Examiner: Seriously, I'm starting to think that this E3 was built to prey on my nostalgia. The originalRayman was one of the first platformers I ever played, and it was one of the first games that really challenged me. The second game in the series was another one of my childhood favorites, and was one of the most critically acclaimed games on the Nintendo 64. After that, the series slipped into obscurity. The third game in the series was largely overlooked, and the series soon diverted into the "Rabbids" miniseries (which is now its own separate entity). Finally, for the first time since before the Wii, we have a straight-up Rayman game. Does the return to two dimensions bring Rayman back into the limelight, or doom him to nostalgia?
GF365: "These are our picks for the best side-scroller games on PC. The genre was popular back in the day, and these modern games prove the genre is still alive and well."
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.”"
