Man, since I got my 3DS I've been thinking a lot about how great this could look in 3D. The art is really well suited for it. But unfortunately, I have no faith in Ubisoft, I've heard a lot of bad about the Rayman 2 3DS port, Origins will probably run at like 10fps lol.
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Rayman Origins |OT| The Rebirth
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19.99 at ToysRUS for all systems. And Free Shipping to boot.
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Infamous Chris
Banned
Think Amazon will pricematch?
Man, and I thought $30 at GameStop was a good price.
Just buy it at toysrus and if Amazon price match in 30 days then order from Amazon and return Amazon copy back to ToysRUs brick & mortal store.
backflip10019
Member
Fuck, I just bought this for $60 from Best Buy on Monday. God dammit.
$60... on Monday? As in this past Monday? How??? (lol)
It has been available for $40 or less for like the past month.
backflip10019
Member
Bleh, NYC prices man. I feel suckered.
Oh okay. Sorry about that.
I know that online stores had good deals for the past month.
Joe Molotov
Member
Dat 240p art.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
*sigh* what would an ubisoft game be without a soul-crushing glitch? Just lost an hour of my life to that Pirate's Treasure ship mast glitch. I was exiting and reentering the level to no avail, then finally after countless tries, it let me finish. Something's messed up about that level though, the pirate ship in the background was slowly drawing itself in when I died and came back to life. That was a great level too....it's a shame ubisoft always seems to miss a huge glitch in their bug testing (see:every prince of persia game).
Bleh, NYC prices man. I feel suckered.
Buy new copy at toysrus and return it to best buy.
It does not. Most of the collecting in the game can be thought of as your score per stage, and is only used (I think) to unlock special stages that ultimately unlock a hidden area.
There's also little in the way of a story, let alone a main one. If you like 2D platformers, game is straight up amazing fun start to finish.
BruiserBear
Banned
This. If you're a completionist this game will destroy you.
protonion
Member
The game blew me away!
-Gorgeous. Why didn't more developers take advantage of the HD consoles to do stuff like this?
-Controls are awesome.
-Level design is perfect.
-Huge.
I have 2 complaints.
-I'm a completionist but I won't bother with the 350 lums per level. 300 is ok. However I'd rather collect one well placed coin per location.
-I'm not a fan of the bubbling mechanic.
Also I didn't encounter the treasure level bug (PS3 version).
If it wasn't for DKCR this would be my no1 platformer this gen.
Buy it people! It is that good.
-Gorgeous. Why didn't more developers take advantage of the HD consoles to do stuff like this?
-Controls are awesome.
-Level design is perfect.
-Huge.
I have 2 complaints.
-I'm a completionist but I won't bother with the 350 lums per level. 300 is ok. However I'd rather collect one well placed coin per location.
-I'm not a fan of the bubbling mechanic.
Also I didn't encounter the treasure level bug (PS3 version).
If it wasn't for DKCR this would be my no1 platformer this gen.
Buy it people! It is that good.
test_account
XP-39C²
Do you mean when you ride on the bubbles? It is really easy, there is no need to use the dpad trying to stay on the bubble, it happends automatically, even when you jump.
protonion
Member
No I meant when you kill enemies. Its pointless most of the time and you can lose many easy lums.
I keep coming back to this game. Finally succeeded in the Dragon Soup time trial. 240/246 so far. So close yet so far away. Most of the remaining lums are located in the last world.
The game is pure fun and gaming heaven. I wish there were more games like this released on hd consoles.
The game is pure fun and gaming heaven. I wish there were more games like this released on hd consoles.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Weird how the more I play the game the more I enjoy it, yet can't stop thinking how it might be even better as a handheld game, I'm actually considering purchasing it again once it hits a portable console. I never do anything like that.
One little bothersome thing: basically all the regular controlling is digital, using the the analog has no effect on how fast you run and you only attack in four directions, so for the most part you're best off just using the directional pad all the time. But the moment you dive into some water everything turns completely analog, your speed and direction are effected by every subtle movement of the analog stick, so using the pad would be suicide in many situations.
One little bothersome thing: basically all the regular controlling is digital, using the the analog has no effect on how fast you run and you only attack in four directions, so for the most part you're best off just using the directional pad all the time. But the moment you dive into some water everything turns completely analog, your speed and direction are effected by every subtle movement of the analog stick, so using the pad would be suicide in many situations.
Nocturnowl
Member
Time Trials have further raised my opinion on this game, it just feels so much better to run your arse off.
A point someone brought up earlier regarding this games playstyle was that momentum plays a part, having played a bunch of time trials I get this approach much more now, when going through the game normally the flow is often broken up for me by collecting the lums in their various forms whether they're just floating around or punching every enemy and their bubble. As such it led to a very stop and start style of play which I didn't get on that well with but with the lum distraction given the boot for time trials i'm enjoying it much more.
And I finally got the speed trophy for Mecha No Mistake, i'm feeling pretty chuffed right now.
Globox is still the man, his animations slay me, especially the crouching one, i'd do it in co-op whenever I was waiting and everyone found it so oddly amusing, maybe the game would have sold better if it was Globox origins featuring Rayman. Actually I wonder if putting a rabbid in the game over the second teensie would've helped matters even slightly?
A point someone brought up earlier regarding this games playstyle was that momentum plays a part, having played a bunch of time trials I get this approach much more now, when going through the game normally the flow is often broken up for me by collecting the lums in their various forms whether they're just floating around or punching every enemy and their bubble. As such it led to a very stop and start style of play which I didn't get on that well with but with the lum distraction given the boot for time trials i'm enjoying it much more.
And I finally got the speed trophy for Mecha No Mistake, i'm feeling pretty chuffed right now.
Globox is still the man, his animations slay me, especially the crouching one, i'd do it in co-op whenever I was waiting and everyone found it so oddly amusing, maybe the game would have sold better if it was Globox origins featuring Rayman. Actually I wonder if putting a rabbid in the game over the second teensie would've helped matters even slightly?
yeah...it does. I cannot unlock the final two bosses and the last stage until I collect 20 more of those stupid pink things. Collectathon lives. :|
well, I was enjoying the game until that point.
Well, the Origins in the title may no longer have to do with it being a prequel, but such a concept is clearly inspired by the earlier Rayman games.
You couldn't access the final level in the original game unless you collected every Electoon. The game was hard as balls just to finish the stages normally...
Oh yeah I forgot that the fairies need electoons too. Probably because I always had enough going in.
if you've already had your fill (no comment), then yeah stop now and abandon hope. You're not even half done.
Yeah, I guess I will, very enjoyable and charming, but it's wore out it's welcome I think. Very respectable amount of content though it seems.
Theres ten.
Man even doing all the time trials and getting all the electoonish crap (i hate collectathoning too) didn't spoil me on more. Getting close to the end of the worlds on screen I was like "this is it?" before I realized it could not possibly be it, I have too few teeth.
It was so amazing to have that much great content. Some of the next versions of worlds contain the best levels in the whole game.
I'm surprised they make you get all those pink circles to move on to the next world if there's so much content. That's the big thing hampering my experience at this point. I don't want to replay any levels, so I have to go thru them all really slowly checking every inch for the hidden boxes. Just running thru at a natural pace is much more enjoyable for me.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Oh man, this game is sooooo much fun in co-op
Ah, well shit. The only time I ever found myself in need of collecting (which again, feels more like scoring well than going out of your way to collect something a la 3D platformers) was to unlock the tricky treasure stages. Didn't realize it blocks you at the end aside from needing tricky treasures for the final stage.
Either way, game never felt like a collectathon to me, but that is of course a difference of opinion.
Neuromancer
Member
Hey every once in a while I get a powerup that's like, blue clouds or puffs that follow me around. Anyone know what this is?
It's a temporary power up that lets you shoot punching gloves at enemies. It's inclusion is kind of odd...you don't really need it for anything.
Plus, it's a 2D game with fairly short levels. It's nothing like a collect-a-thon in a game like Banjo Kazooie where you have to search a large 3D area for scattered collectibles. There are a few well hidden Electoons, but for the most part they are hard to miss.
Yeah, I didn't notice it at first until well into the game, and there wasn't a single instance where I was like "boy, this power-up is really useful!". Odd inclusion indeed.
Its a riff on an old Rayman power up that I bet they coded really early on, and then didnt find much use for in the final iteration of the game but left it in anyways.
I remember it being a lil useful in a section in the last world, but not amazingly so.
With all of the weird accessories they've been coming up with, I wouldnt be surprised if this happened.
Nice.
Beat the game.
Amazing! The game didn't really click for me until the second world, and then it just got better and better. The last bunch of levels were tough as nails, excellent stuff. It took me a few tries in the last level (about 20 minutes in the chase sequence) but I got it.
Only have one tooth to pick up left (about 14 pick balls left to get), gonna pick that up and see what's behind the toothless guy.
Amazing! The game didn't really click for me until the second world, and then it just got better and better. The last bunch of levels were tough as nails, excellent stuff. It took me a few tries in the last level (about 20 minutes in the chase sequence) but I got it.
Only have one tooth to pick up left (about 14 pick balls left to get), gonna pick that up and see what's behind the toothless guy.
Count the tooth guy's empty spots.