Every Yooka Laylee World RANKED

[@shiningphantasy1393]

The biggest issue with the game as a whole was the tome expansion idea to expand the five existing worlds instead of just having nine regular and more compact worlds like in the original Banjo-Kazooie. These worlds instead are more far reaching and barren like Tooie and the game didn't hold my interest enough for me to finish it as a consequence. I liked the first world the best; probably because the novelty of playing a classic styled 3D platformer had not worn off yet.

[@xShadowsithx]

That's one of the reasons why I prefer to play through Banjo-Kazooie every few years before I buy Yooka Laylee. On the other hand, the worlds are not as loving as in Banjo-Kazooie.

[@chstens]

They feel even more barren than most of Tooie's levels. It's like they're all Terrydactyland

[@Broockle]

Can't say I disagree but Yooka Laylee is definitely good enough to 100% imho. It's got charm, care, good platforming but it's very misguided. It's like they learned nothing from Tooie.

[@joshtheryuk]

I actually liked the Ice World the most. It has the best atmosphere by far.

[@SchmergDergen]

That’s good because you’re gonna be spending a lot of time wandering around in the empty ass map.

[@guillaumeinjjuz1744]

@@SchmergDergen true. I personnally dont like ice world too

[@Broockle]

I can't believe my least favorite map got 1st place in this vid 😆

[@markhieb4711]

“The element that is missing is a soul” Savage

[@honeydarlinggaming9156]

He's right tho. Games need soul to feel alive. This game feels like a cardboard cutout of a game. There's spark of humanity behind the game.

[@Faillord1]

I remember, that when the game came out Capital Cashino was one that people disliked. Great to see it on top here, because it's my favorite level in the game too :D

[@liquidhype3025]

Say what you will about Galleon Galaxy, but the Kartos soundtrack in that level BOPS. It's nutty how good it is.

[@TheCoolJet64]

Lets hope Rare finally drops banjo threeie one of these days! Love the ranking btw man :)

[@R3prieve]

For me it would be: 1. Moodymaze Marsh- I think I'm one of those few odd people that like water levels. Really love the theme. Something about derelict industry coinciding with swampland and traversing through submerged structures. Being a little bit spooky helped as well. 2. Tribalstack Tropics- is such a strong first level. Great use of vertical space. Challenges felt the best here. 3. Galleon Galaxy- The neon colors though! Really vibed here. Transformation added the most to exploring that level. 4. Glitterglaze Glacier- It's a very pretty level but I agree it is missing something. 5. Capital Cashino- I probably should give this one another chance, but out of all the worlds this is the one I got lost the most in. Nothing really held my attention that long; probably should have held off expanding it first before visiting it

[@IcarianX]

8 smaller world's really would have been better than 5 huge ones. I just get lost so often. I'd say YL is on a par with DK64 and Banjo Tooie, but not BK

[@MrDrBoi]

Agreed, bigger isn't always better!

[@shiningphantasy1393]

I agree that YL is on par with Banjo-Tooie and not nearly as enthralling as Banjo-Kazooie. DK64, while having larger levels, also had a lot more variety in environments and structures, challenges and activities that were more engaging, and better boss fights. So I would put that one somewhere in between Kazooie and the other two games, but closer to Kazooie. DK64 worlds were large but much better laid out than YL.

[@IcarianX]

@@shiningphantasy1393 That's fair. I think most people would agree that BK is best anyway and all the others have world's that are too large and not as much fun to explore to varying degrees. But YL is in the same quality ballpark as BT and DK64

[@rawman44]

BT is way better than YL. Far, far better. YL and DK64 though, yeah. They're about the same

[@youngtoonfish6891]

Galleon Galaxy was my favorite ❤️ I think the general problem with the game is the lack of levels. I liked the idea of expanding the worlds, but maybe smaller expansion and more levels would’ve been better.

[@MrDrBoi]

Yeah I didn't really touch on it too much in this video (because I plan on making a video about this topic) but I definitely agree that it's more fun to explore many smaller levels than just a few big levels.

[@darkbladenexas]

@@MrDrBoi Big levels are fine, the issue is big worlds that are mostly EMPTY. I overall liked yooka-laylee, but galleon galaxy broke down into flying through empty expanses

[@Broockle]

I think the levels got so big that they felt justified adding the fly ability. But they should have done the opposite, smaller levels, and no fly.

[@j-cat5315]

My ranking: 5: Moodymaze Marsh-As you say, quite a few of the missions were kinda forgettable. Didn't really care for the aesthetic either. Though I do think the boss fight was cool 4: Galleon Galaxy: Similar to above but sliding down the tubes was great fun 3: Glitterglaze Glacier: I really enjoyed this world, in particular the side scrolling missions in the Icymetric palace. Boss was excellent as well. The music and atmosphere was great too. You're right though it is too large and dearth. 2: Capital Cashino: I couldn't wait to play this level from the very beginning, and it didn't disappoint. In fact the overall atmosphere was even better than I imagined. I loved fighting inept, the best boss I the game I personally think a d the casino runner bonus round was awesome too. One or two missions were a tad dull though (the golf ball one for example) 1: Tribalstack tropics. The perfect opening world and the one I feel the developers put the most effort into. Excellent theming, variety, music, missions and more. The boss fight sucked though even if you know'the trick' I still think it's horrible and dull. Overall I felt all worlds had their merit. The overworld was super cool too. Overall I had a blast with this game and would definitely recommend it. Thanks for the ranking enjoyed watching muchly and glad to see this vastly underrated game getting some much deserved love.....

[@kratosnl]

For a relatively small channel, your video's are well produced and your commentary is well-paced and goes a bit deeper than surface level. Keep it up!

[@MrDrBoi]

Thank you!!

[@twitchywitchx]

This is a wild ranking of the levels ngl lol

[@SchmergDergen]

Yeah the casino was bottom tier for me

[@ISoloYouRelax]

Would have LOVED to have seen a click clock wood style level. A level that changes with the seasons/time.(Not expanding like in this game, but change)

[@fernando98322]

Before watching the video, my rankings from what I remember of my first playthrough (I took the approach of extending each world immediately and 100% everything except that which you need later abilities, I think the experience could be different otherwise): 1. Casino world 2. First world 3. Swamp world 4. Space world 5. Ice world 6. Hub (if that counts)

[@Homm3dude88]

Just found your channel and went on a nostalgia trip through your BK videos! Any chance you would do one of these kinds of videos for A Hat in Time, which feels very much inspired by similar games?

[@MrDrBoi]

Definitely a possibility in the future!

[@ajmohawk2993]

Interesting level ranking of Yooka-Laylee, considering it only had 5 levels. I haven’t played the game yet, but I’ll take what you said into consideration when I get around to playing it. I’m a huge fan of platformer games as I grew up with them, and ones I have a soft spot for, and hold dear to my heart. I sure hope they make another Yooka-Laylee game. Are you also planning to rank the levels of Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair?

[@MrDrBoi]

Possibly, I haven't played it yet, but I've heard it's good so it may be on the table in the future!

[@thedarkknight221]

​@@MrDrBoi it's wayyy better. Not as good as tropical freeze, but in the same ballpark, I think. Very unique how every level is 2 levels with small to drastic changes. The overworld is fun to explore too. Also, there are really no secret coins hidden in blind drops, which I appreciate.

[@dimentiorules]

It’s been a while since I played through Yooka Laylee, and I only played it once, but regardless here’s my list from what I can recall of them. #5: Galleon Galaxy (I don’t even remember this world existing, so by default it’s at the bottom) # 4: Glitterglaze Glacier #3: Moodymaze Marsh #2: Tribalstack Tropics #1: Capital Cashino

[@Purpylon]

I think one problem is they start with basically the same themes as Banjo-Kazooie. Tribalstack is just Mayahem Temple and Mumbo's Mountain. Glitterglaze is Freezeezy Peak without christmas, or Hailfire Peaks ice side. Moodymaze combines Bubblegloop Swamp with Mad Monster Mansion, though i think it's still more original since it's a combination of two very different themes.

[@MrDrBoi]

Yeah I feel like even the casino isn't really doing anything original either. They definitely needed to try something different aside from Galleon Galaxy.

[@PikUpYourPantsPatrol]

For me it's: Tribalstack Galaxy Cashino Moodymaze Glitterglaze Hivory

[@KyleKatarn145]

I loved this game when it came out and 100%ed it as quick as I could. Everyone here has some excellent points which I do agree with, particularly the ones about it being better if the game had 8 or 9 smaller levels instead of five big expandable ones. I think my biggest disappointment though is they've really not done anything with them since they released that platformer game. I'm sure it's good, I still need to get around to paying it and I'm sure I'll enjoy it, but I just hoped we'd see some more honest to goodness 3d collect-a-thon's by now, or at least a few DLC levels for the original Yooka game.

[@MrDrBoi]

I agree, even though Impossible Lair was good, I kind of wish they gave the 3D Collect-a-thon another go.

[@KevynTheJar]

Lol I actually forgot that the swamp world existed

[@dm0ney743]

The problem I had with Yooka is the worlds dont feel connected stuff is randomly placed around with huge voids. There is way less character to the world design. It was a huge let down for me

[@MrDrBoi]

I agree and its something I could have been more critical about when talking about Capital Cashino in particular. Even though I still appreciate that it actually has easily distinguishable landmarks, I have no idea why there is so much space between each of them. It really exposes the downside of including a stamina meter among other things.

[@mons3020]

That's one thing I think Banjo Tooie excelled at: connecting the worlds. People seem impatient with the back tracking (and frankly I never liked Glitter Gulch Mine that much), but it was neat to see something from one world change to the other.

[@rawman44]

That's why it doesn't really make sense when people say YL is the same as BT. BT very clearly has so much more care put into it, to the point where the big levels aren't as much of an issue. YL doesn't suffer strictly from big worlds; it suffers from big worlds that didn't get the attention and care they need in order to be good

[@tacoparade1821]

Love the review, please remember how Yoshi turns into a literal helicopter when going through a flowery field in Super Mario Bros 2. Yoshi's Island.

[@MrDrBoi]

Thanks!

[@jjthecat9692]

Glitterglaze Glacier was actually my favourite lol My rankings would be 1 - Glitterglaze Glacier 2 - Tribalstack Tropics 3 - Galleon Galaxy 4 - Capital Cashino 5 - Moodymaze Marsh

[@tassaron]

My favourite is Moodymaze Marsh 😀 Everyone has different opinions about these levels and that's pretty interesting!

[@AdamTheGameBoy]

I would describe the big problem with the levels being the worlds are too big and samey enough to be easy to get lost in. I remember there was one nook in Tribalstack Tropics I always struggled to find when I needed to go there and as the worlds got bigger, there were more of those... and there's also not much to be placed in the worlds. People talk crap on DK64, but the problem wasn't the number of collectables, it was that you had to be a certain character out of 5 to collect them. Yooka-Laylee streamlined away all the consumables like eggs and feathers. Quills have to carry filling the level; the remaining things to collect are so scarce - a play coin, a molycule and the upgrades unless I'm forgetting something. The health upgrade used to be multiple honey comb pieces and they streamlined that away. Even if they dropped the expansion and doubled the worlds, they all still would be light on things to collect. Moodymaze Marsh was the biggest let down because spooky levels are my kind of thing, but Glitterglaze was the worst. How do you even make a snow level that bad and tedious?!

[@MrDrBoi]

Agreed, when I'm playing a collect-a-thon I want to be constantly rewarded, and the combination of less collectibles and bigger worlds doesn't really provide that.

[@tvb5509]

I actually really liked Moodymaze Marsh. The platforming was nice and the aesthetic was pretty nice. Oddly, I really liked the water sections.

[@Purpylon]

While i hear many people saying they want 9 worlds just like in Kazooie, i don't think that's necessary. Tooie has 8 worlds and DK64 has 7, and i am satisfied with both. I really think even just adding one single world as DLC (i think they promised big post-launch content in the Kickstarter campaign) would do a lot, bringing the total to 6.

[@MrDrBoi]

Yeah I don't think 9 is necessarily a magic number or anything, but I'd agree that 6 or maybe 7 should be the minimum for this style of game.

[@chadchadly3564]

If you imagine Yooka-Laylee as a game that came out during the late 90s, during your childhood on the N64, and have you nostalgia for it like Banjo-Kazooie, then suddenly it feels like an amazing game, flaws and all. When you compare it to the standards of modern gaming, it’s lacking in many quality of life areas and suffers from the some of the same mistakes these developers had already made in the past with Banjo-Tooie and DK64. It still stands strong among Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and DK64 IMO.

[@kevinstone6797]

Do u have any plans on ranking all the worlds of banjo kazooie nuts and bolts u do so well at going in depth of the worlds in kazooie and tooie

[@MrDrBoi]

As of right now no, but if I ever play Nuts & Bolts I'm sure I'll do one.

[@kevinstone6797]

@@MrDrBoi oh take your time with that I haven’t played nuts and bolts myself but I thought just end the banjo series with nuts and bolts oh yea there’s Grunty’s revenge

[@j-cat5315]

Posted as a separate comment as I imagine it may well be hugely unpopular, but personally (takes deep breath.........)..... .....As a big fan of the original (whilst not being blind to it's faults) I didn't care for the impossible lair, not one bit, not at all. I'd struggle to invent a way to make a more frustrating game than not being able to access the actual levels, which are clearly fun, due to an insanely bloated and largely boring overworld, coupled with having such a low jump that areas that should obviously be accessible to you are not simply because you can only jump about 2 feet in the air. The only thing I could think to make it worse is to remove the ability to double jump throughout the whole game....Oh hang on, they did....

[@selinadean5824]

Needed a map for tools laylee no update for years

[@aceventuraify]

Galleon galaxy was my favourite

[@MrDrBoi]

Love your username lol

[@viewtifuljoe66]

I not sure why but actually like 2nd game more than this one, maybe just that more like donkey country games for wii and wii u than banjo kazooie who knows! It just seem creators learned from mistakes from this game a lot on that one! Note i don't hate this one i just felt should had 8 to 9 worlds instead just frigging 5, like banjo games.

[@SchmergDergen]

Probably because it was a way better game :p

[@frempy4426]

What console did you record on?

[@MrDrBoi]

Pretty sure this was recorded using the Xbox One.

[@JamieMcG7]

I prefer Yooka to all of Rares 3d platformers, just much smoother

[@jishservedcold3536]

Interesting. I enjoy your videos and your takes. I disagree strongly with the Icymetric Palace point. I actually think it's one of the more original, if not the most fleshed out idea in the level, in my opinion. I understand your perspective. Overall the second world is the weakest, yeah.

[@SchmergDergen]

Yooka Laylee, aka the best thing to happen to Banjo Tooie.

[@MrDrBoi]

LOL

[@Jammal15]

Never heard about it

[@damiencouturee6240]

I just could not get into this game personally. It's not buggy or badly made, it's just kind of soulless. It's like they just made a list of what worked in Banjo, reskinned it and shipped it. I really really tried to get into it but every single objective just felt like a chore to me, I really didn't find anything I enjoyed, with one exception - I like the way the snake dude wears his pants, more things like that would have gone a long way, because otherwise it just feels like "Collectathon: The Nostalgia Cash grab"

[@MrDrBoi]

Trowzer was definitely my favorite character in Yooka Laylee lol but yeah I largely agree. I know comparison is the thief of joy and all that, but it's impossible not to compare this game to Banjo Kazooie/Tooie and when you do this game just leaves a lot to be desired.

[@damiencouturee6240]

@@MrDrBoi I kinda feel like it's a mediocre game even on its own IMO. The controls feel kinda janky to me, the movement seems pretty slow for what it is, and like you mentioned in the video I think it'll end up being largely forgotten about. I'm not saying it's a bad game, it's just not really a fun game IMO. I might pick away at it here and there when I get bored. Compare it to something like Bug Fable where even though it's heavily inspired by Paper Mario, it's not the paper Mario nostalgia that keeps me going, it's just it being a really good game on its own. Like people aren't saying "If you like paper Mario play bug fable", they're just saying "play bug fable", y'know? Or another way to think of it is, do you think Yooka would have sold nearly as many copies if it weren't for the Banjo comparison? 😎 Also I owe your channel a thanks lol. I had somehow literally never heard of Bug Fables before I watched your TTYD backtracking video and reading through the comments, currently on chapter 2 of my first playthrough and damn it's good lol.

[@MrDrBoi]

@damiencouturee6240 that's awesome, so happy you could learn about Bug Fables through me. Phenomenal game, hope you enjoy the rest of it!

[@ethejumper6568]

My Ranking: 1. Galleon Galaxy: Best Transformation, it had the most enjoyable Platforming, it tests all that you learned through the Game as great as it can. Still not perfect (A-Tier) 2. Tribalstick Tropics: There´s nothing outstanding which I let it slide since it´s the first World and it does a great Job with that (A-Tier) 3. Capital Cashino: The Fact that Capital B is the Banker makes it more enjoyable when Laylee is talking amack about him. I liked how you needed Cashino Coins to get thze Pagies, which make for the best Parts of this Game. But there are Parts that drag this World down into a Middle Spot like the Boss and the Rextro Minigame. Even Laylee agrees the Rextro Minigame in this World is bad (B-Tier) 4. Glitterglaze Glacier: The Highlights were the Castle, the Atmosphere and that one Cave. Everyone else was from fine to semi-decent. (B-Tier) 5. Moodymaze Marsh: There are some fun Parts like the Mission where you do Platforming while rolling, the Boss was good, but mostly everything else was just really not my Cup of Tea. And this being a Water-Themed Level is mostly a Lie since most the Water is a Swamp. Not bad but just bland (c-Tier)

[@michaelo.1320]

Trev the what?

[@SchmergDergen]

Expanding the worlds is great idea, unfortunately in a game with worlds as lame as this one, it comes off as more of a threat than a feature. More smaller worlds are better than a few giant games ones with little to no identity.

[@riccardoclerici4789]

Tribalstack is EASILY the best world

[@Dd-fb2tj]

One of the main issues with the game was the music.....Grant Kirkhope went with a really slow ambient -type of music. Nothing like the banjo games. It's almost as if it was designed without seeing what the gameplay was actually like. Empty and soulless

[@MrDrBoi]

@Dd-fb2tj that's a really great point, none of the tracks from YL really stand out whereas both BK and BT have tons of memorable tracks.

[@Dd-fb2tj]

@MrDrBoi yea it's a shame really as I love Grant kirkhope and designers trying something new but id argue it really doesn't work here...compare glitter glaze to freezeezy peak...I think the impossible lair got the right idea. That has incredible music with Grant handling the overworld themes only with David wise and the in house composers doing the levels

[@DaWoWzer]

this game was such a disappointment, so sad how half baked it felt, that along with the feelings the devs didn't really understand what made people fall in love with BK/BT

[@MrDrBoi]

At least The Impossible Lair was really good.

[@terrypratt9722]

Ｐｒⓞм𝕠𝕤𝐌

[@TheMarionick]

Lol the casino is my least favorite world. It looks the ugliest of all of them in my opinion. The models in it are too big and therefore look extremely bland.