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quick & dirty look: Rayman Legends

Preview | September 9, 2013 2:42 am
By Meta
Released: September 3rd, 2013
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: platformer
Subgenre: n/a
Players: 1-4 local
Rated: E10 for Everyone 10+ (cartoon violence, comic mischief)

Rayman Legends picks up where Rayman Origins left off--Ray, Globox, the Teensies and the newly-playable Princesses run, jump and swing through levels to rescue Lums and save the Dream Glade.

If you missed Origins, then you missed some of the best platforming action this generation, as well as some beautiful hand-drawn art and incredibly clever level design.


Legends ups the ante by keeping the awesome art style but using it in a 3d engine. The mosquito-riding shooter levels are out but many new types of levels are in. The game quickly introduces concepts and actions that didn't come until you were a ways in to Origins, things like auto-scrolling levels and floating on winds to get past hazards.

The team has gotten even more creative with their level designs, too. Backgrounds are often vibrant and active. The first huge boss fight is against a dragon and set against a medieval war backdrop. This is followed by a level where you run, jump and slide in time with a musical track, and your attacks trigger sound effects.


Doing well on a level will net you scratch tickets which can award bonus Lums and coins, creatures for a collection, and bonus Origin levels that have been remastered.

Legends also has daily and weekly challenges you can participate in to win extra trophies and Lums to count towards your total. You can also challenge friends that have played the game.

Overall it looks like Legends is going to continue the high-quality platforming action of Origins. The conceits are that the difficulty is higher on most of the levels, there is no online coop, and you will have to complete every goal and grab every Lum in the game if you want a completion. This will make for a good title to play with your kids as long as at least one of you can pass the levels.
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Did you pick it up? I watched a few videos on it and it looks awesome, a no brainer to purchase if you enjoyed origins or 2d platformers in general!
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I rented it from Redbox; I'm almost done with the 2nd world so far plus I did a little bit of all the different side stuff.
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Went back and start playing origins again, has anyone played this game a little more to see if it is worth a purchase or should I wait until it is on sale?
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