HOLY SHIT THIS GAME IS AMAZING.
Easily the best 2D platformer of this generation. Like seriously, it nails EVERYTHING perfectly.
The difficulty curve is perfect. It also does a remarkable thing that is rarely seen in games today. I suggest you watch this for reference:
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The part he talks about how the game teaches you everything without throwing a tutorial at your face is exactly what Rayman Origins does. Outside of a few minor pointers like "Hold RT to Sprint" or "Press A to Jump", everything else you can learn on your own. For example, you get a new power, and you'll learn it from there. You'll be given a simple objective to use the power to complete (like getting to the next room) and you'll have to use your new found power to complete it. Then the game will progressive throw harder tasks at you that require that power throughout that level and the next ones. It's awesome.
The same also applies to basic obstacles (much like what was mentioned in Sequelitis). It's hard to explain but anyone whose played the game and noticed this will know what I mean.
There's also just a lot to do. Collecting all the Electoons will take up time, but there's time trials, medals, and teeth to collect.
Oh, did I mention the game also gets really fucking hard eventually? But by that time the difficulty curves so perfectly that it feels genuinely challenging.
It also gets a Super Meat Boy "trial and error" thing going on when it counts, like for the Tricky Chest levels. They're quite difficult but the trial and error works for that. The normal levels don't incorporate this, which is a good thing.
It's really hard to describe how good this game is but seriously, it's like the best platform this generation and one of the best, period.
On a co-op note though, I played it a while ago, around New Year's, with about four friends (this was before I had the game, one of my friends got it). It's pretty much a shitty mess equal to NSMB Wii. I wouldn't suggest it. It's either too cluttered for the harder levels to work effectively or too easy to break when you essentially have an infinite supply of instant revivals when you can just have a teammate sit at a safe area. It's fun if you just want to dick around but nothing substantial. Multiplayer platformers will probably always be a mess.
Easily the best 2D platformer of this generation. Like seriously, it nails EVERYTHING perfectly.
The difficulty curve is perfect. It also does a remarkable thing that is rarely seen in games today. I suggest you watch this for reference:
[yt]8FpigqfcvlM[/yt]
The part he talks about how the game teaches you everything without throwing a tutorial at your face is exactly what Rayman Origins does. Outside of a few minor pointers like "Hold RT to Sprint" or "Press A to Jump", everything else you can learn on your own. For example, you get a new power, and you'll learn it from there. You'll be given a simple objective to use the power to complete (like getting to the next room) and you'll have to use your new found power to complete it. Then the game will progressive throw harder tasks at you that require that power throughout that level and the next ones. It's awesome.
The same also applies to basic obstacles (much like what was mentioned in Sequelitis). It's hard to explain but anyone whose played the game and noticed this will know what I mean.
There's also just a lot to do. Collecting all the Electoons will take up time, but there's time trials, medals, and teeth to collect.
Oh, did I mention the game also gets really fucking hard eventually? But by that time the difficulty curves so perfectly that it feels genuinely challenging.
It also gets a Super Meat Boy "trial and error" thing going on when it counts, like for the Tricky Chest levels. They're quite difficult but the trial and error works for that. The normal levels don't incorporate this, which is a good thing.
It's really hard to describe how good this game is but seriously, it's like the best platform this generation and one of the best, period.
On a co-op note though, I played it a while ago, around New Year's, with about four friends (this was before I had the game, one of my friends got it). It's pretty much a shitty mess equal to NSMB Wii. I wouldn't suggest it. It's either too cluttered for the harder levels to work effectively or too easy to break when you essentially have an infinite supply of instant revivals when you can just have a teammate sit at a safe area. It's fun if you just want to dick around but nothing substantial. Multiplayer platformers will probably always be a mess.
