Rayman Legends: 10 Reasons It's Awesome

6. Excellent Learning Curve

Rayman Legends F As mentioned above, Rayman Legends is certainly a challenging game, but it's fair about it, and does a fantastic job of slowly introducing you to the various platforming mechanics, even if you're an avid veteran of the series. The learning curve has players begin with simple running and jumping levels, before moving up to punching attacks, then swimming, sneaking, epic boss fights that require more intricate timing, and eventually insane levels that can only be best-described as "kaleidoscopic"; that is to say, some questionable substances must've been involved with their creation. The difficulty slowly ramps up as we become accustomed to all of Rayman's abilities, a deft move in programming, and again, something that's much harder to implement than players might be expecting (who can forget how ridiculously difficult from minute one the first Crash Bandicoot was, for instance?). Here, any potential frustration is weathered by the fact that the game totally gets you ready for what's ahead...but not too ready that you're just breezing through it.
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