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Microsoft - New Banjo Info - View Post

NightDragon83 said:

Glad to see that at least the character "voices" and sound effects have remained intact after all these years... too band the Banjo and Kazooie character models still look like @$$.

Basically, it looks like Rare has turned Banjo-Kazooie into Grand Theft Banjo... the whole demo they showed off in the video is basically "drive from point A to point B, collect item, bring said item back to point A to open said door or trigger said event." Funny that the one gameplay mechanic that they DID keep intact from their pevious platformers is one that fans have complained most about, and that's all the wanton item collecting / scavenger hunting.  Hopefully the vehicle gameplay is solid and there's alot more combat action in the game to break things up.

Still on the other side of the fence looking over at this one, maybe if I like what I see at E3 I'll actually get up on the fence but I ain't holding my breath.

They only showed the hub world. The levels are through the doors(which they didnt show us.). I think the levels will have less driving and probably bring in the puzzle pieces. Fans complaing about item collecting? That is what platformers are. There is more collecting in Mario games than Banjo games. Think you should rethink that statement.