I love platformers, but Rayman Origins just doesn't appeal to me. I have startet it multiple times, but unfortunately it never kept me entertained.

The biggest issues to me are two things:
Whacky controls and one immensely stupid design choice...

WHY ARE YOU SHOWING THE COLLECTED ITEMS AFTER THE LEVEL AND WHY CAN'T I SKIP IT?!
This is something that really bothers me in games. It's the same with the Hitman series. Why are you giving me points directly after a mission? I wanna explore the game, have fun with it and feel its atmosphere...
And in Rayman I ran through a level and after every jump I have to think "UHHH DID I MISS SOMETHING NOW?!"

I don't wanna play like that, because this really disturbs my sense of exploration. There is nothing more infuriating to me in a game than when you had fun with a level and you get to an endscreen that just tells you "EF YOU YOU EFFIN PIECE OF TRASH. YOU MISSED ON STUPID COIN-THINGY THAT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL BUT I WON'T LET YOU SKIP IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SEE THAT YOU FAILED HAHA!"

Why should I replay that? To do the exact same run but just get the timing better on ONE single jump that I had missed earlier. I just can't wrap my head around that design choice.

So to me.. I love Rayman, I love platforming, but this game just sucks ass in my opinion, I'm sorry Ray-jay-may-jay.

Reviewed on Sep 27, 2023


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