Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

"Dare I say it, the Switch version is the best way to play a game that is well worth your time - even in the currently crowded market."

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is one the best surprises of this year. An epic tribute for DKC that everyone should play."

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a pronounced effort to recapture the magic of platformers, but its basic platforming and sharp difficulty spikes hold it back."

"With charm, wit, and brimming with positivity, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a fantastic new direction for Playtonics dynamic duo."

"Two years after the birth of Yooka and Laylee, Playtonic returns to work on the exploits of the funny animal duo making Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair , a platform title "à la Rare" that , compared to its predecessor, …"

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a really strong platformer with good level design and excellent visuals. Certain aspects of the game don&s;t mix well together, but it&s;s a good time overall."

"While I hope they give the 3D platformer another fair shake, I will be more than happy if Playtonic does more sidescrolling platformers in the future because The Impossible Lair is impossibly good."

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair neatly captures the essence of Yooka-Laylee and reimagines it as a new type of game. It&s;s a distillation and a simplification, but it&s;s effective. Then, as its grand finale -- a necessary conclusion that looms …"

"The Impossible Lair may receive top billing, but the entire journey leading to that titular final challenge is rewarding"

"Side-scrolling sequel Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair has creative ideas, assuming you have the patience to wrangle with its difficulty."

"Donkey Kong Country fans rejoice: this is the spiritual successor you&s;ve been waiting for. The worst thing you could say about it is that the overworld exploration may prove to be too involved for those who are in it purely …"

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is one of the best 2D platformers available. If you&s;re looking for something filled with refined gameplay and fun levels, this is it."

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair brings the dynamic duo down to a 2.5D perspective to deliver one of the best platformers we&s;ve seen in years."

"Even with plenty of superb 2D platformers releasing in recent years, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair easily belongs alongside the best the generation has to offer thanks to excellent level design and platforming that is evocative of past classics from …"

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a very good 2.5D platform featuring a familiar experience heavily inspired by the Donkey Kong Country series and some interesting mechanics for the overworld map which deepen and expand the experience. While the game …"

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a work of great courage and respect for the platform genre. It is not revolutionary but manages to be a simple, but refined pastime made with all the trappings of the genre."

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair marries a variety of platforming mechanics in a meaty campaign with tons of challenges ahead. It’s as polished as it is focused and as true to the genre as you can get. Now, sign me …"

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is essentially a spiritual successor to Donkey Kong Country that ends with a difficult Super Mario Maker-like dungeon. It friggin&s; rocks."

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a marvelous piece of a platform game that may not reinvent the whole genre but which has enough of the right stuff to provide an experience that&s;s enjoyable and delightful to play. Thanks to …"

"A much more inventive and thoughtful affair than the duo&s;s previous outing, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is the closest you&s;ll get to Donkey Kong Country on PS4 and you should embrace it with the accordant warmth."

"Delightful a package this ends up being — with a surprising glee to be had when it comes to fiddling about with the many game-altering tonics on show — it&s;s by no means an argument for Playtonic to ditch altogether …"

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossibile Lair is a competent platform game, full of ideas and funny characters."

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a wonderful platformer that could have been even greater if only it stuck the landing."

"After the huge whiff last time around, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is undoubtedly an improvement — a small one, but an improvement nonetheless. But an improvement doesn’t guarantee greatness and this game makes that clear."

"In many ways the first Yooka-Laylee felt like the developers were trying to make up for lost time and bring audiences the Banjo Three-ie everyone wanted. With this follow-up, you get a distinct sense that the game has been allowed …"

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a game for those who adore the genre and want something bright, colourful and full of self-referential puns to end a long day at work. However, you have to be able to overlook some …"

"After inheriting the Banjo-Kazooei&s;s 3D enviromental platforming DNA, now Yooka y Laylee goes behind the 2D skin of Donkey and Diddy Kong. The chamaleonic Playtonic proves their mastery going back to its Rare legacy, offering a very sweet and enjoyable …"

"After the first Yooka-Laylee, you could be forgiven for not being desperate for more, but Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a more accomplished and markedly different game to its forebear. And it&s;s all the better for it."

"A clear improvement on the original, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a pleasant surprise. It struggles to balance difficulty, but the end result is a robust and compelling platformer. It feels much more cohesive than its older brother and, …"

"This time around, Playtonic has swapped out the retro 3D stylings of the original for something that plays more like a Donkey Kong Country sequel, offering a variety of levels where skill and strategy are necessary to succeed."

"Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a great hommage to the Donkey Kong Country series, mixing its 2D mechanics with a 3D worl map to explore. The last level is alaways accessible to try out, but the collectibles you will …"

"Excellent 2D-Jump &a; Run, that dares little new, but combines its individual elements into a very coherent whole."

"Playtonic tightens up its nostalgic take on platforming and turns its eyes to the future."