It seems interesting and fun to play but unfortunately if they don’t have a cast to dub the game I’m not here to read a book unless I can get invested with the characters I won’t pay the price not worth my time

If you grew up with Banjo-Kazooie, you NEED to play this. Yooka-Replaylee finally manages to fix the squandered potential of the original Yooka-Laylee, and the result is an amazing, beautiful homage the to ideas introduced by the Banjo-series, but modernized with a dash of Super Mario Odyssey. The game not only fixes the gameplay however; the visuals and music have been completely overhauled, and tons of new content has been added, which essentially makes it feel like a brand new game, set in the same worlds as the original. I highly recommend you check it out!

It's still no Banjo-Kazooie, but it's probably the next best thing… like if Banjo and Kazooie got a quirky cousin who shows up to family reunions with a lizard and a bat. I was a Kickstarter backer for the original, so it's pretty cool to see it get a fresh coat of paint and some thoughtful new additions. Playing it this time around felt noticeably smoother and more enjoyable—proof that sometimes a game just needs a little time in the spa. The absolute highlight? Seeing my name in the credits… for the second game in a row. I'm basically a legendary backer at this point. Frame-worthy stuff. Yooka and Laylee aren't quite as charming as the bear-and-bird duo (let's be real, few duos are), but they're perfectly serviceable protagonists. You can have fun goofing around with them. The moveset is solid, and the tonic system is genuinely cool—little customizable difficulty sliders disguised as power-ups. Want a brutal challenge? Slap on the "one heart only + fall damage + drowning in two seconds" combo and suffer like a true masochist. Prefer the easy life? Load up on extra health and convenience perks. It's like the game saying, "Here, pick your own poison… or antidote." The final boss is still Capital B, the biggest jerk in the alphabet. So. Many. Phases. It's the gaming equivalent of that one friend who says "one more round" at 2 a.m. and then drags it out for three hours. He single-handedly gatekeeps the completion percentage for a lot of players. If it weren't for those slippery ledge controls (seriously, it's like Yooka’s feet are made of soap), I'd be singing a higher tune. As it stands, though? 7/10 Perfectly passable. Good, even. But when push comes to shove… I'd still rather just boot up Mario and call it a day. Sorry, chameleon and backpack bat—Bowser's castle is calling.