Yearning for the return of something you enjoyed in the past can be a mixed road that leads to either joy or disappointment. Platonic Games set about revitalizing the void left by the folks over at Rare by making a spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie, which was called Yooka-Laylee. The results were mixed, but I was happy to see the initiative taken to bring collect-a-thon games back to the present. Now, Playtonic Games have brought back the duo in a sequel titled Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, which takes those collect-a-thon principles, shifts them to a 2D platformer, and borrowing some cues from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, makes a solid game that introduces some new concepts and pushes the genre forward.
