I know. Its different. It wil grow on u and not let u go. Just like any banjo and kazooie it will last u a long time.
If u played the demo at saw how the door open up with jiggy number on top you think yeah cool a good amount of door for all the worlds. Come to find out that all those doors in that area was just for one world in the real game. All worlds have like 5 or more acts in them where u collect about 20 jiggies per world. Also that the world in the demo isnt even right there in the real game. And when u finally get to that world the jiggies quests come in a different order and in different acts. The game has a lot of content and is pure gorgeous. Six world in all supposedly. Never know that might not be counting a last world with Grunty. Plus this game has a lot of extra stuff. An arcade, a gym for banjo kazooie to learn new moves, mumbo car shop where u build and return crates with new parts thats are found at different place all over town, humba who has a stand where she sells blueprints, and alot of other places to go around town. Showdown town is pretty good size for sure. Everything isnt accessible right from the start. Also with so many jiggies coming from one world. The game very much let u unlock some more worlds pretty easily it wants u to go back and forth between worlds doing the different acts in the worlds. Works out really great so u dont be in a world to long and appreciate each world when u come back to it.
Gameplay. At first a little easy but still kinda fun. But some reason u cant stop playing. Next thing u know its getting tougher and u never thought u could do so much with freakn vehicles. Finally u start creating your own vehicles for the challenges that come that u feel like the blueprint vehicles just want cut it like u want them to to get the trophy from that challenge. It works like this to get a jiggy u do a challenge that u have complete depending how fast or how good u do it. The rewards go in this order: notes (which is used as money to buy parts and various thing), a jiggy, and a tt trophy which is the best u can get. Basically if u do real good u can get the trophy which mean u get all the reward that below it too the jiggy and the notes all in one go. If u cant get the trophy u can always come back and get it maybe when u got better skill or a better vehicle lucky the jiggies are usually a lot easier to get then the trophies. Its not ur old platformer but I can assure u for most people it will become a very good and addictive game. You will still miss ur old banjo but still playing this all at the same time never knowing what they going to throw at u next. Once u build that first ride that just rides right and looks supercool to u. Mine was this motorcycle i made that drives so good and has 3 engines on it, i painted looks great, to top it off i put some guns on the front. I pretty much ride it in worlds now as my main land vehicle. When im not flying my helicopter or wide the waves in my boat. A lot of the challenges have a lot different ways u can complete them. Also there is some platforming in the game it is a mix but main emphasis is on the vehicles.
The game still has that banjo kazooie charm that u come to love. The gameplay though new becomes really fun and deep after a while. I really think like all banjos its a game that really wont stop being fun to u that u come back to from time to time for a while that probably will be a classic for u down the road. 40 bucks u cant beat it. Plus I wanted to support BK because if they we dont would we have to wait another 8 years or never get another one. I still think it would really be cool to have a new BK like the old days but I really learned to appreciate this BK game as well. Im still getting Banjo Tooie when it comes out i never really got to play it im so happy they going to bring it xbla early next year. But just like the other banjos it took ppl a while to really appreciate how good it was and how challenging and fun the game can be. Especially with Mario 64 as competition.
If the demo was atleast somewhat fun to you I would definetly consider getting this game. If u a true banjo fan even a mad one because its not ur classic I think u should bite ur tongue and pick it up for 40 bucks. I give it a 9 right now I have only stopped playing to write this review and I have every good game that has come out in the last few months on all systems and i still think this is worth playing even with all the new games i got. 9 now 9.5 later if it keeps growing on me like the original did. Hope this helped.
Who knows maybe this is the start of something great for BK and us. Where we have finally have to two type of games for them that are very good. Nuts and Bolts series and New versions of the original platforming games. Both if you appreciate them for what they are will stay in your heart forever as one of the best game u ever played. Probably better they this first so it would get apprecitation. If we do get another BK original series Banjo Threeie i bet it will be times where u wish u can get in that car or plane lol.