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Balan Wonderworld – Cane and Rinse No.706

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast · March 24, 2026

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... I like, if I'm playing a 3D platform, one of which I've played many, I like them to feel like they're part of an existing overworld, Banjo-Kazooie being like the pinnacle. Even like Yuka Rapley does a good job of making you feel like all these worlds are joined together by an overarching, bigger world. ...

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... yeah, it looks blurry and messy and a bit kind of, yeah, not finished. But the level designs themselves, I'm not really a fan of like levels that are just suspended in mid-air. Like it doesn't really work for me. I like, if I'm playing a 3D platform, one of which I've played many, I like them to feel like they're part of an existing overworld, Banjo-Kazooie being like the pinnacle. Even like Yuka Rapley does a good job of making you feel like all these worlds are joined together by an overarching, bigger world. Here, it just seems like the Isle of Timbs is just a thing that's floating in the world, and then you go to a door of which you can choose one or two. Watch, why? I don't know. Okay, I'll go through two. Yeah, sure, let's go through two. And then it's just another series of blocks and squares ...

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