SPLICED GAMING /
REVIEW / Rayman Legends
ISSUE 01
Platforms
PC / 360 / PS3 / Wii U
reviewed on
360
Genre
Platformer
Multiplayer
Co-op up to 4 players
Developer
Ubisoft Montpellier
Publisher
Ubisoft
Age rating
PG
Website rayman.ubi.com
by Pippa Tshabalala
Rayman Legends
Rayman returns in a beautiful, dynamic platformer we
couldn’t put down. Legen… wait for it… dary!
R
ayman: Origins was a pretty
darn amazing game. It had all
the style and pizzazz of the
beloved Rayman series and
managed to take it to the next
level by sprucing up the look and feel of the
game considerably. Rayman Legends has
amazingly managed to surpass the charm of
its predecessor.
Now that Ubisoft have finally departed from
those blasted Rabbids we see a return to the
fun platforming style that made this series a hit.
To be honest, there isn’t really much of a story
– it’s a series of levels loosely grouped together
by the premise that Rayman, Globox and the
Teensies have been sleeping for over a century,
and in that time, the nightmares of the Bubble
Dreamers have grown exponentially in strength
and number. The world has been plunged into
complete chaos (no surprises there).
You must now run around saving the world!
Free Teensies from captivity, all the while
navigating through levels that can become
increasingly tricky to negotiate. One misstep
and you’ve missed your perfect score. Sure you
can go back and do it again, but there’s a certain
satisfaction in knowing that you rescued all
things, discovered all secrets, did all the things
first time around.
Let’s be frank though, you’re really not here
to play this game for the story, which is thin
at best – you’re here to play for the love of
the platforming experience, of which this is a
particularly good example.
Jump on things. Jump over things. Find secret
places. Open cages. Free Teensies and most
importantly – collect Lums. For those people
who have somehow never managed to play any
Rayman game ever, Lums are the glowing things
you collect as you traverse throughout the
world which help you unlock various bits and
pieces, in this case the
Legends was originally going to be a WiiU exclusive, but most important being
playable characters.
was eventually put on hold in order to accommodate
development for PS3 and XBox 360 as well. WiiU fans
were upset with this decision and protested outside
Ubisoft Montpellier's offices.
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