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Yooka-Laylee Patch Notes (a lot!) and Nintendo Switch Screen
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Blitzrules240
Banned
I got the Platinum before all these improvements...
Does that make me an OG?
Does that make me an OG?
JudgmentJay
Member
Glad I waited. Sounds like they've addressed a lot of complaints.
Father_Brain
Banned
guessing that the screenshot gives you much the same experience as video footage of the Switch version would at this point.
I'm exaggerating, of course, but Unity performance on Switch has not been terribly impressive to date and YL is much more technically ambitious than the likes of Bomberman, Setsuna, or Mr. Shifty, so I do hope Switch buyers don't get burned here.
I'm exaggerating, of course, but Unity performance on Switch has not been terribly impressive to date and YL is much more technically ambitious than the likes of Bomberman, Setsuna, or Mr. Shifty, so I do hope Switch buyers don't get burned here.
What do you expect? The game is huge and looks gorgeous. It even has small issues running on the Bone. It's not some 2D indie game.
AgentOtaku
Member
Was sitting on this but those QoL improvements are awesome!
Also important to add, since I know a lot of people were unable to 100% the game because of it:
Capital Cashino pagie bug is also fixed with this patch
Bug fix list will come later
Capital Cashino pagie bug is also fixed with this patch
Bug fix list will come later
BassForever
Member
Sounds like when I finally play my KS switch version a good chunk of the launch games issues will be patched out which is fine by me.
From the update:
I wouldn't expect anything more than maybe a few seconds of footage in an indie sizzle reel.
AmayaPapaya
Banned
Sounds great! I'm glad this game is still getting updated. It wasn't perfect, but, unlike many others, I thought it was close to the games that inspired it. People have very rose-tinted glasses with the old N64 games. I hope they made enough money to make a sequel that can really be play tested and allow for more time in the oven. The first game had such a small pool of money to work from, it's no wonder it wasn't perfect.
bumpkin
Member
I'm just irked at how long it's taking them to get the game out to Switch owners. I backed this on Kickstarter, and it's been how many months since it was released to everyone else in the world (who didn't back it), and I'm still without my game?
I do understand that compromises have to be made because of the Switch's reduced horsepower compared to PS4, XB1 and PC. A little blurriness doesn't bother me, honestly. I've played the shit out of Snake Pass and Playgrounds, I didn't notice it a lot during play.
Shift Breaker
Member
Mine cart improvements! This is all I wanted. May as well hold off playing it again until the patch.
DiddysKongQuest
Member
Hopefully I can power through the game after they release the patch :/ Patch notes sound promising!
CharminUltra
Member
Good thing I stopped playing this. Looking forward to the update! And I hope they fix the freezing loading screen on PS4.
InsaneFandom
Member
I've been really enjoying my playthrough but there were a few niggling annoyances that all look to be addressed in this patch.
Awesome
Awesome
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Still waiting for a Switch version... Seems to be a bit too slow to come out.
WheelHoss1
Member
Not buying until I can play in 4K on my Pro. I feel you brother.
Nocturnowl
Member
That's actually a really strong sounding update.
We are of a mighty breed.
One hardcore enough to master the jank, these late to the party players would never be able to handle the original snowplow!
We are of a mighty breed.
One hardcore enough to master the jank, these late to the party players would never be able to handle the original snowplow!
kitschykitty
Member
Huh I think this patch fixed every problem I had with the game, maybe now is the time to go back for 100%, I'm pretty close anyways.
DarknessTear
Banned
Pause music. Speech volume. Okay, I'm going back to playing it again.
Honestly though I enjoyed the game before these things, but this will still make it better for me.
Honestly though I enjoyed the game before these things, but this will still make it better for me.
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Seems they made the cart and mini-games easier. Since I didn't have too many problems with them (the casino cart section took a while, but that's because I stupidly didn't realize you could shoot cannon balls until like the last Kartos) I'm glad I played it pre-patch.
Improved flying controls is worrying, since I thought the flying move was way too overpowered as is and they had made it unwieldy on purpose.
Hunter Tonic beeping on casino tokens may prompt me to go back and get the last one. Then again it doesn't mention anything about the Cashino token glitch, which I may have been a victim of (which is why I didn't bother to search it for long)
Being able to more easily distinguish between sonar and ice objects is good.
I only had minimal problems with the camera, but I'm curious about the new one.
Improved flying controls is worrying, since I thought the flying move was way too overpowered as is and they had made it unwieldy on purpose.
Hunter Tonic beeping on casino tokens may prompt me to go back and get the last one. Then again it doesn't mention anything about the Cashino token glitch, which I may have been a victim of (which is why I didn't bother to search it for long)
Being able to more easily distinguish between sonar and ice objects is good.
I only had minimal problems with the camera, but I'm curious about the new one.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
If these patches do dramatically improve the gameplay experience, it ought to really interesting to see how the Switch version fares in reviews when it releases, since it won't be the vanilla version.
Renna Hazel
Member
Glad to hear about the camera, it drove me crazy at times. I hope this gives me full control over the camera, as I will always know where I want the camera to be better than the game does.
Reptars Revenge
Member
Man this game would have killed it at the switch launch now I'm just kind of eh on it. It's already so cheap on the other consoles.
Katana_Strikes
Member
May buy if the patch gives some decent improvements and the game will be much cheaper too.
Fleet_of_Foot
Member
Do you suppose this will be $40 on Switch?
Lol. Platinum on the original version too. Some of those mini games still haunt my dreams and I have visions of careening off slippery ice bridges as a plow...
Waddle Dee
Member
This is great news. Yooka-Laylee's biggest problem is a lack of polish and mechanics that you'd expect from a finished product. This looks to fix alot of the biggest pet peeves I have with the game and will make me actually want to look into glitches and speed runs due to finally being able to skip cutscenes.
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
Good on them, seeing a company take criticism and actually work to make the game better is just the best thing they could have done.
papertoonz
Member
wow alot of these notes sound really good
i'll give this game another shot for sure
i'll give this game another shot for sure
Waddle Dee
Member
Yeah, same. The game wasn't (and probably still won't be) great, but it's mostly harmless fun. I liked it for what it was.
Game isn't challenging at all outside of the last two arcade games, the 4th Kartos section, and that infamous slide. People acting like this was some unplayable disaster must not play many platformers.
Linkstrikesback
Member
I mean, it's not like we've particularly had much choice about that for a long time ...
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
Well at least the Switch version will have this stuff on the cartridge.
Sebastian Suola
Member
Do we know if the Switch will get a physical release? I sure hope so... And by the looks of this update, I made the right decision to wait
Ultimadrago
Member
This is good. This is good.