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Ainsley Bowden for SG: "When the follow up from Playtonic and Team 17 was announced as a pure 2D platformer, not many knew what to expect (including me). After spending time with it, I can say one thing for certain. I should have never doubted them."

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Review — Actually Quite Possible
Side-scrolling sequel Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair has creative ideas, assuming you have the patience to wrangle with its difficulty.
7.5
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It’s quite likely that just by its nature of being a 2D platformer,
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair interested me to a level where its 3D predecessor just didn’t. I was always more of a
Donkey Kong Country kid more so than
DKC, a number of overlapping elements had me sold. Couple that with a
Breath of the Wild-like approach to its final level and unique ideas with the overworld and we had something that I thought could be a winner.