Rayman Legends - You like this game!

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6 ай бұрын

And now it's the last official Rayman Game (so far). Rayman: Legends, the most popular in the series... but why?!!! (Okay, because it's good - that's not exactly a surprise)
Intro Video: • The beginnings of Raym...
Rayman 1 Video: • Rayman - A game you lo...
Rayman 2 Video: • Rayman 2 - Rayman just...
Rayman 3 Video: • Rayman 3 - Just a litt...
Dark Ages Video: • When Rayman Vanished (...
Rayman Origins Video: • Rayman Origins - A Mus...
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Development and Controversy
03:54 - New Tech
04:24 - Pillars of a Rayman Game
04:48 - Murphy and Teensies
09:01 - Legends vs Origins
15:50 - The Peak of Music
19:12 - Bad Story, but that's not bad
22:38 - Wow, the internet
25:14 - Visuals
26:18 - Type 1 Visuals - The adaptation
27:31 - Being up front with Characters
28:56 - The contradiction in the control system
31:00 - Some thoughts on what could have been
32:06 - And... why it might be better how it is
33:40 - Type 2 Visuals - The evolution
36:08 - Boss Fights! One last time (for Rayman)
37:50 - Kinda Sexist but kinda awesome
42:06 - Why have a 'girl' character type
43:30 - Ubisoft and sexual misconduct
44:40 - 20,000 Lums Under the Sea
46:01 - Storytelling Under the Sea
48:01 - So what is Rayman Legends actually good for?
References:
(1) www.metacritic.com/game/rayma...
(2) www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...
(3) web.archive.org/web/201204252...
(4) gamerant.com/rayman-legends-w...
(5) • Rayman Legends - Games... 01:25
(6) www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/...
(7) www.destructoid.com/rayman-le...
(8) www.digitalspy.com/videogames...
(9) www.ccn.com/outrageous-horizo...
(10) www.destructoid.com/fans-furi...
(11) web.archive.org/web/201302250...
(12) www.eurogamer.net/there-are-n...
(13) web.archive.org/web/201609040...
(14) web.archive.org/web/201607232...
(15) onedrive.live.com/edit.aspx?r... 26:10
(16) www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Ray... (Check Taxonomy section)
(17) www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/help/co...
(18) • Rayman Legends PC Serv...
(19) www.ubisoft.com/en-us/company...
(20) web.archive.org/web/201806231...
(21) web.archive.org/web/201808020...
(22) web.archive.org/web/201502132...
(23) github.com/loriswit/rlcm
(24) loriswit.com/rlcm
(25) www.reddit.com/r/Rayman/comme...
(26) www.reddit.com/r/GirlGamers/c...
(27) www.theverge.com/2020/6/26/21... (Originally reported by Bloomberg - but I haven’t read that)
(28) www.liberation.fr/culture/jeu...
(29) kotaku.com/ubisoft-employees-...
(V1) • Rayman Legends - Games...
(V2) • Rayman Legends: UbiArt...
(V3) • Rayman Legends | Chall...
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@ThePonderer 6 ай бұрын

As an unfortunately horny dude, I enjoy that the princesses have sexy designs while also clearly prioritizing this sense of goofy, fun-loving character. They’re confident, but also silly and somewhat childish, with the huge head and the big grin that’s missing a tooth, like this is all a game for them.

@lovelyday2174 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think it was a bit much but I still liked how their character shone through regardless. They were just kinda infectious in their energy :D.

@bestgames64 6 ай бұрын

This is my favourite videogame, EVER

@lovelyday2174 6 ай бұрын

Good on you, it's a worthy choice.

@theoriginalalex 5 ай бұрын

another wonderful video essay on one of my favorite game franchises. and i like the video so i’m GOING to like it :)

@lovelyday2174 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! It's been a ride with Rayman for me by now - so I hope you got something valuable out of the series :D.

@maydaymemer4660 6 ай бұрын

I really like this retrospective and hope to see you expand to other franchises - I would suggest stuff like Hitman, Ratchet and Clank, Timesplitters if you took suggestions - however I have one problem to point out: a factual inaccuracy about the reason why the ports got delayed Ubisoft wasnt merely being a big greedy cartoon villain with the delay to the Wii U version, it was MICROSOFT and specifically the 360 that was the problem See there’s this obscure quirk of multiplats in the 360 era that Microsoft held up specifically for that console in which if you were barred from coming out at all on the console if you were a timed exclusive not in Xbox’s favor. So either Rayman Legends had to come out first for Xbox 360 or it wouldnt be allowed on the console at all, there was no Wii U first option available for Ubi It was essentially the kind of agreement that was purely to stoke the fires of console warring, I think a similar thing happened with GTA IV where either that game or its DLC had timed exclusivity for the 360 So Ubisoft were completely in the right to delay the game even if it was finished because it was either that or robbing it from Xbox owners altogether. Plus with the year long delay I believe the extras like the Origins remakes were put in during that extra development time. So it wasnt like they just had a complete game they delayed a year to work on ports, it was a game given an extra year of development set out to make it even better than it was I get that Ubisoft IS a bad company, but i often find myself having to defend them because they tend to be the lesser of two evils a lot of the time. They offer some more creative freedom with their devs than others (they let reflections make grow home and do whatever they want instead of forcing them to make what Ubi wants them to make) and often make decisions either at the behest of larger companies or are in the long run not THAT bad for the consumer as they seem. Theyre a far cry (no pun intended) from the same publisher that gave a true aueter like Ancel his start tho Edit: www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-ones-parity-clause-meant-to-make-owners-feel-/1100-6422886/ this parity clause cited is specifically for indie games but i imagine something similar for AAA releases if not policy wise but culturally

@lovelyday2174 6 ай бұрын

Hey - glad you liked the video :D. That's an interesting thought concerning Microsoft - I'm not sure about it though. I've been looking for info about it and couldn't find anything that suggests microsoft were rejecting games from going onto their console based on this. I think the GTA thing was just a normal timed- exclusivity deal for it's DLC, not anything to do with the policy of the console itself. Can I ask where you got this info from - I might just be missing something obvious.

@lovelyday2174 5 ай бұрын

Sorry - I just noticed your edit now. It's interesting but I'm still not convinced. As you say, it's a thing for Indie games not AAA - they specifically say that that it's standard for AAA studios to release games all at the same time and they were just enforcing the same idea on the Indie space. (I don't agree with this as a policy to be clear, Indie and AAA games are just not the same beast and should not be treated the same way - though in fairness they imply some level of flexibility). It's also for the XBone not the 360, which while Legends did get a release on both the XBone one was a couple of months later. This policy seems to be more about "don't leave us as an afterthought" than exclusivity deals as well. There might be something to it but in source 8 of the video we have a fairly straight answer from a public relations specialist from Ubisoft which seems quite clear to me that the decision was made within the company. Granted there might be some restrictions on what she could have told us, but overall this just seems like stronger evidence to me. Sorry if I seem a bit sceptical about this, I am still glad you're pointing it out. It's good to make me think more about what I say and others will now have a better ability to judge for themselves. Thanks again for commenting :)

@maydaymemer4660 5 ай бұрын

@@lovelyday2174 yea it's all very interesting and to talk more about rayman legends itself i think the game is so smartly designed when i first played it with origins fresh on my mind i didnt gell with it at all but then i began replaying it for years after and i think while its mechanics are similar Legends does its own thing extremely well I think the inclusion of the Origins levels was clever because it paces the campaign out so the more elaborate set pieces of Legends are contrasted by the quicker, more momentum-based design of the Origins levels. It's all good stuff

@DanielNubeDN 4 ай бұрын

Touching on the princesses topics, i say that i love them, they have great designs, even tho they can be sexualized for Rayman standerds, i think they are fine in that regard. But... I would prefer if they were designed like any other character in the game. Just look at that frog like character cut from Rayman Origins, its a perfect example of a what a female character of a existing specie could look like.

@lovelyday2174 4 ай бұрын

You mean Uglette right? The pink one with the bow? And yes, it would have been amazing to have her in the game.

@DanielNubeDN 4 ай бұрын

@@lovelyday2174 No no, i mean Mama Hite, a scrapped character that appeared in some promocional stuff. Look it up.

@lovelyday2174 4 ай бұрын

Ahh yes - right you are. Good catch yeah.