This game....yikes. Before the final boss, I was going to be kind and say this title is average with much needed polishing.
Through the majority of my time, I generally enjoyed the game. It has problems but I was trying to get passed that with the game's charm. The graphics are fun. I love the bright colors. I love the character designs for Yooka and Laylee. I like that you can eat berries and get powers.
Some of the puzzles were enjoyable. The level designs were fun to explore and the DNA ray was hilarious in each level.
But $%^&*@!&, the controls are abominable. The boss fights are not fun. The minigames were...okay at most. Awful other times. The arcade games...just why. You have to play them twice. They're so long and dull.
The final fight is what absolutely killed the game for me. I do NOT recommend this game even without chasing every achievement BECAUSE of the final boss fight required to beat the game. I really, really wanted to like this game. I was trying to enjoy myself past its shortcomings. It just did not hold up.
The fight was incredibly unfair with terrible game controls. (In 2017 how in TF do you have a game with no healing, no checkpoint between boss phases, or even a boss health bar?) Play something like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, or hell even a turn based RPG for a rewarding boss fight. Not this garbage. You want to play a game with collectibles? They exist. You want a game with 90s feel? Play the Spyro or Crash Bandicoot trilogies. But FFS not this title. I was letdown with this one. Please, just pick something else up.
Through the majority of my time, I generally enjoyed the game. It has problems but I was trying to get passed that with the game's charm. The graphics are fun. I love the bright colors. I love the character designs for Yooka and Laylee. I like that you can eat berries and get powers.
Some of the puzzles were enjoyable. The level designs were fun to explore and the DNA ray was hilarious in each level.
But $%^&*@!&, the controls are abominable. The boss fights are not fun. The minigames were...okay at most. Awful other times. The arcade games...just why. You have to play them twice. They're so long and dull.
The final fight is what absolutely killed the game for me. I do NOT recommend this game even without chasing every achievement BECAUSE of the final boss fight required to beat the game. I really, really wanted to like this game. I was trying to enjoy myself past its shortcomings. It just did not hold up.
The fight was incredibly unfair with terrible game controls. (In 2017 how in TF do you have a game with no healing, no checkpoint between boss phases, or even a boss health bar?) Play something like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, or hell even a turn based RPG for a rewarding boss fight. Not this garbage. You want to play a game with collectibles? They exist. You want a game with 90s feel? Play the Spyro or Crash Bandicoot trilogies. But FFS not this title. I was letdown with this one. Please, just pick something else up.