ParadoxJuice wrote:Ninjaws in Rayman M? Too much epic to handle.
Ly? She wouldn't unbalance game play that much. The battles are already very unbalanced (random items, Mario Kart style), and I don't think her extra height would make hitting her extremely easy. If you're going along that train of thought, Tily/Teensies are the best characters in the game.
Of note is that one of Tily's alternate colours looks exactly like a smaller (but a bit fatter) version of Ly, sans tail. Would the game be broken if you made that taller?
With Ly, I was really referring to the way her model would work. With her physique and height as it is, she should be able to jump higher than the other characters, and if it was lowered to what the other characters' jumps were, it wouldn't look right. The same goes for running speed. You also brought up the point of being a bigger target, which I hadn't really even thought of, but from what I've seen all of the characters have a certain area on their model that must be hit to inflict damage; as in, Globox would have just as much chance of getting hit as the Teensies. Perhaps untrue, but I really have no idea. I haven't noticed any issues with it personally, but then I haven't really been paying attention.
What I meant with unbalance is what I mentioned above, with the size-to-speed/jump height-ratio issue. Sure it could be done, other games do, but it doesn't really look that great because it would look awkward for them to have such a low jump or run so slowly to match up with the other characters. Plus, the size also can contribute to other issues; they'd have to change the camera zoom and angle so that Ly's upper body or head wouldn't be blocking enough of the screen that the player wouldn't be able to see as much of the screen as other players do.
I'd also like to note here that I don't really believe one or the other, and I really can't account for what the design team had in mind when they omitted Ly and put in Tily instead. I'm just trying to think of *possible* reasons that they might have done so from a logical standpoint, instead of blindly complaining about something like so many people tend to do when they don't like something about a game/media. I like to try and think of both sides before I launch out an opinion. I mean, geez... I saw a YouTube comment once flaming Rabbids saying that they wanted the Rabbids' creator to get killed so that the Rayman series could return to the way it was before they came. The
Critical Research Failure displayed is so glaring that it makes me want to smack some sense into the user that made the comment. Helloooo, Michel Ancel made the Rabbids. He was also the guy that created Rayman and was responsible for Rayman and Rayman 2, the game you were probably wanting the series to 'be like again.' He was NOT the one to decide that the Rabbids should take the spotlight over Rayman. When he was working on the game, they were only a zombie-rabbit army of some type and Rayman was obviously still the main character. Wanting him to die would also result in the series' awesomeness of the first two games never coming back. Argh. Honestly... at least know what you're complaining about before you spit it out.
Um, yeah. Things like that just get on my nerves, so I guess I feel the need to point out any logic or reasoning that might fit into the equation to try and balance it out. Even if I agree that I don't like something, I try to understand and see if there are reasons
why it ended up that way... I would have liked Ly to be in Rayman M/Rush/Arena, because she is an important character and I don't think she deserved to be replaced by Tily. But instead of just complaining about something that won't change, I try and look at possibilities and reasons it might not work and move on.
Sorry for the rant folks, it just kind of happened. All in all, yeah it would've been nice for Ly to be in Rayman Arena. But given the way the gameplay is designed so that each character is supposed to be equal in both speed, power, and ability, I'm not sure it'd make sense for a character like Ly - who is so different in size that it would require readjusting the whole system just to implement one character - to be in it.
That's just my reasoning on it though. Feel free to debate.
