Jeffrey Matulef writes,"Last year Ubisoft released a trailer for Michel Ancel's latest Rayman game, a 2D platformer called Rayman Origins. It's the first non-Rabbid non-port Rayman since the limbless hero starred in Rayman: Hoodlum's Revenge on GBA in 2005. Recently it was announced that Rayman Origins would be a full priced retail release, not the digital download many had expected."
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Ubisoft is giving away Rayman Origins for free and although it is a decade old, it is still one of the greatest classic platformer titles.
i think they should try to make a rayman 3D open world game for PS5 & Xbox Series X
Still waiting for an origins and legends successor. My wife and i were addicted to these games at the time.
I'll be curious if they make one. If they do, it won't look like they did, at least. Ubisoft retired the UbiArt framework used to make these games, apparently because the tools were too hard to work with across their many studios. Which is a bummer for sure, as I feel those games having a fairly unique aesthetic also benefitted them.
EDIT: Apparently I misremembered. They did say "hence the decision to temporarily put it aside", but they also said "it’s still there, and you will see other things using it". So it sounds like a new game could possibly still use UbiArt.
Fantastic game. Have great memories playing Origins on the Vita.
I will say though, around 2/3s of Origins' levels can actually be unlocked in the even better Rayman Legends which you can find dirt cheap these days.
Legends has so much variety and those music levels are amazing.
Jacob S. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "“Not only does Rayman: Origins stay true to the franchise’s roots, but also adds its own unique features to help make its way to modern-day consoles.”"
I thought this was meant to be a quick, beautiful all-but indie game of Rayman.
Why are they taking so damn long? The footage from last year looked pretty complete.
Hell yeah really looking forward to this.
I played that game on the Atari Jaguar. One of the few good games on that console. Aliens Versus Predator was one of the best versions out because of the sound effects they put into the characters and the graphics for it's time.
Can't wait for this game, looks so much fun Rayman & Globbox = win! :) But honestly, I can't see 2D oldschool platformer as full priced retail title. They should make Rayman 4 as retail title and Rayman Origins as downloadable title.
If Ubisoft releases this game as a full retail game they can pretty much expect it to sell like crap. I plan on buying it however I'll be one of the few and proud. Too many gamers fail to see the value in 2D gaming. Making it a downloadable title makes much more sense.