2/5 ★ – hcolesmith's review of Yooka-Laylee.

The fall of Rare is one of the more tragic and interesting developments of game history. To see such a prolific team reduced to a mere shell of itself before pushed to basically only make shovelware is sad and upsetting. So naturally it was only a matter of time before this game happened. And it’s kind of a train wreck to be honest. A masterclass of tedium and mediocrity. Platforming challenges are non-existent, collecting is mind numbing, and the boss battles (particularly the final boss) are overlong, stupid, and frustrating. I desperately hoped to get something better out of this. I wanted to think everyone was too hard on it. They weren’t. This game is the definition of half-baked. *sigh*