Rayman Origins
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Rayman Origins is a 2D platformer, the fourth main installment in the Rayman series. Set 400 years before the events of Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge, the game follows Rayman and his friends as they disturbed an old woman from the Land of the Livid Dead and were attacked by an army of monsters. To return the balance to the world, Rayman needs to start his incredible adventure.
Rayman Origins has a completely two-dimensional graphics and looks like an old-school platformer. The gameplay follows classical mechanics too, including the side-scrolling perspective and progressive combat system, that starts with simple punches and evolves to diving and self-resizing. Rayman uses different abilities to kill enemies and overcome various obstacles. To progress through the story, you need to defeat special enemies and reach the end of every level. There are also a lot of collectibles that in fact complicate the game if you want to pick them all.
System requirements for Nintendo 3DS
System requirements for Wii
System requirements for PC
- OS: Windows® XP / Windows Vista® / Windows® 7 (only)
- Processor: 3.0 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon™ 64 3000+
- Memory: 1 GB Windows XP / 1.5 GB Windows Vista, 7
- Video Card: 128 MB DirectX® 9.0c-compliant video card or higher* (see supported list)
- Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compliant
- Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360® Controller for Windows recommended)
- ATI Radeon™ X600 XT – HD 2600 XT series
- NVIDIA® GeForce® 6800 GT – 8600 GT series
- OS: Windows® XP / Windows Vista® / Windows® 7 (only)
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E4400 or 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon™ X2 3800+ or better
- Memory: 2 GB recommended
- Video Card: 128 MB DirectX® 9.0c-compliant video card or higher* (see supported list)
- Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compliant
- Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360® Controller for Windows recommended)
- ATI Radeon™ X600 XT – HD 2600 XT series
- NVIDIA® GeForce® 6800 GT – 8600 GT series
System requirements for macOS
- Mac OS: 10.8.5
- Processor: 1.5 GHz
- RAM: 4.0 GB
- Video Card: 256MB
- Peripherals Supported: USB keyboard, mouse, optional controller
- The following graphics cards are not supported: ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, NVIDIA 7xxx series and NVIDIA 8xxx series.
- Mac OS: 10.9
- Processor: 2.0 GHz
- RAM: 8.0 GB
- Video Card: 512MB
- Peripherals Supported: USB keyboard, mouse, optional controller
- The following graphics cards are not supported: ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, NVIDIA 7xxx series and NVIDIA 8xxx series.
System requirements for PlayStation 3
System requirements for PS Vita
System requirements for Xbox One
System requirements for iOS
System requirements for Xbox 360
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Rayman Origins reviews and comments
Even though Rayman 2 surpassed it in terms of popularity, I still think Origins is the beginning of a short-lived Rayman's peak. This game is amazing in terms of how it tried to reboot the series by lending ideas from the very first game, while keeping it still fresh! In terms of base game experience, there are basically no complaints! The level design is very fun and challenging, the humorous nature of the game is also really enjoyable, the music is good and charming and the ability to play a 4-player Co-OP is an even better experience! The art-style is a star of the show though. Very beautiful environments, that are also not taxing on the hardware, since this game was released for very low-end consoles. Really high-quality and lively worlds, if explained in two words. They also don't clash with the characters and enemies, since those have their own distinct outlines. The animations are also very detailed and stretchy, it's a joy too look at! A good game all around that I really enjoyed playing!
That's what I thought about this game 5 years ago. Now recently I suddenly decided to 100% it and now I can see the flaws. First, the requirements. Collecting Lums is fun enough, that's a given, however, if you're playing alone, it can be a chore sometimes. In some areas there is a very small window where you can collect everything by yourself but it's way easier, if you're with a friend. I get the argument that "If you're playing alone, then you must like challenge" but what if you are a casual that doesn't have friends? In my experience, I don't have friends who knew this game and due to that, they would've not been able to help me much, so I had to play by myself. That's no problem for me, I like a good challenge! Some of the levels though, have a really cheeky spots for coins, which give you a good amount of Lums. And one time I just had to look it up, which is not a good sign for level design. Almost all of the stages have the exact same requirement for Lums, which feels like it was a last-minute decision. The same can be said about Time Trials. Some of them (especially those ones where you unlock new features) cut basically 50+% of the stage and it feels too easy to speedrun, while the cut half itself is usually harder. Second, I'm not a huge fan of how much this game uses leitmotifs for it's soundtrack. I don't mind it when it's just a couple of times, since that's the point of leitmotifs, that you don't really notice them until someone points them to you. This game however feels kinda cheap with those, like I see how they have ideas on the OST, so why did they need to do leitmotifs almost every map? A personal nitpick I would say. And third, and the most dreadful thing in this game, is trying to collect a needed amount of Lums in shoot-em-up stages. Those were a good distraction in the base category but when going for 100%, it's really annoying, since you just know that in Multiplayer it would be a cakewalk, so those stages just reminded me of this depressing fact every time and in the 2nd stage from the last I raged hard because I couldn't collect fast enough and had exactly ONE Lum remaining at the end!
That was everything I wanted to mention about this game. It's an amazing experience that I would recommend to everybody, fan or not. I'd even argue this game is actually more fun than Legends but both are very enjoyable!
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