Relaxed Muscle
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New Yooka-Laylee screenshots and info; Toybox coming for backers in July
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Looks literally two generations apart lmao. MN9 looks like a PS2 game rendered in PCSX2.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
now guess which of these was kickstarted for $3 million and which one was $4 million
The game will truly be bat ship crazy. I can't wait!
Can't wait too,the important note though is that everything so far seems perfect to me.
Just hope that has plenty of surprises and has a decent length since I'm a bit concerned about "only" having 5 worlds, other than that seems a dream come true.
Also 5 ghosts were shown but in the edge magazine talks about 3, hope the other two are in the game too.
Where are the dialogue screens?
What feature?
Where?
As I don't know if I can post them, just search yooka on twitter and you'll find them.
Thanks! Only saw one with dialogue. Was there more than one?
No just that one, but shows you that it's going to be the same as BK/BT
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
This game looks so amazing, I hope it can make it this year. Considering Nintendo is not announcing anything for this year anymore, Yooka-Laylee would be perfect to fill the void Zelda left. Besides the three visual novels on Vita, I can think of only three games, Paper Mario, Ace Attorney and Pokémon, I'm looking forward to, that is going to release this year. Well, Sonic Boom 2, ReCore, Metroid Prime FF and Kirby I will probably buy as well, but I'm not really pumped for them.
I don't think it will make this year, honestly. Fine by me, though. I have complete faith in Playtonic for Yooka Laylee.
AcceptableGhost
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That is being really mean to PS2 games. A lot of them look better than that.
Yooka-Laylee looks like it might turn out pretty good.
I think it's an unfair comparison, though.
First and foremost, MN9 was designed to run on older, less powerful platforms. It's a game designed in Unreal Engine 3 that has to run at 60 frames per second. On older machines, this is a tall order and one that prevents the game from becoming too visually ambitious. It should have only been made for PS4, XO, and the PC, as far as I'm concerned, but the KS was launched before that made sense. Opting to release the game on SO MANY platforms was a huge issue that I believe has contributed to many of its problems. The fact that it has to operate at a high frame-rate just adds to the problems.
Yooka, though? Do we actually know what level of performance is being targeted? They are using the Unity Engine which has a TERRIBLE track record on consoles. If they can hit a perfect 60fps with those visuals then I will be impressed but I'm willing to bet that they are aiming for 30fps instead. The team also has the luxury of targeting more powerful systems (though the Wii U goal is...interesting and I'm betting it either won't happen or will be a terribly watered down version).
MN9 is not a beautiful game, but it's not as ugly as people seem to imply and it looks nice enough in motion due to a smooth frame-rate.
Artistically, sure, but to suggest that MN9 is technically inferior to a PS2 title is just silly.
Oh, okay, cool. Thank you! Just wanted to make sure I didn't miss any. And yeah, it looks super similar!
Sorry to say, but I have to agree, Yosh.
I will be very happily surprised if it comes this year but I don't expect it to. I would be thrilled to be proven wrong, just trying to set my expectations low here so I'm not too disappointed if it doesn't come this year. BTW, I don't necessarily expect ReCore to hit this year either.
TheDinoman
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^Sup Roysten
NOLA_Gaffer
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Don't say that, the Wii U is the only platform I own that the damn game is being released on.IceDoesntHelp
Banned
thats...uh something alright.
Metalingus5150
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Do you fear death?
Hot damn.
I kinda like it, I just wish the bit where the small tentacles connect with her head was obscured like in the concept art. All I can imagine right now is that looks like a beard.
I'm dead.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Somebody's been playing Splatoon.
Their lead tech guy/programmer/engineer ported Donkey Kong Country to Gameboy Color, so I don't think they'll have any trouble with Unity.
IceDoesntHelp
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That's my main issue with the design, everything else is fine.
The problem isn't their programmers, rather, Unity itself. The developer is ultimately limited by the engine and its flaws. I understand threading was improved in March but I'm skeptical that a game with large open levels will run well on consoles using Unity.
ThatStupidLion
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i find this design really ugly.
the B/W sketch is the best
Yeah, Dr. Quack is great. I'm not entirely sure why he's in a gumball machine though. I feel like it's a pun I'm not getting.
I believe the most current versions of Unity have addressed some of the issues with multi-core/thread usage. Could be wrong though.
I thought it was a (modified) pressure-cooker and the joke was that he's dinner.
Yeah thats the one qualm I have with his design since it seems completely random to me.
It's a gumball machine. Take a look in the new Kickstarter update: https://www.kickstarter.com/project...vival/posts/1587971?ref=backer_project_update
EDIT: I think I get it now. He's a small green creature that starts with a D in an exosuit that looks like a trash bin.
This design is really fun but i think it loses something in the 3d render.
Sorry, feeling dense. Please explain!
I think it could be little reference to the daleks from Doctor Who.
She probably is, that face looks very porcelain'y, wouldn't surprise me if she's full squid, the face just looks off, like it's a mask.
Edit: I can't believe the Doctor-Puzz pun didn't hit me until now.
Oh, gotcha. I don't know anything about Dr. Who so I feel a bit better about not catching it now, haha. Thanks for the info!