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[Skifi28]

Seems like I own the game on PS4. I wonder if there'll be an upgrade path.

 

[kevboard]

This is far from the first Switch 2 game confirmation, bro

I am not aware of another one. at least not one that has a direct reference of it in a trailer.

 

[MacReady13]

Didn't really like this one. The Donkey Kong Country inspired sequel I adored.

 

[kevboard]

sure, it’s an odd name, but it’s clearly a remaster + some new stuff added in.

I'd call it a directors cut... or a 1.5 version or something.
they said they want to improve the not so great elements of the original... which IMO would encompass nearly the entire level design, most animations and the general controls and feel of the controls.

not sure if it's known how far they have gone tho

 

[bender]

I was a backer to the original Kickstarter and thought the game was mostly a miserable experience due controls and character movement. I'm curious how much tweaking they'll do but probably not curious enough to invest more money/time into it.

 

[Skifi28]

sure, it’s an odd name, but it’s clearly a remaster + some new stuff added in.

In my defence, the footage appears very different from what I remember the game looking back then, so it felt like something brand new which is why the name confused me.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I'd call it a directors cut... or a 1.5 version or something.
they said they want to improve the not so great elements of the original... which IMO would encompass nearly the entire level design, most animations and the general controls and feel of the controls.

I think we’re splitting hairs. I don’t really see how any of what you’re saying above doesn’t fit in with what would normally come in a remaster that had some real work put into it. Visually, it’s clearly a remaster and looks significantly better. Runs way better. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I am not aware of another one. at least not one that has a direct reference of it in a trailer.

There have been other game announcements from over the summer that have alluded to a Switch successor release. This one is no different.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

In my defence, the footage appears very different from what I remember the game looking back then, so it felt like something brand new which is why the name confused me.

Well. They certainly wouldn’t call a brand new game “Replaylee”, right?

 

[Skifi28]

Well. They certainly wouldn’t call a brand new game “Replaylee”, right?

 

[kevboard]

I think we’re splitting hairs. I don’t really see how any of what you’re saying above doesn’t fit in with what would normally come in a remaster that had some real work put into it. Visually, it’s clearly a remaster and looks significantly better. Runs way better. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

well, as I said, I am not sure how far they have gone. if they truly want to fix the game, they would need to remake a TON of it. the level design was horrible, the controls felt wonky and the entire game felt unpolished.

so if they went in any redid a big chunk of the level design, redid the player controller and animations, I'd say that would be more than what one would expect from a remaster.

but I am not sure if it is already known how much they changed.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

What on earth are you on about?

One of the worst dregs of hentai game, called rape lay

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Yooka Rapeplayee

 

[lestar]

I am not aware of another one. at least not one that has a direct reference of it in a trailer.

The one I remember is Holy Horror Mansion (a Yo-kai Watch spinoff?). It doesn't directly mention Nintendo but lists 'Platform: Secret' for a game series that has been almost exclusively on Nintendo platforms.

 

[nial]

One of the worst dregs of hentai game, called rape lay

The Rapelay controversy was 15 years ago, so nobody remembers it at all, and you're the first person in the entire world to bring it up in relation to this.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Yookah was a good attempt its target was the banjo crowd.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

The Rapelay controversy was 15 years ago, so nobody remembers it at all, and you're the first person in the entire world to bring it up in relation to this.

Yea i realize now that it's just the replaylee part, I sometimes do word associations like some times I probably am the only one.
I still think it's a terrible name.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Ah yes, bringing up imagery of rape lay, a sound strategy.
What a terrible name

I would sincerely love for you to further explain this comment. Genuine curiosity.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

I would sincerely love for you to further explain this comment. Genuine curiosity.

My mind decided with the way replaylee is spelled and sounds associated with rape lay, stupid I know.

 

[nial]

I would sincerely love for you to further explain this comment. Genuine curiosity.

He's talking about this game:

RapeLay - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

RapeLay in particular had come to Vaz's attention in 2009, three years after its initial release, as it was sold on Amazon.com, despite not being officially distributed nor supported outside of Japan, and he vowed to bring the issue into the British Parliament to prevent the game from being sold. Amazon subsequently removed the game from sale on its website. Equality Now urged activists to write to Illusion and then-Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso in protest, arguing the game breaches Japan's obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. In May 2009, these actions culminated in the restriction of the sale and production of RapeLay by the Ethics Organization of Computer Software (EOCS), an independent Japanese ratings organization for adult games, making it impossible to purchase the game even in Japan.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

My mind decided with the way replaylee is spelled and sounds associated with rape lay, stupid I know.

Interesting

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Interesting

Yea, I relive memories like that. Something will cause an association to a memory and I need an outlet otherwise I dissociate for a bit.
Sometimes I look like a crazy person, this being case and point.

 

[Banjo64]

An hour long developer commentary. Some really nice QOL improvements seem to be taking shape as detailed by Reddit user lukefsje below.



•1h ago•

A summary of stuff from the video (they revealed a lot). The biggest news is highlighted in bold:

• Quills are now color specific to each world. So whatever you use them on, you have to use ones collected in that world.
• They're constantly iterating and improving on things, and have made several changes to Glitterglaze Glacier (and the game as a whole) since the demo released a few months ago.
• They want a lot of "platformicity", trying to make worlds feel better to platform around and minimize time spent wandering around trying to find something.
• They're exploring an option for the older Banjo-esque dialogue box style for those who want it, they don't want to be the "fun police" saying what's right and wrong and give people options.
• Many challenges have an intended path but if a player's skilled enough to figure out a different way they don't want to discourage that.
• Underwater jellyfish enemies are being replaced with something better. They want enemies to be more playful instead of annoying and something you actually want to fight.
• They really value coming back to the buddy duo for Replaylee and people don't know everything they have going on at the studio.
• There's more Pagies scattered around the world that are easier to find and don't need a long and complex quest to figure out.
• The piggy banks you smash for coins/guidance are called Coinelius which I think is a great name.
• They've placed quills much more deliberately, with the intention to reward exploration. They don't want to place them along the path to a Pagie since they'd be redundant.
• The coins are what's mainly used for path guidance, and are spent on cosmetics.
• The entire moveset is unlocked from the start of the game. They don't want to have places in the game where a player can't do something and needs to backtrack later.
• Trowzer does something different with the quills now but they didn't say what.
• You don't expand the worlds anymore.All worlds come full size from the moment you unlock them.
• They're doing more with Pagie pieces which now come by the quarter like heart pieces in Zelda. They're in the shape of a puzzle piece (crazy for a buddy duo game) and you piece them together.
• The moveset and controls have been improved to be easier to use and make them easier to chain together.
• All in all, they wanted to make the game much more fun and appealing to a wider audience compared to the original Yooka-Laylee, while still preserving elements that made people enjoy the original.

 

[tkscz]

• The entire moveset is unlocked from the start of the game. They don't want to have places in the game where a player can't do something and needs to backtrack later.
• You don't expand the worlds anymore.All worlds come full size from the moment you unlock them.

Honestly I enjoyed this aspect of the game. In adventure style 3D platformers, I like having more of a reason to go back to a level than just I need to grab more things. It was an issue I had with Mario Odyssey, you can go where ever you wanted the moment you got into a level so once you feel you explored everything no reason to go back.

Expanding the worlds helped with that, though it did make them a bit too big to where I often forget if I been to a spot before or not. Simply having a border mark or different coloring or something would help separate what was there to begin with and what is expanded on.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Not sure every one of those changes is for the better, but at least it's not going to be a simple uprez of a mid game, and that's a good thing. The original was a bit rough around the edges.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Great two games so far! I platinumed the original Yooka Laylee and also the impossible lair too.

I hope the 3rd one will be 3d like the first one!

 

[Skifi28]

Did they mention if there's an upgrade path for existing owners?

 

[OGM_Madness]

I feel like they could have spin it off as a sequel. You already unlocked everything, so all these QOL sounds like a continuation of the first game.

Weird title.