Rayman Origins: Out on consoles and Vita! 3DS/PC in March!

greeble

I too bought this during Amazon's Black Friday sale and I hid it away since I was thinking about gifting it to my kids. However, I hid it a bit too well and don't know where it is.

Mr_Grinch

Just finished it, not 100% yet but to the end of the 'story'. Thoroughly loved it, one of my favourite platform games in year. Full of character, laughs and great gameplay. Didn't have chance to play it co-op sadly but it played great single player. Loved the music too.

The last level was an utter fucker though (the platform bit, not the shooting bit). Started reaching Super Meat Boy hard (not dark world, but still).

Rorus Raz

Friendly reminder that this game is available for the Vita. Going by the Giant Bomb quick look, the game is still very pretty.

But no multiplayer, if that matters. The game is still very competent as a standalone.

Cantido

I had to look it up to realize all the characters were speaking piglatin: "Etlee emee outshwee!" ~Betilla

maximumzero

Rorus Raz wrote:

Friendly reminder that this game is available for the Vita. Going by the Giant Bomb quick look, the game is still very pretty.

But no multiplayer, if that matters. The game is still very competent as a standalone.

Like NSMBW, I didn't even play multiplayer.

Spoiler:

Forever Alone

I'll probably double-dip on the 3DS version when it gets to the $20 price point.

corin7

Def nabbing this on Vita next week.

Cantido

Having played this on Wii, I gave the wii copy to my little cousins and bought a 360 copy for myself, and the HDMI makes all the difference in the world.

Also, the water worlds are my favorite part, atmospheric wise, it goes from happy to creepy in a heartbeat, and the happy part has the Lums singing a song in the background, like something out of the Little Mermaid. Or this.

Spoiler:

Rorus Raz

This is now available for preorder on Steam. The price is only $29.99!

TeeMan

I just played the demo on Steam and hoooley moley this is one fun game! The kind of pure, unaltered fun you can tell your parents about

cloudeagle

Finally playing this.

And... I'm kind of shocked at how much I'm not digging it. I love the art style, the music's neat, everything's bursting with character... it's the level design. It's just not fun for me. Every level so far (I'm mid-way through the second) has been a slog so far. And I'm already dying over and over and over.

The weird part is that I just played Donkey Kong Country Returns for the first time a couple months ago and dug the crap out of it, even though that also involved dying over and over and over. Right now I'm at the part where you have to use wind gusts to stay aloft, and... gah. Not fun.

I dunno. Am I missing something? Am I just platformed out?

maximumzero

While the game is beautiful I feel as though the art style makes things feel a bit disconnected. It's difficult to tell what's actual playfield area and what's just visual flourishes occasionally.

Adda

On the flip side, I absolutely loved the game and the chest run levels are pure fun.

Rorus Raz

Where are you in the game? I think I just finished the food level, and am not dying that much. When I die, it is just because I am trying to get lums. Can't really hit the higher tiers on my first runs anymore.

Adda

Rorus Raz wrote: »

Where are you in the game? I think I just finished the food level, and am not dying that much. When I die, it is just because I am trying to get lums. Can't really hit the higher tiers on my first runs anymore.

Yeah I stopped trying to get everything on my first goes and found that unlocking all the skills first and clearing out the levels was best, before tracking back to get better grades on all the levels.

Mr_Grinch

I need to go back to this game, I "completed" (finished all story levels) but definitely want to 100% it. Thanks for the prompt, resurrectors of this thread.

UnbreakableVow

cloudeagle wrote: »

Finally playing this.

And... I'm kind of shocked at how much I'm not digging it. I love the art style, the music's neat, everything's bursting with character... it's the level design. It's just not fun for me. Every level so far (I'm mid-way through the second) has been a slog so far. And I'm already dying over and over and over.

The weird part is that I just played Donkey Kong Country Returns for the first time a couple months ago and dug the crap out of it, even though that also involved dying over and over and over. Right now I'm at the part where you have to use wind gusts to stay aloft, and... gah. Not fun.

I dunno. Am I missing something? Am I just platformed out?

Finally cloudeagle

Finally

You and I are one soul

I've tried popping this game in multiple times, but something about it just doesn't feel right.

cloudeagle

Rorus Raz wrote: »

Where are you in the game? I think I just finished the food level, and am not dying that much. When I die, it is just because I am trying to get lums. Can't really hit the higher tiers on my first runs anymore.

Midway through the desert/music level.

Yeah, it's probably at least partially caused by my compulsion to get lums/coins that are surrounded on nearly all sides by spiky death. But the sound of rescuing the little critters at the end of the level is just so damn charming!