February 10, 2013

Rayman Origins

Date played: February 10th
Platform: PS3
Session fun rating: 9/10

I finished Rayman Origins. Man, this game got real hard towards the end... I finished off the water based world and beat the giant water dragon Murray for the second time, who is actually a cute shrimp. This second visit to the world was easier than some of the other ones actually.

Rayman Origins, best 2D platformer on PS3.
The next and last world is where shit got real baby! The last world has a mechanical theme, filled with buzz saws, steam engines and other wacky yet deadly machinery. One of the levels stuck out in particular because it was so fucking well designed, yet so ridiculously hard. I had to just jump my way through a series of platforms really, but it's the way the game pushes you forward and the just perfect placement of the platforms that makes it such genius.

The last level had me fight mechanical versions of two of the previous bosses and culminated in an amazing chase sequence through falling debris. Again, the perfection of the timing required is what it fun. There's not much else to say but that I absolutely loved this game and can't wait for Rayman Legends which was unfortunately delayed to September.