Yooka-Laylee is built on a foundation of nostalgia and nostalgia is a very powerful emotion. It can often make us long for past experiences or previously owned items, even if those things weren't that great to begin with.

Fun gameplay mechanics; Silly and witty writing; Large and varied worlds; Meaningful progression; Lots to do

Framerate inconsistencies; A couple annoying physics-based puzzles; Occasional camera issues

Where the likes of Doom , Shadow Warrior , and Battle Zone have brought their series' back in recent years - with their core experience very much intact, but now including precisely the kind of refinements and features you'd expect from a modern title - Yooka-Laylee actually remains fairly...

Yooka-Laylee is a platforming title that goes back to the roots of the 3D platformer in the best way possible. The staff behind Yooka-Laylee are ex-Rare staff and were present during Rare's golden age back on the Nintendo 64 .

Yooka and Laylee are a great duo; Excellent worlds and environments; Challenging and no hand holding; Collectables galore; Lots to explore and lots of replay-ability; It's the most nostalgic modern-game you'll ever play; Excellent soundtrack

The dialogue and writing could have been slightly modernised; Very minor frame rate dips; not often enough to be concerned

The classic 2D Donkey Kong Country and 3D Banjo-Kazooie games bring back many fond memories for gamers who enjoy platformers from the '90s era. What made these games special is their challenge and the thrill of collecting all of the items despite their treacherous locations.

Nice throwback to '90s classic platformers that require collecting lots of items

Despite the cute graphics this game can be deceptively hard and may turn away some gamers; confusing level design; annoying voice acting; mini-games are boring when playing solo

Cartoonesque fun with challenging puzzles.

Brand new. Arrived very quickly considering it came fro the UK to Arizona.

Amazing, super nostalgic, definitely feels like a N64 era Rare game. Was so hooked, I 100%'d the game in a couple days

T he 3D platformer genre really came into play during the 32-bit/64-bit era of consoles, with a large number of them falling under the collectathon umbrella. Rare was one of the most well known developers of these at the time with games like Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64.

It's a worthy addition to the platforming genre and goes to show that the genre itself isn't dead it just needs a revisit occasionally with improved technology.

Yooka-Laylee is exactly what we and the Kickstarter fans wanted. A spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie and that's what we got. It more than delivers on this promise and I honestly don't see what anyone else was expecting, so I don't get why other critics have been so harsh on it…It baffles...