The Rayman series has traditionally been the victim of having the worst timing when it comes to game releases. The original game was released in 1995; with the lead platform being the Atari Jaguar, with secondary releases on the Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation. The first two systems were outright bombs, with the Jagaur being a bigger one than the Saturn. As for the Playstation: while it was enormously successful, releasing a 2D game on the father of mainstream 3D polygons was about a smart as releasing a XXX BMX game on the Gamecube. Now with fresh new Xbox 360 game, does it live up to the old classic game? Find out when Fandel Mulkey reivews it for the Xbox 360.
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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.”"
