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- E10+
- Villa Gorilla
- E10+
- Villa Gorilla
- E10+
- Villa Gorilla
- E10+
- Villa Gorilla
Yoku's Island Express
Released On: May 29, 2018
83
7.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
83
87% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
83
87% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more complete, competent, fun and wonderfully balanced Indie experience. We all love the God of Wars and Battlefield Vs of the world, but I’d take 10 more Yoku’s Island Expresss every day of the week. And absolutely perfect gaming experience.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 48 User Ratings
7.5
69% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
21% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
10% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 48 User Ratings
7.5
69% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
21% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
10% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
What a great game. Take the whimsy of Ori and Blind Forest and combine it with Super Metroid and you have a great game. To me the game's design is simply amazing. Well thought out world, puzzles, and game mechanics. The art is top notch, and there is a wide variety of interesting characters and creatures. Don't let the 'pinball' part scare you if you don't like pinball games... honestly, the pinball aspect is very low key. You do need a basic knowledge of pinball, such as rotating targets and ball behavior to bumper hits, but to me it seems secondary to the main game... you'll easily figure out what to do and the game is very forgiving for the pinball areas. The game has great exploration and the execution is perfect. It's a giant island, but every 'level' within that island is well thought out and a pleasure to traverse. Highly recommended!
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Yoku’s Island Express is a cheery, bright, frictionless experience that adds much-needed twists to an established formula and despite my hesitance for pinball, it sold me on a kind of gameplay that I never knew I wanted.
A beautiful, summery game with furiously fun puzzles that adults and kids will love. [July 2018, p.88]
Villa Gorilla mixes genres and manages to deliver a great game that brings huge doses of fun and entertainment. Yoku’s Island Express is a true experience that should be played.
One part Metroidvania, one part pinball game, Yoku’s Island Express is a beautiful mashup that just shouldn’t work. But it does, and as a result, it’s just wonderful.
Yoku’s Island Express is a beauteous, aurally delightful treat that riffs off the Metroidvania template and pinball tables in a smart and playful manner. It’s somewhat tempered by the dual frustrations of the pinball mechanic’s need for constant precision and a lacklustre fast-travel system that leaves you having to cover the same ground over and over, ultimately taking what could have been an amazing game, and making it a good one.
Charming, fun little Metroidvania with a great art style and a very unique concept. Finale was kind of a letdown, though. I suspect that there's a real ending locked behind getting all wickerlings or whatever they called, but getting around the map is kind of a pain in the a**, so I don't really feel motivated to do that. Also, the pinball parts can get a little frustrating when you have to make shots with pinpoint accuracy in order to progress and have to shoot from the right nanometer on the bumper to do that.
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Xbox One
Подводя итог, скажу следующее - игра хорошая, понравится скорее всего всем в той или иной степени вне зависимости от возраста. Особенно зайдёт любителям серии Метроид, Холлоу Найт, Ори, Дед Селс, Бладстейнед, Гуакамелли и прочих игр жанра «метроидвания».
Это весьма милый и позитивный проект, дающий небольшой челлендж только тем, кто его ищет, а остальных не трогает и пропускает спокойно к финальным титрам.
Если вам хочется чего-то нестандартного, да ещё чтобы было весело и несложно, то данный проект вас точно не разочарует.
От меня 6,5 баллов из 10.
Йоку Айленд Экспресс смогла поистине удивить и не отпустила до победного конца, пока не выпала последняя ачивка!
PS
Game Pass на Xbox One X продолжает знакомить меня с новыми нетривиальными играми, которые я ни за что бы не купил, тем самым, пропустив немалую долю удовольствия.
Спасибо, Microsoft
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Xbox One
Yoku's Island Express es un juego peculiar que destaca por su bonito apartado gráfico. Como metroidvania la verdad es que deja bastante que desear, pero el diseño del mapa y la forma de incluir las zonas de pinball está bastante bien. Sin embargo, llega un momento en el que se hace algo pesado el ir desde una punta del mapa hasta la otra se hace pesado. Lo habría mejorado incuyendo más puntos de teletransporte.
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Xbox One
Garbage pinball game that isn't any different to any other pinball game devil crush wannabee
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Xbox One
Summary Yoku’s Island Express is an open world/metroidvania-style pinball adventure, Seamlessly blending platform navigation with pinball mechanics across a large open world.
Rated E +10
for Everyone +10
Platforms:
- PC
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 4
- Xbox One
Initial Release Date: May 29, 2018
Developer:
- Villa Gorilla
Publisher: Villa Gorilla
Genres: