Look, I'll be the first to admit that this is not what anyone wanted from the Banjo-Kazooie franchise. However, it is still a perfectly adequate game, and it was honestly ahead of its time in several ways. Heck, look at all the comparisons people were making when they showed off vehicles in Tears of the Kingdom. If Banjo hadn't been wrongly slapped on the face of this game, I think it would've been remembered a lot more fondly.

Give it another try if you've played it, try to play a bit more objectively, look at it from a fresh perspective instead of longing for a real Banjo game.