I came late enough to the original Yooka-Laylee that, by the time I was acquainting myself with its titular lizard and bat protagonists, it felt like its more egregious launch issues – its much-criticised camera for one – had already been ironed out. I enjoyed it enough that I wasn’t wholly convinced Yooka-Replaylee – a “remastered and enhanced” version of Playtonic’s 2017 collectathon throwback – could do enough to warrant a return. But after a couple hours tootling around its overhauled worlds, I’m happy to be back, even if it does feel like some of its deliberate old-school charm has been lost along the way.
