Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Well this is lovely.

Ploughed about five or six hours into it now. The levels themselves are some great 2d platforming, but the overworld's like its own Link's Awakening-like explore-a-thon. It'm spending more time exploring that world and tracking those puzzles than I am in the levels themselves, I think.

The original game suffered from being big and empty. This is tight, compact, and full of stuff everywhere. Really enjoying it.

chanticleer wrote:Well this is lovely.

Ploughed about five or six hours into it now. The levels themselves are some great 2d platforming, but the overworld's like its own Link's Awakening-like explore-a-thon. It'm spending more time exploring that world and tracking those puzzles than I am in the levels themselves, I think.

The original game suffered from being big and empty. This is tight, compact, and full of stuff everywhere. Really enjoying it.

How big is the overworld? Is it pretty significant?

Stop making me change my mind.

I reallty wanted to get this on Switch as it looks like it'd be great fun... but have held off. Gnnngh!

Tomous wrote:How big is the overworld? Is it pretty significant?

There are about five areas, each with a handful of puzzles and hidden areas. I’ve unlocked about fourteen of the levels and still find myself backtracking to earlier parts of the overworld to explore and find new secrets and paths. It’s a substantial part of the game.

Apparently you can tackle the titular "Impossible Lair" level right from the start. But... in reality, you'll need to tackle the other levels first to be in with a chance of getting through the - very tough, by most accounts - Lair level.

chanticleer wrote:
Tomous wrote:How big is the overworld? Is it pretty significant?

There are about five areas, each with a handful of puzzles and hidden areas. I’ve unlocked about fourteen of the levels and still find myself backtracking to earlier parts of the overworld to explore and find new secrets and paths. It’s a substantial part of the game.

That’s great to hear, it sounds like it’s taken a lot from Tropical Freeze (so they’re taking from the best) but also adding a lot of its’ own ideas.

Just need to decide if I want this on Switch or PS4.

jawafour wrote:Apparently you can tackle the titular "Impossible Lair" level right from the start. But... in reality, you'll need to tackle the other levels first to be in with a chance of getting through the - very tough, by most accounts - Lair level.

Ah, the BOTW approach.

jawafour wrote:Apparently you can tackle the titular "Impossible Lair" level right from the start. But... in reality, you'll need to tackle the other levels first to be in with a chance of getting through the - very tough, by most accounts - Lair level.

So they’ve taken stuff from BotW as well!

Beat you

By seconds. Seconds I say!

The overworld part of the game looks like a real fresh approach to the 2D platfomer.

Went to Sainsbury’s and Argos to see if they are selling it but they do not.

Wonder why though.

got my switch version today, done the first 5 levels, and the alternate level for level 5. very much enjoying it so far

BOR wrote:Went to Sainsbury’s and Argos to see if they are selling it but they do not.

Wonder why though.

Is it a boxed game? I thought it was download-only.

Balladeer wrote:So they’ve taken stuff from BotW as well!

There's a bit in the overworld where there's broken circuits embedded in the ground and you have to move things around to make the environment change which felt very much like some of the Divine Beasts too.

I'm still mostly dicking around in the overworld. It's great fun. I like to think of the platforming levels as dungeons.

Parksey wrote:Is it a boxed game? I thought it was download-only.

Yeah, it's available as both a download and a physical edition, Parksey.

Base.com have this on PS4 for £21 which seems a bargain to me.

ill have to pick this up at some point

I've caved in, was on the fence but seeing the comments on here I couldn't hold out. Got the Switch boxed version from gamecollection for 25 .

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