Postby Xellos » Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:18 am
I'm not giving Playtonic a single penny if they don't learn from their mistakes. Yooka-Laylee is flawed to its very core, the level design, gameplay, story, characters, minigames, quiz shows, bosses and even the music can't hold a candle to Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie. It's clear to me that without Nintendo's financial backing and guidance, missing important people like Gregg Mayles, George Andreas and so on - Playtonic couldn't replicate what Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie made so memorable for millions of people around the world.
If I were Playtonic, I would hire a lead game designer who has many years of experience under his belt (like Chris Seavor) - and put him in charge of Playtonic's next game. Then I would find a publisher which agrees to invest in the project, losing the IP be damned if that is what it takes to get an AA budget for the next game. And no, I don't think Team 17 is willing to fork over the dough if it would cost them tens of millions of dollars. There's no guarantee that this game would turn out to be great, but I believe it will have a better shot at it than Y-L had which was slammed by critics and fans alike.
I had so much faith in Playtonic. But in retrospect, it was too good to be true.