Yooka-Replaylee | Dev Q&A Interview!
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- Last week we announced Yooka-Replaylee!
store.steampowered.com/app/24...
I sat down with Gavin & Mark, veteran folks here at Playtonic to discuss Yooka-Replaylee in a bit more detail. After some technical difficulties with our first attempt, we took the chance to get a bit more... unhinged... with this one.
2:29 What IS Yooka-Replaylee?
6:52 Revamping the art
12:28 Better camera and controls
16:46 Tweaking the abilities
18:40 Challenges
21:10 Map and Challenge tracker
24:09 Orchestral Soundtrack
27:25 Better character textures
30:30 Why now?
34:11 Most looked forward to improvement
Other topics covered:
Is Steve Mayles a whole person?
Is Vendi made of flesh?
How big was Gavin back in 2015?
And more!
This isn't all though, we'll be answering more of your questions, and our own existential ones, apparently, in the run up to release!
Stay tuned for more! - Ігри
2:29 What IS Yooka-Replaylee
6:52 Revamping the art
12:28 Better camera and controls
16:46 Tweaking the abilities
18:40 Challenges
21:10 Map and Challenge tracker
24:09 Orchestral Soundtrack
27:25 Better character textures
30:30 WHY! (hints at a new game coming...)
34:11 Most look forward to improvment
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@@Green_Stache_Productions aged like fine wine
Wow you got a heart that's Very Rare
No Reference to banjo koozie
Nothing about the pricing?
@@gorillazfan3We’ll have more news in the coming weeks 🙏
Really hope you enjoy this format folks! For Replaylee deep-dive videos let me know what sort of things you’d like to know about the changes/additions to the game!
Let me know what you think of the video too! 💚💜
will there be new footage in these deep-dive videos?
@@daniel_organero_perez5330 Almost certainly! We’ll be able to show more as time goes on.
I really want to see what the ice world looks like with the new improved amazing graphics.
I would love it if a physical copy happens please. I prefer my games physically. This game is amazing. I'm looking forward to hopefully playing this remaster.
Is there a possibility to rearrange Grant Kirkhope's music? I respect his works, but his músic in the original game was a snooze fest, too quiet and ambient focus, it didn't capture the energetic and wacky feel like he did on Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie.
Props to Playtonic with being really cool about copyright with Gmod, UA-cam, etc
I was there for the War of the Servers
Glad I'm not the only one who remembers such an incredible era of the gm community.@@PlaytonicGamesltd
@@PlaytonicGamesltd The movie on UA-cam that came out like 2 years after Gmod did? Darn, that's old-school! It gives me hope for Yooka Laylee fan-made content!
We're holding you to the promise of three Vendi games. Like Vendi's tongue, we will never let this go.
uh oh
What Vendi games ? She never had games. Rextro was the games guy.
@@svenmandelkorn3238 We joked that there were three Vendi games in development because in The Lost Q&A we were talking about Vendi’s popularity
broke: Twooka Laylee
woke: Yooka Vendi
@@PlaytonicGamesltd omg... I'm so STUPID lol. I thought you meant Vendi would have three (mini) games in this game (yooka Replaylee) like Rextro had 🤣🤦♂️🤦♂️.
My biggest gripe with the level design in YL always was how most worlds feel incomplete before they're expanded (most obvious in Moodymaze Marsh and the space world which both just kinda end halfway through a platforming section with no fanfare instead of finding a natural cutoff point), the casino level ended up being my favorite because of how its topology worked together with the expansion system (the central area doesn't really change, but new doors get added along the perimeter that leads to self-contained challenges). I'm not expecting massive changes but I'm really curious to see what the "revamped challenges and moves" will entail.
I didn't have a problem with the worlds feeling incomplete pre-expansion because I felt that was part of the point. No, the problem I have with the worlds is that the expansion mechanic and the sizes of the worlds in general didn't entirely make up for the small number of them because Y-L can get around them fairly quickly compared to someone going at B-K's pace, so the game still felt half-sized regardless. Even DK64 and B-T (haven't played Conker to comment on it) with their larger worlds had their teleport pad systems, occasionally even figuring them into the puzzle solving. Plus the expansion idea was held back by there only being five worlds to use it on. Thankfully, we're dealing with guys who're no strangers to meta-commentary, including rushedness if you'd finished the original game, so they may've made Y-R longer. If it were me, I'd say two or three more worlds (which would make a whole octave for the "skull found" fanfare) and a longer final boss battle that gets The One Book and Ghost Writers involved in finishing B in actual gameplay would do. Not a straight-up Jinjonator rehash tho; maybe more like trying to literally get the Book closed on B to bee-t him, but then afterward Quack steals it now that he's "free" from "the boss" only for Blasto to bumble on the scene and shoot him instead, leading back to the usual ending party.
I really liked this format! It's great hearing about the changes so far. I was a backer back when the original was kickstarted, so I'm pretty excited to try it out again!
Same, in all regards. Waiting to hear about any console release news!
Underneath all of the banter, I can see people that appear to genuinely care about the work that they do on their video games. May you all have the best of luck and continue to remain joyful and inspired in your work.
It is I, one of the few people who will defend the game till I die. Many of its flaws shouldn't be ignored though, so I am so happy it's getting another chance; it really deserves one! Best outcome is, more people will finally love it like I do.
Preach it. Of course one would be disappointed if one expected something like a Banjo-Threeie, which was never even suggested as a thing in any quasi-official capacity to begin. Gamers need to stop being so sequel/trilogy-drunk, which itself is an extension of insecurity about the popular legitimacy of their passion. They need to wake up and see that that battle was won ages ago.
@@CarbonRollerCaco Agreed. Yooka-Laylee has successfully put to rest my old sadness about never getting Banjo-Threeie. The spirit of BK lives on in a brand new, living series that, in my opinion, has even more potential for growth than the old one did. Though even if YL doesn't actually end up going much further after Replaylee, at least we got a couple new good solid games out of all this.
As Banjo-Kazooie was part of so many people’s childhoods, Yooka-Laylee was that for me, and so many others. I remember clearly the day of release and having an absolute blast with the game.
It’s refreshing to see developers so transparent and genuinely passionate about their projects. I’m glad this new release of the game
Looking for forward to replay(lee) the original game in preparation for this new release, and for whatever comes next.
Love y’all.
"Half the team is called either Steve or James"
Imagine a pair of levels like Breeze Harbour and Zephyr from Spyro 2 where 2 world inhabitants are at war except it's the Steves and James.
The war could be over the correct pronunciation of the file format Gif.
Yooka-Laylee was great, Impossible Lair was great, looking forward to the remaster and hope we get sequels to both games.
It was too soon for this remake they should’ve just made a new 3D game
"Stop with that - come on" haha! Great stuff, folks! Nice to see veteran developers talk about things they wish they could have done differently, and approaches they are taking now.
Please just NEVER stop creating such wonderful 3D Jump&Runs! I can't wait to play it again :)
I love this format! Ever since Rare, you knew the team had such great chemistry and loved to joke. I appreciate the banter and insight on development, especially the crazier stories. Please do this with all your games!
I love these guys. They really are passionate about and believe in their game. I recently replayed it and it really is a fun game held back by some of the issues addressed here.
The jokes and fun they have really bleeds into their products. That is why they have always been one of my most favorite studios.
As someone who thoroughly enjoyed getting all the trophies both for the original Yooka Laylee and Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair, I'm really looking forward to seeing the changes that will be coming with Yooka Replayee! ^_^
... that, and learning more about whatever these mysterious other games are. :)
I've never had the pleasure of playing this game, so this is a great excuse to play the brand new version 😊
Now we need grant Kirkhope to remake the rap
Starring Kodak Bat
He kind of did - look up the Yooka Laylee Rap! All we need is for it to officially be in the game!
I think he said on Twitter that he won’t do it again.
@@DakotaSagePikaGrant doesn’t seem to be very serious about his rap career
@@BBWahoo Kodak Black referrence lmfao
Backed the Kickstarter the very minute it went live, had a mixed experience with the game at launch, I'm VERY interested to try this new version out!
Omg...the gameplay looks so AMAZING ! the new graphics are Awesome ! I CAN'T WAIT !
Great to hear from you guys in this format. Always appreciate the jokes and banter you bring. Hoping we get more of these!
Really looking forward to this and the future projects. Seems like I'm going to have to 100% the game again. Hope this gets a physical release as well.
I can't wait for more videos from you guys on this, for Yooka-Replaylee in general, and for any/all of the other projects you're creating. I will always adore this silly duo and Playtonic.
I will be there.
Brilliant session, thanks for all the effort from you chaps pulling it together! Can’t wait to play it again in all its new and improved glory!
Love the format. You guys are awesome :D
Love hearing from you guys - genuinely laughed out loud hearing your jokes and jabs, and I'm even more confident that this remake will blow me away. Fingers crossed!
Thank you so much!
That's how I felt after watching this just now too
Quill locations will be tweeked. Bless! Thank you for this! Hoping quills will be more streamlined to bring you to new areas and collect them on a path vs hiding in trees or behind objects. 🙏
i love you guys' sense of humor
Honestly, hearing you talk about this remake has me more excited than the trailer. I might pick this up now
Drop shadow is massive, thank you Gavin 🤘
This was a great video! You guys also have a good sense of humor😄💖
Thank you for that video, I feel so better now. I was worried because I originally thought it was too soon to remaster the game but no. I understand now why you do this. You want to fix mistake so the fans can love it even more . This is very good because it's rare to see a company listening to their fans. Also we all see that making game is a true passion 💙 you seem to have fun ! Im very proud of that beautiful team I love you guys you are amazing and don't give up ! I trust you and I cant wait to play your amazing games
Brilliant video, can't wait for more. Game looks and sounds incredible.
I replay Yooka Laylee once a year like I do all the Rare platformers! The rough around the edges nature gives it a certain charm
Soooo pumped for this! Can't wait to play the best looking, best playing, definitive version of the banjo successor. Can't wait to see what that other game is they are working on, like Gavin said I hope it will blow our minds. I want Playtonic to take over like Rare did in the late 90s early 00s! Everything Rare put out in those days was gold and I hope Playtonic can find that lane again 🙏🙌
Sounds amazing! Please consider removing the stamina bar though (at least for rolling), it wasn't very fun
I don't know if any of this team worked on Jet Force Gemini, but I think that was the epitome of the "you must do everything to proceed" factor in some Rare games. I loved the game, but I do wonder how many players ever made it to the last part of the game after finding out every rescue (that can die as you try to rescue them) must be rescued to proceed at the end. I won't use any of the optional bypass features mentioned here, but it is good to offer it indeed.
Great game but you need a guide or else you'll go crazy. Jet Force Gemini should've had the same praise like Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Conkers, Perfect Dark etc. But I think that part destroyed it.
@@magicjohnson3121 Fun Fact: Jet Force Gemini is the reason Metroid Prime is a first person shooter instead of a third person one, because Miyamoto hated the controls.
I really appreciate how direct they are with the improved controls and camera, how that was very problematic in the original release.
Can't say that many publishers or developers have the courage to be so direct about it regarding their games nowadays.
Holy crap... This looks so AWESOME !! this is like a full-blown REMAKE and MUCH more ! I CAN'T WAIT for this ! SO PUMPED for this !
Can’t wait to dive back in. The first game was indeed a frustrating experience. Lots of potential here.
Also, was that the Milking Parlour I spotted there where you all had a picture taken!?
It was!
Loved this conversation!
ユーカレイリー新情報ずっとずっとずっと待ってました٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و”
ユーカ、レイリー、レクストロ、作品に出てくる全てのキャラが愛くるしく可愛い、アクションもストーリーも世界観も音楽もジョークも全てにおいて完璧で大好きなゲーム❤
映像クオリティ素晴らしい🎉
新たな変更点最高に楽しみでワクワクしてます！
I wonder if this remix would include the following:
1. A brand new Kao the Kangaroo cameo appearance.
2. Revised Multiplayer with a new Battle Arena minigame based on DK64's Monkey Smash or a Pagie Race minigame based on Super Mario 64 DS' Multiplayer.
3. An "Impossible" or "Last Stand" Tonic that changes the life system to be more like Impossible Lair, where if Yooka gets hit while at 1 HP, Laylee panics and flies away, leaving Yooka vulnerable for one more hit.
4. An Old Save Bonus for owners of the original game, where Yooka and Laylee's dialogue is slightly altered to reflect that they're experiencing Deja Vu until they catch on much later on that they're in a remake.
5. Possible Playtonic Friends appearances in the Arcade section of Hivory Towers based on what Playtonic Friends published games are installed on your PC or Console, just so that it isn't lonely there.
6. New idle animation for Glitterglaze Glacier where Yooka shivers, like in that one frozen level in Impossible Lair.
7. New joke tonics like Hollywood (everyone now speaks proper English, with 90s-esque dubs like that of Resident Evil 1 or Mega Man 8), Big Feet, Chibi, Laylee's Secret, and possibly the return of the Golden Try and Pants tonics?
I Like the Battle Arena Multiplayer Idea. Loved it from all the older rareware Games in N64, Splitscreen. Or maybe the FPS Mode from Banjo tooie which was based in goldeneye.😊😊
@maxg3677 Something identical to Squawkmatch would not work in Yooka-Replaylee. Remember, unlike Kazooie's Egg Shots, Laylee's Sonar Shots do not hurt enemies; they only stun them.
@@X2011racer maybe in the sequel :), but Like in Jet force gemini there was Not only a 4 Player Battle vs Deathmatch Mode but also Multiplayer only racing Mode. Thats why i Love rareware in the old days. There where a Ton of extra Secrets and modes to unlock. But yeah If they dont invent some New modes its Impossible in the actual Set of moved of the Buddy Duo. Still a 4 Player Battle Mode Like in donkey Kong 64 with some Power ups would Work. I also think rextro should be a playable Character. Also would Love If rextro would have His own Game in the Future. maybe a retro snes style inspired Game with pre rendered graphics or rextro kart. Who knows :). I really Wish they make a playtonic Universe with more iconic characters and their own Games and Genres.
Will we get a better version of the 64 bit tonic?
A retro re-polish?
After you revealed the remake, I went and played my copy of Yooka Laylee to see what needed fixed, and I fell in love with it. Super excited to play an even better version. :)
Really hoping to see some type of “Time Trials” mode added for Speedrunners 🙏🏻 Would work perfectly for Full Runs, but also separate records for each individual world!
"DAN"
Glad someone clocked it
I’m really excited for the remake! I had a great time with the first Yooka game and Impossible Lair. I’ve always been a fan and can’t wait to see what’s next. I hope that you release this and future games on Nintendo consoles, as that’s my preferred platform.
Love this, thanks for putting this out.
Really goes a long way to ease a community when discussion like this takes place!
Feedback for the fomat: Audio mixing! Some of the voices felt a bit louder than others, and made me keep reaching for the volume dial since I'm watching this at 6:30AM and apparently not everyone is awake at that time, apparently? The trailer at the end was particularly a bit louder.
No huge issue, just something I notice quickly in videos!
Maybe a compressor would help? Or the mic needs to be more central?
Anyway, loved the video, keen to see all the rest of the yooka-laylee stuff you're putting out!
Thanks for the feedback! We’re still finding the best ways to make content like this since I joined with grand plans so we’re taking it all on board atm!
Agreed with this. Audio levels were a bit up and down 👍. Wouldn't mention it if you hadn't said you were looking for feedback though
I must be psychic or something because I just today decided I needed more Yooka-Laylee and I see all this going on! I'm very excited about this as I genuinely believe this will lead to a better game and possibly a (true successor) sequel!!
Looking forward to this. Part of the issues I saw were glaring “rookie” mistakes that seemed to be indicative of rustiness (drop shadows, platforming puzzles being completely irrelevant once you get fly, fly being accessible from ANYWHERE, lack of mapping or at least lack of grouping collectibles together like the lone feather situation, etc.)
I’m hoping that this remake reformats the game into the original image and looking forward to it!
What an excellent interview overall! I loved every minute of it! I really want to know what consoles this is coming out on but I assume it’ll be PS5 as well as Xbox Series X and switch. Absolutely can’t wait for this one!
God I’ve prayed for a Banko-Kazooie and Tooie remake for every E3 since I knew I wanted it. PLEASE let it happen and let people discover the magic of those games. Simply a masterclass in all of gaming. Also super excited to play Yooka-Replaylee! I’ve always felt the issues with the game is in its controls but also every aspect except the concept and writing felt too slow or didn’t flow properly together. SO excited to see this get fixed ❤️
I mean this in a really appreciative way: As someone who always wanted to like Yooka Laylee, I had SOOOO many issues with it lmao. So many things I thought were bad game design or ugly looking and what have you. But I still always felt like, even if I hated playing it because of the myriad of problems, that I wanted to see you guys improve in future games- I think it had a lot of great ideas and even a lot of good execution, it's a fascinating game. Just y'know, buried in flaws.
So it's insanely satisfying hearing devs themselves going "Oh yeah lmao I cringe playing this, there's so much bad game design here, let's fix it."
That kinda thing is rare. People like to give benefits of the doubt, they like to look for the good in things- which I think is admirable, I do it too for flawed games I still like. And rarely do devs ever go back to a game like this- once it's out there it's done, why look back when you can look forward?
So this is a real treat. I genuinely think I'm gonna enjoy the remaster even though I struggled to like the original, and that's amazing. I really can't wait for it.
I had a ton of issues with it too and I don't think this will address the major ones.
@@SchmergDergen They've already mentioned a few. Controls were really stiff and I hated you couldn't string together moves, but now the movement system looks something closer to, like, Mario Odyssey? Making the moment to moment gameplay fun alone is going to enhance the experience SO much.
And they talked a lot about how they dislike a lot of the bad design in the original, and a few examples like that came to mind for me as well. I think they're going to try and make the game less frustrating/annoying. Big improvement if so.
They also mentioned I think less backtracking?
And I hope the collectible counter now takes into account how much of a world is currently available too- that would be a huge change.
I think all of these are enormous changes. On top of the visual glowup too, I think this is going to finally push the game into the level of quality it always needed.
@@delaneyelekes8660 that's not going to fix the underlying problem of the levels being too massive. More smaller levels would've been better. Graphics were never this game's problem.
@@SchmergDergen I mean, having better movement and a map that helps you find things, and things feeling less hidden, would probably help that a lot actually.
Regardless, even if you feel the changes won't completely fix the game, I think at minimum it'll make it a much better experience, and I think that's a good thing.
Love the format and info, would be even better if you compress the audio for the next one, volumes of different speakers are all over the place. Subbed and looking forward to more interviews!
Tightening the controls sounds phenomenal, I remember what they were like at launch and even after the big patch, they definitely felt better, but still not quite as tight as you'd hope, the Reptile Roll in particular still felt pretty squirrely.
A map and a challenge tracker is *definitely* what this game needed as well, the worlds are huge after expansion and there's very little means of communicating to the player that they've run out of things to do in a level prior to it, the original also had a huge problem with conveyance, and leading the player to where they needed to go for challenges, what made this game's forebears work is that the old teams were really good about using minor collectibles (Quills in this case) to lead the player to where they would either naturally notice something to do, or lead them straight into it, but often times the Quills felt like they were just.. there to be there, if that makes sense? I've still never forgiven you guys for that one cheeky Capital Cashino token you stuffed under that ramp, either, absolutely drove me nuts.
What I'd much prefer to see for major changes to the game is making the Minecart Levels both more dynamic and less punishing, they feel less like fun throwbacks to DKC and more like padded-out segments that are far too easy to screw up just for not knowing the layouts ahead of time, and this really comes to a head with the I.N.E.P.T. boss fight, which was sadly more reflective of the design than the thing it was making fun of.
Speaking of boss fights, I really, REALLY hope you guys overhaul the final fight, it's just.. a crapshoot at worst and really unsatisfying as a conclusion at best, it doesn't hit nearly the highs of the classic finales you guys were known for back in the day, and I understand the team was small and you were short on money and time, there's a lot of allowances I've personally given to the original game, and I know it comes from a place of love, I love this genre, the classic Rare 3D platformers MADE me love this genre, and I can't wait to see this game become the best version of itself, much love from a fan since childhood.
looking forward to this!
So stoked for this project! Can't wait for the inevitable Kart racing spinoff lol
can't wait! this is so exciting
I ABSOLUTELY loved both Yooka Laylee, and Yooka Laylee and the impossible layer. I own both games still. They are just as good as the old dk and banjo games in my opinion
I’m so excited to see the next big Yooka Laylee game to come after Replaylee! Loved the two games and can’t wait to play Replaylee with all the issues fixed that was in the first one.
I hope there's more enemy variety. Cuz in Yooka Layee they're mostly the same grunts, just reskinned.
You’re going to get the same reskinned mooks over and over and you’re gonna like it.
Ever wondered what type of person would be part of a team that created Conker's Bad Fur Day? Just listening to the guy in the middle and somehow that answer is super clear! lol
Nice interview, day 1 buy for me!!
I know it's not rare, but I hope we will get a new Banjo-Kazooie game one day
Isn't microsoft going multiplat?
Maybe this is when it finally happens.
People always say that Toys for Bob should be or now might be making a new Banjo game but I always thought the obvious move for Xbox would be to acquire Playtonic and have them make it.
@@BBWahoo no, they're making a few games multiplatform, I think all bethesda and ABK IPs. But things like perfect dark, gears, halo, forza, fable, will stay on xbox.
For me that Idea is dead.😢 Playtonic as Yooka Laylee and Microsoft as Banjo-Kazooie.
@@jean-sebastiendeshaies-mas1034
Microsoft should pull a "Crash" with banjo, and do a trilogy.
With threeie being low poly like its predecessors
I’d love to see a video comparing the controls of the two versions.
Honestly, hearing this interview filled me with a lot of confidence in this game. Hopefully people who were burnt on the original Yooka-Laylee give this game a shot.
Radical!! I cannot wait to play this game again.
I really enjoyed Impossible Lair and thought it was a huge leap forward from the original, there HAS to be a sequel. I think the team could've had a bigger marketing budget because it deserved to get just as much eyes on it as Donkey Kong. The sequel could include a unique chapter boss for each world rather than fighting the same Capital B again and again, and honestly all you need to do is just segment the worlds individually like a Mario game and have a final boss. The overworld spelunking is a genuinely amazing concept and so are the state changes in all the levels.
I only own a switch and yooka laylee have been one of my favorite games! I have over 100 hours playing the game. I really hope I will get to play this one in the future:) looks amazing!!
One of the OG backers here, even LPed it right away. Definitely enjoyed it, not every game I replay immediately after first completion!
However... I'm not the sort that tends to purchase remakes of games I already own. The main reason I watched this Q&A was to determine whether or not your claim of Replaylee "not being a remake" is valid... and sadly, I haven't seen anything yet to support that claim. Control tweaks, camera improvements, a map and quest list, all of those are solidly in "remake" territory. Those coins _might_ speak to a non-remake status, but more is needed to corroborate that.
...I don't think you understand the difference between a remake and a remaster? Maybe someone saying it's "not a remake" is in the context of that distinction between the two. A "remake" implies that they took the old game and rebuilt it entirely from the ground up, with a new engine, possibly even changing the game in radical and new interpretive ways in the process, like when they remake a movie from 30 years ago with a new director and new actors. A "remaster" implies it's the same base game, with a new coat of paint, some graphical tweaks, some quality of life enhancements, improved framerate, and maybe even some altered dialogue, etc. like when they release a 4k bluray of a movie that used to only be on vhs and dvd. So, no, this is not a remake, it's more of a remaster.
@drgribb Oh, I'm aware of that little distinction... but they're used so interchangeably even by experts that it's near useless.
Case in point: the term they specifically used for what it wasn't was "remaster".
@ShadwSonic Wait, sorry, I'm confused. Your original comment said they specifically said it "wasn't a remake." That's the only reason I was replying to you. My reaction is different if they said it's not a "remaster," although my guess was always that they chose "replaylee" as their tagline to imply that it was more than your typical run-of-the-mill remaster, but that it wasn't to the level of a full actual remake either. Wasn't trying to treat you like you're dumb or anything, so apologies if I misunderstood your original comment.
As a huge fan of the Banjo games on the N64, I genuinely wanted to play the original when it released, but I just kept getting side tracked by other games. I'm extremely excited to dive into this game for the first time with the remaster.
Great interview! Thanks!
So excited!
Really liking what I'm hearing here.
Love u guys!
I really loved Yooka Laylee despite some of its flaws, so I'm beyond excited to play it with a fresh revamp in the waiting period before the next game! Especially after impossible layer proved y'all have a fire in you that can create S tier games!
I love the original, and in some ways, I think it even improved on Banjo-Kazooie. The moves in YL feel very original, it feels like both Yooka and Laylee pull their own weight and have abilities based on their unique characteristics (in BK, I always feel like Kazooie carries the team), and I absolutely love the layout of Hivory Towers and how it has 20 full pagies to find despite only being a hub world.
There are two main changes that I really hope to see. The first is that I'm hoping some of the minigames and the minecart segments can get polished up. I'm actually a fan of about half the Rextro minigames from the original, but that Casino racing game was really rough.
The second thing is that I feel like there wasn't nearly enough enemy variety in YL. You have the normal foot soldiers (which get reskinned for each level), the eyeballs that possess things (the objects that they possess all function identically to each other), the flying drones, the stationary security drones that shoot lasers, the one type of underwater enemy, and the giants. Most of these enemy types appear as early as the first world and are reused throughout the game. By contrast, Banjo-Kazooie had at least one brand new, fully unique enemy type per world, and while many enemy types were eventually reused, they were reused sparingly enough to make each world feel truly unique. You got the bull in Mumbo's Mountain, the crabs and the hopping clams in Treasure Trove Cove, the snowmen and ice cubes in Freezeezy Peak, the mummies and mummified hands in Gobi's Valley, and the ghosts in Mad Monster Mansion to name a few. I'm tempering my hopes, but it would be really cool to see some new enemy types in this remake that help give the worlds a bit more character. Or at least give some unique properties to the different objects that the eyeballs can possess.
I'll definitely buy this when it's out. I will purchase twice if you recruit me for music design/Sound Engineer 🥰😂 Those googly eyes are so iconic!
Yooka-Laylee is already one of my favorite games of all time. But the new coat of paint is gorgeous. I am definitely looking forward to getting another Platinum Trophy for Replaylee.
Im now more excited. Im an original backer on the Kickstarter and the flaws definitely sucked some of the enjoyment out of the game. I cant wait to play replayee now! Great Q&A thank you. One major point of improvement though since you asked, the blinds should be closed the other way... Pull the beaded cord and make me happy immediately please! 👩🔧
I’m really looking forward to playing this on my Series X, hopefully it’ll support HDR and some of the weird graphical glitches like the pixelated shadows will be worked on. I absolutely adored playing it the first time, can’t wait for this new version!
This is sounding promising. Let me just add a few things that would make the game much better for me personally.
*Kartos Sections need scrapping or completely revamping so that they control satisfyingly (like in the DKC games)
*Rextro Arcade Games need scrapping altogether. I like the character but those mini games are abysmal.
*Supporting characters should have standout homes or landmarks (hut/teepee/mole hill) to make them easily stand out from regular NPCs. It doesn’t feel the same having them just stood in the open where they don’t stand out.
*Enemies and Combat could be more interesting.
*Quiz sections need to be fun and innovative like Grunties Furnace Fun or Tower Of Tragedy to be included. Not just included for the sake of it.
*Cut Scenes should be atmospheric and exciting (Kazooie, Tooie, DK64) not just boring in-game chatting (nuts&bolts, Yooka-Laylee)
*Flying should be limited to certain areas and flying pads. It completely breaks the game being to fly anywhere.
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I think original YK was fine for what it was, but had potential to be better. Glad to see the team thinks the same!
I haven’t finished watching the video yet, but I want to say I’m hopeful this remaster/quasi-remake will improve greatly on the original. One of my biggest issues was the map design and how they could often feel huge and confusingly complex, but empty. It felt like a Tooie style of layout, that was inspired by Ocarina’s adventure genre design.
I love that you guys can take any criticism on the chin and continue to improve. Remember that Banjo was deeply inspired by Mario 64. For Yooka, please, if anything, look at modern 3D Mario and use it as a springboard for changes or improvements. Odyssey feels amazing and if Replaylee feels close to that, it would be significantly improved.
2:05 - "the newly announced game, the one we can talk about"
That sounds an awful lot like there is also another one "we can not talk about"? 👀
Or am I imagining things?
Huge fan of the original YL here - thank you for doing this interview, it did a lot to quell some of the anxieties I had about the prospect of a remaster. There's just one big question I still have: can the 64-Bit Tonic be more than just an overlay and texture downscaling this time? I think that was the most disappointing thing to come of that game for me... I was really looking forward to seeing low-poly geometry and fuzzy textures for the HUD and such.
Heck yeah~ 💚💜
I have been looking forward to more Yooka Laylee! I adored the game as an older generation who grew up before the 3D platformers. Those of you who make rude comments about the original, let's see you do better with your own game design.
Please make the shooting abilities collectables like eggs from BK, and also get rid of the stamina bar, and make flight require collectables like feathers so it cannot be abused. Also 2 more Worlds would go a long way in adding more themes to the game.
It will look like Banjo-Kazooie at this point lol.
I'll definitely wishlist once you tell us its on playstation
I am passionate about the first yooka laylee game because it has so much potential. I think the combat system needs to be rebuild from the ground up, it just isn't fun. It probably should be as simple and fun as the one in yooka laylee and the impossible lair. I think the layout of the world, especially the third one, should be made more interesting and diverse. Also please make the ghosts like in the second one, giving feathers in bursts, some types are just weird like the red ghost. The are too many types of collectables, so this would be a way. There is a lot of little problems in the game that affect how one perceives it's quality, draging even the good stuff down. Especially given this is a game where your goal is to collect everything. Since this is a remaster I think a lot of great changes and improvements will be made. But I don't know how much I can ask for. Like I think the overworkd should be made more open and interconnected, but that's asking a lot. And imagine if the expand world thing is replaced with a change world from overworld concept reminiscent of the same concept in the second game. In the end I just really want to love the first yooka laylee as much as the second one, and I have trust in playtonic after I played the second yooka laylee game. I really hope playtonic is treating this remaster as a proper project, as important as the new games. The new collectables really give me hope here. I pray for them putting in the necessary work to make it a really good and consistent experience
All I gathered from this is that you prefer Impossible Lair and would prefer that they just make a sequel to that game instead
@@zedorian6547 that's true I prefer impossible lair. But I think this idea of changing levels was present in the first game and the devs didn't have the time to flesh it out. That's not really important because as I said this was more my ideal version of that game and not realistically something I can ask for for this remake. I do think the combat system needs to be reworked or at least more polished. It's more about hitting the quality and polish of impossible lair for me that matters
I have a few questions:
1 - While I never minded too much, especially with the flight ability, some people find getting from one place to another in a world a bit too tedious, so is there a way to more quickly travel around a world? Sort of like the warp pads from Banjo-Tooie
2 - Has there been any consideration as to how later abilities affect early game challenges? While I like being able to go back to a previous world with new abilites and make use of them, I don't like it when certain challenges are completely negated because of them. Case and point, the Rampo boss fight is completely trivialized by using the flight ability
3 - Have you seen MauLer's video on the original Yooka-Laylee? I think you might have, but I was just curious
4 - What do the Crystal Skulls do? Can we expect there to be a use for them in the new game?
5 - Is the JonTron voice being readded to the game?
You can ask this in Playtonic's comment allowing questions. It might be more visible to Steve :)
I wonder if the cameos like Shovel knight will still stay intact in the remake
This is good news! I couldn’t get through the first game it was so lacklustre and disappointing for me, might give this a try, although they have a lot of work to do to make this game good.
This is a nice surprise. I'm looking forward to the remake since the original was a really good game. Also very interested in the unannounced stuff.
Hearing your moving that quill is funny. I hope you put something else there as a joke.
I'm really looking forward to seeing how much the team can improve this game! Will there be any kind of bonus for those of us who backed the Kickstarter of the original game?
I’m really excited about it! I have two questions about it: my first question is will Yooka-Replayee come to consoles?
And my second question is: will you host a closed beta test for it? :)
I'm a little sad that you didn't mention that we should put the game on the Steam Wishlist, but I did it anyway :>
The person in the middle jokingly said "Wishlist now", and for now we can only wishlist on Steam as shown in the reveal trailer.
I appreciate this video but I am REALLY hoping the later stages (last 3 really) are either condensed or have less empty space!!
It’s a shame this isn’t an upgrade/update to the original but I still look forward to it.