November 23, 2011

Rayman Origins demo

Date played: November 23rd
Platform: PS3
Time played: 25 minutes
Session fun rating: 7/10

I had high hopes for this game.  While it plays well, looks stunning (really, it's beautiful) and is humorous, I found myself frustrated more than once.  It seems like many of the levels ask the player to memorize them and while that's cool in some ways, it was a bit irritating for me because I had to replay many sections that I already mastered.

Granted, this worked really well for Donkey Kong Country Returns so it might work out for this game too but let's just say I'll wait for the bargain bin.  It seems worth playing if only for the art at the very least.