Is it too much to ask for a single shred of love or joy in my video games?

Look, I grew up with Jak and Daxter, a game very much cut from the same cloth as Banjo both in terms of the snotty tone and the gameplay itself and I love that. Nostalgia is no doubt a major factor there, but tight controls along with incredibly fluid and bouncy animation make that something I can still enjoy. Banjo is a floaty insincere mess that takes every opportunity it gets to dunk on its characters and blast obnoxious sounds from the player's speakers.