Origin's progression is very much like Rayman and Rayman 2 - there is a map of the world and you go from place to place.
Legends doesn't give you a sense of that. You are in an exhibition and just move from painting to painting. These seem to open portals to other lands, but there is hardly a feeling of connection between it all. And then the invaded levels just make an even bigger mess out of everything.
I think they really made a mess of back to origins in RL, since so many things are on the wrong order and so many area transitions simply don’t make sense
I was browsing youtube and came along some interesting videos. I may be late to post this, but I just wanted to share.
The first one I saw was a very eerie beta track for Angsty Abyss. it's like a very screechy sound, yet also sounds nice? I'm not sure how to explain. I think if I heard this while playing RO I would be scared as hell! I can kinda see why it got cut.
Second video I saw was this one, made by the same person: . It's basically just an old trailer for Rayman Origins and it includes a lot of cut/old content, such as the air animations that would blow enemies away.
Here's some screenshots of what I thought looked crazy compared to the polished game we have now.
An image displaying old co-op.
Old version of UI bar + that big eel thing.
The air animations... why do they do that?
Old version of Gourmand Land, Betilla is here instead of Edith...
WPTheModder wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 8:45 pm
The first one I saw was a very eerie beta track for Angsty Abyss. it's like a very screechy sound, yet also sounds nice? I'm not sure how to explain. https://youtu.be/GN1LvYeOxzw I think if I heard this while playing RO I would be scared as hell! I can kinda see why it got cut.
Interesting… Apparently it came from the Daily Bubble, I had completely missed this until now! It almost sounds like something from a Half-Life soundtrack…
The thing that confused me about this game is that since it orignally was going to be Raymans orgins story... why wouldnt they use the first design? Rayman with his hoodie has the experience.. Why wouldnt you use the old design for the backstory?
Well, the whole idea of the game being the origin story of Rayman was ditched, but yeah, you do make a good point about his design being the same one he had in later games.
I think it was used because it was more recognizable, maybe? R3 wasn't that popular, but RRR was quite popular, right? So they used that one instead?
I dunno, my head hurts
EdgeRabbit wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 12:06 pm
The thing that confused me about this game is that since it orignally was going to be Raymans orgins story... why wouldnt they use the first design? Rayman with his hoodie has the experience.. Why wouldnt you use the old design for the backstory?
It is a prequel to R2 apparently. Maybe Rayman just likes switching up what he wears from time to time... or maybe it is a hoodie and he just likes to wear scarves over it. They also just use the R3 design for Rayman and scrap all of the other designs for the other characters? You can tell it's R3 Rayman but the rest don't have the same designs.
Origins was meant to fix the plotholes that R2 made but I think it would've been better if they didn't try to fix that and instead made a more cohesive story. They added more plotholes instead of fixing them
Well... I mean... There is no story if you think about it. I love origins because of the mechanics, gameplay, art/artstyle, characters and etc. First Rayman game i've ever played too.
Also, the Nymphs. Not because they're hot. I just like the designs. I'm gonna do a whole redesign series on them soon because I don't particularly like how revealing their clothing is.
WPTheModder wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 2:44 pm
It is a prequel to R2 apparently.
Where did you hear this? That is incorrect, it's just a sequel to Rayman 3.
When you think about it, it can't possibly be before Rayman 2, because it shows Rayman and Polokus together, whereas in Rayman 2 they had never met before.
That's Rayman lore in a nutshell isn't it? They screwed up the storytelling so badly that half the fandom doesn't even know what chronological order the games are supposed to be in
Not to mention the species of the deuteragonist...
PluMGMK wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 10:49 am
That's Rayman lore in a nutshell isn't it? They screwed up the storytelling so badly that half the fandom doesn't even know what chronological order the games are supposed to be in
Not to mention the species of the deuteragonist...
That's weird how that's a common misconception. I'm actually surprised it is.
Also, (I had to search up deuteragonist for this) I'm assuming you mean Globox? I just thought his species was... well.. Globox. Or a Fakir since he was originally red. Or just a frog. Who knows? Atleast we know Rayman is a thingamajig.
I personally think it fits mainly because of how Betilla didn't even know what to call him so she settled on his species' name as a Thingamajig. Really fits in well with their marketing campaign for RO at the time where the game was labelled as "The new crazy!" or something like that.
