Playtonic Is Adding Impossible Lair's N64 Tonic To The Original Yooka-Laylee Game

I never played the original, not because I knew it wasn't perfect, just got distracted by other games. I still wanna play it, though...

Anyways when they said there would be an N64 "mode" or whatever, it looked disappointing. This is what I was expecting, pure N64 graphics.

EDIT: Wait, is it JUST Yooka that's changed? Now I'm confused. >.<

it looks hideous

This is good news. Now PS4 and Xbox owners can be underwhelmed too.

Very cool!! I love Playtonic. I have impossible lair preordered and will check out this update on the original as well.

@May_Nyan I disagree I think this looks awesome. I never bought the original Yooka-Laylee but if the whole game looked like this with a little polish I just might of...I'm a sucker for low polygon models.

Very nice! Once I buy YL and The Impossible Lair this month and clear the game, I will try this update when it arrives.

Looking forward to playing this game as well. preordered already. Here's another <a href=https://theanxiousgamer.blog/2019/10/07/yooka-laylee-and-the-impossible-lair-brings-back-nostalgia-of-the-golden-days/">review</a> if you're interested.

While it does look much more convincing than the regular model stripped of textures, I'd kinda like them to NOT add much more to the game. All things considered, the game is ENORMOUS at over nine gigabyte.

@sanya_exe I'm pretty much the same way. My physical copy from Limited Run Games came in the mail while I was playing through Spyro Reignited Trilogy. I started to play Yooka-Laylee, but by that point I was burned out on 3D platforming. I still plan on going back to it.

Don't care what people say, I LOVED the original. Really bought me back to Banjo/Spiro era of gaming.

But the 64 bit tonic was just a pointless thing to me. It made everything look awful.

Not the graphics will fit with the rubbish camera.

this is pointless but the game itself is a good game, not great but good enough for me to enjoy my playthrough. the hate comes from the fact it is not as good as BK, which is a bit like hating on an indie adventure game for not being as good a BOTW, a bit nonsensical.

I played original and got bored after an hour. It just felt very bland to me and I got caught up in the hype. It isnt a bad game but it just didnt deliver any enjoyment for me.

I am on the fence with the new one, again I am caught up in the hype for it but this time I might wait for a decent sale price.

@DarthNocturnal Don't think it's going to happen at this stage unfortunately. I made it to the final boss but gave up out of frustration after several dozen attempts.

@sanya_exe Ya know what would be cooler? if they made another Yooka Laylee game but using full on Banjo 64 graphics/models

I get it making a 3D game first with new graphics then changing it to N64 style ones would be hard, then why even use modern graphics? the 2 Banjo 64 games still look pretty good and is kinda what people want. a retro 3D platform

Why do I get the feeling they always planned it that way? I am hinting at the pirate ship secret from the first game.

I'm confused, i thought that this was already a feature of this game?

Cool!

I did quite enjoy YL, even if it was more tooie then kazooie

I won't be getting Impossible Lair yet as I have too many games in my backlog as it is, still hoping we'll see a proper sequel someday

The original was fun, but those controls made me sound like the Angry Videogame Nerd during my playthrough.

@YANDMAN The n64 mode was, yes. But the update will change the models to the blocky low quality ones seen in the picture above, rather than just removing textures and having a filter added to everything.

@TrainerX493 Ahhhhhhhh i see, thanks.

@PBandSmelly What’s with you guys and sales? Just save up if you want it.