Yooka-Laylee reviews have landed, and if you’re curious how critics felt about the spiritual successor to the much loved Banjo-Kazooie, we’ve rounded up the scores for you.
Releasing next week the game was developed by former Rare staffers at Playtonic which took Yooka-Laylee to Kickstarter where it met its . In the end, 73,206 pledged £2,090,104 to the game meeting all stretch goals.
A Wii U version was in the cards at one time alongside a PC, PS4 and Xbox One release. Due to technical issues though, it was cancelled. Playtonic Games said it’s looking into making a Switch port instead, and in February announced the game would be released on the Nintendo console hybrid in 2017.
A week ahead of release, critics have weighed in on the platformer and scores seem to be a bit all over the place.
You’ll find all scores below, and as usual, the numbers are based on ten being the highest unless noted. Some sites don’t use a scoring system. Those are noted as well.
Yooka-Laylee Review Scores (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Multiplayer.it – 8
- PCgamesN – 6/10
- Game Revolution – 4/5
- PC Gamer – 68/100
- The Escapist – 4.5/5
- PC World – 4/5
- Polygon – 5.5
- wccftech – 8.5
- Hardcore Gamer – 3.5/5
- TheSixthAxis – 7
- InsideGamer.nl – 6
- Eurogamer.it – 5
- CGM- 9
- Everyeye.it – 7
- Attack of the Fanboy – 4/5
- DualShockers – 7.5
- We Got This Covered – 3/5
- God is a Geek – 5
- Gamespot – 6
- The Jimquisition (Jim Sterling) – 2/10
- The Guardian 4/5
- IGN – 7
- Push Square – 6
- Xbox Achievements – 55/100
- Forbes – 8
- Twinfinite – 4/5
- GamesRadar – 3/5
- USGamer – 3/5
- ibtimes.uk – 2/5
- Digital Trends – 2.5/5
- Eurogamer- No Score – “gentle, irreverent platformer let down by spotty handling and a slight shortage of genius.”
- RPS – No Score “bright, it’s positive, it’s daft and it wants to play with you.”
- Ars Tehcnica – No Score – “stays true to its ’90s platformer roots, even to its detriment.”
Yooka-Laylee releases worldwide on PC, PS4 and Xbox One April 11.
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