One of the best platformers released last year was Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. Although the game launched in a perfectly playable state, the developer Playtonic has since been working on a "little" patch for it that includes multiple bug fixes and general changes.
This update has already been released on Steam and according to Playtonic's Twitter account will be made available in the console versions of the game on the 30th January (the same day the demo arrives). Below are the full patch notes:
If you’re insect inclined, feast your eyes on the wall of bug fixes below – don’t worry, no Beettalion were harmed in the process!
Changes
• Billboard tutorial signs added to Tutorial and Capital Causeway levels.
Fixes
General:
• Fixed V-sync issue which changed the behaviour of some physical objects.
• Removed jitter from some 2D objects in 2D levels
• Multiple localisation fixes
• SFX for Quack Bomb explosion & Gun Senior death explosion no longer disregards volume settings from the Pause Menu. BOOM.
• Fixed an issue causing some players to not get achievements when reaching the required criteria.
• Yooka-Laylee will no longer be offset when entering through a door If the player holds left/right on the control stick when loading in.
• Fixed an issue which prevented Steve Mayles from growing an additional 0.00001cm
• Fixed an issue which caused some TWIT coins to not show as collected when dying after passing a Checkmate.Impossible Lair:
• Section 1 – A saw blade has been fixed after it was discovered a section of it wasn’t correctly cutting into Yooka’s flesh.
• Section 2 - Player will no longer be instantly killed at the top of the winding rope surrounded by propeller minions.
• Section 2 - It's no longer possible to lose two bees at one of the drop off points in the second 2D level.
• Section 3 - Player can no longer become stuck between two chainsaw objects below the first Gun Senior.
• Section 3 - Player can no longer force themselves between the chainsaw hazards at the start of the section and become stuck.
• Section 3 - Player can no longer get stuck by rolling after a buddy slam in a low section.
• Section 4 - It's no longer possible to take damage from Capital B’s hive mind after bouncing off of his head
• Game will no longer crash after completing the Impossible Lair multiple times in the same session
Overworld:
• Overworld - Late Mountains – No longer possible for the crate behind the cracked blocks to clip through the wall at the end of the wind volume and become inaccessible.
• Overworld – The movable crate next to a Paywall can no longer get stuck in the air after being pushed over the ledge
• Overworld - Player movement no longer broken when interacting with a circuit piece in the Pumping Plant room
• Overworld - Player movement can no longer be broken when interacting with the movable pipes within the desert.
• Overworld - Movable crate on the ledge to the right of Pumping Plant can no longer get stuck if you push it on top of the fan
• Overworld - It's no longer possible to go out of bounds (please send help Vendi is making me write patch notes) in the water area that's originally blocked by the fisherman Blamphibian
• Overworld - Player can no longer use the Bounce-Bloom within Rampo’s cave to get behind the exit trigger.Buzzsaw Falls:
• Buzzsaw Falls state 2 - Checkmate 8 with the 'More Checkmates' Tonic will no longer spawn the player off the edge into a potential hazard if they die.
• Buzzsaw Falls state 2 - Checkmate 2 with the 'More Checkmates' Tonic is no longer using anti-gravity hacks to float above the ground
• Buzzsaw Falls state 2 - Players can no longer get stuck between the wall and crates at the end of state two if they don’t have Laylee.
Scareship Scroll:
• Scareship Scroll state 2 – Areas of cliff face no longer lack collision allowing the player to jump out of the world.
• Scareship Scroll state 2 - The lowering crate platform no longer has collision issues.
• Scareship Scroll state 2 - Yooka no longer instantly dies like a noob when he climbs to the top of the ropes near the end of the level.Windmill Way:
• Windmill Way state 1 - Certain level object textures no longer appear black during normal gameplay.
• Windmill Way state 1 - TWIT Coin Banker Tonic now correctly applies to the second TWIT coin.Boom Boom Blast:
• Boom Boom Blast state 2 - It's no longer possible to get stuck in a grapple cannon near the start of the level.
• Boom Boom Blast state 2 - Damage is no longer caused to (are you looking for other funny bits in the notes?) Yooka Laylee by a Meanyion when they are sat in one of the Boom-Bloom Blasts.
• Boom Boom Blast state 2 - Odd behaviour (like dabbing) can no longer be seen when the player in a moving Boom-Bloom reaches an obstacle.
• Boom Boom Blast state 2 - The end of some pipes no longer can be seen under the final Checkmate.Pumping Plant:
• Pumping Plant state 2 - It's no longer possible to enter the swim state whilst on land in state twoGasping Glade:
• Gasping Glade state 1 - It's no longer possible to get stuck between a wall and some crates.
• Gasping Glade state 2 - It's no longer possible to go outside of the intended play area during the second zipwire section.
Factory Fright:
• Factory Fright state 1 - Camera issue fixed.Hazard Hangar:
• Hazard Hangar state 1 – Stacked blocks no longer damage the player.
• Hazard Hangar state 2 – Hyle off of DK Vine no longer falls through the floor when respawning at the third Checkmate.Urban Uprise:
• Urban Uprise state 2 - Tonics – The spawn point for one of the additional Checkmates in state two is no longer outside of the intended play area
Playtonic also mentioned how it had added functionality for demo saves to carry across to the full game.
Have you tried out Yooka-Laylee's second game on the Switch yet? Will you be downloading the demo next week? Tell us down in the comments.
[source twitter.com, via steamcommunity.com]
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I'll be more than happy to pick up the demo, and likely the full game not too soon after.
I am currently playing the game, still at the beginning though. So far the game is nice but DK:TP is much better.
Looking forward to the demo.
How about those load times, eh??? Eh???
Isn’t the other Yooka-Laylee getting an update as well for 64-Mode?
“perfectly playable state”
https://twitter.com/GeriatricGamer/status/1190191251192209408?s=20
It’s a shame they don’t mention fixing this hard crash that happened to me at least 5 times throughout my playthrough
i need to play this game again, I stopped a few months ago due to my wrist. But that issue has been long gone. >.<
@AJ1 I felt the same at first, but I began to love the game as I got closer to the end. Hope it grows on you too!
This games gets better the more you play it, really enjoying it. Hope they still make another3D platformer using the feedback from the first game to make it a real classic.
I love this game so much! I have 12 hours played and still 50% content to beat. Thanks EPIC for the free game!
Got the game for free on Epic. Will check out the demo, though and maybe get the retail for Switch after that.
@Klobb thanks, I'm sure I will. Big fan of the genre.
"Fixed an issue which prevented Steve Mayles from growing an additional 0.00001cm"
"Section 1 – A saw blade has been fixed after it was discovered a section of it wasn’t correctly cutting into Yooka’s flesh."
"Scareship Scroll state 2 - Yooka no longer instantly dies like a noob when he climbs to the top of the ropes near the end of the level."
"Overworld - It's no longer possible to go out of bounds (please send help Vendi is making me write patch notes) in the water area that's originally blocked by the fisherman Blamphibian"
"Boom Boom Blast state 2 - Damage is no longer caused to (are you looking for other funny bits in the notes?) Yooka Laylee by a Meanyion when they are sat in one of the Boom-Bloom Blasts."
"Boom Boom Blast state 2 - Odd behaviour (like dabbing) can no longer be seen when the player in a moving Boom-Bloom reaches an obstacle."
Will defiantly try the demo
Don’t like this. Want Donkey Kong.
@antonio2244 lol I too want Donkey Kong, but I want to play this one too. Awaiting the demo to come out.
Wow, that’s some patch! I wish more devs would publish patch notes for their updates. In fact, I wish you could simply view them straight on the Switch itself, just like with PS4 and Vita.
Regarding the game itself, unlike many in these here parts, I wasn’t particularly enamoured by the original Yooka-Laylee, and was hesitant about jumping straight in and grabbing the well-reviewed Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. The demo is a nice opportunity to give the game a chance, so, as with The Touryst (see below), I’ll definitely be giving Impossible Lair a try next week.
I have to say that I simply adored the demo for The Touryst and bought the full game immediately after finishing it. With so many of us holding off on some games due to price or, more often, our ever-growing backlogs, a short demo is a wonderful carrot to get players to bite.
** DEVS: MORE DEMO’S, PLEASE! **
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TL;DR?
With all those fixes it looks as though the game has been re-made.
Yes I have the game and played it and then gave up on it.
Maybe Playtonic should spend a little more time with their games before releasing them to the public.
I won't be going back to it.
Great game ... but the impossible lair is ... well... impossible to beat .... that put me off to finishing the game ...
I got all the bees and only got around 65% of the final level ... I wish it would be, I don’t know, less punishing.
I’ve got many other games in my backlog, so I don’t want to waste 15-20 tries to finish the last level in a game I spent hours to get to the final level.
@RupeeClock I know, aren’t these notes great?!
@zool I don’t know what version of the game you were playing but mine was excellent
@fafonio Yooka-Laylee and the Punishing Lair, then? 😜
@RupeeClock I noticed a couple of these these whilst skimming too haha
@The_Pixel_King lmao
@Zach777 - that retro mode has been out for quite a while already.
@AJ1 snes donkey kong country is better than donkey Kong tf which the team that made yooka lay is the same team who made the original donkey Kong country games just saying
@zool I played through the game just fine
Just recently bought this game. Awesome game for sure!
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