Uh...what?

[Dapper Tardigrade]

Do they seriously think everyone will buy this game again just for some graphical improvements? God rays aren't going to make Yooka-Laylee a better game. The graphics weren't the problem; the gameplay was.

And if they are in fact improving the gameplay with this new version, don't you think that should come in the form of a patch? Since, you know, the game they gave us that everyone bought into (2.6 million $$$ on Kickstarter) only received a 68 / 62 Metacritic score? I mean Banjo Kazooie is my favorite game of all time and I couldn't even finish this thing.

[biodegradable]

thats assuming they can "improve" the gameplay at all. most of the courses need fundamental reworks. get rid of the transformations if they aren't going to add gameplay variety or options. make the mini games less unfun. have landmarks in levels so im not lost all the time. that's the kind of thing you're going to need a sequel for.

they emphasize a new world map as one of the remaster features, but no 3d platformer needs one in the first place unless your level design sucks. they clearly learned nothing from the original game.

lets be real, they came up with the name first (which isn't particularly clever to begin with) and decided on a remaster afterwards

[V I D A L]

You need to read the FAQs and store page before creating a ranting useless thread.
It's not just a graphical improvement. Did you even pay attention to the trailer?

[biodegradable]

his point still stands, none of the bells and whistles they are adding will fix any of the issues with the game. i assumed they buried this turd forever but not only did they dig it up but they put makeup on it and are selling it again as if anyone wants it. holy moly.

[supermichael]

This will be the first time Playtonic does a remake/remastered game, I am curious to see how they will handle it. Will those improvements make the game better than the original and fix whatever flaws the original had, that I will have to see.

[Dapper Tardigrade]

Originally posted by V I D A L:

You need to read the FAQs and store page before creating a ranting useless thread.
It's not just a graphical improvement. Did you even pay attention to the trailer?

Why yes, I sure did. Did you? Show me where it says the game is being redesigned in any significant way.

[BLINXERIZER]

NEW AND IMPROVED CHALLENGES – Improvements to existing in-game challenges and many entirely new challenges to discover and undertake!

NEW COLLECTIBLE CURRENCY – Capital B's inept minions have dropped their hard-earned coins all over the place. Collect the official currency of the Hivory Towers to spend on video games' most beloved sentient vending machine.

NAVIGATING THE WORLD – Now you can get lost in the game, not in the world! A brand-new world map and challenges tracker helps you know where you are and what needs to be done. Hooray!

VENDI HAS PLENTY TO OFFER – Tonics are back with all new flavours! With the option to equip multiple game-changing enhancements, you can truly customise your playstyle. And as if that wasn't enough, Vendi has new lines of merchandise for the modern fashionable adventurer.

REVISED CONTROLS & CAMERA – A new tweaked move set allows you to combine moves more fluidly while the new camera controls makes framing the action a breeze.

A DREAMY ORCHESTRAL SOUNDTRACK – The original score from famed video game composers Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie) and David Wise (Donkey Kong Country) returns but as a beautifully arranged orchestral score. Now seriously, clean out those ears.

On top of that in the trailer they even say there is more to come., which can mean more changes than what is listed. This is clearly a small announcement and they aren't revealing everything so you will have to wait an see. Plus on Twitter they mentioned that this isn't the only thing they are working on.

[Dapper Tardigrade]

Yeah I’m not seeing anything significant there. Most of that looks like it should have been patched into the original game.

[BLINXERIZER]

Originally posted by Dapper Tardigrade:

Yeah I’m not seeing anything significant there. Most of that looks like it should have been patched into the original game.

Like I said there is clearly more that hasn't been revealed including owners of the previous version. Just wait and see what else they have yet to say.

[Metric Guard]

I'd be shocked if it wasn't free for Yooka-Laylee owners. At worst, it'll be heavily discounted, which could be fair depending on how much new content there is.

RepLaylee isn't Playtonic's main upcoming project, so it seems like they're making it not to channel their inner Capital B but simply because Yooka-Laylee deserves to be better. The devs have stated they're basing the changes on both their greater experience and, more importantly, criticisms of the original game, which is pretty exciting even as someone who enjoyed the game enough to 100% it. Impossible Lair proves Playtonic has the capacity to craft greatness, so at the very least it's hard to be cynical.

I'd say the only worrying thing is the new map system. Like that other user said, good level design shouldn't need a map, so it seems more like a band-aid than a dramatic improvement.

Originally posted by Dapper Tardigrade:

only received a 68 / 62 Metacritic score?

Yeah, and Rain World has 66 Metacritic score, yet it's one of the most technically impressive, innovative, and masterfully designed games of the past decade.

Of course, Yooka-Laylee certainly isn't amazing, but a Metacritic score isn't some objective, much less reliable measurement of a game's quality.

[kingck]

Honestly seems like a waste to imho

[SenilBiffen]

Originally posted by Dapper Tardigrade:

Originally posted by V I D A L:

You need to read the FAQs and store page before creating a ranting useless thread.
It's not just a graphical improvement. Did you even pay attention to the trailer?

Why yes, I sure did. Did you? Show me where it says the game is being redesigned in any significant way.

If you did read that you woud know the game will now have a map and a new currency.

[biodegradable]

Originally posted by SenilBiffen:

Originally posted by Dapper Tardigrade:

Why yes, I sure did. Did you? Show me where it says the game is being redesigned in any significant way.

If you did read that you woud know the game will now have a map and a new currency.

I normally hate when people throw around shill accusations but what am I supposed to think when I read this lol. Neither of those things will change jack squat, this is a platformer not an open world game, nobody wants to read a map while they are navigating a level. How come no other platformer needs a map? even mario odyssey didnt need one but it was nice to look at because it looked like a brochure

[Dapper Tardigrade]

Originally posted by Metric Guard:

I'd be shocked if it wasn't free for Yooka-Laylee owners. At worst, it'll be heavily discounted, which could be fair depending on how much new content there is.

RepLaylee isn't Playtonic's main upcoming project, so it seems like they're making it not to channel their inner Capital B but simply because Yooka-Laylee deserves to be better. The devs have stated they're basing the changes on both their greater experience and, more importantly, criticisms of the original game, which is pretty exciting even as someone who enjoyed the game enough to 100% it. Impossible Lair proves Playtonic has the capacity to craft greatness, so at the very least it's hard to be cynical.

I'd say the only worrying thing is the new map system. Like that other user said, good level design shouldn't need a map, so it seems more like a band-aid than a dramatic improvement.

Originally posted by Dapper Tardigrade:

only received a 68 / 62 Metacritic score?

Yeah, and Rain World has 66 Metacritic score, yet it's one of the most technically impressive, innovative, and masterfully designed games of the past decade.

Of course, Yooka-Laylee certainly isn't amazing, but a Metacritic score isn't some objective, much less reliable measurement of a game's quality.

Rainworld has a user rating of 8.2. That's excellent. When I wrote 68 / 62, that was to indicate both critic and user ratings. While Metacritic isn't the "end all be all", when both critic and user ratings are low for a game it is a very dependable indication that it is lacking.

[Dapper Tardigrade]

Originally posted by SenilBiffen:

Originally posted by Dapper Tardigrade:

Why yes, I sure did. Did you? Show me where it says the game is being redesigned in any significant way.

If you did read that you woud know the game will now have a map and a new currency.

Did you forget to add a /s for sarcasm?

[Dr. Raven]

So, as a major Banjo Kazooie fan who was originally very excited for Yooka-laylee. I must say this is mind boggling choice. As the OP has said, the game is so fundamentally flawed in nearly every way imaginable, that it'd make more sense to do a sequel with how much would need to change.

I guess my other big complaint is, standards for hardware has hardly improved in 7 years. Not that the issues with Yooka-laylee was it's graphics, it looked like a perfectly fine game. It just wasn't fun with the exception of a couple moments here and there. Why remake or remaster a genuinely bad game?