By Jon Porter
Sometimes it takes a genre coming back with a vengence to remind you just how long it’s been since you’ve seen one of its kind.
That was the overwhelming feeling playing Yooka Laylee, the Kickstarted spiritual successor to Banjoe-Kazooie from a group of ex-Rare developers, left me with.
“Where,” you might ask yourself, “have all the cartoon platforms disappeared to?”
It’s not completely fair to say that the cartoon platformer has disappeared entirely of late. After all, Mario is still going strong, and this year saw an excellent remake of the first Ratchet and Clank, but for the most part the platformers that are around today are the gun-toting Uncharteds and the Tomb Raiders of the world.
A mascot and a sidekick
The recent absence of the cartoon platformer is what initially makes Yooka Laylee such a novel game. You play as Yooka, and Laylee sits on your shoulders, allowing you to perform special moves and providing a second character to bounce witty dialogue off.
It’s a proven formula seen in Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, and of course Banjoe-Kazooie, and if these games were more common in 2016 you’d be tempted to roll your eyes, but you almost get the impression …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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