Rayman Legends

I love that orchestral level. So charming.

Any chance of it becoming multiplatform after a period of Wii U exclusivity?

No. Never ever ever. Wii U only. FOREVER.

Okay, possibly, but buy a Wii U, damn it. It needs the sales.

I'm thinking we'll probably see a port sometime down the line. But for now, you can only play on the Wii U.

If they can find a way to work in Murfy functionality, or just cut him out.

Brand new trailer.

The music is a remix of the Ram Jam song Black Betty.

I guess Musical stages are the new Treasure Stages. There's apparently one per world.

edited 11th Sep '12 5:18:47 PM by edvedd

Huh. I guess that makes sense. The music stages seem like they involve a lot of precision, which the treasure stages required.

And an IGN tweet from earlier stated that there would be more licensed music in the game(probably for these levels).

edited 11th Sep '12 7:00:01 PM by edvedd

Suddenly, I'm not interested in Rayman Legends anymore.

According to Morel, in the single player mode, you must play as Murfy for "a good portion" of the game. Rayman will be controlled by an AI partner.

Are you fucking kidding me!? THAT'S NOT A GAME! That's unplayable!

edited 15th Sep '12 7:20:09 PM by Marioguy128

Then apparently Lemmings doesn't exist. Nope, not at all.

Rayman's supposed to be a PLATFORMER! Not a Lemmings game! This seems like a stupid tacked on gimmick!

"IF I DON'T JUMP ON THINGS ALL DAY, THE GAME SUCKS!" God forbid you actually try to think how this works, or even see how it plays (everyone who played Murphy in the demos liked it), just bash it because some portions of the game, you don't jump on things.

And I thought the Sonic fanbase was bad.

Easy, guys.

Let's just see how this pans out. Maybe they'll change stuff.

... Good god dude, chill the fuck out! Don't be a fanboy.

I'm saying that sounds incredibly clunky and unplayable. I don't want to be controlling some guy through a touch screen. I want to control Rayman (Actually Globox) and do some platforming, not playing a fucking escort mission. If new info comes out and makes it sound less clunky, good, but until then, I've lost interest in this game.

I think I can live with this, but they should have tried to provide a better balance. That said, we don't really know how much of the game is what, so let's just see.

I'm hoping this is just restricted to certain levels (maybe the musical ones?) and not an integral part of the gameplay. But from what the guy was saying, it didn't sound like it.

edited 15th Sep '12 7:58:50 PM by Marioguy128

"I'm saying that sounds incredibly clunky and unplayable. "

Really, now? Because all I saw you post was "Rayman Legends isn't worth it because some of it isn't a platformer." I never actually saw you, you know, comment on the actual quality of the gameplay. I don't even know how you get the idea that it'll be "clunky" and "unplayable", if Rayman's AI isn't crap, that' pretty much impossible.

edited 15th Sep '12 7:58:57 PM by DonnyKD

Yeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhh, I'm probably not gonna splurge on a Wii U for this game.

Yeesh, tough room.

Anyway, I hope it doesn't mean too much of the game. I'm still getting it.

edited 15th Sep '12 8:08:00 PM by edvedd

Thing is, Rayman Origins was a fantastic game, with fantastic level design, and smooth controls. The fact that it's only gonna be like 40-60% of Rayman Legends was quite a disappointment. If it's restricted to certain levels (did not sound like it though), that's fine. If that's an integral part of the gameplay, it's gonna be clunky from switching to Rayman to Murphy and all that.

Also, learn to not get so worked up over internet opinions and hyperbole. Sheesh.

edited 15th Sep '12 8:09:22 PM by Marioguy128

Don't know how its going to be clunky to switch between touch screen and normal controls. By that logic, every DS game that uses touch screen and normal controls are unplayable.

And it isn't a bad thing to have an excellent part of the prequel be lessened/halfed by potentially more excellent parts.

Learning that the sheer shameless platforming joy of Origins is being sullied with some Wii U gimmick has definitely soured my opinion of Legends. As much as I loved Origins unless a multiplatform version sans motion control is released, I probably won't be picking this one up.

So are you forced to play these Murphy-only levels, or are they optional like the Tricky Treasure stages from the first game?

Either way, this doesn't bother me that much. It could play well.

edited 15th Sep '12 8:44:06 PM by MrYoshbert

They better fix this shit. I'm not buying the game until I get some clarification on how this works.

I want to play as Rayman and Barbara. Not fucking MURPHY.

Yeah, this is a serious issue for me as well unfortunately, i'm at least more skeptical at this point, and co-op is not an option for me. I'll still probably get it at some point but damn...