Shrooblord wrote:Concerning the ongoing discussion, I completely agree with Droolie, spiraldoor and RayFan; probably a lot of others too. A Rayman game shouldn't be just about the action and the fun of wack cartoon animation. I do enjoy Origins, but, like Master, I've also not replayed it at all. The only thing I've done multiple times is the Land of the Livid Dead. Rayman 2, however, I've replayed at least eight times throughout my life and Rayman 1 I've played a couple of times too. I even do a run-through of Rayman M once in a while and ocassionally, I pick up the ol' GBC and fire up Rayman GBC. All of these games had more atmosphere than all the other Rayman games combined! And, what has also been noticed, it's not like there's absolutely no atmosphere - the given example of that tune from Origins is a good one, and so is Mystic Pique. It's more than a shame that they didn't take that same creative spark they used to create those features and spread that out over the whole game.
We'll see what Legends brings, but I bet it won't be anything like Rayman 1 or 2 were.
I've replayed the trilogy far beyond 10 times. Origins had a little bit too much levels where your timing had to be exact or you restart (Tricky Treasure as an example). I also, and I'll probably be booned for this, missed the masterful soundtrack. All the music was very fitting, creative, and gave the right mood to an area, but I miss memorable tunes like The Land of The Livid Dead from Rayman 3 (Rayman 3 had a brilliant soundtrack
) or Band Land from Rayman 1. The lum singing was hilarious, but after a while it became a bit of an annoyance. Legends does seem to have taken care of a lot of the irritating features of Origins, but to be honest, it currently doesn't stand out for me as the game I need to buy with the Wii U. Pikmin 3 would satisfy me equally. I hope there will be more atmosphere in this game, much more.
