Rayman Legends is well suited to short bursts of play, with levels ranging from five to 15 minutes long, so being able to play it on the go is a huge plus. The game is, however, vastly improved thanks to the capabilities of the Switch. It might be best to dial back expectations of bonus, exclusive content, because Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition is a port and not much more. The Definitive Edition also adds a Tournament Mode to the overexcited football minigame Kung Foot, which is great but that game mode serves as little more than a distraction to the main game. The game does boast all the DLC and platform exclusive character skins from the previous releases, so there’s lots of stuff to unlock as the game progresses. I’m sure that fans of the game would’ve loved to see more levels added in this version, but unfortunately what you get now is what you got before. Rayman Legends wasn’t a short game when it first released, but its world and level based format meant it could’ve gone on forever and nobody would have complained. Related reading: Our first review of Rayman Legends, from back on the Xbox 360.įirst of all, let’s get the issue of content out of the way. Now re-releasing as the Definitive Edition for the Switch, does the platformer hold up alongside a system much more attuned to pick-up-and-play sessions? As much as it was a triumph, its protracted development cycle and modest commercial performance meant it faded largely from the public eye. Rayman and his friends are tasked with saving every world.Rayman Legends was an exceptional game when it released back in 2014, earning a coveted 90+ Metacritic score and the adoration of platforming veterans and casual gamers alike.
While our heroes slept peacefully for a hundred years, the events in the fairy-tale worlds became overgrown with a dark side - the Bubble-Dreamer gathered a huge army, and now it is conquering one location after another. All "hanging" and "blinking" objects are highlighted, they can be used. By the way, you can interact with the map. Swampy area, where the boss will be a large lizard dragon caves, burrows of huge creatures that look like penguins. You can play with your friends, but the game will be harder.Ĭartoon graphics will guide us through all fantasy worlds and locations. The project is designed with multiplayer mode. Gradually, overcoming one world after another, we will plunge into the plot of the game even more, and so on until the end. In the platform game, the gameplay consists of the usual actions: we jump, fly, run, kill, collect bonuses and hunt the heroes indicated in the task. He doesn't care who we are and what have we forgotten here. Gradually, while they are discussing and admiring the world in the picture, which, by the way, came to life, they are sucked into the universe of what is depicted on the canvas.Īn abrupt change of frames, and here we are running from a furious dragon. As it turned out, the plot of each of them tells ancient legends. The main character Rayman and his friends travel the world and find a huge tent with paintings hanging in it. Platformer game - Rayman legends - became a cult project of the year, won several awards and is still storming the peaks.