy to hear this! I liked Yooka-Laylee but I've never had the urge to return to it like I do (on a yearly basis) with Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. I've also been to... frugal... to get DKC:TF on the Switch despite really like it on the Wii U. The final level being accessible from the very beginning is also a really cool idea!
Well... Guess I'll get it! I've been holding out for a high quality 2D platformer on the Switch since Sonic Mania.
Wow, this actually looks like a good game. I avoided playing the original Yooka-Laylee for multiple reasons, but I might definitely give this a look into.
Nice review, I might give this a try at some point!
Alright. I'm interested now. :D
Thanks for this awesome review!
I loved Yooka Laylee and am very glad to hear they've made a big impact in another genre (even though I haven't heard much about it to this point). I've been eagerly awaiting YL's successor, and hopefully the experience and feedback of these two titles will bring some real magic to their next 3D endeavor.
This game's gonna have an awesome speedrunning community. I'm especially looking forward to seeing an Any% run.
Yooka Laylee backer since day 1! So pumped for this! Preordered on Xbox One but will probably be picking up the Switch version down the road.
This made me think of giving it a try now. Good job André!
Dang! I'm super impressed with the game design, especially with the world map and the Impossible Lair. That's so cool!
Just ordered this from amazon I’ll get it tonight, nice little Christmas Eve present to play after putting the kids presents under the tree
Just purchased on Steam. I was eyeing this game casually, but now I’m convinced. There are some really cool ideas in this
I can’t wait for this one! I would love them to try another collect a thon at some point, but I’ll happily take this!
Praises to David Wise!! I swear he doesn't get enough credit for his music! Has he ever won a lot of awards?? Is he well known for his work outside the gaming industry?? Is he even getting the pay he deserves!!! Give this man his flowers while he's still here with us!!!!!!
What? Everybody constantly talks about how good he is. If anything I think he's overrated. I've never been that impressed with the DKC or Banjo Kazooie music. It's decent but it's not mind blowingly good like say Chrono Trigger's or Sonic 3&K's music.
@@duffman18 lol
That sounds awesome Andre. I happy to hear that Playtonic did a great job because I would love to get more games in the future. By the way I absolutely love the main theme.
This whole situation reminds me of when back in the day a lot of franchises went 3d some worked some just were bad but like Rayman and donkey Kong went back to 2d
Didn't even know this game was coming out this week! But definitely getting it when it goes on sale on black Friday in November.
As someone who was okay with the original Yooka-Laylee and who enjoyed Tropical Freeze, This information pleases me greatly.
Looks like I’ll definitely pick this up when I finally completely finished Tropical Freeze.
I'm happy you were able to enjoy this as much as you did, André! That makes me even more excited to go pick it up for myself! Hope you and everyone else who reads this have a wonderful day!
It really seems like Playtonic found their footing with this one. Glad to see it because there's very clearly sp much talent at that studio.
I played Tropical Freeze on the Switch last year and loved it. Now I really want to play this too!
I'm sold on this one
This game is the reverse Gex. Its a 3D platformer featuring a playable lizard that became a 2D platformer in the sequel.
When there's no hype there's no hate.
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I was never big on Tropical Freeze, for the simple reason that I didn't enjoy how the levels were unlocked and how you could find secret ones (most secret levels were just accessed by "find this exit in the level that requires Dixie or Diddy or Cranky).
The idea of a detailed 3D hub world connecting every level and even unlocking and having environmental effects on extra levels makes me interested in this title, because it fixes exactly what I didn't like about Tropical Freeze by replacing it with something completely new and interesting
Hoping the next Yooka game takes inspiration from either Prefect Dark, JFG or Blast Corp.
enjoyed every second of this lovely game, and it's def. on pair with dkc tf. thanks playtonic, i hope u will be satisifed with the sales.
Retro Studios: We made the best DKC game!
Playtonic, The Ghost of rareware: Hold my tea.
It also borrows the fun factor of how you collect feathers in a bunch a little more from the 2010 Rayman games! E.g feather paths in arcs and vine sliding paths!
I really want a Yooka-Laylee 2 that fixes it to be more like Banjo-Kazooie when it comes to controls (movement was slippery in YL) and collectible placements actually meaning something
Playtonic is definitely gonna go back and produce Twoka-Laylee at some point, and I'm super excited for that day to come!
Nothing will ever top DKC Tropical Freeze, but this still looks pretty dang good
I'm super happy with the game living up to Tropical Freeze's heights and also doing things to stand out comparatively. It definitely caught my eye because of how closely it resembled and was compared to Tropical Freeze considering that's my favorite game of all time. And between David Wise and Grant Kirkhope's music, good looking gameplay, and unique ideas, I'll definitely be picking this game up... eventually. I want to play the first game as well just to properly get a feel for the whole of Yooka-Laylee and I want to form my own opinion on the original Yooka-Laylee.
Come on! The whole review makes it sound like it should be a Loved! Give Yooka-Laylee some love! (Awesome review, btw. Definitely-ish buying)
I didn't think the original YL was as bad as many reviewers seemed you think, but still I love 2d platformers, so I'm happy to hear that this is a great game.
This game blew me away, was not expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. But I picked it up after the devs said it's a spiritual successor to DKC, and they weren't wrong. I was initially put off by how similar it looked to DKCTF, but this game went above and beyond where DKCTF didn't imo. I loved the overworld puzzles, the platforming itself, coin collecting, the music, and the CLASSIC Rare charm. This game has way more charm and personality than DKCTF no question about it. The way you open up the map, the way the final boss is handled, and so many more reasons all make this game a 10/10, one of the best games I've played in years.
Nice! Maybe I'll check it out. When does it come out?
Andre do you realize that Witcher 3, Ring Fit, Luigi's Mansion 3 are all coming out this week and I'm only maybe 15% through DQXIS:EoaEA:DE? How the heck am I supposed to squeeze this in?????
I guess you meant this month then your right and it's a ton to play now not enough time or money
DQXIS:EoaEA:DE has to be the longest acronym ever.
I love the look of this, cant wait to play it!
This was exactly what I was waiting for!
It's not taking style from tropical freeze, it's taking style from DKC, which the developers worked on in the 90's at Rare.
Yes! This makes me so freaking happy
Ima go buy this game now
I’m a simple man I hear Tropical Freeze, I buy game.
Well, I guess they finally found their footing. I do kind of hope they try a 3D platformer again, but with less focus on sheer quantity as opposed to quality.
I would like a larger quantity of levels though. It just needs more development time.
Sounds like an incredible game, like the masterpiece Tropical Freeze. I'm buying it soon.
Hey is it 40 levels as 20 levels with two different forms or is it 40 levels with 2 paths in each of them? Thanks for the review- so excited
I could be wrong but I believe I saw another video and it said the second path counted as a different level, meaning 20 actual levels.
@@zacharyw213 Wow, that's smaller compared to the original Super Mario Bros., which had 32 levels.
@@X2011racer It is rather small agreed, but the review did say the added changes to those 20 levels felt like different levels so that's a plus at least.
Downloading now & I can't wait to play it o yeah ! ♡
I can’t wait for yooka-laylee screws and nails
Mh... the fact that this game is far better received than its predecessor leaves me to think about: maybe after rejoining together after such a long time, the former Rare employees just needed their time to pull everything together before working well again, and they needed time to do such thing. The first Yooka Laylee was quite a rocky start, but the fact that this 2d entry is way better, makes me think that Playtonic AKA the TRUE Rare will gradually regain its edge and return to its former glory with the time. If that's the case then I'm totally cool with that. It's true what they say: the best things always come when you don't expect them. :D
It’s a shame that no one seems to care about this.
Not people's fault that a) YL 1 wasn't great or b) platformers have been done to death.
It doesn't help that it looks cheaply made. I mean, the art and animation is decent quality, but the style doesn't make it look big budget.
And there are A LOT of cheap platforming games.
Man I'm even more sold on this now... Good thing I need to go in to EB Games today anyway. I'll grab this while picking up my GRID VIP Edition Pre-Order 👍
I didn't grab Yooka-Laylee initially, but I was kind of bummed that the initial game didn't reach everyone's expectations, especially since a friend of mine is a big B&K fan. Glad to hear that The Impossible Lair landed on its feet and turned out well :)
It would be pretty cool if there could be a possible crossover
So far, Yooka & Laylee only made one physical guest appearance in Brawlout. They also have a cameo as a costume for one of the game's characters in Brief Battles. It's a little sad to see that unlike Shovel Knight and Shantae, the buddy duo don't get around as often through various indie games...
With Rivals of Aether now having Steam Workshop support in beta, Hopefully someone could make a Yooka & Laylee mod for the game.
@@X2011racer Ah, I see. Thanks for this info!
Thank god this game ended up being good. I initially it looked really slow and boring but now I might pick it up in a bit.
Whoa that Richard Jewel trailer before this....!
I actually liked Yooka Laylee, especially the 5th world.
Look forward to playing this one too.
Looking forward to this, and i hope their next 3D game improves a lot in terms of gameplay. And world building
I almost wonder if this is the first game this team should have made before the original Yooka-Laylee. It seems as though they really have a much better footing here in this style of game than 3-D (ironically).
I'm really looking forward to this game and I am gonna preorder this, thanks for the review GX!
They should talk with Nintendo and make a deal for making the Next DKC
I just bought this but haven't played yet, I'm playing Crash 4 right now.
These graphics look great 10/10 for me. Gameplay looks solid too. Oh, I also have Tropical Freeze
Damn I though he would go with a “loved it”. Andre is a hard sell lol!
Yesss! I was never going to preorder this game after Yooka Laylee came close to being what I wanted it to be but ultimately fell flat. That said, I desperately want Playtonic to succeed and I am so glad to hear positive things about this game! I will be buying it before long.
That GB green filter might have done it for me. Hope there is a demo for it soon
Playtonic is delivering the quality gameplay we always knew they were capable of and I could not be more proud of them. From a small team starting off on Kickstarter to making a game that lives up to one of the greatest 2D platformers of all time is incredible.
As much as I love this game I still want a yooka-laylee and banjo-kazooie mashup.
I hope the next game they are in production with is Yooka-Laythree racing!😊
Happy for Playtonic it look like the series will be going in a 2D approach from now on I might get this.
Wow, this looks so much better than Yooka-Laylee. Glad to see Playtonic trying to improve their games and taking criticisms to heart!
Oh wow. It fell under my radar but now I am definitely getting it
Plus the drifting joycon would be an extra challenge x.X
Sorry, maybe i missed this part; What system did you play it on? Is that the same system you used to collect the videos from? if you played it on multi systems, Which one would you recommend?
I only played it in Switch and all the footage is from that system
R.I.P. Shantae 5 :'(