YOOKA – REPLAYLEE REVIEW – garylodgegamesreview.game.blog

I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Honest PR @honestvideogame Press Engine @press_engine Publisher PM Studios USA @PMStudiosUSA Developer Play Tonic Games @PlaytonicGames

This is released in the UK on the 9/10/2025 and in the UK is priced at £24,99.

INTRODUCTION

Embark on an epic 3D platforming collectathon adventure with Yooka and Laylee! Yooka-Replaylee is packed with new moves, more story, exciting challenges, hidden secrets, and more than double the collectibles to uncover. Can you help them rescue the world’s biggest treasure?

FEATURES

THE STORY RETOLD – Here come the cheeky embellishments as Yooka and Laylee recall the story of their adventure! The story is unraveled in a brand-new story book style presentation with new sequence introduced throughout the game!
DOUBLE THE CHALLENGES & PAGIES – New areas have been added; brand-new challenges have been introduced and old ones improved or replaced completely. Collectibles have been rearranged across all levels and the number of discoverable Pagies has been doubled!
GAMEPLAY OVERHAUL – The moveset has been tweaked, sharpened and upgraded, including all new moves and combos for a flowing, expressive style of platforming. New camera features and refinements make framing the action a breeze too.
REXTRO BYTES BACK – 2 games in 1! Take control of Rextro in his very own isometric platforming game for shiny rewards! Find hidden arcade games throughout the adventure and take on the puzzles, platforms and pests that he must overcome to become a video game hero himself!
NEW COLLECTIBLE CURRENCY – Introducing Q.U.I.D.S! Capital B’s inept minions have dropped their hard-earned coins all over the place. Collect the official currency of the Hivory Towers to spend on video games’ most beloved sentient vending machine. Or undertake one of Coinelius’ many mini-challenges!
NAVIGATING THE WORLD – The all-new adventurers’ notebook will help you hunt down EVERYTHING hidden in the game. Plus find bookmarks to fast-travel around and never get lost! Use your Q.U.I.D.S to buy hints to the whereabouts of more challenges – can you find all 300 magical Pagies!?
VENDI HAS PLENTY TO OFFER – Tonics are back with all new flavours! With the option to equip multiple game-changing enhancements, you can truly customise and perk your playstyle. And as if that wasn’t enough you can dress to impress!, Vendi has new lines of merchandise for the modern fashionable adventurer too.
A DREAMY ORCHESTRAL SOUNDTRACK – The original score from famed video game composers David Wise (Donkey Kong Country), Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie), Steve Burke (Kameo: Elements of Power) returns but as a beautifully arranged orchestral score with some new tracks from, Dan Murdoch and Matt Griffin. Now seriously, clean out those ears.

FAN ART

Story is fun and interesting.

Characters all have own look and own personality to them.

Art style is nice and detailed and very pretty.

Enemies all have own look and attacks to them and fun boss fights.

Levels are fun to explore as feel alive and full of stuff to do and collect them all.

Tonics are great as can make own playstyle such as giving yourself more health or even make it so you have one hit kill from enemy attacks and more.

Easy pick up and play as not to complex.

Nostalgic vibes reminds me very much of old school Banjo Kazooie or Mario games.

Alot of content as alot to pick up on each level and many different things to do and collect and more.

Can be daunting as alot to do and gather many different stuff.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall can be daunting as alot and collect on each level. However for £24.99, Story is interesting and fun with characters all have own look and own personality to them and has a nice detailed art style with enemies all have own look and attacks to learn such as boss fights and the levels are fun as alot of different things to do and collect and very nostalgic vibes of old school games and the tonics great as can use to suit own playstyle such as increasing health or more challenging by making enemies be able to one hit kill you and much more. LOVED THE GAME.

I RECOMMEND THIS GAME.

Story is fun and interesting.
Characters own look, personality.
Art style is pretty, detailed.
Enemies own look, attacks.
Levels fun explore, feel alive.
Tonics cool adjust suit style.
Easy pick up and play not to complex.
Nostalgic vibes, old school vibes.
Alot of content so much do, collect.