Edge- Rayman Legends review

Edge:Despite some bad blood having been spilled towards the end of Rayman Legends’ gestation – Ubisoft Montpelier staff were furious to discover they’d crunched for six months to finish the game, only for its release to be postponed by the higher-ups as a Wii U exclusive became a multiplatform release – none of that gore appears to have seeped into the creative groundwater. This is one of the most jubilant, vividly imagined and open-hearted platformers to come along in a long time. To play it is to vicariously experience the development team’s abiding love of videogames, and to be reminded why you love them too.

[Thepcz]

so people are already billing this as better than mario.

nintendo should pay attention, because as i have been saying for years, their efforts are getting weaker and weaker. especially the in graphics department.

nintendo need to go back to the drawing board with mario now and come bag with something that is visually stunning, otherwise games like rayman will be the future for platform gaming.

and with nintendo seemingly betting their companies future almost single-handedly on mario, they cant allow that to happen

[higgins78]

"Nintendo should pay attention"? Erm...hardly. Now I'm not saying Rayman Legends isn't better than Mario's previous efforts, having not played it (Rayman Legends) yet and Origins being a very good platformer. However, it was only a couple of years ago Nintendo graced us with the benchmark for all platformers and contender for best game of all time, particularly if Gamerankings is to be believed.

Also, while Origins is very, very good and Legends - by the sounds of it - equally so, these games have a long, long way to go to reach the heights of Nintendo's 2D platformers of old.

[Thepcz]

im not just saying things for the fun of it- the game has been called better than mario. the universal acclaim for this game also reflects the 'mario beating' quality this game has.

judging by reviews, not only have ubi soft created a great game with constant originality and new ideas throughout, but also a game with gorgeous graphics.

mario struggles with both nowadays.

personally, i have never liked rayman, but with universal acclaim and such blatantly amazing graphics, it now has me intrigued.

nintendo need to step their game up, because now their offering will pale in comparison if they arent up to par.

and yes, that includes donkey kong, kirby, yoshi and the like.

[N4g_null]

The reviews are being nice since the dev team went thur so much. The game is a photoshop file but it plays like a 2d guitar heroin its hardest parts hardly mario beating.

critical acclaim is great but what are gamers saying? What do you think ubisoft was saying when they pulled it and made it multi platform.? Mario along can sell systems no one believes rayman can it seems. Great art yet it maybe missing some things to compete with mario. Art is its biggest strong point though, which maybe why ubi opt to put on systems that care about art more than game play.

We all know hd gamers dont care about 2d. I will be getting this on the wiiu later or early next year just not right away.

Yet mario has a few different art styles now. Every one loved the galaxy art style mario 3 is still tops and mario 2 wasnfun too yet dck trumps both of them art wise even the gc version with the drums is cooler. Yet its really up to ubisoft to stop sabotaging this game.

[Thepcz]

'' hardly mario beating. ''

just read the reviews. look at the scores

'' What do you think ubisoft was saying when they pulled it and made it multi platform.? ''

they didnt have faith in the wiiu. they thought their game would be more valuable if it was given a larger audience.

''Yet mario has a few different art styles now. ''

yes, all of which have been dismal in his 2d games. they are merely functional. ubisfot have pushed the boat out with rayman, it is quite clearly cutting edge. there is no comparing mario and rayman graphically, rayman humiliates mario in that department now.

in a way, its a good thing, hopefully now nintendo will make the 2d mario game we all want, instead of the banal 'new' mario bros games they have been rolling off the conveyor-belt.

as i stated before, im not a fan of rayman, but in light of universal praise, its hard not to take notice. its a wake up call and i really hope nintendo are paying attention.

its also a loss for nintendo that they couldnt keep such a highly regarded game an exclusive to wiiu. worrying really.

[higgins78]

I agree, it is a disappointment that Nintendo couldn't keep this game exclusive...that goes without saying. However, this term "Mario beating" is confusing and way too broad, also incorrect. Super Mario Bros (NES), SMB3 (NES), SMW (SNES), Mario 64 (N64), and both Galaxy games (Wii), all way, way better and innovative than ANY Rayman game, old and new. Honestly, "gamers" are so bloody fickle, blind too.