wvnative
Member
Make no mistake, I've laughed a lot and love humor like this, just in the context of my experience with the game and as someone who donated to the game, it just ended up coming off as trolling. It is funny though.
Yooka-Laylee |OT| Reptile Rolling in the 90s
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Make no mistake, I've laughed a lot and love humor like this, just in the context of my experience with the game and as someone who donated to the game, it just ended up coming off as trolling. It is funny though.
DieNgamers
Member
The only game that comes close to this level of trolling/ puns is Banjo Tooie. Kazooie was tame in comparison, haha.
I grinned and laughed a lot playing YK. I don't feel offended either because my experience has been quite awesome so far. I completed world 1 now. Only a few single pagies and quills missing in 2 and 3. Time to Tackle world 4, I guess!!
I like how this game takes the Tooie route:
- huge levels
- things you can't do yet because the ability you need might be in another level
- bossfights as parts of normal challenges
- moderate difficulty - I need to be pushed back sometimes
- very varied challenges everywhere. I really enjoyed the isometric castle
I grinned and laughed a lot playing YK. I don't feel offended either because my experience has been quite awesome so far. I completed world 1 now. Only a few single pagies and quills missing in 2 and 3. Time to Tackle world 4, I guess!!
I like how this game takes the Tooie route:
- huge levels
- things you can't do yet because the ability you need might be in another level
- bossfights as parts of normal challenges
- moderate difficulty - I need to be pushed back sometimes
- very varied challenges everywhere. I really enjoyed the isometric castle
You can but they don't have quills in them.
Did you grab the three quills in
the toilets? Use reptile rush on the doors to force them open.
No, I did not. I was even getting a hunter alert when close to them and also noticed that you can actually see the quills as you approach, because when you're
gliding the toilets draw in later than the quills
Thank you. Four more to go..
Um can you please rewrite this post in Spanish?
Careful using your own language when writing a post everyone will read, guys.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
With the exception of the bolded, I disagree with everything you wrote. But even that, you can guess your way through as the questions repeat. Not ideal, but not a gamebreaker in the slightest. The old school design, charm, and references, and gameplay are what make this game so great to me.
EDIT- And I've played and finished all the original Crash Bandicoot games, all the Spyro games, and the N64 Banjo games and DK64. If anything, I hope this game does well enough to do a sequel, where I'm sure will be even better!
Just found the last four quills I was missing and again I got a hunter alert..
Do you start get hunter alerts on quills, when you're just missing a few? Would be damn nice if it was implemented that way and I have a feeling that it is, because the last ones I was missing, didn't seem that hidden.
Anyway, what a lovely game. I need a sequel Playtonic, so get on it
Do you start get hunter alerts on quills, when you're just missing a few? Would be damn nice if it was implemented that way and I have a feeling that it is, because the last ones I was missing, didn't seem that hidden.
Anyway, what a lovely game. I need a sequel Playtonic, so get on it
This is the most idiotic complaint I have ever heard.
balladofwindfishes
Member
There's no need to use British slang in a trivia game. I don't really care if they use it in the game, but not in a trivia game.
This had never happened before in their previous games.
Maybe after playing the same trivia game 10 times because I keep mashing A to get through the painfully slow dialog and accidentally answering 1 for every question, I'm going to get annoyed when there's slang I don't understand in a game in my native language.
How was I supposed to know one of these wasn't buried in the swamp somewhere?
There's no need to use British slang in a trivia game. I don't really care if they use it in the game, but not in a trivia game.
This had never happened before in their previous games.
Maybe after playing the same trivia game 10 times because I keep mashing A to get through the painfully slow dialog and accidentally answering 1 for every question, I'm going to get annoyed when there's slang I don't understand in a game in my native language.
How was I supposed to know one of these wasn't buried in the swamp somewhere?
Dude, the world doesn't have to adjust to your language needs. Get over it.
balladofwindfishes
Member
It wouldn't kill them to use international english words in a section of the game that requires the player to know specifically what they're asking
I don't know why asking to avoid words not every English speaking country uses in a specific part of the game is too much to ask.
Burning Justice
the superior princess
Has anyone else who backed for a physical copy still not received theirs yet? I was led to believe it would arrive by release day, but I still haven't gotten it yet, and no note has been left on my door.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Congratulations on being the only person in the world that cares about this. Would you like a biscuit?
Trolley is used in America as well, except usually used by older folks, same thing with buggy. Yeah, 'cart' is the most dominant term by far but I don't think recognizing synonyms is asking too much.
March of the Crabs
Member
On the topic of this game's humour I find it funny as hell. Current favourite bit is when you beat the boss in
Icymetric Castle
ShironRedshift
Member
Yeah, this seems like a reasonable request to me. Don't know why people are getting on your case for this.
What is this garbage? Is there any need for stuff like this?
Salty Hippo
Member
The minecart thing is such hot garbage. These are some of the worst bits of game design I've experienced in a game in the past two generations. The world 4 ride in particular is just fucking offensive. Playtonic is a bunch of talentless hacks who haven't got a clue of what proper game design is. Not talking just about the minecart either, most pagie challenges are lazy, uninspired and unpolished. This is definitely not "THE CREATIVE TALENT BEHIND DKC AND BANJO" like Playtonic enjoy selling themselves. Gregg Mayles is. And it shows. The only talent displayed in this game comes from the composers and the character designer. Everything else is amateur hour when you compare it directly to its inspiration. It just feels like a fan-made tribute. And I speak as the one of the biggest Banjo fans on this forum, if not the biggest.
It's not as bad as MN9, but the 72 MC was actually generous.
It's not as bad as MN9, but the 72 MC was actually generous.
KiefbladeMaster
Member
About to finish up World 2 tonight, just expanded and got to the boss battle. For people who are complaining about not being able to locate stuff, clear as much as you can before expanding the world. That way it's super easy for you to backtrack where you need to go. Works for me. 
Also, Rampo is crazy simple I don't know why that was even a big issue in here earlier. Any tips on where to find arcade coins? Didn't fully clear world one yet and haven't seen anything in world two so far either.
Also, Rampo is crazy simple I don't know why that was even a big issue in here earlier. Any tips on where to find arcade coins? Didn't fully clear world one yet and haven't seen anything in world two so far either.
Trolley is used worldwide though.
DieNgamers
Member
Hooo boy, someone ate sour grapes
I'm a huge Banjo fan, too and I love the game. Disagree completely!
I haven't beaten world 4's minekart but I came very close on my first try. Have to try again later. I'm busy enjoying the heck out of world 5 right now. It's beautiful, the music makes me feel like a hero, haha.
Btw, can someone help me with a riddle in world 5? There a riddle that makes you use almost every ability. There's
a plate with a lightning symbol on it. Can I create electricity?
ShironRedshift
Member
When I first saw Kartos, I was worried that his Pagies would basically be proxies of the DK64 minecart stages where Squawks gives you a Golden Banana if you manage to collect enough Coins on the track but some of the later ones get very frustrating because there's stuff everywhere that knocks your coins out of you and it's practically impossible to avoid everything. I remember some of the earlier ones being fine, but the later ones in DK64 having stupid coin requirements so I was scared they might try something similar here. Just a shame that they apparently didn't learn from what made those levels in DK64 so terrible and tried to make them more like the minecart levels in the original DKC trilogy or Tropical Freeze instead as just a more fun change of pace from the norm instead of a frustrating one.
Hooo boy, someone ate sour grapes
Disagree completely!
I haven't beaten world 4's minekart but I came very close on my first try. Have to try again later. I'm busy enjoying the heck out of world 5 right now. It's beautiful, the music makes me feel like a hero, haha.
Btw, can someone help me with a riddle in world 5? There a riddle that makes you use almost every ability. There's. I thought I got the solution multiple times but nothing worked.a plate with a lightning symbol on it. Can I create electricity?
Riddle hint:
How did you heat yourself up so you could walk through fire?
Riddle solution:
Find and eat a battery.
March of the Crabs
Member
It's funny how I strongly disagree with literally everything you have said here.
This game is so divisive!
Memento Mori
Member
Unsure. I got the cutscene showing he'd moved the first time I left World 4. I'd only got like 4 pagies and the charge move before I left.
-MD-
Member
Lmao, some of you guys are really struggling with the minecart sections huh?
Salty Hippo
Member
If you want to pretend difficulty is the main issue, fine by me. But it's not.
Harbinger of War
Member
Pretty certain that I got hit with a bug in World 4 where you might not receive some pagies after turning in tokens. I have zero tokens on me but am somehow missing three pagies. That would mean I'm missing 30 tokens. Checked out a walkthrough and I've done everything mentioned. I've seen reports of this on the Yooka-Laylee sub-Reddit so unfortunately I'm not alone.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Well some things:
1. It is more important not to get hit, than it is to collect feathers - the threshold is very easy to reach, but you lose a lot upon getting hit
2. Don't roll, unless you are almost out of the screen, the camera will catch up fast and you don't gain anything permanent out of it
3. You can change planes while jumping - very important in my eyes
4. Only briefly look forward, keep your eyes close to Yooka most of the time, some of the lane shifts are very tight
EDIT: I like the minecart sections (and I didn't ind the first four very difficult, I don't know the fifth yet), but I would have preferred the DK64 style or the DKCTF style.
Yea, those three had me scouring the final level for a good hour. They were the only three I had left before the platinum! Thankfully I heard the subtle soundbyte hinting they were close by when near my wits end.
Anything that requires you to do something x times before you get the pagie will restart from scratch if you exit the level by any means.
I concur with those tips. You need to really focus on not losing feathers by getting hit and it will come naturally. Not an easy task, but with practice each run improves, just don't get greedy. Only ever use the speed roll on a safe straightaway, and even then ease up long in advance as there is a slight delay to resume normal speed where control is lost. (Ideally you should never bother with the triggers though unless a get knocked close to the edge of the screen but haven't lost feathers)
5. I will also add that at the final stretch with multiple rows of silver quills, you can mash left and right moving back and forth to gather most all of them in those simultaneously clumped rows. An easy 2-3k added to your total right before the finish line.
I mean, I disagree with just about everything that guy said, but the minecart sections in YL are pretty wonky. Honestly can't say I enjoyed any of them.
I actually feel that the minigames and Kartos minecarts are the weakest parts of the game. Overall I've found the platforming to be great, though.
I don't even feel the levels are all that huge, although I've only done two so far. Once I've played around in a world for an hour, I've got the basic layout memorised.
As someone said above, I think getting as many pagies as you can before expanding helps you know the layout of the world much better.
As someone said above, I think getting as many pagies as you can before expanding helps you know the layout of the world much better.
You've played the game all the way up to World 4 despite considering it hot garbage made by talentless hacks, so they must be doing something right. Most people would stop playing a game they claim to hate so much.
Two Pikachus
Member
I actually enjoy the cart rides. They can be a little frustrating, but I never see myself as being unable to finish them.
The arcade games are mostly hot garbage to ok. Nothing I'd particularly want to play again, but nothing insurmountable either. But I have yet to play the RC one. Hurdles is the hardest so far.
The arcade games are mostly hot garbage to ok. Nothing I'd particularly want to play again, but nothing insurmountable either. But I have yet to play the RC one. Hurdles is the hardest so far.
The Completionist did a review of the game. He
it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltlxQLpQEF4
loves
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
He also Loved Star Fox Zero. He's like an opposite Jim Sterling
Edit: "Controls are tight across the board" Yeeesh
... So do I.
The whole trolley debate seems foolish. The character names rhyme. I knew pre-release, but I don't think it would require too much thought to realize Ollie, Wally, and Jolly rhyme with Trolley? Not once do Yooka or Laylee play a ukulele, but I don't hold it against them.
Also Art, Bart, and Fart the Shopping Cart just don't have the same ring to them.
Also Art, Bart, and Fart the Shopping Cart just don't have the same ring to them.
balladofwindfishes
Member
I thought Wally was a Walmart reference oops
DieNgamers
Member
Well, he's right. (That vehicle from world 3 and some of Rextro's vehicle-based minigames are the exception).
The controls are tight and responsive. Platforming is so easy in Yooka-Laylee!