Music composer Grant Kirkhope is back at it again with Yooka-Laylee, and it nearly brings a tear to my eye.

This, plus the pop-culture references found everywhere throughout the game, gives the characters a colorful personality. After agreeing to race with him, Yooka blurts out “ Cloud-Based Racing… How next-gen.” It is the subtle jokes like these that we would expect to find in a title developed by this team, and although they aren’t that funny, they provide a cheap laugh as your progress through the game. An example of one of these jokes would refer to a racing cloud found in the game. There are even more knocks to what we know as the gaming industry of today, with some jabs being made to particular developers. It provides a good laugh for the older crowd, and while it may fly past some youngin’s heads, there are plenty of jokes and humor found in this game that is sure to amuse those early in reading.īe ready for some some pun-based humor, as there are lots of puns scattered throughout the regular dialogue. Laylee (remember the bat), is the one who provides the comic relief by finding a way to make fun of other characters, modern gaming, or even this game itself in nearly every conversation. It was never about the story as much as it was about an enjoyable experience. The game’s colorful worlds are equal to the character’s personalities, something that is unparalleled in the modern gaming industry. If you are looking for a deep and meaningful story – look the other way, but that is where the charm comes from with Yooka-Laylee. The duo is rather attached to the book, like it’s the treasure of the lost ark, and as such, they decide that they must risk their lives to gather the missing Pagies.

Yooka, the green lizard, and Laylee, the purple bat, join each other on a rather odd adventure, collecting pages (referred to as Pagies) for a book that they just so happened to come across. There is no time taken to introduce the player to the game’s colorful (both figurately and literally) characters and overworld. The same company, nay, the same people from the company that produced great hits like Donkey Kong 64, Banjo Kazooie, and Conker’s Bad Fur Day return to bring us a real treat – Yooka-Laylee.

Playtonic Games took the conventional approach with Yooka-Laylee Assuming we go off the late 90’s version of developing 3D platformers.

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