Yooka-Laylee is a 3D platformer that pays homage to the Banjo Kazooie series and is a sort of reboot to the series. The game looks great and is well optimized so even lower end systems should be able to run the game fairly well.
The game itself is an amazing experience that takes you straight back to that feeling of playing a classic 3D platformer as a kid, exploring just for the sake of exploring, and always finding something new. There's pickups everywhere, from the basic currency of quills to hidden secret ghosts. You'll need to use your head to solve some puzzles and other types of challenges to collect some of these items, but all of them offer variety in each world you visit.
Throughout your journey you'll meet quite a large cast of memorable characters, each with their own types of challenges, quirks, and rewards. You'll encounter everything from a lizard selling moves and powers, to an octopus armed scientist who will transform you into all kinds of different things that relate to the Tome World you're in, bringing a whole new twist to the platforming mechanics in each level. Some characters only appear in certain worlds, but every one is unique enough to remember long down the road anyways.
The worlds are designed with the sole purpose of being explored. Everywhere you can look can most likely be reached, and a lot of those tricky, hidden areas are full of secrets to discover, and many are just there to help you see a path to another area, but that's what always keeps you guessing. There's plenty to collect in every world, but by simply exploring you'll always have something to do and something to work towards.
If you want to be sucked into a collectathon platformer like the old days, this is probably the game for you.
4.0