Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Reviews Summary
Summary: Following a middling debut, Yooka and Laylee are back and at their best in The Impossible Lair. Though the game struggles to balance difficulty well, it's still usually worth the trouble thanks to a great sense of the genre from the former Rare devs who once monkied around with a similar series.
Clever Levels
The studio's roots in making similar games come through.
Better Than the Original
This 2.5D take on the heroes is preferred over its 3D predecessor.
Difficulty Imbalances
The peaks and valleys of The Impossible Lair can leave one feeling queasy.
General Information
Developers: Playtonic Games, Team17
Genres: Adventure, Platformer
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Critic Reviews
View All (82 total)Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair brings the dynamic duo down to a 2.5D perspective to deliver one of the best platformers we've seen in years.
Playtonic tightens up its nostalgic take on platforming and turns its eyes to the future.
A polished, challenging and colourful 2D platform game that recalls the best of Donkey Kong Country on the SNES, even if it doesn't really move beyond it.
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