Разработчик: Villa Gorilla
Описание
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About the Game
Yoku has arrived on Mokumana and he’s ready for the easy life, soaking up the sun and delivering parcels on a tropical paradise!However, an ancient Island deity is trapped in a restless sleep - and it’s all down to Yoku to traverse the island using a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration, in an amazing adventure to help those in need!
Flip and bump our pint-sized protagonist around the stunning hand-painted island on your quest to rebuild the post-office, and wake an old god from its deep slumber.
Key Features:
OPEN-WORLD PINBALL ADVENTURE: Coupled with its unique pinball platforming play style, Yoku’s Island Express offers non-linear gameplay that gives you the freedom to choose your own path across multiple questlines.
WELCOME TO MOKUMANA ISLAND: Seamlessly Explore multiple regions of the island, including tropical beaches, lush jungles, snowy mountains, mysterious caves, and steamy hot springs!
UNLOCK THE AMAZING NEW ABILITIES: Help the friendly locals and earn a range of fantastic new power-ups! Vacuum explosive slugs and wake up sleepy villagers with the Noisemaker!
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CAPTIVATING STORY: Meet a cast of unforgettable characters across multiple storylines - whilst uncovering the islands deepest secrets. And maybe rebuild the post office too!
EPIC BOSS BATTLES: Get ready to take on giant bosses using Yoku's trusty ball to 'deliver' the final blow.
BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK: Feast your eyes on the breathtaking, hand-painted artwork created by games industry veteran artists.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain, russian, simplified chinese, japanese, korean
Системные требования
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i3-2100 @ 3GHz / AMD A8-5500 @ 3.2GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 630 1GB / AMD Radeon 7770 1GB / Intel HD 530
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Mac
Linux
Отзывы пользователей
Just a really fun pinball platformer!
Was very unsure about a silly pinball metroidvania where you deliver mail as a bug. Now I'm very sure about a silly pinball metroidvania where you deliver mail as a bug. This game is so original for its genre and so much fun. The pinball mechanics can be challenging at times but so satisfying when you (finally) get where you need to go. I'm goin for 100% because I just can't get enough of the art style and how cute Yoku is. The story and lore had me asking, "What the heck does this have to do with delvering mail?" But I think that's a good thing. Really wishing for a sequel!
Score: 9/10
- Story: The plot is simple and serves as a backdrop for the gameplay. There’s a twist, but it’s fairly easy to predict, so it doesn’t add much surprise to the experience.
- Music: The soundtrack is fantastic, perfectly complementing the game’s whimsical tone and vibrant world.
- Art style: The visuals are gorgeous, with a colorful and detailed art style that brings the island to life.
- Gameplay: The combination of metroidvania exploration and pinball mechanics is incredibly unique and a joy to play. The mix feels fresh and keeps the game engaging from start to finish.
- Character abilities: While the gameplay is fun, there’s room for more depth during the pinball sections. Abilities like multiball could have added extra layers of strategy and excitement.
- Map traversal: Moving around the map can be frustrating, especially in the post-game. A better fast-travel system would improve the experience.
- Slingshot mechanic: The slingshot ability you acquire for movement isn’t particularly can feel awkward, is not very precise.
- Boss fights: While creative, some bosses require an excessive amount of precision in your shots, which can make them more frustrating than fun.
[*]Achievements: The “Perfectionist” achievement feels unnecessary. It demands too much time from the player without providing meaningful rewards or satisfaction.
An experience I'll never forget
Have you ever wanted to play a modern take on Sonic Spinball? Do you like Metroidvanias and Pinball? This game is great.
Simply delightful
An ACTUALLY GOOD pinball style metroidvania, would you believe it :O
This game is a great time. Its fun, looks nice, has a great soundtrack, and doesn't overstay its welcome. The one gripe i have and the reason im writing this review is that getting 100% in this game is mind-numbingly frustrating because one of the essential mechanics for collecting everything is an ability that launches you in a semi-random direction with no indicator of your trajectory. Its incredibly annoying which sucks because I like basically everything else about the game
If "The lion sleeps tonight" was a game, it would be this game.
The first thing that catches you about this game is the soundtrack. My God, I love the music from this game. Its on par with Donkey Kong's music, dare I say maybe even better. And that sets the whole mood for this metroidvania. Add to that the artstyle and the game just oozes charm. I love the varied but compact map. You have several different biomes but they all feel like places I want to live in! Even the populace is charming, with varied cast of animals of all different personalities.
Gameplay-wise let me put it this way. You love pinball? You love metroidvania? Then this game is not only innovative but bundles of fun. As far as collectibles are concerned, at first I was a bit annoyed there was no fast travel. Atleast not in the conventional sense. But the Bee zipline that connects the whole map is so innovative and fun to ride, and even plays a role in reaching hidden areas. Speaking of hidden areas, while most players will uncover 80% of the map on their own, the remaining 20% really requires you to think outside the box.
I can go on about the merits of this game and how I love it. Top 10 metroidvanias for sure.
Fun pinball twist to the metroidvania genre, and I enjoyed the music and color! The world felt cool to explore. Great game and story.
Gets repetitive after awhile, but its a good time.
What a fun and well-designed game! I don't often have the patience to look for all the hidden secrets in games like these, but I enjoyed going back and forth to different sections. The mechanics were smooth, and the scenery was beautiful. I hope there will be a sequel!
I felt like I played enough 2D Metroidvanias for a while, so I took a break from this genre. Then I stumbled upon a trailer for Yoku's Island Express and I was genuinely curious how combining pinball and the metroidvania formula would work out.
It turns out that it's a lot of fun and I enjoyed playing through the game! The main quest is on the shorter side but the gameplay, the art style and the music is simply great. The game also looks gorgeous on the Steam Deck OLED, in fact, I also played it on the TV to experience the visual style on a bigger screen.
Perhaps, the only gripe I have is with the late game collectathon sometimes being a bit cryptic, so you might need to consult a guide on how to reach the secret ending. Nevertheless, if you feel like you have "Metroidvania overload" then Yoku's Island Express is a perfect "Metroidvania-light" that does everything right.
It easily earns my recommendation even at full price.
unique beautiful fun challenging, i only wish for a dlc to keep exploring this world
Beautiful little gem.
Such a delightful game. Lovely world design, engaging gameplay, and cute (if simple) character interactions. If you want a fun, short & sweet game that'll have you smiling at every turn I can't think of a better one to recommend.
Novel idea mixing pinball with Metroidvania? Not really, Sonic Spinball did the similar. Good game? No, not for me.
It just doesn't have any of the key positives of said genres. Every segment felt like a set piece, so not the freedom of a Metroidvania, and the pinballing is very slow and lazy (as is the game itself), with no real sense of pressure or intensity like in proper pinball. Your score rakes up very sporadically, and it lacks pizzaz.
I'm sure this curious oddity will float some peoples boat, but Ihated it from the outset and it didn't take long for me to ditch it.
good game
cute lil bug and space frog and ninja and owl and bear and lizard veri cute i like :)
Initially a very charming game with a beautiful presentation, which is quickly bogged down by it's tedious gameplay mechanics and lackluster exploration.
Once you get over the novelty of having a pinball metroidvaina, and realise how much that concept is to the games own detriment, all the fun is sucked out. Moving around is a slog, and in a genre based around exploration, that is a death sentence.
You can certainly tell that a lot of love and effort has gone into this game, but ultimately it is simply not fun to play, and is one of the few games I have put down before I finnished it this year.
surprisingly great game
I have beaten this game 3 times on the Switch, I adore it. There is no other game quite like Yoku's Island Express, and that makes me very sad.
So sad I bought it again on PC just to support to devs and type this and say, make a sequel! D:
A pinball metroidvania with little to no violence that you can't die in. The worst that happens when you fail is you lose a bit of money and have to try again.
In theory, a very simple metroidvania that could get tedious really fast. But no - it's GENIUS and I'm eager to replay it in some years. Great art, great music and gameplay doesn't get too stale. The exploration parts are not as annoying as I thought they would be - if you like metroidvania, this one is great with a little twist.
I dislike pinball, but love Metroidvanias, so I grabbed this on sale and figured I’d at least check it out.
To no surprise, I wasn’t big on the pinball elements, but I liked the metroidvania elements.
Parts of this were frustrating in that I could see what I needed to do, but I just couldn’t get the paddle to hit the ball in the precise spot I was wanting.
Saying all that though, I’ve rolled credits and am still compelled to 100% the game.
Overall, I’ll acknowledge that it’s a great game and that I just really suck at pinball.
This game is some real comfort food especially if you love the hybrid open exploration and pinball fused together. 100% worth to be in your library.
it's fun but sometimes it's so frustrating. lack of fast travel option for a big map is also no good for me
This game is adorable and I'm terrible at navigating through it, but I'm still having a great time playing. That being said, I won't be 100%-ing it. It requires a level of precision and timing that I just don't have the patience for, particularly with the explosive slugs. After I finished the main story, I wandered a bit, but the things I had to find and collect didn't really have any helpful cues to getting them and repeatedly trying to get the right angle to hop up and get a key is not my idea of a fun time.
Small and chill metroidvania game with a cool and unique pinball twist. Has its flaws where the movement can seem kinda slow and quirky, i miss some sprints or dashes to navigate more quickly, but i really enjoyed it for what it is. Really awesome game to just lay back, chill and completely relax
The best comfort game i ever played. The music the easy gameplay and the easy to follow story makes this game really enjoying to chill out to 8/10
I picked up this game on a whim wanting somthing light hearted. I had no Idea it had pinball elements to it. What a pleasant surprise when I found this game to be one of the most entertaining titles Ive ever come across.
This game is pretty good.
Good
it's very fun
A pretty fun game!!
Yoku’s Island Express had been on my shortlist–yes, it’s technically a Metroidvania, and all signs pointed to me being done with those, but it’s a pinball Metroidvania, and it wound up being the short game I needed at the time. Yoku is such a joyful character, and after some initial frustration with the early pinball tables (an absolute skill issue on my part), I loved the puzzles, upgrades, easter eggs to find, and the cute art and story. I spent about 7 hours on YIE before beating it (and briefly considered a full completionist run before deciding that might cast a pall on the fun I had with it), but have thought about it a decent amount since the two days I spent playing it.
Yoku’s Island Express made me a better pinball player. I like pinball - it’s an arcade go-to for me, but I’ve never progressed much past slamming flippers as hard as I can, watching the points rack up, and invariably despairing when the ball hits just so that I can’t possibly catch it with either flipper before it falls to the bottom. YIE teaches precision as you play, learning exactly where and how hard to knock the ball to get it where you want it, and although I’m not sure if the lessons will translate from a digital table to a mechanical one, I’m eager to try. It’s interesting, too, that YIE didn’t have a failstate, which bothered me in Steamworld: Dig but not here. The game was definitely keeping track of how many times I fell (in a fairly foreboding way whenever I hit a milestone, though I never did see how or if that mattered in the long run), but if I had hit a game over after a certain number of falls, or at least have had to restart somewhere, I probably would have been too frustrated to continue. I realize that it sounds like I’m gushing here–YIE was fun, but if it had been much longer it might have worn out its welcome, and the story is kind of whatever, but again, exactly right for when I played it, which is always a welcome surprise.
I paid like $4 for this game and it's more fun than games that cost 10 times that price. Definitely recommend.
This is truly one of my favorite games! It's cute, it's relatively fast to play through, but has enough content to feel truly satisfying to finish, and the randomizer mode adds a fair amount of replayability.
It's a good game. I had a lot of fun playing it.
A charming metroidvania with a unique twisted - pinball! As a casual pinball fan, this was a treat. Although, by the end of the game, I don't think it did quite enough to shake up the formula. Thankfully, a short playtime means there's no time for things to go truly stale.
I think most people my age would have played pinball at least once on their computer. Pinball itself was already a fun and addicting game and also was nice for passing time. Adding more stuffs on it makes the game even more fun to play. And that was what this game was like, doubling the fun. It was a shame that the dev has never released a new game, not even a hint at a new game in the making.
The perfect way to break in my Steam Deck. Love Pinball, love Metroidvania's, Yoku's Island Express is a fruitful marriage of the two and I had a lot of fun with it. I don't finish many games these days but I made it through this one in a weekend.
One of my top games of all time, an absolute delight. A wonderful and inventive blend of metroidvania and pinball, all wrapped in a vibrant, cheerful world. Great art style, amazing music, and chill gameplay. Highly recommended.
Super unique
Nice simple, fun and original take on a metroidvania.
It's so good!
A metroidvania pinball game? Sign me up! Yoku's Island Express oozes style with charming art direction, music and characters. The pinball mechanics are well designed, especially in the boss battles. Occasionally it can get annoying though when you need to exit a pinball arena through a specific path and you just can't get the timing right. I will fully admit it's a skill issue on my part.
I finished the game with 82% completion but I can definitely see myself 100%'ing it at some point.
if you like the Ori games, you'll definetly like this. it also a lot harder
game is really good
for kids and for adults
im ashamed i bought it on promo
but looks like these guys aren't gonna make more games :C
~10h for 100%
game doesn't waste time
sometimes frustrating, but never too much
great ost
great level design
honestly cant find anything to complain about
VERY NICE FUN PINBALL GAME WITH NICE ADORABLE ANIMATION AND RELAXING SOUNDS. I REALLY LOVE THIS ONE.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Villa Gorilla |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 28.01.2025 |
| Metacritic | 84 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 97% положительных (1608) |