Visualante2
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Hope you can turn off the voices and skip cut scenes then. I really don't have patience for that kind of shit.
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First Yooka-Laylee review has leaked, been deleted, but the internet remembers all
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DieNgamers
Member
People should stop arguing about small gaps in ratings. a 9 or 10 means it should be a good game for almost anyone. 7 or 8 can point to a rough but still great experience.
Some awesome games have a metacritic in the 70s/80s.
That's like 50% of the game's charme and reason of existence, though. Why would you want to skip that.
Sora the Cat
Member
Title makes it sound like it was a bad review when it was actually a pretty good one for the game. I was expecting a 4/10 or something.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
Yep I'm expecting a bunch of 7/8s...
Anyone happen to know if a 4 year old would be able to play this? Or at least run around and have some fun?
Anyone happen to know if a 4 year old would be able to play this? Or at least run around and have some fun?
Ha Yeah, I'm suspecting the writing complaints are down to British humour's divisive nature, especially abroad.
I was starting to get nervous about the game, so if reviews are to the tune of this I'll be very happily relieved
The perfect Dark
Banned
If you don't have patience for this "shit" then don't buy the game.
Domstercool
Member
Yet only two of them are above 90.
Great games, but not as quality as P5 and Zelda it seems.
DieNgamers
Member
I have played the Toybox demo a few times now and yes, the game "feels" great. If a 4 year old is able to control in a 3D space (I know my daughter has problems with that, haha) it should be no problem. It controls fine!
Visualante2
Member
I just want to run around and collect some stuff with a nice controlling character. I don't really have time for bad writing.
Play Assassin's Creed.
SporeCrawler
Member
I feared something in the 6s and 5s so 8 seems good.
When is the switch version launching?
When is the switch version launching?
antyk
Member
Why would anyone go to such lengths to create that .gif and f***ed up such an obvious thing like the joke/reference "bubble" not moving from left to right? As a number-skewed person this bothers me a lot
Also, pretty good review
Visualante2
Member
I can tell this is going to be a great review thread whent he embargo lifts!
There's a line between charming and just plainly bad however.
Just because it's the same style as BK doesn't mean it'll hit the same notes well. I'm hoping however that it's just a matter of taste in this case and the writing isn't just bad pun central for the same of it rather than the genuinely decent writing that preceded it.
justsomeguy
Member
TROWZER SNAKE.
Trouser snake.
... (Google translate to American)
Pants Snake.
...
willy!
I wish it was finally lifted by now. After finishing the game and reading some comments in previous thread it's becoming more and more difficult to be silent lol.
Salty Rice
Member
I think this game isnt for you.
Idk man I just googled it, don't ask meWhy would anyone go to such lengths to create that .gif and f***ed up such an obvious thing like the joke/reference "bubble" not moving from left to right? As a number-skewed person this bothers me a lot
Also, pretty good review
I played a little bit at EGX Rezzed last week and their experience lines up perfectly with mine. The levels feel weirdly empty and spacious - but that's sort of the way the older games were, and actually works for the 'joy of movement' mechanics which are captured really nicely.
Doomshroom
Member
i doubt it, my 35 year old wife cant play 3D games.....
I don't know if it's really a resurgence. The Uncharted 3 debacle happened 5-6 years ago after all and the 8.8 before that. When you form a community around the hype for a certain game, and something questions the legitimacy of the hype, such as a mediocre review, it may be taken personally, as an attack on one's identity (one's identity being partially formed by the communities the person is a part of). But maybe that's reading too much into it.
I'm interested in the scores for this game simply because I'm curious to see how modern critics will receive a Banjo style game in this day and age. The scores for the ports of the classic Banjo games showed that the old collection style isn't as praised as it once was.
Not that negative reviews would be bad or anything like that. I'm just interested to see how Yooka Laylee will be received by people who don't have a fondness for that classic era of platformers.
Sterling!
yeah, its becoming more clear that is not an accident...
Gravy Boat
Member
Yeah, only one review out and already the 'Well his opinion is wrong' stuff has started. Can't wait to see how mad people go once a bad reveiw hits.
panama chief
Member
Why would anyone go to such lengths to create that .gif and f***ed up such an obvious thing like the joke/reference "bubble" not moving from left to right? As a number-skewed person this bothers me a lot
Also, pretty good review
Because you existed before the joke.
KojiKnight
Member
Seriously, the fanbase that backed this game did so BECAUSE they want an absurdly pointless storyline with over-the-top silly puns and humour
At least, I want to play this game and groan at the jokes, but laugh anyway.
This review isn't written for banjo kazooie fans, it's written for anyone interesting in gaming in general. How hard is that to understand?
Sleight of Jam
Banned
I would have preferred to find and discover the abilities like BK/BT. I get why they did it, but still, never really liked that from sly 2.
Nemesis_
Member
I've heard that the character in this just aren't on the same level as those in BK. like the soul isn't there.
I'd expect 8 to be one of the higher scores for this game, having heard from three reviewers independently. I've not played it myself tho so can't comment. F
The Hermit
Member
Man, is this really a return of "Rare"?
daTRUballin
Member
Why?
BodiesWithoutOrgans
Member
So next game so they make the gameplay let someone else do the writing problem solved
Don't bring logic into my heated argument, I'm personally offended etc etc
I'm actually indifferent about the whole thing, but given that the game was designed with the spirit of the old rare games (especially to entice the backers), humor and all, it seems somewhat silly to complain about that specific aspect. Of course, it makes sense to point out the game's written that way, but we did he expect? A novel?
Idk. Also, as an aside, swipe text suggested babies instead of backers. Hehe.
The Hermit
Member
It's a "bit" hyperbolic, considering that Mario Galaxy is considered one of the best games ever.
Trouser snake lol
wat
Sleight of Jam
Banned
You can't without turning off the sound effects.
You don't have the patience to listen to some dialog and watch cutscenes, but you do for collecting things in a collectathon?.... alright makes sense.
leandrochiarello
Member
Wouldn't work, He said "nice controlling character"
daTRUballin
Member
Yeah, I get that, but Yooka-Laylee isn't even out yet. Until we actually play the game, there's no reason to think that quote is immediately "laughable". That doesn't make any sense.
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