Yooka-Laylee

[Jeff]

http://www.playtonicgames.com/introducing-yooka-laylee/

...or the return of Old Rare.

If you haven't heard of this game yet, basically, a handful of former Rare employees who quit after the Microsoft takeover have come together to form a new studio, and their first game is essentially Banjo-Threeie but with the bear and bird replaced with a chameleon and bat.

From what I've seen, it definitely seems to recapture the magic of Banjo-Kazooie, but that could just be the music tickling my nostalgia bone (David Wise and Grant Kirkhope are doing the composing). One thing I've noticed though, that seems a bit strange, is the shadows. In most 3D platformers, there's a shadow right underneath your character which isn't just for aesthetics, it has the important function of showing where you're going to land. In this game, there's a shadow, but it's not directly underneath the characters. Hopefully that changes.

Anyway, thoughts?

[Crystal Tears]

It looks promising, I've been missing games like these. I used to play Banjo, Spyro, Crash, etc when I was younger and then as the years went by the games just got bad or disappeared. I really like the colours and the character design, I hope it's good.

[Blademaster]

(David Wise and Grant Kirkhope are doing the composing)

Aaaaaaand you've got my attention now.